Has to be a bug.
The Bounty Hunting & Bounties tips, and general discussion thread
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Mostly likely the ship you attacked was clean locally, but the kws scan showed them wanted in another system. Attacking such a ship would incur a bounty because the ship was not wanted in your current system, but you get the reward from the non-local source of the KWS bounty. If this was the case, then it was not an error.
Quite right - mis-read that. It was to do with the change in Anarchy systems I was referencing "Reputation can now change when NPC ships are destroyed in Anarchies"
This is correct. I am hostile to a faction due to hammering them at RES. Any wanteds aligned with Friendly or Allied factions I have left alone. Makes hunting in the particular sector I'm in interesting, as the hostile faction shoot me on sight!
I scanned, collided with him knocking my shields down and then did a runner. I came back, didn't retarget him (I have gimballed weapons so I can't manually aim if I do) and started shooting the sub-systems on his hull. A minute later I managed to kill him. It flashed the messages up in the top right telling me I had been awarded a bounty for killing him as well as a bounty being placed onto me for murdering him.
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I do not have a kill warrant scanner installed so I haven't accidently done this without knowing. I just did the normal scan at the beginning giving me his wanted status. He remained red throughout as a hostile.
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The money isn't that much of an issue as its a drop in my very big pond but its still a bug.
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Yep -- you definitely have to check the factions of the system in which you are bounty hunting vs the faction you are shooting. Fortunately, the faction of your target is now included in the initial scan of the ship.
I agree with Arc and Frank above. I think it's a good change. You whack somebody in a neighborhood where they have friends and they react to it.
I agree with Arc and Frank above. I think it's a good change. You whack somebody in a neighborhood where they have friends and they react to it.
I don't know why people are commenting on whether they like this change, when the question is whether this change was actually intended, but not put in th patch notes. I doubt this was intentional. I'll repeat, wanted ships are not suppose to give neg rep, they implemented this before 1.2.
I'm just starting out as well and decided to go straight for the viper. Seemed like a waste of credits to get a cheaper ship first since I was able to make the money for a viper fairly quickly with my slightly upgraded sidewinder. The maneuverability isn't that great on the viper, so if you want an agile ship over more firepower the eagle might even be better.
A stock viper is pretty bad though. Going from gimballed back to fixed weapons felt like a big downgrade and the jump range is really short. Had to stay in the system to grind a few more bounties just to get out of there.
So make sure you have a bit of extra credits to upgrade before you buy the ship.
A stock viper is pretty bad though. Going from gimballed back to fixed weapons felt like a big downgrade and the jump range is really short. Had to stay in the system to grind a few more bounties just to get out of there.
So make sure you have a bit of extra credits to upgrade before you buy the ship.
Going out and killing stuff in my sidewinder was how I got off the ground in this game. I'd go to a USS or a belt and wait until the local security forces did most of the work for me and join in at the last 30 seconds so I got the full reward for minimum risk. No need for an Eagle unless you really want one. These days I fight in a Cobra with 2 medium beams and a load of tanking ability. It gets the job done well.
I never seem to find the USS's and the belts tend to be empty.
To find a USS fly out into space in SC a bit and then throttle down. Now just sit there, one should pop up in a minute or two (used to be faster, but not it's sometimes a SSS or WSS (Strong/Weak) so there's less chance of what you actually want appearing.
Belts often are empty, you need to head to a specific Resource Extraction Site for there to be activity (and there's usually quite a lot of it). And Nav Points of course - Nav Points are usually good.
ring system resource extraction sites [RES] are a great way to generate funds.. go to a system where you are friendly with the locals, that way you will get lots of support from the authority ships.. they will happily start combat without you.. you can basically follow them around, wait for them to engage then assist them. or go off on your own and fight what you fancy.. just watch out for bandits in wings, may bite off a little more than you can chew
oh yeah as to the original question.. i loved my eagle, mucho grande fun to fly.. its speed and manouverability make up for its defensive weaknesses.. and if all else fails.. you always have 4pips to engines and.. boost.. boost.. boost.. boost.
oh yeah as to the original question.. i loved my eagle, mucho grande fun to fly.. its speed and manouverability make up for its defensive weaknesses.. and if all else fails.. you always have 4pips to engines and.. boost.. boost.. boost.. boost.
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well i was lucky in my recent game, went to a nav point and saw 5 federal ships attacking a python, it had a 125k bount, its shields were failing, the federal ships were in good shape, so i jumped in and got the credit.... after several sorties, i got slightly over 160k, just got my viper and upgraded my guns to gimballed.....so much better for my style.
Uhhhhg! I CANNOT find this bounty!
I've picked up a few missions now where the game simply will not take me to my target. I've searched all 3 listed systems for about 2hrs EACH. That's six wasted hours, guys. Am I doing something wrong? I know I'm on the right track because I've had the offer to turn down the bounty come up. Usually after the first or second USS a ship will approach and tell me to either go kill someone else or abandon the mission.
I DID NOT abandon the mission, yet I cannot find my target. Any suggestions are welcome. FD - I should not be having to waste 6hrs to complete one kill. Please fix the system.
I've picked up a few missions now where the game simply will not take me to my target. I've searched all 3 listed systems for about 2hrs EACH. That's six wasted hours, guys. Am I doing something wrong? I know I'm on the right track because I've had the offer to turn down the bounty come up. Usually after the first or second USS a ship will approach and tell me to either go kill someone else or abandon the mission.
I DID NOT abandon the mission, yet I cannot find my target. Any suggestions are welcome. FD - I should not be having to waste 6hrs to complete one kill. Please fix the system.
Awesome. Thanks. I hope it gets fixed soon. I wasted an awful lot of time because of this bug. I could have spent that time at an RES and made 6 million CR
Best to avoid any mission that requires you to investigate USSs.
They have never been an elegant implementation and seem to have gone from placeholder to feature (at least for now).
They are also littered with bugs. My favorite is killing most of your hunt targets contract and then dropping in a USS that offers an alternate...look back at your updated mission and all your previous kills no longer count...great
They have never been an elegant implementation and seem to have gone from placeholder to feature (at least for now).
They are also littered with bugs. My favorite is killing most of your hunt targets contract and then dropping in a USS that offers an alternate...look back at your updated mission and all your previous kills no longer count...great
