Good afternoon,
I notice that some odd cases occur regarding Notoriety. For example, sometimes I perform BGS manipulation by way of destroying minor faction ships of Faction A, in order to support the influence of Faction B. This causes me to gain notoriety, often 10 notoriety. Then, when I go back to Faction B's port, I might accidentally bump into someone, gaining a tiny fine... which I can no longer pay off without abstaining from activity for 20 hours... which just means I leave the game running in the background when I go to work.
I think this could be solved by either decoupling fines (only) from the Notoriety system, such that it only stops you from paying off bounties. To adjust for this, smuggling penalties could be levied as bounties, which I think fits anyway, as this penalty is often completely meaningless, as it doesn't stop you from smuggling any further - you can still dock and access black markets afterwards anyway, and criminals smuggling industrial levels of narcotics should be destroyed.
I think this method works, as the primary reason notoriety was implemented in the first place was to punish PvP ganking, which does not relate to fines.
Thank you
I notice that some odd cases occur regarding Notoriety. For example, sometimes I perform BGS manipulation by way of destroying minor faction ships of Faction A, in order to support the influence of Faction B. This causes me to gain notoriety, often 10 notoriety. Then, when I go back to Faction B's port, I might accidentally bump into someone, gaining a tiny fine... which I can no longer pay off without abstaining from activity for 20 hours... which just means I leave the game running in the background when I go to work.
I think this could be solved by either decoupling fines (only) from the Notoriety system, such that it only stops you from paying off bounties. To adjust for this, smuggling penalties could be levied as bounties, which I think fits anyway, as this penalty is often completely meaningless, as it doesn't stop you from smuggling any further - you can still dock and access black markets afterwards anyway, and criminals smuggling industrial levels of narcotics should be destroyed.
I think this method works, as the primary reason notoriety was implemented in the first place was to punish PvP ganking, which does not relate to fines.
Thank you
