Bounty Depleted???

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im new to the game, so i still dont fully understand everything. But when ever i outbid the computer on bounties, the computers bounty sometimes goes back to 0... And it happens like in the middle of the timer too, when there is still time. So I spend money, and then it all goes away... Im not sure if there is something i can do that makes it so i can make my bounty go to zero or anything. But i need an explanation!

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Bounty is not only for pirates, but it is also for enemies of the computer (players, small groups protecting neutral planets i think) and if the computer is fighting any of these guys it is probably getting some ships blown up and they are recieving the bounty you put on them.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Yep, bounty is awarded when that player's ships/structures/planets are destroyed. When you place a bounty, it's distributed among all the player's assets, so if they're busy fighting it's easy to lose it.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

so if i were to loose anything of mine my bounty would go down?

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Yep :) For the AI, when they have a bounty and you hover over their units, buildings, or planets, the info card will show how much bounty that specific unit is worth if destroyed. You can't see how much your units are worth, though.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

That sucks in a way... Cause when i attack the AI, i am lowering the bounty I payed. I guess people were right when they said to place your bid just at the end of the timer..

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

You can't actually collect the bounty you placed yourself, only the bounty other players placed ;)

The reason people say to place the bids at the end of the timer is so that the AI has less time to out-bid you. If you put it early, the AI has plenty of time to up the bid. At the end of the timer there's a short variable amount of time (up to 60 seconds I think) until the pirate raid launches, and that's what makes it the best time to place bids - not much time, making it much easier to win ;)