Grizzly mint wrote:
Bounty hunter has a lot of potential, but it's broken currently. fixing it will bring in more pkers, no doubt. The way it is currently, only PvM killers can get tier 10's.
Timers - Currently the timers are incorrect. I have made 2 or 3 threads about it but it's been overlooked. it seems like a pretty simple fix, but i'm no expert. here is one thread I made, showing the confused timer. viewtopic.php?f=67&t=53458&p=503402&hilit=bh+timers#p503402
As it stands now, you really have no idea how much time you have before you lose your target. I think there should be a stopwatch counting down either in the bottom right corner (like OSRS does with veng and freeze timers), or put it in the bounty hunter section in the quest tab.
Target randomization - The way BH is right now promotes the killing of PvMers for tiers, and ragging targets in edge. Max mages run deep, killing pvmers, and only teleporting to edge to ask their target to log (so they can get a PvMer target). If the edge pker says no, the ragging commences.
Now, my solution is to divide these deep pking players and the Edge pkers. Some people prefer to run around deep and kill pvmers/pkers, rather than edge pk. Killing pvmers will (and should) always exist. it's the wilderness. To do this we need to separate them, so they don't get each other as targets.
Solution - Any player lvl 6 wildy or higher will only get a target that is in lvl 6 wildy or higher. Any player lvl 5 wildy and below will only get a target in lvl 5 wildy and below. This separates these players and results in less ragging, and negativity. Which also brings me to my next point.
Edge pking in BH Currently you can not tier pk in edge effectively. Edge pking is much different/harder to tier upgrade because the unwritten rulebook of pking is much different than deep pking. As it is now, you have to go 10-0 to get a tier 10, which is very hard even for a skilled pker. You could go 35-7 and acquire zero tier 10's. You can go 9-0, but die once and you have to restart. It's really demotivating, and honestly not worth the effort. When the game chat yells "player x has achieved a tier 10." 10/10 times it's a deep pker.
Solution opponents tiers need to drop on death (-2) of the original tier. This alone would change how BH in edge works. If you can get your opponents tier, a majority of the edge pkers will most likely bring their own tier, knowing that even if they die they have a chance to pk a new tier. Which could be anywhere from 1-7, instead of starting from scratch every time. This would definitely make edge more appealing, and bring in more pkers.
Penalties - Penalties are way to long. Examples:
20 minutes? I can't do BH for 20 minutes now which severely damages the "minigame". and 17 minutes for dying to a target? again.. damage. OSRS BH thrives because their penalties are low. kill a target, get a new one 1 minute later. die to a target, get a new one 1 minute later. Waiting 20 minutes kills BH without a doubt.
Now I know this is to prevent boosting, but boosting is inevitable. I was recently informed by Chris (Skullsnipe) that mods can see when a tier has been upgraded. This is a useful feature and if paid attention to, can reduce boosting easily. IMO boosting isn't as much of a problem as it was upon release, and the benefits of fixing penalties outweighs the cons.
Artifacts Artifacts should have a chance to drop on any kill, not just target kills. combined with:
BH artefacts needs to be increased in value. Rarer artefacts should result in better reward. I'd say the respective store price for them should follow this:
http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Ancient_artefacts . I'd say just multiply them by 1000. (Eg. Seren Statuatte would be 1B instead of 1m.). Maybe the ancient artefacts could be lowered to 2B or 3B instead of 5B, though it'd be extremely rare.
(credit to nick teck)
This rate is perfect for new, and old pkers alike. New pkers can get lucky with a statuette, and begin pking on a higher level much quicker with the x1000 rate. Now, i'm not saying the drop rate should be increased, only that the way of obtaining them should be easier. Every kill should have a chance at artifacts.
My suggestions that I know would help. I may add on more later.
Store - The store needs to be fixed. prices are skewed, and it needs more unique rewards in there.