Talk:Bounty

Name
Where does it actually say they're called "conscription orders"? &mdash; kyrasantae  &#91;t |c &#93;  03:11, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
 * In several places: First of all, in the quest description of Rising in the Ranks: Sunspear Master Sergeant, and in the quest dialogues of that quest. Furthermore, if you talk to a Scout when you already have the order that he offers. I think there are even more references to them, but I can't remember where exactly. --[[Image:TurningL sml.gif|Tetris L]] 07:15, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
 * It seems like ANet have renamed them since the Preview Event. The scouts no longer call the blessing "conscription order", instead they are now calling it a "bounty". I have not checked the a.m. quest description yet. Could somebody with an Elonian native character please check?! --[[Image:TurningL sml.gif|Tetris L]] 09:05, 28 October 2006 (CDT)
 * The old name "conscription order" has been replaced with "bounty" everywhere except in the a.m. quest dialogue. I'd suggest that we move the article, as bounty is now the more common term. Also, it is a lot more distinctive and intuitive than the cumbersome "conscription order". --[[Image:TurningL sml.gif|Tetris L]] 03:00, 30 October 2006 (CST)

Duration?
Anyone timed how long this and the other "hunt" blessings last? I know they have a finite duration as I've had them run out on me when I've spent a really long time in one area. I'm guessing 10 minutes, could be as long as 20 though. --Rainith 01:01, 24 September 2006 (CDT)
 * From what I've seen it's definitely over 10. I'd say closer to 20 sounds about right. &mdash;Vendetta411 01:10, 24 September 2006 (CDT)
 * I just timed it at 30 minutes. RolandOfGilead 04:29, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
 * I believe this duration has been removed now.--P.hilling 01:18, 29 October 2006 (CDT)

Icon
I'm disapointed that ANet didn't bother to create an icon for these skills. At least a common icon for all conscription orders, or even better an individual icon for each species subtype. I hate having to hover the mouse pointer over the icon ingame to read what orders I have currently active. -- 07:44, 25 September 2006 (CDT)


 * I agree. We can always hope icons are on their way and will be out with the actual release...but I wouldn't bet on it :( &mdash;Vendetta411 08:05, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
 * There are most certainly going to be icons for at least some blessings and effects.


 * [[Image:Silence_Curse.jpg]] <--- I don't think that stuff like this will be a permanent fixture. Same goes for the Avatar Blessings for the new classes, they all have the same generic Morale Boost icon. No way they're going to let it stand like that. RolandOfGilead 15:13, 25 September 2006 (CDT)

Affects whole party?
I question that part. I know it benefits from the whole party, i.e. if your buddy kills insects a mile away, and you get no XP and no drops, the kill counts towards the blessing... However, my experience has been, if you DON'T take the blessing, then you won't get the promotional points. Anyone had otherwise? I mean if it was so, then a level 20 can go out with a level 1 and have him take the blessing then the level 20 would clear the Plains of Jarin in 15 minutes and both would be very happy. --Karlos 08:16, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
 * I copied this bit from the Hunt article, written by RolandOfGilead. I never noticed this myself, so I can't confirm. --[[Image:TurningL sml.gif|Tetris L]] 08:23, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
 * I agree with Karlos, I did everything from the Jokanur Diggings mission through to the end of the FPE plotline with a partner, and when only one of us forgot to talk to a scout as we moved, that person didn't get the bonus experience or the promotion points for relevant kills. Maybe your heroes get the bonus experience, but other players get nothing from your having taken the orders. --Shattered Self 08:34, 25 September 2006 (CDT)
 * I agree, the statement as I made it in the article was ambiguous . I'll change it. RolandOfGilead 15:16, 25 September 2006 (CDT)

Typo?
Ever notice that some orderes spell "one" while others simply have "1"? I take it there is Anet being silly again? Anooneemiss 22:11, 28 October 2006 (CDT)

XP?
The Plant hunt from from the Sunspear Scout outside Kamadan is only giving normal XP. I believe this is happening with other bounties/conscription orders too. Taeliesyn 18:56, 28 October (Aus EST)

Cleanup
Currently the information about the conscription orders on GuildWiki is quite a mess. First of all, the blessing has been renamed by ANet. The predominant term is no longer "conscription order", but "bounty". We should move. Secondly, the information is currently scattered over blessing, conscription order, Sunspear Scout, Wandering Priest, etc. Last but not least, the table doesn't read nicely. That first column shouldn't be part of the table. I'll try to redesign and come up with something better. Gimme 1/2 hr or so. -- 03:58, 30 October 2006 (CST)
 * Also there are bounties for Lightbringer points too. First one I ran into is the Elemental Hunt offered by Whispers Informant in pretty much the dead center of Arkjok Ward.  I think this page really needs to be overhauled, but I'm just not far enough to feel that I could do a decent job on it.  --Rainith 21:06, 1 November 2006 (CST)

Cut offs
Does anyone think it would be worthwile listing what area's cut off when?. I know Both Plains of Jarin and Cliffs of Dohjok, are no longer available for bounty pick up once you hit Sunspear Commander. This is at lvl 7 for myself.
 * I, too, would be interested to see which bounties stop at which level and Sunspear/Lightbringer rank, but I guess that would be a major research project. It's quite complex. The same bounty stops at different levels/ranks in different areas, but also different bounties in the same area may stop at different levels/ranks. --[[Image:TurningL sml.gif|Tetris L]] 03:52, 27 November 2006 (CST)
 * As for me it's pretty obvious observation: Istani bounties seems to be given only to people below the rank of Sunspear Commander and every other is given up to the level of Sunspear General - once you reach Sunspear Castellan you can't get any bounty. --ykb 03:25, 29 November 2006 (CST)

Individual pages?
Are the pages for the individual bounties considered necessary or helpful by others? I would like to have all the information here in the table (like e.g. the entry for Mandragor Hunt provides them). And then, the individual pages become rather pointless, see the Mandragor Hunt page: it just links back to Bounty and includes the relevant table part. So are there any objections against turning the individual bounty pages into redirects to Bounty and using the Mandragor Hunt style for all table entries? 134.130.4.46 02:20, 12 November 2006 (CST)

Article formating
I will be making the Lightbringer section follow the same format as the sunspear section. Unless someone else wants to do it before i wake up :P. Further reading at Talk:Monster Hunt Xeon 12:06, 20 November 2006 (CST)
 * Just need to change it to include format for the lightbringer section and then that should do it for this article. Xeon 01:59, 25 November 2006 (CST)

Vaabi Hunts
It is not true that you always gain one point for each hunted monster in Vaabi. For me (on rank 7 and some ranks before) the hunts in Vaabi provide 2 points. I assume that it's rank dependant. If you like I can post screenshots to prove my clain, but I think everyone can test this... --Kai Neah Nung 09:42, 28 November 2006 (CST)
 * From what I have observed the points for bounties are as follows: 1 point in Istan, 2 points in Kourna and Vabbi and 7 points in Desolation and Realm of Torment. --ykb 03:27, 29 November 2006 (CST)