Random NPC Bounties

[Tankerman]

I think you missed the point, ImpossibleDream. There are only two people to PvP. Do you seriously suggest all bounty-hunting on the server should be about those two PCs?
 
EDIT: Two near-epic PCs, at that. What Ranek and others are trying to say is, maybe it might be fun for people to be able to play Bounty Hunters before they hit level 9? After all, a Bounty Hunter will have to earn his living before that - and needs to earn XP.

[TheImpossibleDream]

If only two people do anything worth a damn to get a bounty on their head then yes.

The problem lay with the pc's not the system!

[TheImpossibleDream]

NEAR EPIC! Wow its totally impossible to kill anything 5-6 levels higher than you I've never done tha- oh wait...

Have you ever engaged in meaningful pvp tankerman? it's incredibly rewarding in both experience (if done well awarded by the overseeing dm) and loot 9/10.

No matter how powerful you think these pc's are they can be felled by those lower level than themselves with careful planning. Just because you don't know how to do it doesn't make it impossible!

[Tankerman]

Well, on the PC side, I do agree to a certain extent. But this isn't about more PC bounties - it's about more NPC bounties. And to be frank, there are plenty of PCs who in-game have done loads of things to deserve bounties, but Im not sure it's possible to keep track of all of them. <_>
 
EDIT: For the record, I have felled one of them on several occassions. That is not the point. Nor is how "uber" you think you are in PVP anything to the point. Furthermore and to the point, it does seem as if you just want an excuse to turn something that was intended as a constructive suggestion into a pissing contest about your l337 haxx0r skills - of which I am thoroughly uninterested and unimpressed.

[Equinox]

Pc's are easily taken down by serval methods. the invis-gank is an old time favourite for a reason.
Coming from a person who has pvped enough on this server. I'll tell you this, with enough supplies/ the right build or hell just a bit of planning. you can take down anyone.

While this suggestion has merits. It's not worth the time. just pursue the IC bounties and make your fourtunes.

[Kotenku]

The reason more than anything else, why the old bounty quest went unused most of the time, was because it was obscenely unrewarding for groups, and even more unrewarding for people to solo, except for those seldom few who have powerful insta-kill combos (high DC hold persons, etc). Not a lack of interest in hunting down powerful NPCs in well concealed areas.
 
The system was bogged down with so many bugs that many people didn't even realize it was working, in the few months when it did work.
 
Of course, the difficulty in getting the system working is a good argument against trying to, but I'd also point out it was Thrawn who scripted the thing (I am pretty certain, anyway!) and he has a fairly long record of leaving things unfinished. <.>
 
I would certainly like to see this in-game, in a workable way, maybe as a normal scripted quest, except with a pool of random Quest Areas/bosses, so the quest is always different.

[TheImpossibleDream]

Well, on the PC side, I do agree to a certain extent. But this isn't about more PC bounties - it's about more NPC bounties. And to be frank, there are plenty of PCs who in-game have done loads of things to deserve bounties, but Im not sure it's possible to keep track of all of them. <_>
 
EDIT: For the record, I have felled one of them on several occassions. That is not the point. Nor is how "uber" you think you are in PVP anything to the point. Furthermore and to the point, it does seem as if you just want an excuse to turn something that was intended as a constructive suggestion into a pissing contest about your l337 haxx0r skills - of which I am thoroughly uninterested and unimpressed.

If thats how you read it. I suggest you go back and re-read it again and come to a proper conclusion. Or perhaps you need read your OWN RESPONSES to the thread and then read my response so as to properly understand what I'm trying to say to you.

What you claim is that being a bounty hunter before level 9 is A) unrewarding, B) impossible. I stated as elaborately as possible why this is not the case.

[Tankerman]

True, it might be possible you're just trolling. Again.
 
EDIT: It is unrewarding.
It isn't impossible, but it's generally so unrewarding that there's little point to go to the rather large risk required. And since we're busying ourselves with the finer edges of writing - you are very rarely very elaborate. Only insulting.

[SkillFocuspwn]

lol Tankerman|Hostile

Those quests were hardly ever done and caused a lot of problems with people dying. They weren't a great success and I don't think they ever will be.

[TheImpossibleDream]

True, it might be possible you're just trolling. Again.
 
EDIT: It is unrewarding. *
It isn't impossible, but it's generally so unrewarding that there's little point to go to the rather large risk required.** And since we're busying ourselves with the finer edges of writing - you are very rarely very elaborate. Only insulting.***

*Wrong
**Untrue
*** Form

[Gippy]

It was far easier to kill PC bounties in the underdark then NPC ones. Those things were absurd.

[Luke Danger]

Agreed. If such ever becomes a work on for the DM's, perhaps revaluate their levels/gear? Make them tough, but not redicloulsly so.

[Caster13]

It was far easier to kill PC bounties in the underdark then NPC ones. Those things were absurd.

I remember going after a few of these NPC bounties once or twice. For myself, I've never seen one go right.

[Dr Dragon]

Carlos was killed by people with less levels then him.

[Drakill Tannan]

Still, one needs Gromphy or Greely to log in. Not the same timezone? Bounty hunters are screwed. And even if they are logged, they may be questing, taking in the wastrel... i don't know. You also NEED a DM because they are PCs, and a PC with a bounty on his head doesn't show openly in non-NPC filled areas.

Think of this: the ogre encounter random event, but instead of an ogre, is a human that, if you bring his head to a stygian you earn 500 gold, but there is no loot in the area.

It is merely another kind of random event. In truth this suggestion is not about mechanics, but about the feeling.

I still support this, i don't care if there are 50 PCs with bontues on their heads atm.