Suggestion: Remote Bounty Claim Agent

[karl_eller]

So I've been bounty hunting in Independent and Anarchy systems using the KWS, and generally it's pretty profitable, but as anybody who has done this would know, you usually end up getting bounties for Empire, Alliance and Federation, which can make turning them in a massive pain in the ass. I've lucked out and found a random Empire system near where I'm currently operating in Federation space, but the closest Alliance system is hundreds of lightyears away, which makes it really impractical to claim those bounties. I've probably lost 400+k worth of Alliance bounties by now because of how far away it is.

And that got me thinking: Why not add in an agent that I can pay to claim them for me? Naturally this agent would take a cut, either a flat percentage or something based off how far the closest system of appropriate allegiance is, and there might be a delay between hiring his services and when you get your bounties, but it would really help with the bounty hunting income if you don't happen to be somewhere with easy access to all 3 states.

 

[raok]

I think it is actually good that you have to travel to collect your bounties. Leaving your favourite hunting grounds to collect bounties is part of the game in my opinion.


But bounties in general should be higher, and there should be greater variety of bounties to be found.

 

[uncle bulgaria]

I've recently started a bounty hunting career (well continued my beta one) and I'm toying with just popping a fuel scoop and A class FSD in the loaner sidey I still have stored to zoom around collecting bounties like these. Either that or use my trade focussed cobra and long haul rares at the same time....

 

[wstephenson]

Or allow bounty vouchers to be sold at a discount. This would be a money transfer situation if allowed between players, with all the scope for exploiting that implies.