27th February 2009 - Temporary Closure of the Bounty Hunter

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

wrote:

We have temporarily closed the entrances to the Bounty Hunter craters while we fix a few problems with it. Broadly speaking, we are looking to fix the following issues:

* The level-matching system wasn’t working at all well, with players often ending up in unfair battles they were unlikely to win.
* With the launch of PvP worlds, Bounty Hunter suddenly became less populated, which meant the bounty mechanic stopped working properly. We still love the idea of a bounty mechanic with players being given targets, but we think it can be done so much better, especially given what we have now learnt from PvP worlds.
* Real-world trading was occurring at quieter times of the day.

Don’t worry, Bounty Hunter isn’t disappearing forever - we’re just disabling it while we fix the problems. Bounty Hunter will be back.

We do not intend to reset the hiscores tables associated with the minigame, and will make sure that everyone’s hard work on those hiscores is not lost.

You will still be able to use the Bounty Hunter bank and the games necklace teleport to the area.

Mod Mark
Lead Designer - RuneScape

Adbot · **Posted:** February 27th, 2009, 8:14 am

Kylescorpion · **Posted:** February 27th, 2009, 1:18 pm

hopefully they make it better. not that I care anyways I don't ever bh, but hopefully it gets ppl to be quiet

power crazy · **Posted:** February 27th, 2009, 3:32 pm

It was really easy to transfer money in there. My friend used it to transfer to his pure and he said he did it fairly easily. Plus BH is obsolete nowadays

Xbladez · **Posted:** February 27th, 2009, 5:33 pm

they should just get rid of it but instead they'll probably implement the same kinda drop system as on pvp worlds to counter the transfers.

Owen1892 · **Posted:** February 27th, 2009, 7:22 pm

Hopefully they will make the game better, it lacks creativity, as the crater is only a big circle. If they don't update it, they might as well take it away since barely anyone plays it anymore. So voted for 0. ( I don't care about it )

MTX leader · **Posted:** February 28th, 2009, 6:51 am

I don't play it but i was trying to play it yesterday because i was bored. With the new updates i hope they make better so it attracts more people.

Yours Truly

Adbot · **Posted:** February 28th, 2009, 6:51 am

colinsoccer123 · **Posted:** February 28th, 2009, 8:46 am

At least they told us why they're fixing it, instead of just randomly removing it which would cause a fan backlash.

Tim · **Posted:** March 1st, 2009, 8:25 pm

I honestly hope they keep it closed, I never used it and I never plan on using it.

hummerwar921 · **Posted:** March 2nd, 2009, 5:50 pm

Don't care what they do with BH, as long as nothing gets implemented into PvP that was in BH.

Marking22 · **Posted:** March 5th, 2009, 4:25 pm

i loved bounty hunter it was the only good way to get a godsword
so i hope they dont change it that much so 3/5 cause i dont know what they are doing

Owen1892 · **Posted:** March 5th, 2009, 7:58 pm

Marking22 wrote:

i loved bounty hunter it was the only good way to get a godsword
so i hope they dont change it that much so 3/5 cause i dont know what they are doing

Who would bring a godsword to BH though?

Also I've changed my mind since my friends had convinced me to pk people again when I get 94 Magic. So I hope they don't change much too.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

I figure this is a good place to ask: Is Bounty Hunter any good? I've never played it, but is it good for non-members? I would like to try it out later if it's worth it. Thoughts?

Ice · Runite: 9/30/2010

I've never once played BH, or even gone in vicinity, so I don't care what they do with it. But I hope they don't screw it up and make a lot of people mad.

Shwa · **Posted:** March 10th, 2009, 9:04 am

I think that if they release it back, they will eventually delete it. Its really not popular anymore. I think this is like the "Your turtle ran away to a farm" kind of action.

whitedragon · **Posted:** March 10th, 2009, 9:30 am

They might have well just got rid of it when pvp worlds came out. Nobody even plays it anymore except people who really like it or real world traders.