The HELP section states that bounty does not count toward Counter Attack Calculation... Discounts are given if your opponent has attacked more and price is increased if you have attacked more. Attacks are battles only, axe slaps and bounties are not counted. Attack counts between players are reset if there is 24 hours of inactivity (no attacks). Note that the already set counter attacks themselves are never reset or removed. Price is also increased if multiple counter attacks are set on the same person. But, I went for a bounty on a high level and it says I have 69 attacks to his 6 so the Counter Calculation is astronomical... so I have to wait and be pummeled everytime I am on the same time as this guy. I am surprised no one else has noticed this before. In the past i didn't hit them so much and the resulting counter cost was something I could live with but this is ridiculous... the counter is 750billion thanks.
that is exactly my point. And Kel is making it in another post... it's a bit extreme. Why should attacks during a bounty attack count towards the counter calc? You may not attack someone outside of a bounty... it's a 'bounty attack' and you may not simply attack them during this time. Which may be another bug... that is, if you bounty attack someone and hit their avatar, you are brought to their profile screen and if you attack from that screen you are told you may not attack them... that they are in a bounty... so... my point is... it's either one or the other, can't be both.
So, it's not a bug it's a POLICY. Players who hit on a bounty inordinately increase the counter cost because you naturally need a lot of hits against a higher level opponent. Now that higher level opponent has an advantage on you... EVEN IF YOU LOST EVERY ATTACK against that higher level opponent. I say this policy doesn't reward gameplay but punishes it.
Unfortunately, the attacks on a bounty attempt do count, which of course invites the retaliation by the person listed with impunity as you cannot defend yourself. This feature of the bounty attack counting in the counter cost calculation I do not like. Its a further part though of an imbalance, with experience given to the bounty attacker, but not to the person under attack while being on the bounty. So one element encourages healing while another discourages healing while on the bounty, something the high levels sometimes "enjoy" in competition with each other. If there was experience given to the listed person, there might be more bounties, even friendly ones!
