The question really is, what would be the penalty towards the victim?

In EVE podding someone with a bounty not only nets the assassin a bounty payout but also has penalties for the victim, their ship loss and potential SP loss and definite loss of a clone.

So for our immortal mercs who don't need to have clones paid for that can hold our SP where is the threat? Simply losing a load out isn't a big deal since we already lose numerous ones in battles. So where is the punishments for getting killed in such a manner?

Well if I had scraped together 120 M isk to buy an MCC after six months!! only to loose it to a single hit thats stressfull

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What's this? Bounty? Oh ****! I need to take the name, Boba Fett, asap! like months ago! No one messed with the, Fett!

No, but seriously what is this bounty you speak of? I would not mind being a bounty hunter, or whatever making side deals and contracts to take out serious opposition. I just feel bad for those in the top ten (with no lives outside of Dust514) whom will surely be the target of much hate, and large sums of money to annoy. Well if they can even do that. Ha-ha. I get the feeling if this is allowed, that the top ten will be laughs out of it for a short time.

I can see it now.. Some twisted Mexican standoff.

As i stated before i have played eve for nearly 9 years, i lose my first battleship, which cost me 150m back in the day, 30 min after having it. Lost my first carrier 1.8B that Billion with a b, in a week after having it. So yea its stressful, and it sucks, but the rush you get is so awesome you come back more.

You keep your stuff, the system lets you put a reward on killing someones clone. So the next person to kill the merc gets bonus isk, somebody that is tired of being spawn camped by a player can put bounty on them for example. A high bounty could get them team killed for the bounty. Not a real useful feature, but it's been in EvE a long time and fits setting well.

bounties in eve are kind of a joke.. most ppl put them on themselves so when you bring up there profile there's a big red WANTED across there portrait and it kinda makes some people nervous or w/e..

bountys? lol good luck with that i roll way to many times my heavy with a HMG. It needs a full squad to take me out. And i rarely roll out alone grouping ftw. After all that 4.22 KD speaks for itself. More like:" oh i heard you accepted a bounty on me, lets see if my HMG can change your opinion about that" You bring your tank to kill me? I bring my tank out and put you back on the respawn timer. Havent lost a tank yet in a 1vs1 tank fight. And i think people start to recognise me in matches. Probs they know brining a tank against me is not a smart idea.