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Oh, screenshots are a must have in the business. In addition to that, I already have FRAPS installed on my computer for video capture. The contract agreement, the kill, and final meeting with client are all to be screenshotted at the very least, if not video'd. If you don't screenshot everything, you have no claim to any contracts. It's the only way to know who got the kill first, if multiple assassins succeeded, and who therefore gets the payout.
As far as war with another guild, I don't envision it as open war, meeting on the battlefield, but one of exploiting opportunities. The guild leader will be given ALL details up front and encouraged to just drop the guy, even if he's a friend, until the contract is fully paid off, then we'll let you know when it's safe to invite him back. That is if they still want him.
The B list is also shared with any other assassins' guilds we know, and we will encourage them to keep a tally of whatever they loot from the corpses on that list, and that they can keep what they loot but we'll apply it to the total owed towards removing that name from the b list.
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Indeed. Another thing I was thinking about was how to handle people who hire assassins, but then neglect to pay after the deal is done...
I figure the guild should have two lists: list a) is the list of regular contracts. List b) is the naughty list. You really don't want to be on that list. It entails beating repayment out of the offender, with interest and late fees and interest on the late fees. And it is a list of guilt by association, so the offender's guild is notified that if they don't boot him within 24 hours, then their whole guild becomes targets to kill and loot to work on that repayment.
Too much?
Not at all. Although possibly difficult to enforce. The guild themselves wouldn't, to the best of my understanding of the current system, be marked, making kills able to be retaliated against through further potential bounties. This would depend on if non-payment is even an option. Is posting a bounty and reward an interface option where the reward is held by a neutral party until completion is it the poster's discretion as to when and how payment is made. There's not enough information on the system at present to know how this works.
It would be nice to know how that works although that may be some time off in coming out. In some ways I don't hate the idea of people skimping on payment, it would keep the jobs 'interesting' ;)
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@Southraven Nobody in this situation is "marked" by the system. We're talking unofficial contracts here. With an official bounty, you get paid automatically. Assassins, on the other hand, take on unofficial contracts outside of civilized law, and thus rely on trust of the client. You can't have the client pay you up front unless you can absolutely guarantee you'll find the guy soon, and kill him. Best we can do is make a list and collect payment on delivery. And take plenty of screenshots.
If someone kills you in a lawful area, don't bother with assassins (although we'll probably check the bounty boards to keep us busy). But if someone kills you in a legitimate PvP area, or if they swindle you in a trade, or they offend you in some other way that does not lead to a bounty, that's when you go looking for an assassin.
By definition, an assassins' guild is generally a lawful evil organization. They have their own code and laws that suit them. When you make a deal with them, it is as good as law. And they enforce their laws with an iron fist. Don't try to swindle assassins on a contract: they will make you pay several times over. Shady merchants, PvP kills, burning our base...those are all water under the bridge, but lie on a contract and you are so screwed.
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With respect, if you are going to hold every member of a charter company or settlement responsible for the acts of all of the members, you are going to make a lot of enemies real quick.
On the other hand, if a member of said organization fraudulently indicates that they have the authority to contract for them, then just posting the video of the deal to everyone else should... negatively reinforce the behavior.
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The same can be said about the guy who knowingly dragged his entire company into the situation through his own shady dealings. Contracts of course come with warnings about betrayals, so there's no wiggle room for the guy to say he didn't know any better.
Of course the assassins need to enforce such situations with discretion. Or perhaps a better method to make the guy pay. But it has to be something that sends a message to the liar and everybody who knows him.
Either way, we can't simply go around doing assassinations for free. That would make us look like a bunch of pushovers.