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We'll start with some of @Hanzo/Dirty Scrubz suggestions that are buried in the shitshow that is the APD roleplay thread 
 

  • Break out of jail or assist = fine + jail time
  • Kidnap a cop = strip him of his gear (make it a talent) and then kill him or release him
  • Banks/feds = required to attend, don't be a pussy. (ADDING ON, FUCKING PRIORITIZE THREATS, IF THERE'S 4 SHOOTERS ON A ROOFTOP AT LEAST ELIMINATE 2 OF THEM) 
  • No more precincts even if v2 brings server pop back up
  • Dismiss all Lt/SGTs, start election for a fresh batch of 4-8 that have better gear + vehicles
  • Remove UC from the game, it never worked right and is just a waste of coding time
  • Everyone can rank up to Corporal based on time played (track their hours). So no knee padding required and at that rank you should be able to get lethals but not before.
  • Make lethal scenarios very black and white so there's no gray area. If someone breaks the lethal rule and there's clear evidence, demote them back to Constable for a month.
  • Allow street language for APD, no sir this and sir that bullshit. They aren't waiters at some high end restaurant. (ADDED obviously don't go around calling people Ninjas, but even real cops are allowed to curse. Throwing in a casual fuck or shit is a great way to deescalate a situation and show that you're not some super uptight hard ass)
  • SGT+ rank is voted upon by current sgt/lt/captain + server owner.
  • Sgt/lt/captains have term limits and must elect replacements after 6-12 months. Once they retire, they go back down to the rank of Corporal w/no reqs. Getting the aforementioned ranks should be hard work.
  • Give captain armed ghosthawk w/limited use scenarios. (Doing a bank/fed with 15+ people? Guess what? BRRRRRRRRRRR. Attacking an HQ? Better hope you rescue your friend before the Captain arrives)
  • Give rebels access to a lot more arma 3 guns to even out the odds and lower the price
  • Make gang wars worth it like Olympus by using the points towards rebel outpost gear. In fact, since Jesse has the code, just copy Olympus straight up.
  • Whitelisted medics who will be the RP faction of the server along with civs if they choose
  • Admins cannot spawn in items or loot unless doing a special server event w/the consent of 2 other admins and/or server owner. Their only perk will be getting free server money (set amount) each month. If they are caught spawning in loot w/out asking, get rid of them. Inactive admins = removed.
  • Admins must start at the bottom of the APD just like any other regular player. No favoritism given to them. No admin can be Captain/SGT/Lt and admin at the same time, you have to pick one or the other. Admins should have ZERO authority over the APD and get rid of the 2nd Lt rank.

Now for some original ideas; 

Add money making methods that encourage roleplay. How the fuck is driving off into middle of the ocean to gather shit supposed to foster any roleplay? Here's some ideas/examples

  • Burger Shop employees
  • Add fishing from piers/docks/shores
  • Taxi Jobs
  • Tourism Guides (Whenever someone is new to the server they can opt into having a tourism guide assigned to them. This guide would show the player around the server and introduce him into the different ways to make money and how to do certain activities)
  • Delivery Services 
  • Event coordinators (Allow players to coordinate shit like races, concerts, silly crowd events like soccer, demolition derbies, etc
  • Allow businesses to be purchased. These could range from burger shops, fishing shops, vehicle stores, etc. This would allow the people with large amounts of money to invest into something. They can hire employees to increase their profits (and RP), and everyone involved gets a nice dose of RP. Being an employee of one of these businesses will allow those who are heavily into roleplay (or want a break from the fighting just to chill and talk with people) to still feel like they're progressing on the server. Lord knows how many hours Cassandra has spent sitting in Kavala Square doing fuckall. 

Add more legal ways to make money, that are actually decent money. People who are new to the server aren't willing to do illegal shit where they're just going to be KoS. You used to always find people doing diamonds and some fun roleplay was to be had, but now it's empty. 

Remove defibs for everyone but medics. Make fights about who actually are the better fighters, not who can spam defibs the fastest. 

APD can respond to a situation more than once/twice, whatever it is these days, but they must do so in WAVES. Olympus has this shit right. Allow time for rebels to disengage and leave the area without a constant zerg rush of cops. That said, it also gives the cops greater chances to win engagements if they push as a team instead of trickling in one by one. 

