OMG, will I get blown up in my conda for an unvisible bounty?!

blacky75

blacky75
Hi guys!!!!

There are things quite frightening out there in the dark!

With a nice equiped conda, I took some holiday from trading and went to a hotter destination, HUNTING :) I took 3 dead-hunting missions and started to search!

On one of the USS I got a bounty on my head, cause my finger triggered fire before the scan showed up the other one was wanted anyway. Ok 400 on my head, let's continue tracking anyway!

After 1 hour of SSS, USS, WSS... I came on the GOLD-TRAP SSS :) Well, last time I exploded in my Python, now in my conda it should be fine... approaching with deployed weapons the cans, waiting for popping ships... and here they come.... 2 condas!!!!! Ok, targetting ones fsd immediately and started to empty my bad energy over the first of them. I had already to use 5 times shield recharges... now I hadn't any anymore and became too crucial of NOT staying here! Closed hatch, retract weapons, and fired boosts as hell!

Started SC also... just a bit trapped, it's not loading very fast, at all!!!!!

Hull 60% and going down! BOOOOST, BOOOOOST, BOOOOOST....

FSD now around 50%loaded, but still not loading faster!!!!! I won't make it out (alive)!

BOOOOOST, BOOOST, ..... argh yes, firing a heatsink would be nice too.... HEAT SINK, BOOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOST......

30% hull! Getting close to jump, aaaaaand....... 26%....... *JUMP*

Wholy patatoe that was close!!!! 10M would that fun have cost me if I lost my ship (can afford it on 70M ^^)
now lets head back to the station, and I'm sure I'll have to pay over 5M for repairs!!!!!

If I remember well, the station now doesn't open fire anymore on WANTED status... well, no choice! Just have for sure to avoid local security ships, they won't let me pass!
Waited the sec ships to pass the entrance and going away... then I started to approach, request docking, using a HEAT SINK to go under radar... and.... cross fingers the station now doesn't open fire anymore on WANTEDs!

And gueeeess whaaaat?! Yes I made it :D
BUT... in the station I couldn't pay off my bounty on my head.... WHAT THE PATATOE?! Looking in my left screen... bounty of 400 on my head! WHY CAN'T I PAY IT OFF?! Anyway, let's repair.... OH... last time I played and had repairs it cost me my legs off, now for 26% a bit under 500k?! YEAH, EVER AGAIN YOU CAN SOOT AT ME NOW :) :)

Ok, repaired, but still that buggy bounty on my head I can't pay off... and it's here I have to pay it off, for sure!

Ok, maybe I can't pay it here but have to dock to a system where I'm not wanted? Ok let's try! Undock, leaving the station in silent mode this time..... aaaaandd... BIG ERROR!!!!! The sec vessels saw me and start shooting!!!!
I'm out of the station, but with no shields I won't hold it long! BOOOOOS..... HEY WAIT! WHY's THE BOOST NOT WORKING?????!!!! NOOOO NOT NOW!!!!!!!! .... after seeing my hull melt down to 30% I started to freak out!!!! Still can't start the supercruise cause the freaking boost won't work to get out of mass-lock range faster!!!!! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Oh... look there, forgot to retract the landing gear YOU BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP of a BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP hell of BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! Ok, happy, boost works now, 20% hull, FSD GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

In SC again.... tell me, what did I do today to get under 10 minutes my conda hull under 30% ?! DOES ANY WANT ME A HEART ATTACK?!

Anyway, I don't go there.... let's dock elsewhere.... elsewhere I'm NOT wanted ^^

So I docked elsewhere, un-wanted, no problem... but used JUTS IN CASE all my heat sinks to dock ..... Elite Dangerous is full of suprises tonight for me!!!!

Docked, I still can't pay off my bounty, I can't find it anywhere!

I bought a Sidey, going back to the wanted part of the universe... once in, I could dock w/o being seen, and see there, now I can pay off the 400cr!!!!!! And the buggy part 2, on my left screen, before paying the bounty off, the bounty didn't showed up anymore, and status WANTED neither!!!! Does any ship change changes something to it?! Any way, now I could pay it off in the station, WIRED I tell ya!

Now anyone tell me, IS THAT NORMAL?! (bug report?!)

