Bounty System Expansion - Positive Voodoo casts

[Slindur]

+1 to Danik's suggestion about bounty's are not recoverable, though with a tweak. I suggest that half of the money is non-refundable.

In terms of adding trade bounties, that is not really a bounty, but a boost. I support the use of only aggressive voodoo/actions for bounties, as it stays true to what bounties really are (i.e. a price on someone's head).

Slindur

[Stan Rogers]

+1 to all Slindur's suggestions.

[Juicypotato]

I don't think any gold should be lost if the bounty wasnt funded. There are not very many bounty hunters in this game and more likely than not most of the bounties even if they have a good price aren't going to be completed.

[Most Lee Harmless]

non-refundable bounties would weed out the petty nuisance bounties that some favor, those who, for a few coins, hope to inconvenience those they cant deal with face-to-face : well, risk ALL your coin for your proxy war, do that at least.

[Hawk]

Personally, I see nothing wrong with a lot of little bounties. Yes, alot are pointless, but they don't hurt anything. The current system promotes versatility at all levels and gives a lot to choose from. Which is far better than having the opposite, barely any at all.

Something like a 15% fee wouldn't hurt, but I see no reason to put a strong disincentive up, I like having options, for both myself and newer players

#Thumbsdown

[Juicypotato]

+1 skyhawk. Danik is just a poor sport.

[Most Lee Harmless]

and juicy is a bad loser.. which is surprising given how much practice he has at it...

[Stan Rogers]

Personally, I see nothing wrong with a lot of little bounties. Yes, alot are pointless, but they don't hurt anything. The current system promotes versatility at all levels and gives a lot to choose from. Which is far better than having the opposite, barely any at all.

Something like a 15% fee wouldn't hurt, but I see no reason to put a strong disincentive up, I like having options, for both myself and newer players

#Thumbsdown

Again, very valid points as any serious bounty hunter will go through the 'chaff' to find the real serious bounties and pick up on them. It's not like a serious bounty hunter has numerous pages to sort through.
The rest are a little like window dressing that I do find rather humorous for some strange reason

[Dejanira]

If I offer up 1 mil for actions against another player, if they are not done by the due date, the coin is NOT returned to me but lost. there is also a fair chance proposers will then offer realistic amounts for what they want done.

Seems reasonable to me. Besides this would let people to put realistic bounties when starting one. Seeing 10000 gc to cast a rare voodoo could be fun, at the beginning, but spoils the sense of the game.
+1 to Danik's idea.

[Hawk]

If I was a newer player and placed a bounty that I thought was expensive from my point of view, why should I be punished? That is very discouraging and also unrealistic. If I wanted to post a reward in real life, people would just ignore me until I offered a reasonable request. I also would not lose money until the reward is claimed (minus fees for posters and such). As a newer player, if my bounty in the game was ignored, I would not only dislike the feature, but be angry that my hard earned gold in the game was wasted.

What about minimum bounties for various actions and different rarities of voodoo, in order to establish a baseline?