Add a community service option instead of parole/jail. People don't want to go to jail, and putting someone on parole for small shit seems like a fucking trap to make money. Allow people with reasonable tickets/charges to take on community service jobs. Cleaning up trash along the highways or in cities,  working at one of the community events hosted by the event coordinators,  idk just throwing out a few ideas

Instead of doing shit while IN jail to reduce jail time that is boring as fuck and fosters no RP, allow creative ways for prisoners to work off their time. Similar idea to community service above

Fuck off with spawning outside of the jail. When you're released from prison, the majority of states allow you to have a free bus ticket. Allow people to spawn back in Kavala/Pygros/Athira/Sofia/whatever the fuck without having to suicide and lose their shit.

Add the Titan MPRL. Land or be titaned (jk) 

Revamp the point system for the APD. It's too easy for people to abuse it as the APD is largely nothing but very distinct cliques these days. If you have a IAD against you, if the higher up in your circle of friends takes care of it nothing will happen even if it's serious shit. Choose a few senior members from the community to handle the IADs, and change them out every couple months to ensure that there's always a fresh set of eyes handling IADs. 

Let people be hitmen. It'll require heavy investment from the talent trees and you'd still require proper initiation, but it'd be something fun for the lone wolves to do. After all, we're fighting with cartels here. Cartels have hitmen. Carrying out a hit would be a charge that's higher than manslaughter, and if the hitman is caught during the process of carrying out the murder, the person who placed the hit will be charged with an equally significant charge.

Totally stealing this from RuneScape, but Crack the Clue challenges would be fucking fun and create community cohesion as people worked together to solve the puzzles. iirc something like this was planned way back in the day with random treasure maps, but it could be taken a step further and allow for fun events where the community is working together for once instead of against each other.

 

 

 

I'll add more later as I think of it tbh but just some ideas i thought of while in the shower

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3 hours ago, Reformed epTic said:

Tourism Guides (Whenever someone is new to the server they can opt into having a tourism guide assigned to them. This guide would show the player around the server and introduce him into the different ways to make money and how to do certain activities)

This is actually a really interesting idea

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1 minute ago, Gen. Henry Arnold said:

 

If anything, some of these suggestions would make people quit instead of keep them around. Don’t know how you got me mixed up with Gnashes. I haven’t added anything like rotating drug fields.

Just felt like a real snide comment Gnashes would make.

Suggestions should always be appreciated, no matter how utterly stupid they are. Shouldn’t be discouraging your playerbase from making them. 

Comments like “Go make your own server or go code your own mission file” seem really condescending and it’s why people hated Gnashes. Just be more polite about it. 

 

Trust me, I know that Hanzo has made some really dumb fucking suggestions sometimes, but if some random new player sees a dev making that comment and doesn’t know the context, he/she might not want to play thinking the devs don’t care about the playerbase wants/needs.

JUST MY TWO CENTS IS ALL

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i dont understand why rebels cant buy mxm's. well, rebels or bounty hunters, idc.

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6 hours ago, Reformed epTic said:

We'll start with some of @Hanzo/Dirty Scrubz suggestions that are buried in the shitshow that is the APD roleplay thread 
 