Still have to pulse down my heart now... going to bed, enough for tonight, I'll recover savely my conda tomorrow morning... it's cosy in the sidey anyway and will do it for just one night :D !
 
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Argus Leadhead

Argus Leadhead
You can't pay off bounties. They are time based. Once they expire, then you pay them (legacy fine). A 400cr bounty doesn't have a very long time attached to it. Realistically, you could've just piddled around in super cruise for 15 minutes and the bounty would have changed to a fine, saving you a lot of stress and money.
 

blacky75

blacky75
hmmmmm....... ok, didn't knew that ^^

So it was just normal when I headed back in the sidey that I wasn't WANTED anymore?! Also I could then pay it off... :)

thnks for the info anyway!

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Darth Ender said:
there's this thing called hyperspace jumping that is not mass-lockable.
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???? mass-locked and no SC/jump start works... did I missed a new feature?!
 

tetra

tetra
blacky75 said:
hmmmmm....... ok, didn't knew that ^^

So it was just normal when I headed back in the sidey that I wasn't WANTED anymore?! Also I could then pay it off... :)

thnks for the info anyway!

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???? mass-locked and no SC/jump start works... did I missed a new feature?!
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Bounty's last up to 7 days and are only for the system you got issued it in. Once the 7 days (or however many days it says in your panel) expires it then becomes a legacy fine which you can pay off in that system. As for SC/Jump mass lock, you can't be mass locked if you go into hyper-space, only if you go into super-cruise.
 

Faded Glory

Faded Glory
When your bounty timer reached 0, it would have said "On H-Jump', meaning you have to jump out of the system and back in for it to become a fine. When you do jump back in, you are no longer wanted (fines don't make you wanted). So no, not a bug. You can also jump out of the system before the timer gets to 0, but don't jump back in until it does.
 
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Argus Leadhead

Argus Leadhead
tetra said:
Bounty's last up to 7 days and are only for the system you got issued it in. Once the 7 days (or however many days it says in your panel) expires it then becomes a legacy fine which you can pay off in that system. As for SC/Jump mass lock, you can't be mass locked if you go into hyper-space, only if you go into super-cruise.
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Although that only works for soft mass-lock (eg. A bigger ship near you.)

Hard mass-lock from stations or planets still require you to leave the mass-lock radius.
 

AveMe

AveMe
blacky75 said:
???? mass-locked and no SC/jump start works... did I missed a new feature?!
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1. Ship's Mass Lock never worked for hyperspace jumping. just jump to another system.
2. Man, you lost in fight with 2 NPC condas? even ASP can handle it...
3. Silent running/chaff/heat sinks/anything else not working for NPCs. They can still target and scan you.
4. You must wait few minutes ( with 6000cr> bounty it takes week ) to pay your bounty. You have to jump to other system and jump back first.
 
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Bruce Warren

B
2) There are 'condas and there are 'condas. What was its Pilots Federation rating?

In recent patches some some of the more skilled npc flown 'condas have become very nasty, especially if there are two of them. I fly a python, but if I see two elite 'condas I'm pulling a Sir Robin. I don't care what that uppity minstrel sings. I ain't hanging around. Heck I got my rear end handed to me by a loan NPC python the other day :eek:

I didn't take me all that long to get used to the new bounty mechanic. The chief difficulty is that I now have to remember to not fire on folks until I've scanned them. No more shoot first, ask questions and pay off fine later for me.
 
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blacky75

blacky75
thnx for all your answers :) :)

@Schmack: never really went into understanding the bounty work... ^^ Just remember last past month when I played ED, that stations screwed me when I had a bounty on my head ...

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The Rifter

The Rifter
Normal. U have to leave and reenter the system to pay the fine after bounty time counted to 0. It says: on h-jump, after jumping its gone and you can pay your fine.
 
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Firestarter

Firestarter
They changed the way bounties work. You used to just be able to pay them off instantly but that was considered not enough of a penalty, unrealistic or didn't do enough to discourage CMDR killing (take your choice). So now there is a sliding period during which the bounty stays on your head, 400k will get you a day, 5000k will get you 5 days and the max' is a week. If you stay away from the system you have the bounty in you should be OK.
 
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