lol the ultimate membership is there for those that PAY, if you want to play the game for free then sorry but you got to collect e that just the way it is you pay for what you get, i pay my hard earned cash so as not to have to collect e its your choice if you dont want to put your hand in your pocket and get the same, and if the noobs as you put it has alot of bounty on there head then yes you do get something for killing him, its a simple food chain like in life the strong rule the weak. How do people like you ever play any game online cos in any game the strong kill the weak, it just with this game the game owners have let the noobs cry cry cry instead of telling them this is a pirate game get on with it and if you dont want to get podded then dont turn pirate mode on, they kiss upto the noobs and its all the crying the noobs do that will wreck this game with all the stupid rules that they would like to be in the game, i kill noobs i also killed 2 rank 70 ships in a 2 v me i will pod anyone i see red and i dont care if you dont respect me call me a noob if you like but i will also pod you as well, red is red no matter what rank you are and if you dont want to get podded ITS SIMPLE DONT TURN PIRATE MODE ON you have a choice, sick to death of people crying over being podded. I went to v4 in a vega ship with vega tech with no extra armor and podded 3 vega ships and they still cryed and moan and called me a noob cos im rank 75 so the noobs on this game will cry and moan no matter what ship and tech i use. splitscreen have brought this cry baby attitude on them selfs by treating noobs with kid gloves to try get cash out of them, just get over it play the game or go find another game where everyone just hugs and smiles