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[Trick]

If you join Knight now, you pretty much know with almost 100% certainty that you are going into a cabal that has a war with two different cabals. One is hard coded and the other is coded through constant bounties and this log is perfect evidence of that.  It is true that in the past some characters made an effort to see the alliance change by allying with other cabals, but at the start of that character I can promise you that they were allied with Nexus and at the end of that character they were probably allied with Nexus.

Don't even give me this shit about not being able to buy out either because you know all you have to do is place another bounty on someone else that is online regardless if your price is higher or not. I can't afford to buy out my bounty as a Nexus? I'll just put 50k on this non-caballed person and ta-da, I don't have to worry about the Syndicate because I've given them other business.

EDIT: ^ For f0xx - the MAJORITY of people do the above. 

Random bounties are fucking irritating. I've leveled a character from 0-50 in two days through quests, never having spoken to a single person, and ended up on both gold and CP sides of the bounty board. Not a single word was said to anyone, not a single note was sent to anyone, but somehow I've managed to get a bounty? Makes no sense. What it is, is a Nexus is inflating the bounty board because they are allied and figure sure, I'll place random bounties just to give you business. Its a BAD, poor form of RP. 

I like the idea of a bounty being under a certain amount reveals the bountier. You want a bounty to be super secret squirrel shit? You gotta pay more for it. You want to throw around 50k bounties for no reason? Well, now I at least know who the scumbag with shit RP is that did it. 

[f0xx]

1 hour ago, Fireman said:

Don't even give me this shit about not being able to buy out either because you know all you have to do is place another bounty on someone else that is online regardless if your price is higher or not. I can't afford to buy out my bounty as a Nexus? I'll just put 50k on this non-caballed person and ta-da, I don't have to worry about the Syndicate because I've given them other business.

 

Things are not black and white, you know that better than me. Ultimately, the syndicate himself chooses who to go for. There have been cases, and not rare ones, where I've went after an allied Nexian rather than someone else.

[Fool_Hardy]

2 hours ago, Fireman said:

I like the idea of a bounty being under a certain amount reveals the bountier. You want a bounty to be super secret squirrel shit? You gotta pay more for it. You want to throw around 50k bounties for no reason? Well, now I at least know who the scumbag with shit RP is that did it. 

I have always thought there should be a "PAYBACK BOUNTY"

help PAYBACK

Some people seeking to place bounties on others are cheap and do not seek to have the best mechanics on the job. So they place bounties that are of a minimal amount just to keep the syndicates people preoccupied and keep them selves in the clear. The syndicate grew tired of these tactics and began to let these jobs fall into the hands of common thugs, Unfortunately these thugs are less professional than the upper echelon of the family and often double cross their clients to easily double their payday.

syntax : Bounty payback

The price collected on your head in coins or CP is deducted from your totals and a bounty is placed on the person who originally contracted you.. (note: Original bounty MUST be less than double the minimum Gold or CP cost for a bounty. Example 100k gold, 100 CP.)

They will not tell you the name, but will allow you some Payback.

This would stop the 50k bounties. Farming 50K in 2002 with 40 players online and 10 in your PK range was difficult. Farming 50k today is far to easy for 50k to be a viable price to pay for the anonymous death of another. 

So @Fireman, +1 on that. 

[Anonymous]

Savant was in an alliance with Syndicate when I first got into Nexus.

There was a time I was fighting a knight (Ashuga possibly) and Iznazti was trying to take his standard. My role play has never been someone that wants to fight and so I bountied the Knight mid fight seeing that Kotrag was on. Then the Knight bountied both of us in Nexus. 

Next thing you know I have to run off from the Knight to reat up and Kotrag pops up and destroys Iznazti. Gets the kill on him. Iznazti was so pissed off. (Even wrote a shoutout trashing me that was later removed) Kotrag sends me a tell saying he spared me for now because I am a good customer. (I typically keep my enemies bountied, alliance or not)

From there Kotrag and I worked towards an alliance and Nexus stole the alliance from Savant. We even went to war with Savant over it as well. Everyone bitched about it because Savant was a tough war with Sarcon and Izzy playing damn near 12 hours a day at the time. A lot of people stopped playing in Nexus due to it. But we got the alliance!

I bring this up because I agree with Foxx. If you put the time in and make it worth their while an alliance can be taken. The Syndicate is an organization and will always do what is in their own best interest.

Araethil Ebonshroud

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[Kyzarius]

Kotrag and Viruthx managed syndicate like i always have felt it should be.  We leveraged contracts to push treaties.  Provded refusals for big favors, that were convolouted mob style protection rackets.

In the end I believe removing fixed alliances/vendettas from the table would encourage what we had created.  I honestly do not believe it limiting at all, more freeing.   

Viruthx worked out secret pacts with knights, watchers, even a tribunal.  The independent con-man managing and trading hits for favors from the shadows.   Pulling strings for the boss.  Spying and using the inside knowledge to manipulate everyone.

Remvoing the fixed alliance function would just open the door for this kind of rp more.  And it is more what syndicate should be about imo.

[Chesta6384]

All u gotta do is place a huge ass bounty on Nexus and he can't buy it out....well if he has the resources he can but if you make it large enough, he won't be able to.

[Fool_Hardy]

I have found that Syndicate responds well to 1000 CP.

So, in your spare time, raid the offices, pits, and Avalon regularly. Its farming Cabal Prestige.

What I can not wait for is RP purchased bounties. Not a Syndicate alive that will not be hunting those.

[Magick]

14 minutes ago, Fool_Hardy said:

What I can not wait for is RP purchased bounties.

Why not RP out a bounty and you'll both get RP?

[Fool_Hardy]

That can be done yes. Should be SOP probably.

What I mean is if I wish to bounty Panek for 100 of the RP I have already acquired......Even Merchants might not feel so safe.