The bounty system is AWFUL

starkerealm · February 2017

SanSan wrote: »

"I have a bounty of 11k and I log on the next day to find out it's still 11k."
I feel like you over exaggerated on the "still 11k" comment.
Just go steal Thief Troves and use the anti-bounty papers (i forgot what they're called)

"Get out of jail free" cards.

Duiwel · February 2017

How do you people get caught so much?

I think I only ever had a bounty of 50k and that was because I decided to kill civilians in the street on purpose to send them a message...

Sithis demanded blood.

LtCrunch · February 2017

Wait, when did they change it so your bounty doesn't decrease when you're offline?

starkerealm · February 2017

Brandalf wrote: »

Wait, when did they change it so your bounty doesn't decrease when you're offline?

No, it does, or at least did, last time I logged off with a bounty.

ScooberSteve · February 2017

Dont do the crime if you cant do the time

Frawr · February 2017

It's supposed to be a punishment for breaking the law (or, for being a bad thief).

Stop murdering people in plain sight and be more subtle.

Dorjee · February 2017

"Break the law, and the law will break you."

raidentenshu_ESO · February 2017

Checkout my bounty at the time when I decided to have some werewolf fun time at the Caravan in Reapers March.

It was actually higher then that as I kept on having fun after snapping this screenshot.

It certainly took a while for my bounty to become be cleared up lol

sumisu1 · February 2017

Oh I did it for fun. Mass murdering innocent civilians is tons of fun, try it some time. It's cathartic.

Nermy · February 2017

Go and do the TG daily heists. You get edicts that clear 2K bounty and your bounty will go down in the TG hideout. Plus, put points in the passive to quickly lower it too.

11k is nothing to what I have seen some people have.

KochDerDamonen · February 2017

pfff-ch

You want this game to be even easier on criminals? You're funny

Phinix1 · February 2017

Just go to Cyrodiil to do your crafting and train your horse. They don't care about bounties there.

Dracindo · February 2017

I never had a bounty higher than 2K, but my bounties were always cleared after a 6 hour night's rest.

If the bounties don't get cleared fast enough to your taste, then

Don't commit crimes, or
Don't get caught

Enodoc · February 2017

High bounties are fine I think, but there needs to be a way of reducing it without losing gold >> Community Service

sumisu1 · February 2017

Enodoc wrote: »

High bounties are fine I think, but there needs to be a way of reducing it without losing gold >> Community Service

Community service already exists in-game. It's called "The Covetous Countess" aka Courier Simulator.

Izaki · February 2017

Normally bounty reduces while you're offline.

ZOS_JohanaB · February 2017

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Veuth · February 2017

I've seen many comments that are like "don't do it then" well if I had a time machine then I'd certainly go back in time to not do it.

I don't have the Thieves Guild DLC so all those perks/abilities to decrease bounty quicker is out of the question.

I think completing quests should reduce your bounty since you're increasing your reputation by doing good deeds, which should have people forgive you for all the bad things you did before.

Seraphayel · February 2017

Surragard wrote: »

Don't log out. Find somewhere to hide and then go make a sandwich and come back. There was or Finally a system planned that would let players hunt other players who had bounty and essentially be justicars but apparently it ran into issues in testing and was scraped. Sometimes I do feel like the bounties are long because it was designed with the idea that you would be fighting other players to get away but I could just be crazy

Yeah they scrapped the best part of it.

Phinix1 · February 2017

Can't you get the leniency notes from picking owned lockboxes even if you don't have Thieves Guild?

MythicEmperor · February 2017

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Veuth wrote: »

I'm sorry but the bounty system needs a massive nerf because it takes WAY too long for your bounty to decrease. I have a bounty of 11k and I log on the next day to find out it's still 11k.
I really don't wanna lose my gold since I'm saving up for a house, this high bounty is making it impossible for me to sell/buy items and craft things at cities due to the large amount of guards.

Sounds like a "learn to crime" issue.
Don't like the big bounty?
Don't. Get. Caught.

Sneak a lot. Steal only when they aren't looking. Burglary is better then pickpocketing, since containers have no chance of feeling your hand slip into them. Also there are some locations where you can steal completely unobserved - containers tagged as stealable but with no witnesses in sight (often through quest-related changes in the area).

