Placing a Bounty.

[Baltar]

Not a liar, just an exaggerator. If you left the server 3 months ago, that's because you chose to, not because you were forced out by indie BHG. I was here 3 months ago, and the only place which gets regularly ganked by BHG capships is/was NY, Sigma-13, and the Omicrons. There are lots of other places to pirate, and pirating is pretty easy in a gunboat. I see lots of successful pirates around, in all sorts of ships, who don't seem to have any problem with constant BHG attacks (capships or otherwise). Saying you were unable to play your character without getting constantly BHG-raped is bull (there, I didn't say hogwash), and is frankly just whining. There are lots of capships out there who just want to go on a killing spree... And there are at least as many indie pirate capships out there who want to do nothing more than kill any lawful (including/especially Hunters) they encounter. And they don't even need a bounty to do it 'legally'.

GEEZ MAN ... do you gotta be that way? I never said I "left" the server 3 months ago. I said I haven't pirated in 3 months. There's a difference. My pirate has been out of Sigma 13 for 3 months and has recently returned. That does not mean I "left" the server. And YES ... I was forced out because too many BHG caps were ganking everything in sight. Just because you did not experience this does not mean I did not. And please note the highlighted portion of your quote. That's my point. Sigma 13 (where I was active and where I got run off from) is precisely what I was talking about.

Now quit calling me a liar ... and quit freaking flaming me. "Bull" and "hogwash" ... same thing, different word. Quit calling me a "whiner" ... that term is over-used and only tells me that you've got no response other than to call someone a name. Drop those terms and debate the issue.

Pirates cannot pirate in caps. Gunboats are the largest they can pirate in and are fairly vulnerable. And I'm not one of those pirates you speak of ... I've been here a long time (very long time) and have been on the receiving end of ganking by BHG and other caps. And I don't mind being hunted for actively pirating. So don't go there. When I pirate ... I pirate trade vessels. I do NOT engage lawful vessels out of the blue ... not even remotely interested in it ... so do NOT put me in that category. But if you wanna get into that discussion ... create a new anti-pirate thread ... there are plenty of them as it is already. This discussion is about "Placing a Bounty."

You play a pirate, so obviously you'll have more poor encounters with the BHG capwhores than unlawful capwhores, but don't go and blame the capwhore problem on just one faction, it's a server-wide problem and all characters, lawful and unlawful, encounters it with some regularity. As I mentioned earlier, BHG capwhores (and BHG characters in general) are already far more limited than any of the unlawful capwhores. Without blanket bounties (which are completely in line with canon RP, that's the reason why NPC Hunters fight NPC unlawfuls) the BHG would be a completely pointless faction outside the Omicrons (where they're at war with the Order and hunt nomads). There just aren't enough non-blanket bounties to go around, and Hunters have to compete with Mercenaries and Freelancers for those (who can also take unlawful bounties).

Not really ... I should have more encounters with traders than with BHG. But as it was 3 months ago ... I came into contact with more BHG than traders.

Yes there are a lot of capwhores out there. But this discussion is about bounties ... not capwhores. I've been arguing against generic bounties ... capwhoring is a different discussion.

BHG ZoI ... glad you bring this into the discussion. The BHG NPC's are predominantly in the Omicrons (and quite a few within the houses). So ... if you wanna talk about "canon RP" ... lets discuss where the BHG should be limited to. I've never EVER seen a BHG NPC in Sigma 13.



NOW ... I'm done discussing the generic / specific bounty issue since I've noticed the admins are taking an active role in making sure there's no PVP-abuse with regard to collection of such bounties. That being said ... I'd appreciate an apology for calling me a liar.