Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: The BH terminal from a Jedi (Fair)
First off this is only an idea..not facts. I am one of many jedi who do not necessarily agree with some of the changes taking place with publish 20. My alt is a BH so I see both sides of the fence. Ill try and make this short and sweet.
- Make visibility equal to the number of people able to take a mission.
- Have the missions on a level type basis.
- Show online status.
- Show faction of mark.
- Give higher payout on higher level missions
Now, the way this would work is, first you would open the terminal. Then you would pick a mission based on the number of people in your group. Here is a simple example of what I mean.
1 Hours of visibility = jedi hunted by 1 BH
2 Hours of visibility = jedi hunted by 2 BH
3 Hours of visibility = jedi hunted by 3 BH
4 Hours of visibility = jedi hunted by 4 BH
5 Hours of visibility = jedi hunted by 5 BH
So if there is a number 4 in the level box for the mission then a group of 4 BH can take the mission. No more no less.
If someone drops group after the mission is taken…taking the number to 3 in the group then the mission fails. If someone joins the group after the mission is taken then the mission fails. And only the group leader can accept the mission shared by all members.
Im sure you get the idea. Sony can even make it go as high as 8 for a full group. If the jedi generates enough visibility for a level 8 mission then they deserve the glory.
This would make it easier to find a mark (no matter where they were hiding).
Also, the visibility could decay at one level per week making it harder to stay off the terms once on them.
The amount of time needed to reach the next level could vary. Once a mission decays to the next level (example from a level 8 mission to a level 7 mission) then the mission would fail making the group regroup and take the mission over at its new level. Giving any mission one week of decay before failure.
Here is a quick example of a layout of the BH terminal UI.
Faction Level Mark Payout
Imperial 1 Anonymous 46085
Rebel8 Anakyn 50275
Imperial 6 BlueBell 52370
No name for low visibility with names listed for high visibility marks. Payouts would still be at random and the terminal would only list missions online.
Just a thought.
Thanks for the feedback as well. All thoughts/feeling are important.
Taram_Polluck wrote:
I don't like it.
I typically hunt alone. I don't need help to kill any Jedi in the game and 9 times out of ten I don't have time to go get a group. Your method forces BH to finish the mission in 1 game session because, according to your system, if anyone leaves the group the mission fails. This is not fair to the BH who owns the mission. I only have 3 days as it is. I shouldn't be forced to finish the mission with the same group I started with. And it shouldn't force me to HAVEa groupat all.
Thats the thing. You are not forced to group at all. You can take a level one mission and still have the possibility of getting a full template jedi or even a paddy. Plus, the one hour was just a template. Sony could even make it "3 days" to generate another level. Who knows. Plus the level one mission could have been completed on a full template jedi which makes those that abuse the system possible hunted at a higher rate. The reason for keeping the same group is to stop potential "holes" in the taking and dropping of missions/group members. Maybe a timer to get the correct number of group members before the new Bounty TEF is granted?
Your system penalizes me for being a solo hunter in that the only Jedi I can hunt are folks who have only been visible for 1 hour. I like your system other than that... to a point.
I think the Jedi's name should be masked until such time as you use a seeker droid once on planet with them. The seeker should give me their name. Not the mission terminal. This prevents Jedi from being griefed by BH's taking their missions over and over again.
I would agree with you on the name of the jedi being after the use of the droid. However, once they drop back to being off the terms or just being a lower level from being successfully hunted then they would not have anything to worry about unless they purposely generate the large amount of visibility again to take them to what could be called "threat" level required for them to be dealt with immediately.
This could possibly give some or atleast a little bit of control to the full template. Unless like stated...they like/enjoy the increased amount of PvP that would be given to them.
HeHe true
Ezekeal wrote:
wow, best idea in a while.. too bad it most likely will never see implimentation.
But you never can tell. I tried to get something not far from what they are already talking about implementing. Who knows. A few THOUSAND more replys to this and we might actually see it..LOL.
Blacknights wrote:
Thanks for the feedback as well. All thoughts/feeling are important.
Taram_Polluck wrote:
I don't like it.
I typically hunt alone. I don't need help to kill any Jedi in the game and 9 times out of ten I don't have time to go get a group. Your method forces BH to finish the mission in 1 game session because, according to your system, if anyone leaves the group the mission fails. This is not fair to the BH who owns the mission. I only have 3 days as it is. I shouldn't be forced to finish the mission with the same group I started with. And it shouldn't force me to HAVEa groupat all.
Thats the thing. You are not forced to group at all. You can take a level one mission and still have the possibility of getting a full template jedi or even a paddy. Plus, the one hour was just a template. Sony could even make it "3 days" to generate another level. Who knows. Plus the level one mission could have been completed on a full template jedi which makes those that abuse the system possible hunted at a higher rate. The reason for keeping the same group is to stop potential "holes" in the taking and dropping of missions/group members. Maybe a timer to get the correct number of group members before the new Bounty TEF is granted?
Your system penalizes me for being a solo hunter in that the only Jedi I can hunt are folks who have only been visible for 1 hour. I like your system other than that... to a point.
I think the Jedi's name should be masked until such time as you use a seeker droid once on planet with them. The seeker should give me their name. Not the mission terminal. This prevents Jedi from being griefed by BH's taking their missions over and over again.
I would agree with you on the name of the jedi being after the use of the droid. However, once they drop back to being off the terms or just being a lower level from being successfully hunted then they would not have anything to worry about unless they purposely generate the large amount of visibility again to take them to what could be called "threat" level required for them to be dealt with immediately.
This could possibly give some or atleast a little bit of control to the full template. Unless like stated...they like/enjoy the increased amount of PvP that would be given to them.
Mythrindir wrote:
i like this except for forced grouping...would be cool if say a lvl 4 the MAXIMUM in the group was 4...but you could still try solo if you wanted.
There is not "forced grouping" is the point. You or anyone could take missions by yourself or in a group depending on how much visibility the jedi has. Remember the amount of jedi visibility=their level of mission. This is just a way to help groups find a mission to do together or even the solo hunter to take a mission. Also, the level 8 will no longer be a level 8 once a successful hunt on them is completed. They start all over. They will be a level1 next time. Which means what? The solo hunters have chances at them first. If they fail to do the job after a certain amount of time then the level goes up to try and get the job done.
So in short, BHs would have to make sure the job got dont the first time. If you see a level 8 on the terms...well...that would just not be acceptable and would have to be dealt with immediately. Thus the larger group requirement. So no forced grouping unless you or others were not able to solo the mark the first time around when it came to the first level...level number 1.
Thanks for positive feedback...glad you found some good in it
Penguinzx wrote:
I have to agree with most people here, this is a great idea. It would give groups of BHs something to do. The jedi that have generated enough visibility to allow for groups of BHs to hunt them are probably going to be the jedi that enjoy a good PvP fight anyway. BH's that like to hunt solo would still have plenty to do as every jedi would start as a level 1 low visibility jedi and work their way up. This is a well reasoned idea, from both a practical and RP standpoint, and I think it would provide for some nice balance in the Jedi/BH conflict.
