Unclaimed Bounties

[Gorf]

I usually just leave them. The time expended on redeeming them isn't worth the return. I tend to be dead before they get so bad as to need a scroll bar, anyway.

I thought Roger's idea is best. It's what you can do now with endowment policies etc - sell them for a fraction of what you've put in (to realise the capital). The broker pays off the remaining term and makes their profit on maturity.

I think the percentage paid should vary - with ones that are a system or two away from the point of sale being (say) 40% while those that are furthest away yield 10% (A quick spreadsheet look gives the formula
=if(40-40*A2/100<10,10,40-40*A2/100)
where A2 is the distance from the bounty system in ly

[Roger Wilco Jr]

I've said before, you should be able to sell them to a "collector", or a bank, or on the black market, for 25% or 50% of face value. This would add a little bit of the depth that the game is missing.

Completely agree. Was this raised as a request on the main forum?

Not by me - I'm banned there.


Btw, right now I have about 15 lousy 200cr bounties cluttering my transaction tab. They weren't even for systems I was in because of using the KWS.

[Skipp]

I was thinking the same thing the other day!

It's an obvious issue for all players. And it will most probably just go to waste. Having the option to claim all bounties remotely for a percentage fee is the way to go. I also have at least 5-6 systems with bounties in range of 400 to 50k that I don't bother collecting since the systems are a few 100 Lys away.

When it comes to fed/ally bounties - I wait until they go up to 1-2mil. Then i fly 180Ly to a system that's on the border of those 2 factions and just collect both.

[robfm81]

Do they tell you which system to claim them?

[de Carabas]

Do they tell you which system to claim them?

No. Some are obvious because the faction name includes the system. Some not so much.

[de Carabas]

Feel free to chime in (if you can!)

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthrea ... ost2576226

[TorTorden]

The very least I would expect from FD soon is to be able to at least display an icon in the gal map where you have unclaimed bounties..

Or just to at least be able to filter on unclaimed bounties, I am honestly flabbergasted they didn't add that feature when they swapped bounties to minor factions..

[Roger Wilco Jr]

... I am honestly flabbergasted they didn't add that feature ...

Are you honestly flabbergasted by anything Frontier does, or doesn't, do?

Anyway, nice to see this getting some traction on the official forum and even getting having the devs support it. I don't know why they think there should be a wrinkle or why it would be illegal. You are not "cashing in" bounties with opposing factions - you are transferring them to a broker; the broker will have to take the Empire bounties to Empire space, and etc. And whey he builds up tens of thousands for small factions, or millions for major factions, it will be worth it to him to make the trip. The broker will fill out the paperwork to make it all legal. Anyway, it's like when you win the lottery or get a structured settlement that will pay out over 20 years. You can legally transfer those to someone else for a lump sum payment (but obviously not at face value).

P.S. I wouldn't mind the idea to be able to abandon them.

[TorTorden]

No not really, I just think that would have been an obvious fix to an obvious issue