Why is my bounty back again?

about 10 days ago i did a contraband run in Fehu and got scanned, got a 200k bounty with a week on the timer, boo hoo. so sad. i left the area and didn't give it another thought.

i just noticed the bounty is back again, showing as active in my list with 4 days plus on the timer.

why? is this a bug or do bounties automatically renew now? if they renew, how are you expected to pay them, seeing as you can't pay them until they've expired?
 
about 10 days ago i did a contraband run in Fehu and got scanned, got a 200k bounty with a week on the timer, boo hoo. so sad. i left the area and didn't give it another thought.

i just noticed the bounty is back again, showing as active in my list with 4 days plus on the timer.

why? is this a bug or do bounties automatically renew now? if they renew, how are you expected to pay them, seeing as you can't pay them until they've expired?

Is it a dormant bounty? Dormant bounties come after bounties and work slightly different.

Only security ships can scan for the bounty, once scanned the bounty becomes active.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B00TuDphtYTCczNSMmlCUEJZZlk/view

So 1 week bounty, 1 week dormant bounty, Legacy fine.
 
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Is it a dormant bounty? Dormant bounties come after bounties and work slightly different.

Only security ships can scan for the bounty, once scanned the bounty becomes active.
no it's an active bounty, the same as it was when i originally got it. somehow it has renewed itself after expiring after a week, and it gave itself another week.

and i just got attacked by a bunch of bounty hunters, just to make things more interesting. (fwiw i'm currently on the other side of the bubble, about as far away from Fehu as it's possible to be)
 
You got a fine when scanned, not a bounty. If you let the timer on a fine run out without paying it, it turns into an actual bounty.
 
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It's a bit silly though ...

I had a dormant bounty (only a couple thousand Cr), went to the origin station of the bounty (my usual haunt) and tried to pay it off but it wasn't listed ... couldn't pay ... went happily whizzing around until i was scanned by a security agent in the same system... suddenly i'm wanted again

Why can't i pay off the dormant bounty? I have to wait until i'm wanted again and sneak back into the station ..... i was in the situation where i got into the station, offered the money, couldn't pay, left, got scanned and became wanted, jumped out of the area and back in, sneaked back into the station to pay.

That's idiotic!
 
i've had numerous fines from carting contraband before, and some bounties from the good old 'i'm going to scan you, goodbye cruel world' suicide NPCs as well, and it is very different this time around

previously all i had to do was leave the system i was wanted in, and i could pretty much carry on as per normal. but now it's like i'm wanted everywhere even though i don't have a wanted indicator showing. i'm getting attacked by bounty hunters and security alike, even though i'm nowhere near Fehu or any system that might contain its sub-factions (i'm about 500Ly away or so)

i'm going to park my ship in deep space and give ED a miss for a few days, and see what happens when i return. if this hoohah continues then, i'll raise a ticket.
 
i've had numerous fines from carting contraband before, and some bounties from the good old 'i'm going to scan you, goodbye cruel world' suicide NPCs as well, and it is very different this time around

previously all i had to do was leave the system i was wanted in, and i could pretty much carry on as per normal. but now it's like i'm wanted everywhere even though i don't have a wanted indicator showing. i'm getting attacked by bounty hunters and security alike, even though i'm nowhere near Fehu or any system that might contain its sub-factions (i'm about 500Ly away or so)

i'm going to park my ship in deep space and give ED a miss for a few days, and see what happens when i return. if this hoohah continues then, i'll raise a ticket.

NPC bounty hunters work the same way as players, they KWS you, if your bounty is big enough they will try to claim it. It happens to me all the time when I have bounties. It's a pain because BH's are usually clean so you can't kill them without becoming wanted in that system
 
It's a bit silly though ...

I had a dormant bounty (only a couple thousand Cr), went to the origin station of the bounty (my usual haunt) and tried to pay it off but it wasn't listed ... couldn't pay ... went happily whizzing around until i was scanned by a security agent in the same system... suddenly i'm wanted again

Why can't i pay off the dormant bounty? I have to wait until i'm wanted again and sneak back into the station ..... i was in the situation where i got into the station, offered the money, couldn't pay, left, got scanned and became wanted, jumped out of the area and back in, sneaked back into the station to pay.

That's idiotic!

Bounties are bounties. Fines are fines. You pay fines, but the bounty is on your head. It's not logical that one could remove bounties from themselves, otherwise, there would be no point to them. The whole point of bounties is that if you do bad things, people are going to come after you.
 
NPC bounty hunters work the same way as players, they KWS you, if your bounty is big enough they will try to claim it. It happens to me all the time when I have bounties. It's a pain because BH's are usually clean so you can't kill them without becoming wanted in that system

If you aren't wanted in the system where the NPC BH attacks you, then they should become Wanted the moment they land a hit, provided you have Report Crimes turned on.
 
If you aren't wanted in the system where the NPC BH attacks you, then they should become Wanted the moment they land a hit, provided you have Report Crimes turned on.
not in my case, i had lost half my shields before noticing my 'friends' were the ones doing the shooting, so they definitely landed some hits. i didn't become wanted, neither did they. report crimes was turned on at the time.

---> one advantage of having two accounts is the other can be used in times like this. just a few more hours and then my bounty expires. until then, it's time to add a few extra % to my steam cmdr's stats
 
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I don't believe report crimes has anything to do with bounties. All it does is alert the Feds so they come and help you.
 
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