[Discuss] Abusing Bounties

[Vinnie]

2007/4/21, LilWolf <bmdiscuss at lilwolf.biz>:
> Mark Moss wrote:
> >
> > As far as asking to be assassinated:  That neither violates an
> > inalienable right, nor directly violates the social contract.  It's
> > going to be a judgement call amongst the titans whether or not, in that
> > specific case, the caracter with the bounty on his head was abusing game
> > mechanics OCC.
> >
>
>
> I'm actually surprised the bounty system hasn't been abused to death.
> There's plenty of room for it as far as I can see(unless there's some
> rule preventing your own realms infils from collecting bounties on their
> realm mates).
>

How's that? If a realm wants to try take out its own troopleaders to
get the bounty, I really think we should let them try. If they fail,
they lose a lot of honour and end up in prison where the judge could
decide to execute them instantly (in fact, this is a great way to get
rid of a disloyal infiltrator inside your realm...). On the other hand
you need the troopleader agreeing to let someone take him out.

I definately would never agree to. The odds that you are taken out
because of the bounty really ARE small. I think that's the real
problem with the bounty boards, that they don't work. A lot of the
bounties, even the bigger 500+ gold ones usually keep standing for
quite a while. If they are taken out, it's merely by accident. This
comes from lack of infiltrators, because infiltrator guilds can't
survive (I tried with Black Mamba) and because since serious wounds
don't auto-result in removal of position anymore, infiltrator
profession became a lot less interesting.

Regardless, I don't think this is a problem since a lot could go
wrong. I've done it once with Tank as the infiltrator. Some guy in
Fontan had 800 gold on his head (Tank was fontan as well). I made an
agreement and I took him out. I knew that if I'd fail I'd be released,
but instead I succeeded, pocketed the money and left.