Bounty Hunting

[Dashiell]

In the BHG chat an idea came up for an addition to the whole bounty hunting thing.

Normally, a bounty is only collectable if the target gets blown up. If the target does not blow up, no money.

So here's an idea:

make forcing a pirate to 'surrender' also collectable. Meaning you 'arrest' him.
Gameplay makesit impossible to actually arrest someone for a bounty. This way, 'arrests' are possible.

and if the pirate does not surrender... well, that's his choice. At least he has been offered one.

example:

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Hunter: Imma arrest youz. you haz bounty on ya. dead or alive, you are coming with me
Pirate: hell no buddy. You won't get me that easily. attack!
Hunter: enjagaglub

*fight rages on, pirate is losing*

Pirate: oh noes. Imma out of B&B. I surrender, don't kill me plox.
Hunter: yer so nicked.

*makes screenshot of pirate saying: 'I surrender"

*posts screenshot on forums*

end.

cast:

Hunter: as himself
Pirate: as himself

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advantages:

- it will enhance bounty hunting rp. for the hunter, as well as for the pirate. I can picture some pretty hilarious rp to be had for the more creative among us.

- more realistic. inrl, bounty hunters don't kick down the door, yell 'this is a warrant for your arr- I mean, death' and empty a clip of 5.56 leaded fuel into a villain's chest. Or balls.

- no blue messege hunting is neccesary anymore to collect. (so people perhaps will stop crying about pvp whoring hunters)

Isn't so hard to implement either: just change the blanket bounties a tad, saying that arrests and proof of the arrest (the ss saying 'I surrender') are worth the same as a kill.

Tecnhincally it is possible ingame as well. you can rp it out. the pirate activates cruise and dissapears after he has been 'arrested'. that counts as a flee, so it's the same rulewise as a pvp death.

if he says he surrenders but attacks again, he gets whacked and claimed upon the old fashioned way.

Ideas? Rants? Got milk?

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