Or of you do...
- flee to Coldharbour or -Cyrodil- and earn something there.
- do all your selling in outlaw refugees (every one of them has one entrace that is outside the city limits) and all your crafting at overland crafting stations.
- pay it off, then steal more without getting caught to regain your losses.
- join the thieves guild for some perks in that regard.
- raise legerdemain (overland treasure chest hunting!) for more perks in that regard.

And 11K is nothing. Especially now while al those furniture schematics are still selling for good gold...

Personally I think the bounty decreases way to quickly! It makes crime almost consequence-less, unless you go really overboard and murder a whole town or something...
I for one would have preferred if the bounty did not decrease, but was split for each alliance. So you could have a high bounty in DC lands, but be "upstanding" back home in EP lands...

Fr; I bought a purple Dunmer pillow pattern/recipe for 10k and flipped it immediately for 75k. People are going insane with their spending, and I love it!

Veuth · February 2017

Phinix1 wrote: »

Can't you get the leniency notes from picking owned lockboxes even if you don't have Thieves Guild?

No, whenever I try to interact with them it just says "You're not in the Thieves Guild" or something along those lines.

LadyLavina · February 2017

The only bounty related thing I'm unhappy with is the fact that you can accidentally steal weapons/armor if you're trying to talk to certain guild merchants. Twitchy key presses aside, that shouldn't be something you can "accidentally" do.

BlackSparrow · February 2017

Your bounty doesn't decrease during maintenance, but it does decrease when you're otherwise offline. So if your bounty gets that high, go play an alt for a day or three. I had a 900-ish bounty last week (didn't see an NPC who could see me

), and so I logged off and played another character for a while. The bounty was gone by the time I logged in the next day.

Bounty system's fine, and now you know to be more careful about witnesses in the future.

kenneth.friisb16_ESO · February 2017

LadyLavina wrote: »

The only bounty related thing I'm unhappy with is the fact that you can accidentally steal weapons/armor if you're trying to talk to certain guild merchants. Twitchy key presses aside, that shouldn't be something you can "accidentally" do.

Yeah, this freaking sucks. I've been caught in that particular trap several times, in several elders scrolls games

Dracindo · February 2017

Veuth wrote: »

I think completing quests should reduce your bounty since you're increasing your reputation by doing good deeds, which should have people forgive you for all the bad things you did before.

Whoever said fullfilling quests is always a "good" deed? A shady Dunmer (I think) asked me multiple times to steal a bottle of liquor. And some people want things to be done in the dark or have no political influence at all.

Besides, completing a quest gives you gold, which, in a certain way, reduces your bounty by giving you more gold. If you don't have the gold to pay off your bounty, fullfilling a quest will give you some gold to make sure you can.

Enslaved · February 2017

So, OP killed multiple NPCs while being visible, or he/she/it robbed ppl while been seen for an extended period of time.
Now the game is broken for not removing the bounty after few hours. How sad. Either L2S (sneak) or pay the price.

jaye63 · February 2017

Veuth wrote: »

I'm sorry but the bounty system needs a massive nerf because it takes WAY too long for your bounty to decrease. I have a bounty of 11k and I log on the next day to find out it's still 11k.
I really don't wanna lose my gold since I'm saving up for a house, this high bounty is making it impossible for me to sell/buy items and craft things at cities due to the large amount of guards.

Get better and dont get caught.

sumisu1 · February 2017

Veuth wrote: »

I've seen many comments that are like "don't do it then" well if I had a time machine then I'd certainly go back in time to not do it.

I don't have the Thieves Guild DLC so all those perks/abilities to decrease bounty quicker is out of the question.

I think completing quests should reduce your bounty since you're increasing your reputation by doing good deeds, which should have people forgive you for all the bad things you did before.

That leaves you with only one solution. Roll a new character. Use the one with the bounty only for writs and pledges. That bounty is going to stay up for a long time without the proper passives. Abide by the law if you are not willing to take the punishment ya milkdrinker.

LadyLavina · February 2017

I had some additional thoughts for this thread. It would be interesting if you could do quests for the guards to decrease your bounty. Perhaps going and killing monsters/daedra in a certain area or some kind of parcel delivery. Guards would not aggress during the time you were alotted to complete the quest, but would immediately if you failed to complete it within (x) amount of time.

I think Fable 2 had a community service option when you got caught.

I have no thoughts on how much of the bounty this would remove, as I don't think such a feature should wipe the slate clean if the bounty is rather high.