12-07-2011, 03:55 PM
The main problem that I see with this system is that it starts to become needlessly convoluted as the bounty gets higher.
If only 1-3 people have placed a bounty, it's easy to have potential bounty hunters be approved. But as that number grows to be larger, like 10+ people, it would take forever to be approved by all 10 people as a bounty hunter. Also, if you finally do get approved by all 10, then an 11th person is added, would you now need approval by them as well? If not, that encourages you to get approved by a single person as the bounty hunter, then just sit back and wait for the bounty to grow knowing that others will have a harder time getting approved, which is counter-intuitive.
The idea of the bounty hunter is to catch the bad guy and get the bounty; not hope that he does more bad things so they can get a larger bounty.
Also, there's no real punishment to the person being hunted aside from having their head taken and gear stolen. Note that this is after they've killed and stolen several peoples' gear, so the person being hunted has no disadvantage at all. But, the people who were killed by the person and had their gear taken are now losing their gold in addition to whatever the person being hunted took from them.
It's a good idea, but the logistics seem a bit lopsided in favor of the bounty hunter, neutral toward the huntee, and more hurtful towards the people who were killed originally.
If only 1-3 people have placed a bounty, it's easy to have potential bounty hunters be approved. But as that number grows to be larger, like 10+ people, it would take forever to be approved by all 10 people as a bounty hunter. Also, if you finally do get approved by all 10, then an 11th person is added, would you now need approval by them as well? If not, that encourages you to get approved by a single person as the bounty hunter, then just sit back and wait for the bounty to grow knowing that others will have a harder time getting approved, which is counter-intuitive.
The idea of the bounty hunter is to catch the bad guy and get the bounty; not hope that he does more bad things so they can get a larger bounty.
Also, there's no real punishment to the person being hunted aside from having their head taken and gear stolen. Note that this is after they've killed and stolen several peoples' gear, so the person being hunted has no disadvantage at all. But, the people who were killed by the person and had their gear taken are now losing their gold in addition to whatever the person being hunted took from them.
It's a good idea, but the logistics seem a bit lopsided in favor of the bounty hunter, neutral toward the huntee, and more hurtful towards the people who were killed originally.