As long as there were enough bounties posted, and posted at random to keep the bounty board fair for all hunters, this is an idea I could get behind. It also makes more sense, when it comes to taking the power out of players hands and ending certain bullying tactics.
With as much negative feedback there is about removing xp loss on the other thread, I think (and hope) it doesn't go ahead. If it did, this could be an interesting alternative. At the same time, I can see some issues..
Firstly, it's an instant opt-out button for those levelers who never pvp (or would they still be attackable regardless of having no PVPXP?)
It would attract massive point farming by those people who only attack their friends or pay their victims (Much like we had with the smasher medal)
Not to mention the crying that will surely ensue from players being forced to PvP in order to gain the rewards. <~ And that is what seems to be Grim's biggest issue, and why he's thinking of making such a drastic change. Fact is; someone is going to complain no matter what they do. & I remember a time when the cows were more interested in making pvpers and levelers co-exist happily, rather than finding more ways to separate them.
As I'm firmly against removing the xp loss from pvp, I feel there has to be a less drastic way of dealing with the bullying issues, or just leave everything as is and continue to deal with instances of bullying on a case-by-case basis.
I'll admit I skimmed this thread and missed alot of posts, but imo it doesn't need to be that complicated. I would like to see an increase in level range, but I think increasing it just -/+ 25 levels across the board would suffice. Maybe -/+ 50 levels to open up the range for players over 1500.
As a bounty hunter, I also sincerely hope the cows don't make any form of pvp attack un-bountyable..