Well I mean, even with the current forum-based bounty system, you could technically have a friend make a bounty hunting character to "claim" a bounty that's been posted on you in order to split the profits.
Technically, doing so could be considered a form of cheating, as both the hunter and hunted just conspired to basically steal money from the poster of the original bounty. At the very least, the players involved could certainly be sanctioned for breaking RP, as it would be incredibly ooRP 99% of the time for a pirate to willingly allow a hunter to destroy their ship.
To truly avoid this, we would likely have to just remove the current bounty hunting system entirely.
Regarding the proposed bounty system, it's an interesting concept. But part of placing a bounty in the first place is (for many) the desire to see that certain someone's name Blue'd as a form of vengeful justice. NPCs harrying a target wouldn't be the same, as it would be difficult server-wide what the player was killed by (Was it the BHG NPCs, or some random military gunboat/cruiser/battleship spawn?).
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