- BUT -- the BB has stagnated to little value it once was supposed to have.
the opportunity to punish is there, IF you choose to use it. It isnt risk free or stam free to take 5 levels on someone. There is no guarantee that you wont be countered and lose 5 for deleveling someone. Every action has a reaction. Players are complaining that theres no point in bountying, but when they are confonted about the uses of the BB they say that they dont want to risk a possible response from the player they delevel. Its a never ending cycle.
The only way i see players happy with a BB is unlimited levels lost with no chance of a counter bounty. It ain't gonna happen. The game is about conflict. The cows finally crumbled and offered pvp protection as an out. If you dont like being hit, opt out... ignore it. OR respond. Will a simple 5 level delevel end things? Maybe. Will repeated delevels end things? My guess is yepper.
Why would i gold hit, or hourly hit someone if i lose 5 _every_single_time. Am i forcing you to play the pvp aspect of the game? NO. You simply have to choose if you want to defend guildmates or not.
Do you value guildmates and friends more then your own characters goals? <-- Guilds that think like this are the most fearsome in the game. Like a well oiled machine.
(When i say "you" its meaning anyone who is pvp'd. Im not directing this post entirely at you.)

