Bounty hunter Meta gaming

[JonathanP]

Hello there!

There are a couple of things which troubles my mind when it comes to Bounty Hunters and metagaming.

I'm aware that I cannot use the nametag above a players head to recognize if they got a bounty on them or not, I'm usally walking around and talking to people, Trying to find out their name, If I've used the tip function I might ask around for a specific name.

Example:

I get tiped that a fellow named Rob has been seen in Kavala (Bounty hunter mechanic).

I "patrol" the streets, usally around the bank, Asking people for a fellow named Rob.

There is a possibility during this moment that another player is metagaming, and has seen a player named Rob just at the Kavala Bar, There is no way for me to know if he's metagaming or if he actually has had an conversation with Rob, and therefor know his name.

How am I supposed to interact in situations like these?

There is always a possibility that the player metagamed and gave away Rob's identity just by looking at the playertag above his head.

 

[Robert H]

I'm pretty sure you need to get the name out of the wanted person, not just some random civillian on the streets that might or might not have had a conversation with him.

Which is one of the reasons why being a bounty hunter is so hard. Most of the time you will get a fake name, and theres nothing you can do about it. The bounty hunter role needs a big overhaul.

 

[Mycaelis]

I feel there needs to be a concept of having a picture of the person, so you can recognise their face.

In all honestly, a bounty hunter would know roughly what his target would look like.

It also emphasis the need for wanted people to hide their face, using a face mask of some kind.

Because as @ said, being a Bounty Hunter is almost impossible at times because you can't use meta-gamed information.

 

[Robert H]

I feel there needs to be a concept of having a picture of the person, so you can recognise their face.

In all honestly, a bounty hunter would know roughly what his target would look like.

It also emphasis the need for wanted people to hide their face, using a face mask of some kind.

Because as @ said, being a Bounty Hunter is almost impossible at times because you can't use meta-gamed information.

Like the "Wanted" posters in all the cowboy movies.

 

[Simen]

I feel there needs to be a concept of having a picture of the person, so you can recognise their face.

In all honestly, a bounty hunter would know roughly what his target would look like.

It also emphasis the need for wanted people to hide their face, using a face mask of some kind.

Because as @ said, being a Bounty Hunter is almost impossible at times because you can't use meta-gamed information.

This would be hard to do, as atleast for me all arma 3 faces look the same... However bounty hunters when searching for a certain guy could use the name tag over the name as their face identity, and when you wear a mask, it will show masked player, then it would be impossible for a bounty hunter!

(This is still against metagaming rule, so dont do this guys, unless it gets changed!!!)

 

[dzacball]

When i first arrived to this server, i was happy to see that you can get certain masks and helmets that let you hide your face, and thus disable your name tag, effectively hiding your ID. For a few days i was even convinced that reading name tags and using them in roleplay is not against the rules, and that when a name tag appears, that means i'm close enough to recognize him by face (of course it would still be weird, that i know every inhabitant of ALTIS by face, but this would still be the only logical explanation to the "Masked person" thing). 

I just became a bounty hunter today, and i totally share the troubles of the OP.

Right now, it's nearly impossible to play as a bounty hunter. I've spent around 10 hours trying to catch people, I almost lost my licence due to metagaming(had an hour long TS discussion..), i got killed 3-4 times, usually in totally retarded situations, where I try to make armed rebels state their names.

There should be some improvements, right now i feel like i lost 2million pounds. I'm even thinking about posting for a compensation.