Hunters are back !

[Agmen of Eladesor]

Hm well.

Nowadays the Bounty Hunters are working like the Police. They see me chasing a Trader. So they go after me.
(Even when i dont have any Credit on my head) Its bad and people start fearing them more than the Police or Navy. Feck, there are even more BHG|'s in Liberty than cops. Move around. I never see a BHG in Bretonia. And there are Bounties to claim aswell.
In fact i get Bounty Hunters camping bases, Bounty Hunters shooting at me while docking and undocking. Attacking me without having a bit of Roleplay. Sometimes even without an rp'd engagement notice.
I really see a lot of Bounty Hunters Shooting at people which dont have a Bounty.
Remember:
You are not the Police!

Yeah, so? :P

Seriously, though, if you go strictly from the ID's and rules, then check this out:

6.15 Owners of Bounty Hunter/Mercenary/Freelancer IDs have a right to attack:
- Pirates
- Traders ships carrying smuggled goods and refusing to drop them
- Lawful and unlawful characters with a bounty on their heads

And, of course, let's not forget this little gem from the ID:

Bounty Hunter ID

Pilot carrying this ID is a member of the Bounty Hunters Guild, who:


* Can fulfill lawful bounty contracts

* Can trade and escort traders

* Can hunt pirates and terrorists across Sirius

It is due to the attempt to curtail random pvpwhoring that the 'Bounty Board' came into being. And in fact, most houses have blanket bounties to cover almost every contingent of pirate. And let's face it - you're hasseling a trader right in front of someone who's allied with ALL the house police forces, and you don't expect them to actually take action? Seriously?

And of course, all things come around. It used to be that you couldn't hardly step twice in Bretonia without running into 3 or 4 bounty hunters. The majority of the wretched scum of the universe seem to be in Liberty now, so... they're going to go where the work is. Omega 3 used to be a huge hotspot - now there's hardly even any Corsair pirates down there. (And no, I'm not complaining about that in the least - they can go rob miners in 49 all day long.)

Just make sure who you're tarring with that brush. There are still independant bounty hunters that are not covered by the BHG|. If one of our members misbehaves - let us know. If justified, we'll take action. We have done so in the past.

BUT

If this is just a complaint that, darn it, I can't quite rob all the traders that I used to because now someone happens to be on me - which, to be perfectly honest, is what most complaints from pirates about hunters tend to be... then tough noogies. You want to play an unlawful - that's fine. Deal with the consequences when you get caught.

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.