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Will having a bounty on your head override the PVP slider bar? Some people may rack up a huge bounty and then hide by settings their PVP bar to a low number.asked by SmartAce

TL;DRChris Roberts says a bounty earned through PVP cannot be escaped by lowering the PVP slider, though bounties earned against NPCs get an NPC-focused response, and it will be balanced against griefing.

Absolutely. There is no way you're going to engage in attacking other players in PVP, rack up a bounty and get away with it. You've asked for it, other players will come after you! If you're getting a bounty because you're attacking NPC stuff, the slider will have an effect, but really once you have a bounty NPC police and mercenaries will also target you, not just players. That said, even with the bar set really low, if you've got a big enough bounty for NPCs, depending on where you are (you might not be in safe space) other players might be opened up to get you as well. It's sort of more to do with what YOU'RE doing. If you're engaging in acts that would put a bounty on your head in a PVP setting you're sort of "locking in" to a PVP response, you can't just hide by changing it later. If you're doing it to NPCs you can keep to more of an NPC response to it. We've got it worked out and it'll be balanced to avoid griefing, so yeah, you won't be able to do that.

10 for the Chairman›Episode 47 (2014.12.01)·
Published on this date.1 Dec 2014