About the rep matching actions thing. Here's my perspective on the issue. This lists all the MercNet bounties. In order to claim any of the bounties at an opportunistic time, I have to make my rep hostile with:
- Blood Dragons
- Golden Chrysanthemums
- Unioners
- Red Hessians
- Freelancers
- Junkers
- Corsairs
- Outcasts
- Bounty Hunters
- All of Bretonia
- Liberty corporations, which will pretty much make Liberty inhospitable
- Lane Hackers
- IMG
And because of the retarded way Freelancer handles reputation, this will affect so many factions that you do not want to target that the only base you'll be able to land on will be Freeports. Besides, its not really hard for the victim of a kill to do a little RP and forum interaction (something you are encouraging bounty collectors to do) and alert the authorities of a mercenary going around shooting people. Carlos the Jackal evaded capture for years. Are we so unimaginative to the point where in the distant future deceiving the law is impossible? You know, fake identification, forging ship registries, etc?
As Virus asked, will CD'ing nearby NPCs be enough, or are we making rules based upon the actions of those that don't follow them anyway?
