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Thread: For those that think anonymous missions will be so great, an exercise for you, then report back.

truewildman
Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:58 pm
#14


Alot of you are acting like this is unheard of. Here, I'll say it here too:



I've seen plenty of movies and read plenty of stories where the hiring individual refused to disclose the name, but told him wherethe markwould be and when. BH goes to that spot, and when the time comes, takes out the person in that spot at that time.


Here, we have the convenience of a bio-sig, NPC intel, and other player intel. Really, all most BH's use are just the bio-sig, so it really makes no difference.


Why do we need a name? In fact, it makes it too personal. We don't care about a name. All we know is that it's our mark. Marks don't have names. Separation of job vs. humanity needs to happen, and knowing a name threatens that.


Message Edited by truewildman on 06-14-2005 06:59 PM





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LordMarr
Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:29 pm
#15

if you dont have a name and your mark is in a crowded location like theed or coronet, how they hell are you going to know who to attack unless you click on everyone you see and hope you get an attack option.


I am no way a fan of this idea and will post often in order to not let this happen. Its very hard to get a groupof bhs together to hunt one mark. grouping takes alot more time to put together than you think.


Darth Vader" There is a substantial reward for the one who finds an unknown anonymous ship, Use any methods, but i want them alive, no disintigrations".


Boba Fett " Whatdoes this ship look like, Lord Vader"?

GriffinsMyth
Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:35 pm
#16

Hmm, I like the idea of a no-bounty list. I just wish people would roleplay their characters more often. If BH risked getting on the terms for failed missions and I took an anon mission only to find its a guild jedi I'd be forced to kill them or be hunted myself. great RP material there but no doubt many BH and Jedi will whinge about being put in that posistion.



As for the bringing them in alive, that wont happen. Jedi will whing about having thier play time halted as they are dragged to an Official, and what if the BH decides to just leave the Jedi in thier cage. I'd love to have this in game, but as said before, people dont RP enough and complain too much.


NeptuneSeraph
Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:36 pm
#17

i hate it....




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BenkeiHami
Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:47 pm
#18





Cendoth wrote:



I almost never post in here cuz I dont want to stir the pot and respect that this is you guys forums and Im no a BH but I did want to mention something I thought interesting. The bounty mentions dead or alive but BHs only bring in jedi dead. I wonder if it would not add some good content if BHs had a option to restrain jedi and turn them in alive for a higher bounty. This could be tweaked all kinds of ways for great content. Jedi can be restrained as the high end hunters had techniques for dealing with FS people, I.E. force cages, tranquilizers etc... So say for example said Bounty Hunter loves the hunt and is challenged by the possiability of being able to bring a jedi in alive to collect a higher bounty or reward. He completes any number of quests related to this and gains trank gun, force cages or other cool jedi hunting related stuff to assist in the live capture of mark. He then goes and hunts his mark and manages the incap with the trank gun or incaps with regular weapon and has to run up and risk restraining the jedi or such to get him back to his force cage. He then can stuff his passenger in his vehicle or drag him if he likes and takes him to the nearest imperial authority who take posession of the prisoner. As you can see this has limitless content possiabilities for both sides . Just thought I'd get you guys take on that.




sounds nice enough on paper but what do you think the people who already enjoy harassing jedi are going to do?

Zu818
Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:31 am
#19


Not knowing the name is lame. Any bounty hunter real or scifi or what not know who their bounty is. A picture and a name. And of course some kinda lead.


And if you dont have a name how can one do their Home work on a jedi. Its useful cause we need to know who they hang with where they live, hide outs etc.
Landorien
Wed Jun 15, 2005 3:17 am
#20

What do you really need my name for if it's just business?

BH hunt from the basis of DNA, and have no interest in my name unless of course it's personal griefing.

Thankfully there is no real need for a shrewd mind for SWGs bounty hunters.. nothing would ever get done, but everything is dumbified for your hunting convenience. Get wp, kill target or die trying. Eat book.


In fact the only reason you know my name is because SOE in all their unlimited wisdom thought it'd be great fun to have your name appear in large gleamingletters above your head.. don't remember that bit from the movies.. but it must sure be practical for identifying people you've never met and hopefully never again will.


I suppose this kind of change could be pretty damaging for the bh's that want to join a faction.. which suggests they should incorporate neutral faction for this very reason. Bounty hunters are paid killers, not idealists.

Likewise jedi should get light and dark factions.

If you have joined the rebellion and your main vocation implores you to kill Skywalker.. well.. it might be time for a career change.




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Imperial Inquisitor,
In service of the Empire.
truewildman
Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:17 am
#21






Landorien wrote:


BH hunt from the basis of DNA, and have no interest in my name unless of course it's personal griefing.








He's got a point. I mean, seriously, why would you really need a name? I hunt my marks and rarely look at the name anyway. I don't want to see it and get all soft.


Besides, you grab the DNA, get a wp, go to the wp, and voila, you got a name.


If you go the the wp and there's a crowd of people? (BTW, you mark will have a target "X" when you mouse over him), the what should you do? Oh boy, here's a new thought, um, maybe wait!! I guarantee you, jedi do not like being in crowds. He won't be there for long.





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I'on
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mxxpower
Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:36 am
#22


I think it is interesting I have the jedis DNA but not his name..



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Mullettt
Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:59 am
#23

The reason we need a name is for the purpose of targeting our prey, I have a target macro that i can repeate or not reapeat, it is /target <Jedi Name>. this macro helps because i never lose the target on the jedi, and if i cant do this then it will be harder to keep targeted on the same jedi. I think if the name was givin to us after we got to the spynet guy that would be good, it would lessen griefing and make it hard for jedi to hold thier own misson.



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iijin
Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:05 am
#24

Altogether, the amount of attention and pampering Jedi get is just disgusting. Next SOEis goingto start mailing pacifiers to anyone who unlocks Jedi. Yeah Yeah BH cry too, whatever, Jedi have NO reason to cry....sorry you justdon't. IMHO SOE is just fanning the fiery animosity between BH and Jedi by their recent actions and alterations to both professions.







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Leatherneck_of_Alderaan
Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:07 am
#25






Landorien wrote:

What do you really need my name for if it's just business?




That IS an interesting point. We use names and pictures because they're the most readily available forms of identification we have. In a sci-fi universe, that won't necessarily hold true. In a world where identities can be forged and appearances changed, DNA is a more true method of identification.


Take the movie Gattaca. The person was able to get away with faking to be someone else because, as one character said, "who looks at a picture anyway?".



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Ilcbar
Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:57 am
#26

Why we need a name on the terminals? Easy, we are allowed to have groups of 5BH on one mark for a reason, if you have a fully templated jedi who is adept at PvP it is going to take more than one person to take him down.


If the names and payoutswere removed and all we hadwere levelsIwould focus on thegrinding jedi and paddies as I know I can either take them or it would be a good fight solo. We are already bashed for some BH's focusing on low level missions, imagine if the majority of BH's did.


Personally I think we need more info, specifically faction. If this was not given to uson the terminals themselves then we should get it from the spynet operatives (heck if they have their bio signature they sure as heck know their faction).Currently getting 2 BH's to pull the same mission can take up to 20 minutes and that is with us knowing the names.


All removing names and payouts would do is to make the really good jedi un-huntable and the paddies hunted into extinction.


/steps down off soapbox

/runs and hides from flames



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