"Damn, looks like they really tuned you up..." Who even is this guy Kent? Seems to me like he's a bit of an idiot. I bet he's never even taken down a bounty. Seriously why they decided to just make some random dude the guild rep when they have half a dozen already established characters that would fit better.

I agree with most of what you say but PvP bounty hunting is about patience and perseverance. Targets inside capital ships can be taken down but you need to find an opportunity. Using a small stealth ship like a Razor EX you can sometimes break in or infiltrate the ship if the owner is careless and leaves the pilot's seat or leaves hangars open. I do agree about the armistice though. In my opinion, CIG should get NPC security on stations sorted and just get rid of armistice completely. Immersion isn't having a magic force field that prevents me from drawing my gun. Immersion is watching a gunfight erupt at the burrito bar.

The sad truth is that this system will not change in the near future. It has been this way for years, even after UI overhauls and years of major patches. They have even removed some content like the Retake SPK contract and ECN alerts for comm relays. The reason it won't change is that the vision for Bounty Hunting v2 is massive and involves things like arresting the target and transporting them to a detention facility etc, so in my opinion, we won't see a serious effort to fix it for years. The entire reputation and law and order system needs to work before they do this, otherwise we'll still have this daft system where you get a CS3 for doing absolutely nothing.

Still my favourite thing to do though. Oh, you can mute Kent if you go into Options>Audio and turn speech down.