Seems to me I am being forced to revisit this same problem yet again. I took a good long hard look at the *new* rules to the Bounty System and for the most part do not mind, however...
It seems those Mercs/Freelancers out there do not get the hint nor the idea to read and understand the limitations and requirments of such a system. Prime example being an incident I had recently in New York. Even despite RP going on, a merc simply said he was collecting a bounty on my pirate and began to attack me in front of a Liberty Navy Pilot and several others who suddenly decided they too were going to open fire.
If it were not for the fact that I was able to dive into Conneticut, they would likely have chased me all the way to Rochester or blown me up at some point since a couple of them were using cruise drives to keep up. And those who were there know who you are. You disrupted on going RP in favor of your damn pew pew. Hell, even then I was persued AND attacked in that system, where as far as I *know* RP is not part of before I was able to dock and logged off.
These Blanket Bounties, depsite that only Official Factions can post them, are still disruptive to good rp and still give mercs and freeelancers too much leeway to simply state they are collecting a bounty and then attacking with the absolute minimum RP involved.
I want to pont out the following section of the *new* Bounty rules:
8. Rule 6.10 states that player reputation and conduct must match player actions.
Players are responsible for their own reputation status.
Players must be at least neutral to their employer.
Players must be hostile to the faction they are targetting in a bounty. This does not apply to assassination missions where the target is a single character.
People posting bounties are obliged to ensure that the persons they are hiring have a suitable reputation.
This means no hiring or paying people who would be hostile to you based on previous actions.
While open and meaningful, perhapes it should be something thats writen differently or at least in part and Added to the Freelancer/Merc ID so they *should* know that they *should* have limitations imposed on them before they go bounty hunting for any reason at all.
I would like to also suggest an addmendment or revision of the following section:
10. Any player abusing the bounty system to drive players off the server or to further out-of-roleplay conflicts will face consequences for disrupting play.
It perhapes should include that disrupting RP in progress should also not be allowed or that a minimum set time for the Merc/Freelancer/Bounty Hunter be required for RP before they can disrupt RP in progress. It is extreamly dissapointing and rude when RP that your fully involved in and enjoying is ruined when some merc just comes along and says because your with this faction or another that they are going to collect the bounty on you now.
I've seen a few snippets and references to this MercNet thing and the last one I noticed mentions that it was locked and no longer in opperation. Being that it is one of Two main Bounty Boards mention in the Rules for Bounty hunting, that kinda hurts the system it was ment to help fix or correct. I am not sure if it is seperate or part of the Bounty Board section.
I guess thats all I have for my 2 pennies for now.
