C. Lawrence
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Okay let's take you seriously for just a moment. While it would improve roleplay and I do greatly agree with responding to 911 dispatches in general. It often case is a trick to get APD over there so we can end up just being initiated on and killed. Typically we don't get any roleplay(RP) out of the situation and it doesn't give us much to do other than respawn and now have to get another kit and vehicle. We don't mind taking the time to roleplay and have a good time with folks.
Now lets take a look at the roleplay aspect. Every time an APD manages to detain a person breaking one of the laws on Altis it either results in cheap meta-gaming tactics to kill APD while just blatant stalling with really no intention to RP other than to stall for time. We also have the blatant spam of music through the microphone, or constantly swearing at us, or just being in general an ass. There is no roleplay happening there, even if we respond(which I have a few times) to murders happening in a town 9/10 the civilians start turning on us after one person being detained and call it unjust. If you're going to whine for us to respond and take the time out of our day where we could be prioritizing people that are running drugs, etc then at least offer us incentive other than house camping, meta-gaming, etc.
The funny thing about you making this post is I've dealt with you personally in-game a few times and every time you've been detained by us you just end up being bitter and salty as hell about you being caught and do end up with some friends meta-gaming us. Why do you care so much about roleplay when you make no attempts yourself? Your attitude on the server is often poor when dealing with APD yet we still try to let you off light with reduced tickets, even when you don't want to roleplay and just gloat in front of us, swear at us, and even scream about requesting a higher up.
Why don't you think about this for a bit and reflect on how you act with APD and maybe try changing how you act with us in-game if you want us to actually try those opportunities. It's the same for anyone wanting us to respond to !911 dispatches, we would do those dispatches if they were actually not ambushes half the time. It's a decision of tying up resources for nothing or actually going after warrants we can secure and stop so they don't create more trouble.
You want APD to be better, help APD and be better yourself. That's the moral of this discussion.
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5 hours ago, Riv6r said:
Yo c lawrence how does it feel to write 100 paragraphs for nobody to agree with you?
Riv6r,
That's fine that "nobody" will agree with me, though I would like to point out the fallacy in your statement. It was a suggestion post, not a declaration. I've been reading the feedback from the OP and my replies and taking notes on the more constructive feedback that helps to improve future threads I may start in APD Suggestions. I appreciate the concern for my own feelings but really that is trivial at best as all I intended with this thread is to improve the APD through an aspect that I sincerely thought would be advantageous in dealing with a common problem that is faced on Patrol, Federal Events, and in our APD HQs after Federal Events. While listening to the feedback suggesting to employ methods already available to APD I did go ahead and give those a fair chance by focusing on their employment with teamwork usage. That is the only time those will succeed is when the APD works as a team and doesn't charge off as a lone wolf.
C. Lawrence
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6 hours ago, Ryan. said:
This shit a whole ass book bro wtf
The reason why I write things in detail and provide paragraphs is because I'm taking the time to explain reasonings, and counter-arguments thoroughly instead of making a half-ass reply that doesn't provide anything constructive to the thread in regards to the original post(OP). Typically, believe it or not most people would make an attempt at a well explained reply or post versus half-assed replies that look like a grade-schooler trying to act cool with a bandwagon fallacy as a reply that doesn't contribute to their argument or the thread. I just prefer to have a decent conversation with others about the topic without a complete shutdown due to people following a trend that in my opinion isn't making much sense as it caters to the civilians more than the APD. APD has to fight tooth and nail for any minor improvement to its resources and those are complained about highly.
APD isn't looking to win all engagements, we're well aware that we're outnumbered, and in most cases are in a bad position. The best we can do is hope for additional training, and working as a group more frequently to make up for the lack of numbers, and overall firepower. Personally after looking back at this thread I started I still feel that some improvements to the armory would be great. It doesn't have to be 7.62 mm but there are different things we could do to make it better as a whole and maybe better balance the civilians and APD interactions and engagements.
Personally I joined APD for the interactions even though the engagements are serious fun they're not the only thing I focus on personally. I rather enjoy hearing someone take the time to tell me an interesting story about those charges they have in relation to their warrant and then giving them a severely reduced ticket rather than carting some screaming kid to jail.
