Justice System: Major Crimes causing MUCH more Bounty than previously. Is this working as intended?

Left4Daud

I just noticed that murdering NPCs in the noble class while being witnessed by other NPCs now causes one's bounty to skyrocket much more than before yesterday's patch. Previously when being witnessed killing ANY NPC you would receive bounty around 1k gold for the act. However, killing nobles AFTER the HotR patch now gives 4620 gold bounty if witnessed by other NPCs, while killing lesser class NPCs still only gives around 1k bounty. I didn't read anything about these changes to the justice system in the patch notes so is this working as intended?

Again after the patch, being witnessed killing nobles now gives 4620 gold in bounty while killing other NPC's only gives 1k(ish) gold in bounty. Nothing in the patch notes mentioned Nobles giving more bounty when being killed. Is this working as intended?

Thank you.

Edit: Posted in GD as well here https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/366434/bounty-bugged-since-hotr-massive-increase-in-bounty-for-killing-certain-npcs#latest

SaintSubwayy

Just tested it and can cofirm that the bounty has been drasticly increased

Before the patch the Killing bounty was at 462 gold
After the Patch it's for me at 2310 gold

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Left4Daud

SaintSubwayy wrote: »

Just tested it and can cofirm that the bounty has been drasticly increased

Before the patch the Killing bounty was at 462 gold
After the Patch it's for me at 2310 gold

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Thanks for confirming you also experienced this and for posting the screen cap! As I mentioned in my OP I'm guessing this ISN'T intended as there was no mention in the patch notes yesterday.

ZOS_GinaBruno

This is not working as intended, and we're working on getting this fixed so the values match what was previously seen before Update 15.

Left4Daud

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

This is not working as intended, and we're working on getting this fixed so the values match what was previously seen before Update 15.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I understand you all are very busy so I definitely appreciate you taking the time to give a statement about this!

Happy Friday

altemriel

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

This is not working as intended, and we're working on getting this fixed so the values match what was previously seen before Update 15.

oh nice, and how was it working before?

Cyn_v84

This one doesn't mind actually. Although she tries not to kill, her blades slip from time to time, yes?
Now Khajiit can put much rewarded leniency edicts to good use!

UrbanMonk

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

This is not working as intended, and we're working on getting this fixed so the values match what was previously seen before Update 15.

@ZOS_GinaBruno Can we get a HOTFIX on this?

Robby94

i'd like if it stayed the way it is and that you cant fast travel while notorious, that would really make being a criminal challenging. specifically, getting back to the outlaws refuge.

also a buff to the haggling skill in theives skill line

magicsprout

I get a never ending supply of monks disguises from the supplier. Getring home is never an issue