First and foremost, a better way for EVE and Dust players to work together in Faction Warfare. It can be quite challenging when many EVE players are focusing on certain systems to make a push on and all Dust players can do is refresh and hope that they get the right system.

Also in Faction Warfare and Planetary Conquest you can call in an orbital strike from an EVE player, but the value in this is diminished because you can easily call in a orbital strike of comparable efficiency from the Warbarge. I would say in these spaces make orbital strikes exclusively from EVE pilots, it would add a lot more to the EVE/Dust link in my opinion.

I like the idea as it at least gives players something else to aim for (get it?).

However, I like to recommend an alternative in an effort to mitigate abuse of the system since New Eden is full of players who are really sneaky and smart enough to try to game the system.

Currently, in Eve Online, you are able to freely choose any player in the system, right-click their name and select "place bounty". You can then put in whatever amount you want into the bounty pool. Many players can still add to the pool by doing the same thing you just did to the same player.

Now, let's say that the player's bounty pool is 100,000,000 ISK and they are flying a ship that is worth 100,000,000 ISK (fully fitted). Someone with a taste for cash comes in and jumps on the player in low-sec and managed to destroy the player's 100 million ISK ship. The bounty system then subtracts 20% of the value of the wrecked from the player's bounty pool and adds it to the hunter who successfully killed him. The hunter earned 20,000,000 ISK. As a result, the target player now has an 80,000,000 ISK bounty on his head.

Dust can borrow from this from Eve Online and have the same thing apply to dropsuit values. If I placed a 10 million ISK bounty on your head right now, and you lose a dropsuit worth 200,000 ISK, then 40,000 ISK is deducted from the 10 million ISK bounty pool and then given to the hunter. The hunter earns 40,000 ISK in addition to the regular match rewards.

The reason CCP implemented the 20% factor is because back in the old days of Eve, it was possible to have a friend kill you to clear a 100 million ISK bounty on your head on the first death alone. Therefore, you and your friend split the money 50-50 and go home without having to worry about losing anything. Keep in mind that you were flying an rookie ship at the time of death. Nowadays, you have to suffer death by a thousand cuts in order to clear the bounty and you are no longer able to use rookie ships to clear your bounty as they are no longer counted.

On more thing, in Eve Online, the value of the implants you had (if you get podded in space) is also factored in at 20% of the value in addition to 20% of the value of your ship's wreck taken from your bounty pool.

We have actually discussed this and how awesome it would be. Are you thinking the bounties come from EVE players though? We figured DUST players would place the bounties? Or EVE players as well if we have the ISK transfer working.

We have actually discussed this and how awesome it would be. Are you thinking the bounties come from EVE players though? We figured DUST players would place the bounties? Or EVE players as well if we have the ISK transfer working.

something to consider far future....with the right skills trained dust mercs should be able to take to the universe in frig class ships....
eve pilots with the right skills should be able to pilot vehicles on planets...