ship impound is stupid

[Naaman Aram]

Made a mistake doing an on-foot mission and got insta-fragged by an npc.
Teleported away as usual, and now this is the second time I'm seeing this screen and really angry.
Absurd prices, and the cops just teleport over to my fleet carrier to impound my other vessels as well.
I have to pay my bounty--and the impound fees, but I leave still with bounty and notoriety.

writing this message to the 3 people who will read it and not care

 

[SteveWW57]

What did you do to turn the NPC hostile?

I have occasionally had no immediate access to a ship after ending up in the pokey, so had to APEX out to where I could call a ship. Not sure what you mean by impounded.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

Ah yes, that's been a popular topic recently. Yes, the crime and punishment system only impacts occasional or accidental criminals whilst the billion credit bounty 'fugitives' aren't actually touched by it because they know the system.

 

[SteveWW57]

The attachment did not appear when I first read the post I believe.

If you live a life of crime, there are consequences. What ship was impounded? Seems like an expensive one. I tend to use small ships for the dodgy stuff.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

What did you do to turn the NPC hostile?

I have occasionally had no immediate access to a ship after ending up in the pokey, so had to APEX out to where I could call a ship. Not sure what you mean by impounded.

This is where if you're sent to prison on an Odyssey mission, every ship you own that you used that has a bounty on it now can not be used until you pay the rebuy cost on it- potentially running into 10s of millions if you've swapped around ships between illegal missions.

 

[SteveWW57]

I end up in the pokey so rarely, and as I avoid crime getting caught and keep the cost of any crime youthful exuberance to a minimum, that I have not noticed an onerous issue. P cough up and get on my way, whistling a jaunty tune.

 

[Naaman Aram]

Good to know it's the rebuy cost of the ship now... I switched to something cheaper thinking I would go stick it to those feddies and cost them my money back.. but when turning in my on-foot goodies I see that there's been a nerf. This whole PP2 experience is a massive RIP from front to back.. what a chore...

 

[Dillon Fallon]

Ok, actual help here. Prepare the area a little with some carpet bombing with missiles. Think watering the garden flowers for the coverage around the settlement.

What do we want? Mission salvage and credits.
Who do we kill to get it?

 

[Rat Catcher]

I rarely have more than 1 ship with any bounty on it, normally a small ship, for crime to pay, the risk of being caught has to be accounted for, so minimising the eventual payout to hopefully be less than the profit earned is my usual M.O.

 

[Mrc_NorthEast]

The current crime and punishment system is so bad. Hopefully you have the $$$ to pay the fee. And yes small ships for any Ody work is the order of the day, everyday.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

laughs in haven't been in the bubble in two years...

 

[Strewth]

Ah yes, that's been a popular topic recently. Yes, the crime and punishment system only impacts occasional or accidental criminals whilst the billion credit bounty 'fugitives' aren't actually touched by it because they know the system.

Sounds a lot like real life actually, doesn't it?

 

[varonica]

Never been sent to the pokie involuntarily, did it on purpose once just to see what all the fuss was about, no big deal to me, but then I don't run around doing big on crime.

 

[Knuttin Atoll]

This is where if you're sent to prison on an Odyssey mission, every ship you own that you used that has a bounty on it now can not be used until you pay the rebuy cost on it- potentially running into 10s of millions if you've swapped around ships between illegal missions.

Hold on, so if I have a ship with a bounty of, say, 1,000cr, if I get caught by the law while on foot, they instead charge you the rebuy fee now? Not sure I follow the logic in that unless I misunderstand you there.

 

[metatheurgist]

Hold on, so if I have a ship with a bounty of, say, 1,000cr, if I get caught by the law while on foot, they instead charge you the rebuy fee now? Not sure I follow the logic in that unless I misunderstand you there.

Actually makes a lot of sense. In (sensible) parts of the world, when you get a vehicle fine you pay a % of your salary. Those countries are genius.

 

[Knuttin Atoll]

Actually makes a lot of sense. In (sensible) parts of the world, when you get a vehicle fine you pay a % of your salary. Those countries are genius.

But what's the point of the bounty then? Unless that's added up on top.

 

[BDelacroix]

One of my weekly things to do for PP 2 is to commit crimes. This coming form a power that with the ethos of law and order. So that doesn't exactly fit.

I decided maybe I can do some corpo espionage and get the bounties on the side. Which kind of worked except. Noteriety 2 and <1/10th of the needed value. So apparently they want me to outright mass murder. Which doesn't fit the ethos.

So I had to stay online for 4 hours before I could do anything to clear things up.

 

[Kriegsmaschine]

wow cool game mechanic, wonder which genius invented this. updated my review to negative. 4m credits reward to infiltrate a dumb settlement. get shot by 5000 rtrds instantly as u approach the door because you know how else do you get in there's only one entrance with 20 guards in frojnt of it. magically get all your ships impounded and have to pay 50m in impound fees ??? nice loop gonna flame in steam review

 

[varonica]

Actually makes a lot of sense. In (sensible) parts of the world, when you get a vehicle fine you pay a % of your salary. Those countries are genius.

Yeah, and let's go all the way, in Aus if you are a particularly bad hoon they crush the car, would be funny to see players get a few hundred ton cubic block of metal, glass and plastic back instead of a ship lol!

 

[IstvaanDCIV]

I was today years old when I learnt that getting your ship impounded is a thing. I've respawned at a Prison Ship a few times, but I would certainly remember having to pay my ship's rebuy cost in order to be able to fly it again!

I'm still not completely clear on how ship impoundments actually happen. So it can happen if you get killed on-foot by lawful NPCs? That seems like a massive discrepancy compared to what happens if the cops blow you up in your ship. I'm pretty sure I've had that happen to me and not needed to pay millions to fly my own ship again.