Collecting Bounty!

[Ulfrigg]

Is it really correct that you have to be the one delivering the kill blow to be able to collect the bounty from a pks head?

I remeber that once a pk died everyone and there mother went for the head to try and get the bounty from it.

Anyone else remeber or have some info on this?

[Roser]

Research the interwebz and report back to us sir!

[Ash]

Is it really correct that you have to be the one delivering the kill blow to be able to collect the bounty from a pks head?

I remeber that once a pk died everyone and there mother went for the head to try and get the bounty from it.

Anyone else remeber or have some info on this?

I remember it being like this as well.

[Kaivan]

Aside from the numerous changes to the bounty system that came about with the introduction of the reputation system (bank being cleared out, stat-loss on death, etc.) the notes from the 12/9/97 patch give us some detailed information regarding the way that the bounty system functioned. Specifically the following line is relevant to the discussion:

Bounty hunting

• Only the bounty hunter can turn in the head.

[nightshark]

Here's an old topic about it: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19825

[Ulfrigg]

Aside from the numerous changes to the bounty system that came about with the introduction of the reputation system (bank being cleared out, stat-loss on death, etc.) the notes from the 12/9/97 patch give us some detailed information regarding the way that the bounty system functioned. Specifically the following line is relevant to the discussion:

Bounty hunting

• Only the bounty hunter can turn in the head.

Fair enough, but that not how it works here.
As of now only the bounty hunter with the kill blow can turn in the head.

[Roser]

IMO, it should work like a reverse murder count. If you do any amount of damage to the murderer, then you should be eligible to turn the head in.

The patch note Kaivan linked can go either way. We need more evidence.

[Kaivan]

I see what you're saying. Upon looking into the changes that the reputation system brought about, these are the relevant changes that occurred from the notoriety system to the reputation system:

Notoriety system:

• Killer must have higher than neutral notoriety.
• Killer will have head placed in backpack automatically.
• Only that player may turn in the PK's head for a bounty.

Reputation system:

• Any player may kill the PK.
• Cutting up the PK's corpse results in the head being created (although I have not found information that suggests where the head shows up).
• Any player may turn in the head from the PK. This seems to be the one major difference pointed out under the reputation system as opposed to the notoriety system.

This assessment largely comes from searching the newsgroups for this issue. Specifically, this thread has the following supporting statement:

Roy Gebers (Roy Gebers) wrote:

> >Tomorrow I'll suicide and turn in my own head for whatever bounty he
> >put up.

> >And the next time I see him, I'll kill him again.

> Is this really the way the bounty system works?
> Here I thought when I placed a bounty, that I was somehow hurting the
> PK and rewarding his killer. (Not that I think Dundee is a PK)

> Thinking about all those rewards that went to the very people that
> killed me. Foolish of me to think that a system put in place by OSI
> would work.

Yes it's true. Anyone who turns in the head can collect the bounty. So
if you want to make a statement put a 1gp bounty on the guy

There may be other information from HoC chats that supports or refutes this position.

[Ulfrigg]

Nice find Kaivan, thats how i remeberd it, we never had to figure out after we killed a pk who got the last blow and give the head to him to collect the bounty.

[Derrick]

Thanks. Will fix.