Bounty on a Head

Ryocean - Lost City
Ryocean - Lost City Posts: 26 Arc User
edited January 2009 in General Discussion
Is there some sort thing where you can post someones name to be PK'd for a price? A sort of Bounty Hunting if you will.

And if not, is this idea valid?
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  • Jrudora - Lost City
    Jrudora - Lost City Posts: 445 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    An mmo I once played (I don't even remember the name of it anymore) had such a system where you could add a name to a list and whoever kills him/her can claim the coin.
    Fairly interesting but with a system like that you're bound to have people take advantage of it.
  • Ryocean - Lost City
    Ryocean - Lost City Posts: 26 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Yikes... I guess it could turn bad...
  • Renara - Heavens Tear
    Renara - Heavens Tear Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Alas, a bounty system only works if the penalty for being killed outweighs the value of the bounty offered. Otherwise the target just has a friend or alt kill him to collect the reward.

    On the other hand, bounties could certainly spice things up on a "hardcore" server where death is permanent like in real life. b:laugh
    "Sorry, we don't need a barbarian. We have a frog."
  • WindGaurdian - Sanctuary
    WindGaurdian - Sanctuary Posts: 326 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    A better Bounty System, which I believe makes much more sense, is for which ever a person wants to have killed can add their name to the Bounty List, but the Reward is paid into the system by their OWN amount of coins so whenever the person does get killed by another player, the coin will be recieved automatically.

    So basically.

    Player A wants Player B killed.

    Player A goes to the Bounty List and add Player B to be hunted down.

    Player A sets the bounty reward to 100k which is paid by his own coins

    Player C takes this mission for a fee of 5k, and kills Player B.

    Player C recieves the 100k coins in the mail.

    Player A gets a notification, that Player C **** Player B.

    b:chuckle
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  • Renara - Heavens Tear
    Renara - Heavens Tear Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    WindGaurdian - Sanctuary wrote: »
    A better Bounty System, which I believe makes much more sense, is for which ever a person wants to have killed can add their name to the Bounty List, but the Reward is paid into the system by their OWN amount of coins so whenever the person does get killed by another player, the coin will be recieved automatically.

    So basically.

    Player A wants Player B killed.

    Player A goes to the Bounty List and add Player B to be hunted down.

    Player A sets the bounty reward to 100k which is paid by his own coins

    Player C takes this mission for a fee of 5k, and kills Player B.

    Player C recieves the 100k coins in the mail.

    Player A gets a notification, that Player C **** Player B.

    b:chuckle

    Uh...that's what we're talking about. And the moment the bounty is listed, Player B asks his best friend Player C to kill him, and B and C split the reward. Probably not what Player A had in mind!
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  • WindGaurdian - Sanctuary
    WindGaurdian - Sanctuary Posts: 326 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    oOOoohh.. ahah ^__^
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  • Sigr - Heavens Tear
    Sigr - Heavens Tear Posts: 280 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Renara - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Uh...that's what we're talking about. And the moment the bounty is listed, Player B asks his best friend Player C to kill him, and B and C split the reward. Probably not what Player A had in mind!

    Meanwhile, 10 other players try to kill the person with the bounty on their head.
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  • Solandri - Heavens Tear
    Solandri - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,843 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Sigr - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Meanwhile, 10 other players try to kill the person with the bounty on their head.

    It's really hard to kill someone who isn't logged in.
  • Sigr - Heavens Tear
    Sigr - Heavens Tear Posts: 280 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Solandri - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    It's really hard to kill someone who isn't logged in.

    It's really hard to try and beat the system if you aren't logged in.
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    I hate ranged mobs. b:angry

    I <3 my cactopod. b:pleased
  • Ryocean - Lost City
    Ryocean - Lost City Posts: 26 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Renara - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Alas, a bounty system only works if the penalty for being killed outweighs the value of the bounty offered. Otherwise the target just has a friend or alt kill him to collect the reward.

    On the other hand, bounties could certainly spice things up on a "hardcore" server where death is permanent like in real life. b:laugh

    lol, yeah that makes sense. So I guess there should be restrictions then.

    For example let's say...

    The hunter can't be on their targets friends list or faction.

    The hunter cannot be from the same account the target is currently in.

    You can't be a bounty hunter unless your level... Let's say 50.

    And I'm not sure about this idea but...
    To get the reward you have to PK them a certain number of times.


    And just wondering about what the payment should be like. I mean I'm sure PWE would like to get a profit out of this...

    So to post a PK request should cost about 1-5 gold and your reward to have that that character PK'd.
  • Sanshiru - Lost City
    Sanshiru - Lost City Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited January 2009
    Sigr - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    It's really hard to try and beat the system if you aren't logged in.


    you gotta be smarter than the program..
    .: Being able to read and think at the same time is an advantage :.

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