01-24-2012, 10:05 PM
I don't think that is how I envision the system being used.
Let's say you kill me, steal my stang, etc. I place a 25k bounty on your head (and that get's announced as a broadcast). A bunch of guys run to the board and sign up to hunt you. I log back in, see a list of 3-4 guys, and set to approve them. There's John(who i've never heard of), Paul(who is an okay guy), Ringo(who sucks), and Dog the Bounty Hunter. In this case I'm going to approve Paul b/c he is a friend and Dog because he has a rep as a good bounty hunter. Now in the case of your friend getting approved, you letting him kill you, and claim the bounty to split is going to be my fault for approving the wrong person.
Currently it definitely checks accounts so your alt wouldn't be able to do the bounty, also something could be added to make sure the hunter isn't in your guild or has a character in your guild (it may already do this, not sure). Also a min account age / skill count could be added too or shown on the bounty board to help the bounty placer make a better decision. Another good idea would also be to keep track of bounty stats and also show those on the board as well.
In my mind the point of it is to get some people involved in PVP(on their terms) when they don't necessarily want to join a faction. I agree that the server population is small but in my opinion it's a feature that could be used as a selling point to potential players.
Let's say you kill me, steal my stang, etc. I place a 25k bounty on your head (and that get's announced as a broadcast). A bunch of guys run to the board and sign up to hunt you. I log back in, see a list of 3-4 guys, and set to approve them. There's John(who i've never heard of), Paul(who is an okay guy), Ringo(who sucks), and Dog the Bounty Hunter. In this case I'm going to approve Paul b/c he is a friend and Dog because he has a rep as a good bounty hunter. Now in the case of your friend getting approved, you letting him kill you, and claim the bounty to split is going to be my fault for approving the wrong person.
Currently it definitely checks accounts so your alt wouldn't be able to do the bounty, also something could be added to make sure the hunter isn't in your guild or has a character in your guild (it may already do this, not sure). Also a min account age / skill count could be added too or shown on the bounty board to help the bounty placer make a better decision. Another good idea would also be to keep track of bounty stats and also show those on the board as well.
In my mind the point of it is to get some people involved in PVP(on their terms) when they don't necessarily want to join a faction. I agree that the server population is small but in my opinion it's a feature that could be used as a selling point to potential players.