  • Break out of jail or assist = fine + jail time
  • Kidnap a cop = strip him of his gear (make it a talent) and then kill him or release him
  • Banks/feds = required to attend, don't be a pussy. (ADDING ON, FUCKING PRIORITIZE THREATS, IF THERE'S 4 SHOOTERS ON A ROOFTOP AT LEAST ELIMINATE 2 OF THEM) 
  • No more precincts even if v2 brings server pop back up
  • Dismiss all Lt/SGTs, start election for a fresh batch of 4-8 that have better gear + vehicles
  • Remove UC from the game, it never worked right and is just a waste of coding time
  • Everyone can rank up to Corporal based on time played (track their hours). So no knee padding required and at that rank you should be able to get lethals but not before.
  • Make lethal scenarios very black and white so there's no gray area. If someone breaks the lethal rule and there's clear evidence, demote them back to Constable for a month.
  • Allow street language for APD, no sir this and sir that bullshit. They aren't waiters at some high end restaurant. (ADDED obviously don't go around calling people Ninjas, but even real cops are allowed to curse. Throwing in a casual fuck or shit is a great way to deescalate a situation and show that you're not some super uptight hard ass)
  • SGT+ rank is voted upon by current sgt/lt/captain + server owner.
  • Sgt/lt/captains have term limits and must elect replacements after 6-12 months. Once they retire, they go back down to the rank of Corporal w/no reqs. Getting the aforementioned ranks should be hard work.
  • Give captain armed ghosthawk w/limited use scenarios. (Doing a bank/fed with 15+ people? Guess what? BRRRRRRRRRRR. Attacking an HQ? Better hope you rescue your friend before the Captain arrives)
  • Give rebels access to a lot more arma 3 guns to even out the odds and lower the price
  • Make gang wars worth it like Olympus by using the points towards rebel outpost gear. In fact, since Jesse has the code, just copy Olympus straight up.
  • Whitelisted medics who will be the RP faction of the server along with civs if they choose
  • Admins cannot spawn in items or loot unless doing a special server event w/the consent of 2 other admins and/or server owner. Their only perk will be getting free server money (set amount) each month. If they are caught spawning in loot w/out asking, get rid of them. Inactive admins = removed.
  • Admins must start at the bottom of the APD just like any other regular player. No favoritism given to them. No admin can be Captain/SGT/Lt and admin at the same time, you have to pick one or the other. Admins should have ZERO authority over the APD and get rid of the 2nd Lt rank.

Now for some original ideas; 

Add money making methods that encourage roleplay. How the fuck is driving off into middle of the ocean to gather shit supposed to foster any roleplay? Here's some ideas/examples

  • Burger Shop employees
  • Add fishing from piers/docks/shores
  • Taxi Jobs
  • Tourism Guides (Whenever someone is new to the server they can opt into having a tourism guide assigned to them. This guide would show the player around the server and introduce him into the different ways to make money and how to do certain activities)
  • Delivery Services 
  • Event coordinators (Allow players to coordinate shit like races, concerts, silly crowd events like soccer, demolition derbies, etc
  • Allow businesses to be purchased. These could range from burger shops, fishing shops, vehicle stores, etc. This would allow the people with large amounts of money to invest into something. They can hire employees to increase their profits (and RP), and everyone involved gets a nice dose of RP. Being an employee of one of these businesses will allow those who are heavily into roleplay (or want a break from the fighting just to chill and talk with people) to still feel like they're progressing on the server. Lord knows how many hours Cassandra has spent sitting in Kavala Square doing fuckall. 

Add more legal ways to make money, that are actually decent money. People who are new to the server aren't willing to do illegal shit where they're just going to be KoS. You used to always find people doing diamonds and some fun roleplay was to be had, but now it's empty. 

Remove defibs for everyone but medics. Make fights about who actually are the better fighters, not who can spam defibs the fastest. 

APD can respond to a situation more than once/twice, whatever it is these days, but they must do so in WAVES. Olympus has this shit right. Allow time for rebels to disengage and leave the area without a constant zerg rush of cops. That said, it also gives the cops greater chances to win engagements if they push as a team instead of trickling in one by one. 

Add a community service option instead of parole/jail. People don't want to go to jail, and putting someone on parole for small shit seems like a fucking trap to make money. Allow people with reasonable tickets/charges to take on community service jobs. Cleaning up trash along the highways or in cities,  working at one of the community events hosted by the event coordinators,  idk just throwing out a few ideas

Instead of doing shit while IN jail to reduce jail time that is boring as fuck and fosters no RP, allow creative ways for prisoners to work off their time. Similar idea to community service above

Fuck off with spawning outside of the jail. When you're released from prison, the majority of states allow you to have a free bus ticket. Allow people to spawn back in Kavala/Pygros/Athira/Sofia/whatever the fuck without having to suicide and lose their shit.

Add the Titan MPRL. Land or be titaned (jk) 

Revamp the point system for the APD. It's too easy for people to abuse it as the APD is largely nothing but very distinct cliques these days. If you have a IAD against you, if the higher up in your circle of friends takes care of it nothing will happen even if it's serious shit. Choose a few senior members from the community to handle the IADs, and change them out every couple months to ensure that there's always a fresh set of eyes handling IADs. 

