Collecting Bounties

[LeBurns]

I started a new toon who has not been to the Tracker's Hideout yet, so not a member. I was just scanning New Atlantis, getting all the locations on my quick travel map, and saw a guy in red. I tried to talk to him and there was no interaction at all, he just ignored me. So I saved and just shot him. He dropped dead, the civilians run around like crazy, the guards do nothing, and no crime reported. I get the bounty and loot the body. Walk off leaving a corpse laying on the sidewalk.

That can't be right, can it? I thought we had to talk to them or something, and why do I even know about this prior to joining the TA?

[HeyYou]

Think it depends on if they are wanted Alive, or not.

[LeBurns]

Originally posted by HeyYou:

Think it depends on if they are wanted Alive, or not.

So if they were wanted ALIVE only and I just shot them, I would have been in trouble? Guess I need to check that. I just kept trying to talk to them and couldn't get them to respond at all.

I did at one point while scanning him see his rap sheet, and it was a long list of crimes.

[HeyYou]

I haven't done much with the trackers alliance yet.... Did the first mission, and then a couple from the board, but, that's about it. (they DO pay better.....)

I ran into a guy in Akila that was red when I scanned him, (and I was already in trackers alliance) and when I tried to talk to him, got nothin'..... I just shot him. Folks in the neighborhood freaked out, but, the guard that was standing right there didn't even bat an eye.

[LeBurns]

Originally posted by HeyYou:

I haven't done much with the trackers alliance yet.... Did the first mission, and then a couple from the board, but, that's about it. (they DO pay better.....)

I ran into a guy in Akila that was red when I scanned him, (and I was already in trackers alliance) and when I tried to talk to him, got nothin'..... I just shot him. Folks in the neighborhood freaked out, but, the guard that was standing right there didn't even bat an eye.

Yeah that's my experience exactly ... well except I was in New Atlantis. Does make me wonder how someone wanted gets in, since you're scanned as you enter the city.

[jonnin]

If they are wanted dead, or dead/alive, I just shoot them in the head from afar. You have to scan them first and get them to be your active bounty quest, but you don't have to talk to the dead ones.

As far as TA goes, its only there to turn in astra coins. The 5k bounties are nice for lowbies but the TA mission board on a high level (60+) planet will get you better target with better loot at higher levels. The boss chest of any POI can have an astra, so its not tied to the mission origin at all.

And on astra, my new game (at the TA update launch) I was able to gather about 30 units by level 60 which ensures mostly advanced item rewards. So they are slow going. And save scumming, only about 1 item in 30 or more were even equal to what I already had from his gold tier stuff. Its heavily biased to give you melee weapons and low quality(even if gold colored!) packs/helmets. Low quality meaning 1/3 of the DR you would want and lucky if 1 of the 3 bonuses is usable.

[Limmin]

Originally posted by HeyYou:

I haven't done much with the trackers alliance yet.... Did the first mission, and then a couple from the board, but, that's about it. (they DO pay better.....)

I ran into a guy in Akila that was red when I scanned him, (and I was already in trackers alliance) and when I tried to talk to him, got nothin'..... I just shot him. Folks in the neighborhood freaked out, but, the guard that was standing right there didn't even bat an eye.

I was scouting a random settlement in a random system, doing survey work, when I noticed one of the civilians was red on the scanner. Hit him with EM, and he faceplanted. Everyone else running around panicking. But...I got some money suddenly ka-ching-ing into my account. I could have killed him ("Dead or Alive") but it's my policy to not kill unless I must.

Similar to your case, nobody went aggro on me after I shot the guy. So at least there's that benefit.