a friend of mine sent me info on a hit and obviously he deserved a finders fee for it and i was wondering if there isa set percentage that is alloud to give i was paying him 20% of my profit and want to make sure its within the rules

Most likely not. The allotted amount is the equivalent of 1 hour's production on the sending planet, anything more is considered milking unless it is a trade at a 3:2:1 ratio

but he hired me as a merc so it is within the rules i am just unsure if there is a set amount for mercenary payments

leave whatever amount u want to share on an undefended moon and ask your friend to raid that location. but be assured he can only attack 5 times.

every rule has its work around

SPY wrote:leave whatever amount u want to share on an undefended moon and ask your friend to raid that location. but be assured he can only attack 5 times.

every rule has its work around

Then you may aswell do away with the Scoreboard for raiding. People who raid hard to get on the board just to be knocked off of it because someone "raided" their own buddy (was done before and Zorg intervened as I recall for manipulating the stats ) But I agree with Chuck that there needs to be some clarity from Zorg as to what % is deemed a finders fee rather than anyone getting banned for pulling/pushing....possibly

yes thats all i wanna know i just dont want to get in trouble

chuck_da_reaper wrote:but he hired me as a merc so it is within the rules i am just unsure if there is a set amount for mercenary payments

mercing is within the rules yes lol. and as Zorg stated in a different topic, as long as it is an HONEST trade, your quoted scenario is fine, just be extremely careful about it

yes thanks you can lock this if you want

So are u stating that 20% is ok???....Even if the one who asked for the merc or found the fleet is a complete noob with minimal points??? You can then send them potentially tens of millions??? I would then ask Zorg for some more clarification on the % or total res allowed as it seems to me a huge loophole in the rules....and we know some just love to exploit these....as seen on some servers previously

i agree with you but what i sometimes do if i need to map someone i offer a percentage to someone to help me or they pm me with hit detailes and depending on the size of hit depends on how much i give for finders fee