With recent sanction over one of The Velasquez, I have been scrolling through rules, wondering about something. It hit me the rule (of being hostile to the faction with bounty hunting) is very dumb. There two factors why it is like that:
- At the time of the bounty, the claimer could be red to the hunted faction. But when, few days later, admin checks the rep, it may be neutral to various reasons, like bribing other faction or killing other faction NPCs - I am object to the sanction, despite my previous rep, be it restart or past rep.
- In the most examples, Junkers, Unione Corse and Hogosha being the finest examples here, are often protected by the house laws, no matter if NPCs or players. If I am found out by Liberty Police, while fixing my rep by shooting Junker NPCs - I am object to the fine for terrorism against neutral faction within Liberty.
- Escort or hiring on spot is way better, since you could be even friendly to the other targeted faction - like in Shikoku if Hogosha hires you against Junkers for ideological reasons - and because of the fact Hogosha is treated as corporates and Junkers are treated as pirates within all Kusari.
- What about Pirate ID and Freelancer IFF players? Is that an exemption from the rules regarding bounties? To be clear, I'd rather not to have any other IFF on Pirate ID, because this is the only real advantage of indie pirates over house pirates as this is the only unlawful "faction" that can't land in any lawful place because of rephacks.
In my opinion, red reputation should not be a requirement for hunting (you shouldn't be friendly with hunted faction of course), but more a reason that occurs after the mentioned hunting.
