I know there is some bad feelings about blanket bounties.

[Markus_Janus]

1. Indiscriminate targetting

In my opinion the list is badly exaggerated. It's just too big.

2. Political repercussions

Imaging a bountyhunter who registers with your bounty, he is accepted, then sells the information of it to Liberty, Bretonia, all the different corporations.

If all Liberty or all Bretonian corporations counter-bounty you, you'd be dead before you can say "Ehm... uh... Sorry!?". Even your char's mother might kill you for the money that 2 Houses can offer.

You can't bounty half the IDs on the server and think you can get away with it.


3. Cheap bountying: Do not bounty for 1 million

If you want Samura to display its power, do not put a ridiculous 1 million bounty.

Because: 1 million would not move anybody ingamely... but oorply it gives every pvper who loves to shoot at unarmed targets out there a reason to attack almost everybody.

Most damage that is inflicted is 10-40 times as high (transports, miners, etc) as your bounty.

If you want to hurt the others irply, be prepared to pay for it irply.

2 million should be the minimum if you want to avoid showing that Samura cannot afford it but still does it.

Also some bonuses for special targets (like your real enemies, or special dangerous ship types!) to avoid the look of unmotivated, indiscriminate bountying.


Summary:

I don't like it in this form, as it is excessive and I would oorply encourage every player to register, then sell the information to the bountied groups... so that Samura can be whacked afterwords by the highest bounty in FL! =)

Well that is a pitty you feel the way you stated in your summary.
Do you truely see this as "If you want to hurt the others irply, be prepared to pay for it irply."

I shall try and address your points with the thinking I have behind them.

1:Indiscriminate targetting. I can see your point here, and I thank you for your feedback.
This is something I am still getting opinions on and seeing how it will unfold best.


2. Political repercussions. This will be a little harder to have happen since it will only be people we can trust that will ever see this bounty board and it is covering what is already happaning in Kusari.

3. Cheap bountying: Do not bounty for 1 million. We can raise the price if you like, of course that would mean it would become a much larger problem as then people we hire will be even more motivated to hunt down every thing mentioned on that list.
The bounty is supposed to cover our deals we have in place, not be just another bounty board designed to hurt people.


As to the last part, the Summary: Wow just wow.

What did EFL and IDF do to you? (and why not GMS?)

Sorry that was pure oversight problems from me.
If IDF and EFL stay there, GMS will join them.

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Samura Omotai Zaibatsu.