what else would buggy accomplish that would have his bounty that high except have notorious people behind him
luffy having the same bounty as law and kid despite his influence is an exception not the rule.
We just have to wait and see but from spoilers i imagine it has something to do with who he owes money too + maybe them possible thinkin he was the one to defeat or something the marco they had to capture him + being an ex shichibukai + them believing he's responsible for putting bounties on marines and attacking them
With the last one is basically being responsible for all the groups actions more than him having a group that strong if you know what i mean
I also think it applies to how non emperors are able to have bounties higher or at least comparable to emperors like luffy, teach, and to a extent wci luffy who was the closest thing to an emperor at the time
Having additional resources definitely helps though. That's why pre-skip Luffy, Kid, and Law were having bounties comparable to post-skip Zoro and Sanji despite the fact that the post-skip Wings are strong enough solo all 3 crews combined. Bounties are ultimately a matter of how the WG pursues you. We know for a fact that they're actively trying to minimize Luffy's presence, which is why they low-balled Luffy's bounty and shared it with Law and Kid instead, so it's a bad example to use.
Thats kinda a whole different thing tbh
As a captain/leader your bounty is gonna go up faster and easier than your subordinates. Since you get recognition from your own individual actions + what your crew as a group like
Like in enies lobby luffy was responsible for defeating lucci and attacking it with his crew. Or like how whitebeard would be the most responsible for attack marineford because hes using his power that is his crew. Marco, jozu, etc. Wouldn't be seen as nearly responsible
They wanted to low ball him by changing the picture back, taking the d out his name, and not giving only him credit for defeating kaido
The first 2 they failed at and the 3rd is lowkey kinda fair but not at the same time
They gave the captain trio bounty based on the fact that they defeat kaido and linlin. Which on paper technically isn't wrong but they could've definitely specified more. At the end of the day their increases all came from that fact
With luffy's crew, fleet, influence, and yonko status having no effect on his bounty compared to theirs. It was there individual accomplishment of defeating the 2 yonko "together" that mattered the most