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Thread: Posting a Player Bounty Question

Inkubus19071
Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:33 am
#1

Question regarding placing a player sponsored in-game bounty on a mark...


Before I post a bounty I would like to ask you guys about the rules and regs regarding this. Is it allowed at all or is it a no-no? If so do I place it inthis forum or on the specific forum for the server in question?My in-game BH contacts are kind of limited so I thought here might be abetter place to put it. I know the person is on the terminals atm and would like to offer some more encouragement in the way of credits for this mark. Please advise.
Zemon
Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:49 am
#2

Place it on your server's forum. Most players offer a reward and ask for a SS of the deed as proof of its compleation. It can be offered to BH only or to any player.


As far as rules, I have no idea. But, I have seen them many a time.


Good luck.





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Elder Jedi * Leader of IMPS * Anyone seen a BH?
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EAMON "Lone Wolf" KIMBALL
Elder Bounty Hunter * IMPS * /bountycheck; /accept;

Should you defeat me in battle, have the courtesy to /spit on my corpse. For I am Imperial and you are Rebel scum!

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bmill
Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:50 am
#3






Inkubus19071 wrote:

Question regarding placing a player sponsored in-game bounty on a mark...


Before I post a bounty I would like to ask you guys about the rules and regs regarding this. Is it allowed at all or is it a no-no? If so do I place it inthis forum or on the specific forum for the server in question?My in-game BH contacts are kind of limited so I thought here might be abetter place to put it. I know the person is on the terminals atm and would like to offer some more encouragement in the way of credits for this mark. Please advise.






Good question! I really don't see a problem with offering credits for a one time kill. You are using the game's designed features and "sweetening" the pot, so to speak. Players are already offered money from the system to hunt down and terminate another player. I don't see any EULA issues with having another player offer the same.


I would tend to think that this would be pricey considering that there are no names on the terminals anymore. If it's a BH hit, it could take quite awhile and cost extra credits in terms of droids and the few minutes to a few hours that it will take to have a BH find the correct mission. It will be a matter of pulling a mission, tracking the planet, getting within 1000m of the target, pulling a seeker to get the name, and then doing it over and over until you pull the correct mission.


Expect to spend millions on something like a BH hit.


In a PvP situation... it's open to better pricing since the hunter would be waiting for the mark to go overt and then ambush him.



I would also recommend, if you haven't done so already that you demand a "proof of death" screenshot be emailed to your personal email with the hunter standing over the mark. Back when I was taking contract assasinations, I ALWAYS took a "proof of death" screenshot and would email it from my personal to the buyer's personal email. It also adds to the fun of the whole thing, and they get a momento to keep!





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Inkubus19071
Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:00 am
#4

Thanks for the info. I know it will be pricey but I intend to make it worth the effort of the hunters. My plan is to offer one million credits per verified kill. Pricey I know, but oh so worth it. Only stipulation I'm going to puton it is that a message be delivered to the mark upon db. I just want to make sure that it won't be breaking any forum rules if I post it here since my list of in-game hunter contacts is very slim.
Zemon
Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:04 am
#5

I don't know what the economy is like on your server, but 1 mill for a bounty AND deliver a message? Good luck. Unless you could deliver a time and place the Mark was overt, I doubt you will get fast results. The best you can hope for, it thata BH remebers you hadoffered abounty when your Mark's name randomly shows up on his mission.



ZEMON "The Zany Zabrak" KIMBALL
Elder Jedi * Leader of IMPS * Anyone seen a BH?
<-------------~~~~~ :IMPS: ~~~~~------------->
EAMON "Lone Wolf" KIMBALL
Elder Bounty Hunter * IMPS * /bountycheck; /accept;

Should you defeat me in battle, have the courtesy to /spit on my corpse. For I am Imperial and you are Rebel scum!

Zelerex Online - Massively Multiplayer Strategy Game - Employer ID: 68860
bmill
Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:07 am
#6






Inkubus19071 wrote:
Thanks for the info. I know it will be pricey but I intend to make it worth the effort of the hunters. My plan is to offer one million credits per verified kill. Pricey I know, but oh so worth it. Only stipulation I'm going to puton it is that a message be delivered to the mark upon db. I just want to make sure that it won't be breaking any forum rules if I post it here since my list of in-game hunter contacts is very slim.





1 Mil is a bit slim on this. I used to charge between 2 and 5mil depending on the difficulty of the Jedi. Back then it was easy since you KNEW they whether they were a full template or not. I would expect that will need to sweeten the pot a bit more than that.


If you need them to give a message, then they must take a screen shot with the corpse on screen, and the message baloon above your head. Or at the very least the message needs to appear either via /tell or spatial in the chat logs at the bottom.





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Inkubus19071
Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:08 am
#7

So what are you saying? That the bounty should be higher to get the results I'm looking for?
bmill
Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:15 am
#8

I'm saying that I'm not sure that you will find a Bounty Hunter that will take this assigment for 1 million credits. I would not. It's not worth the aggravation of having to find that mission.


When I take a player bounty, I give a 3 day window on it, barring the Jedi not logging in... I say "Today is 9/30, by 10/3, you will receive an email from [email protected] with proof of death. I expect payment of 25% now, balance upon completion. Failure to pay will result in the destruction of all factional bases in your guild city, and the neighborhing city. I will inform the residents that the destruction of their defenses was caused by you"


Never been stiffed, either!





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Inkubus19071
Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:20 am
#9

LOL... a serious Bounty Hunter I see. Noted. Well credits isn't an issue and will gladly pay for the results I desire. Normally I wouldn't go to this extreme but in this case it's warranted. Not knowing much about how BH's operate I had thought one million plus the terminal bounty was a good fee per kill. Again thanks for the info.
bmill
Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:46 am
#10


Don't get me wrong. It's not BAD at all. 1 mil is still nothing to shake a stick at. I'm just saying that I personally wouldn't take it, as a direct contract.


You might do better as someone suggested to post it as an open contract on your home galaxy forum. Keep bumping it up to keep it visible, list the email instructions for the proof, and the message. OR.... to keep it semi-anonymous, list that you are looking to hire a Bounty Hunter, then have them conctact you in-game.


When I see people post about the Jedi in my guild, I alert them to a potential hit from the people that respond to the posting.



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