Kavadas
Mon 27 Oct 2008, 2027, Mon 27 Oct 2008
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.
Original Link (http://forums.play-earthrise.com/index.php?topic=2227.0)
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.
Original Link (http://forums.play-earthrise.com/index.php?topic=2227.0)