sorry for drifting thread a bit:
That's wrong in many ways. Yes eventually you'll come off the board. But I can survive on the board for over a hour fighting off my hunters using different combinations of buffs and equipment.
Also i can survive long enough to call on my friends to clear it if i have people 100 stamming me.
I pretty much play the game to BE on the bounty board. So to me its not a wast of time to fight back, I like it.
That being said, "Bounties are Open until they are finished."
not sure I totally agree. Shouldn´t bountyhunters take pride in being fast?
To start a bounty for 1 FSP 5-10 minutes late is not very "professional" ,specially if armor is damaged and no deflect or tide-turning buffs are on the bountied.
Now if the bountied person wants to enjoy an online fight , the case might be different.
If someone tells me politely that I am late I evalutae situation and stop at my discretion.
A sidenote:
I get the impression that many players at high level have problems telling stamina used by the XP-loss . 5 times in 1 week level 200+ have accused me of 100-stamming out of their own ignorance in PvP-mechanisms.