Let people be hitmen. It'll require heavy investment from the talent trees and you'd still require proper initiation, but it'd be something fun for the lone wolves to do. After all, we're fighting with cartels here. Cartels have hitmen. Carrying out a hit would be a charge that's higher than manslaughter, and if the hitman is caught during the process of carrying out the murder, the person who placed the hit will be charged with an equally significant charge.

Totally stealing this from RuneScape, but Crack the Clue challenges would be fucking fun and create community cohesion as people worked together to solve the puzzles. iirc something like this was planned way back in the day with random treasure maps, but it could be taken a step further and allow for fun events where the community is working together for once instead of against each other.

 

 

 

I'll add more later as I think of it tbh but just some ideas i thought of while in the shower

  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Currently theyre required to attend TWICE only but it needs to be changed to go until its over or threats are dealt with.
  • Having no precincts has been working well so +1
  • Better gear + vehicles isnt gonna fix the issue. Need to get people who ACTUALLY want to play the role and not just have the rank for bragging rights or move power in TS.
  • UC works well imo, especially for newer players.
  • Pretty sure tracking hours has been done away with.
  • Yes 100%
  • Ive seen a few people get points for cussing during general chit chat even tho its allowed so this would be great to have set in stone.
  • Captains and server owners should decide ranks for Sgt+.
  • Yes.
  • Some captains right now cannot be trusted with what they currently have so giving them armed anything is a bad idea.
  • ^^
  • Ive suggested using infamy for this this.
  • +1
  • Sometimes being able to spawn in stuff adds to the fun of the server so ill agree and disagree but 100% removed inactive admins or set a requirement for them.
  • Yes.

 

6 hours ago, Reformed epTic said:

 

Remove defibs for everyone but medics. Make fights about who actually are the better fighters, not who can spam defibs the fastest. 

 

Only if WL medics become a thing.

 

6 hours ago, Reformed epTic said:

 

APD can respond to a situation more than once/twice, whatever it is these days, but they must do so in WAVES. Olympus has this shit right. Allow time for rebels to disengage and leave the area without a constant zerg rush of cops. That said, it also gives the cops greater chances to win engagements if they push as a team instead of trickling in one by one. 

 

Yeah that shit works well over there. Hopefully adding something like this to Asylum might show some people how to work as a team.

 

6 hours ago, Reformed epTic said:

Add a community service option instead of parole/jail. People don't want to go to jail, and putting someone on parole for small shit seems like a fucking trap to make money. Allow people with reasonable tickets/charges to take on community service jobs. Cleaning up trash along the highways or in cities,  working at one of the community events hosted by the event coordinators,  idk just throwing out a few ideas

Instead of doing shit while IN jail to reduce jail time that is boring as fuck and fosters no RP, allow creative ways for prisoners to work off their time. Similar idea to community service above

Fuck off with spawning outside of the jail. When you're released from prison, the majority of states allow you to have a free bus ticket. Allow people to spawn back in Kavala/Pygros/Athira/Sofia/whatever the fuck without having to suicide and lose their shit.

 

Community service jobs would be great for lets say anything under 100k or something? Think that would work out well.

I think there should 100% be ways to reduce jail TIME and now BOUNTY regardless of what it is, it just needs to happen.

Yes +1.

6 hours ago, Reformed epTic said:

 

Let people be hitmen. It'll require heavy investment from the talent trees and you'd still require proper initiation, but it'd be something fun for the lone wolves to do. After all, we're fighting with cartels here. Cartels have hitmen. Carrying out a hit would be a charge that's higher than manslaughter, and if the hitman is caught during the process of carrying out the murder, the person who placed the hit will be charged with an equally significant charge.

 

There is already the Assassin infamy tree and its never used but maybe it can done redone and made better?

My 2c.

 PS: Go back to being toxic. Seeing epTic being suggestive and helpful is weird af.

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8 hours ago, Reformed epTic said:

Allow businesses to be purchased. These could range from burger shops, fishing shops, vehicle stores, etc. This would allow the people with large amounts of money to invest into something.

I love this idea, however as more of a turn key situation. For example, owning a red burger, you get all of the profits minus the current governor tax rate and it just goes into your bank account.

This could show in the form of a subsidized paycheck every 5 minutes too.

Another example would be owning a gas station increases your base paycheck by 50% plus whatever goods people buy. 

So 1 person doesnt own everything top it out at 5 businesses per person like housing.

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