Where does it come from? Specifically, bounties.
All these NPC pirates. In a Haz Res, you get NPCs running around, attempting to gank for money. I had one ACTUALLY use hatch breakers on me once, to get my impressive 1 ton of gold!
How do they make money? They lose ships constantly, Commanders get rich off killing them. They aren't getting cargoes and getting out, they're showing up, attempting to knock over targets, and either vaporizing their victim, or they get blasted themselves. They aren't getting cargo and leaving, at least not that I've ever seen. Is this "happening offscreen" maybe?
Why are these lawbreakers such an infinite fountain of money? The game just churns out an infinite supply of people who have been naughty "offscreen" and they run around until they die or despawn. But it doesn't make sense. They're never as effective at even killing NPCs as their bounties would suggest, it takes a LOT of shooting to rack up 100k bounty.
I get the miners. They find an asteroid, flail away ineffectually at it, and magically generate cargo, that they could reasonably go sell. All perfectly legal, and an actual ship doing that a lot would make a living, pay for rebuy, etc.
Bounty hunters make sense as well, money for ship kills from factions with deep pockets.
You would think that wannabe pirates would show up WITHOUT a bounty, and only acquire one when they ACTUALLY shoot at things- 100 a couple times, then 1000 over and over. Their ONLY chance at making money is stealing cargo, since they aren't bounty hunting.
All these NPC pirates. In a Haz Res, you get NPCs running around, attempting to gank for money. I had one ACTUALLY use hatch breakers on me once, to get my impressive 1 ton of gold!
How do they make money? They lose ships constantly, Commanders get rich off killing them. They aren't getting cargoes and getting out, they're showing up, attempting to knock over targets, and either vaporizing their victim, or they get blasted themselves. They aren't getting cargo and leaving, at least not that I've ever seen. Is this "happening offscreen" maybe?
Why are these lawbreakers such an infinite fountain of money? The game just churns out an infinite supply of people who have been naughty "offscreen" and they run around until they die or despawn. But it doesn't make sense. They're never as effective at even killing NPCs as their bounties would suggest, it takes a LOT of shooting to rack up 100k bounty.
I get the miners. They find an asteroid, flail away ineffectually at it, and magically generate cargo, that they could reasonably go sell. All perfectly legal, and an actual ship doing that a lot would make a living, pay for rebuy, etc.
Bounty hunters make sense as well, money for ship kills from factions with deep pockets.
You would think that wannabe pirates would show up WITHOUT a bounty, and only acquire one when they ACTUALLY shoot at things- 100 a couple times, then 1000 over and over. Their ONLY chance at making money is stealing cargo, since they aren't bounty hunting.
