Hello!

Happy Monday everyone. Here's our question of the week - I know we've talked a little bit about bounties here and there, but as the question still seems to come up with regularity, we thought we'd discuss it a bit more here.
 
Anytime a character dies in Earthrise by the hands of some dastardly player-killer, a special object is going to be generated in his possession, called Death Report. On this little piece of electronic paper are the last blurry images of his killer taken directly from his watcher chip. Using this evidence, a player could visit a bounty terminal and announce a bounty against a specific player. When a bounty is announced, it becomes immediately available to all bounty hunters in the game - players, who have registered through paying a hefty fee to be known as bounty hunters and bring order to even risky places where no guards dare to thread. Bounty hunters are players who use their perfected player killing skills not to cause turmoil but rather bring justice and vengeance where needed. The bounty could be just that - a reason for bounty hunters to hunt him down with minimal repercussions. Or the player could invest money to create a monetary award and an additional incentive for the bounty hunters to do their job. Either way, the bounty becomes available to all bounty hunters not just one of them, and one vengeance kill will remove the bounty. This may sound unfair to some bounty hunters who may not be lucky to claim a specific kill, but all bounty hunters have access to all bounty hunts anytime so finding someone to kill for a good reason will never be easier. In the same time, for the victim it's open season - a true challenge to strive to survive in a world where a hunter could be stalking you from any corner. There will, of course, be many exceptions and limitations to avoid exploiting the bounty system - for example, party and guild members will not be able to bounty hunt each other, and we are experimenting with other limitations that will make it harder for friends to just bounty hunt each other for some good reason.

Enjoy, and watch your backs!
~ m.

Awesome news on bounty cant wait to see it in game

Same doubts

And another add, if I see a player trying to kill another player can I prevent such act? Or will the possible PK after killed by me get a Bounty Report?

I see a player starting to attack another defenseless player, if I enter the fight and kill the player that 1st started the attack, will he get a Bounty Report against me?

Ok, so if I never kill another player, I'm immune to bounties.  Excellent.

Also, nothing was said about the bounty hunter being immune to guards for the bounty kill.
Hence, if the bounty hunter attacks someone with NPC guards nearby, I assume that they get the bounty (and then die a horrible death from the guards).

Looks good so far, though I share the concerns others have stated. I also want to see how the mechanic for this system handles guild battles/sieges.

But really, Moll..... Happy Monday?!?!    ....sicko.

This requires a system for guilds to declare war and ways to protect other players.

I am really looking forward to being hunted!  This news however is good and I was hoping it would be done this way.  I am just wondering what are the other forms of limitations you guys are experimenting with that will make it harder for friends to kill each other for the bounty.

I really looking for a really well thought out bounty system. Also a very good hide and seek game.. Tho I don't think I will be hiding.

I was really hoping the bounty system would need more than just killing a player under any circumstance to trigger it.

The minimum bounty price better be a lot.