ye same
i started bd 3yr ago and in the like 2yr's i stopped alot has changed
there are backstabbers everywhere and yes it may be part of the game but i like to know i can trust my allys, if i have to spend the whole era doubting my allys than whats point haveing them in the 1st place
the reason i get on so well in m1 i think is because i know who i can trust and have loyal members that follow me era after era just like the good old days, unlike most of noobs who show up these days armed with a credit card and call that skill
just 2 make 1 thing clear, im not haveing a digg at supporters, i usualy buy a few tokens myself like once per era but people who spend like £300 than think there hard because they rank 1st, real need a new hobby

anyway back to my point
yes bugs and glitches happen but in order for it to happen there needs to be a fault in the code, if bountys are gone forever than why leave the code and the button lieing round on the server? why not just deleate it and forget they ever happened???
liik at troop experience, everyone thought that would never return but it has

i have mixed feelings about bountys, yes they are good as it gives noobs a way at fighting back against there conqurer but as zer47 said, i dont know if i can do with "place a bounty on me" every other broadcast, its bad enougth when they all post "booost" lol