12-22-2018, 02:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-22-2018, 02:22 AM by pizzasgood.)
To me, the point of bounties is to have a means of inconveniencing somebody by incentivizing other people to attack them. If the target can just set down their stuff and let a friend kill them so that they can both share the bounty with no risk of lost items, that's not very much of an inconvenience, nor does it leave much room for people to hunt the bounty. Depending on the size of the bounty, I might even have helped them by issuing it. That's the opposite of what I want to do.
I would be a lot more likely to put a bounty on somebody if I could specify which empires (e.g. only those allied to mine) are allowed to see and claim it. There'd still be the potential for shenanigans if they have alts infiltrating those empires or if they bribe people, but I'm fine with that. There should be some capacity for shady stuff. It just shouldn't be trivial.
I would be a lot more likely to put a bounty on somebody if I could specify which empires (e.g. only those allied to mine) are allowed to see and claim it. There'd still be the potential for shenanigans if they have alts infiltrating those empires or if they bribe people, but I'm fine with that. There should be some capacity for shady stuff. It just shouldn't be trivial.