Placing a Bounty.

[Baltar]

@ Derkylos: Another assumption ... I don't pirate in New York. Was using New York as an example. I fly neutrals in New York and witness the rapid destruction of anyone even looking the wrong way.

@ Drake: Never experienced a target change their name and using hearsay as evidence it happens. I chased down a target a long time ago (2 years ago) who was a trader that refused to pay. He became my primary target whenever he was online. This was before the /renameme command. But he found a way around that ... he created a new character ... transferred all his cash (by way of dropping credit cards in open space) as well as all his gear. So ... low-tech ... he changed his name. But I didn't make a big deal about it. Instead I made a role play event out of it that became a primary driving force in my factions role play ... it became "the virus" that we desperately sought a cure for. You probably have no clue what I'm talking about ... but I used this as something constructive. Generics (generic bounties, merc bans, "engaging") ... they're just shortcuts to role play. Yes ... they are role play ... but not very inventive ... not very imaginative.

@ looqas: The system that "is not exactly the RP heaven" changes from time to time. Some examples: 1) New York for a long time was a non-RP heaven for a very long time. This changed when [LN] cleaned things up. 2) Then there was Tau 31 with traders running prisoners from Planet Harris to the battleship orbiting the planet (1 mil every 30 seconds) ... oh yeah ... that system was way non-RP. This changed in 4.84 when that trade route got nerfed. 3) Right now its Sigma 13 with the Diamond / Niobium Run. But that changes with 4.85. And in 4.85 ... we'll just have to wait to see which system becomes the most non-RP system. Trust me ... there will be one. But at least in 4.85, Sigma 13 will become a decent role playing system once again ... partly to the nerfed trade route and partly to dropping BH caps. As for operating solely for profit? ... HARDLY ... my pirate does it for role play. You don't get rich by demanding 500k or by asking a trader for 1 unit of food and 1 unit of water as he passes by (actually did this once or twice).

@ Athenian: As I mentioned above ... won't restate it ... but the "worst system" changes over time. New York, Tau 31, Sigma 13 ... the next one is yet to be revealed. And yes ... I've noticed traders beginning to migrate elsewhere ... and with them follow pirates ... and with the pirates follow hunters. But ... who's following the hunters? Circle of life has become a straight line. But I look forward to hunters being limited on ship size ... will make for a more competitive environment.