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10 minutes ago, Good Lub said:
so the problem is that retards corporal+ dont pull armor
Not all Corporal+ are retarded, some just decide that the armor is not worth the cost to achieve the means. While that is fine it impedes APD highly as we can utilize that armor in many ways to cover APD officers during patrols or federal events. It's a tool that if correctly used can be very effective but in all honesty there is not much reason for them to pull armor besides Federal Events and even then they have to be present otherwise we don't receive armor. It's a combination of things that makes it difficult for APD to successfully stop Federal Events and suspects when on patrol.
APD we have to use our voice first, that ARMOR is helpful to an extent but 7.62 can cut through most of our ARMOR very efficiently killing any occupants inside the armor. In reality the usage of 7.62mm would help greatly with suspects in armored vehicles, and with them hiding in metal or concrete structures(I.E Metal Bunkers, Metal Towers, Concrete Housing, Concrete walls, etc). An example today of the capability of 7.62 was when I was preventing a bank robbery today. We had a suspect detained outside the bank building, and at least one shooting roaming the inner walls of the bank compound and one on the roof. I was at the time the only one alive while the other officers were gearing up and responding. I saw the roaming guy on the ground go for his friend restrained and shot at him with the 6.5mm, he took cover after getting tagged two to three times and fired at my position in the window. I had already been crouched and moved away yet he had the high enough caliber to go through the concrete wall and the floor to strike me on the other end. I was still alive and things did work out in the end but that is just to show how useful a 7.62 mm caliber firearm can be.
My initial post is being realistic in my eyes. We're finding more and more gangs and civilians utilizing 7.62 firearms and armor no matter if it's a federal event or not. This usage and their sheer numbers, makes any tactics fall apart especially when considering they're prepped in most situations and know we're approaching. Especially in federal events, that is a given. There is plenty of time for others to set up positions and call in for back up from other gangs or friends while we're in the middle of dealing with them. An example of something I heard over teamspeak was two officers had a guy in restraints. That one guy while restrained had at least six of his buddies pull up on the officers with armor and 7.62 rifles. The officers took cover and where shot through the hard cover while being outnumbered.
The point of these examples is to highlight where even if some officers are not the best shot(room for improvement always in tactics and shooting) they can become better with practice and time in situations. The 7.62mm rifles would just end up making certain brute force tactics unrealistic for attackers on APD. You wouldn't end up seeing multiple ifrits rush through an HQ bar gate to storm the HQ. It would take a while but after getting used to getting mowed down by 7.62 and put in restraints it would stop a lot of the rushing tactics due to being in a safe armored vehicle from 6.5 mm & 5.56mm. My mindset is not militarization of APD assets, its having a slight buff to APD so that we're not clearly out classed.
I'm not here to cry about things. I'm trying to make an honest suggestion for an improvement where it's clear that improvement would stop the ballsy tactics of gangs rushing APD HQs, utilizing high calibers to wall-bang safely while we can't fire back, etc. In the initial suggestion I offered many concessions the APD could make to acquire the usage of 7.62 for Constable+.
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2 weeks as a Cadet
- Reduces the number of APD applicants
- APD officers would be better trained and understanding of APD policies and guidelines
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7.62mm locked behind talent and/or certification
- Stops widespread usage considering most are not willing to take the time to get certified for even SWAT.
- Locking behind a talent, Constables only have 20 talents available to them. This would force them to choose if they wish to have the talent point spent on the weapon or something more useful.
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Price for 7.62mm
- The usage of the pricing would help slightly
Another requirement could be done that the 7.62 mm could only be used in the presence of suspects with armored vehicles, and/or are armed with high caliber firearms. This would require that not only does the officer carry 2 weapons one in the inventory of the vehicle but one also as a regular firearm. It would make the cost and overall appeal to use the 7.62 even less. Yet it would still be a viable option for APD to to utilize a 7.62mm widespread. The ranking system that the APD currently uses has its own flaw that most are just Corporals they're not able to access 7.62mm. We might get the occasional Lieutenant that hops on but they're not on for long and certainly not the majority of APD times. This is not an attempt to militarize the APD it's to have another tool in the toolkit.
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2 hours ago, .Max said:
this isnt a military rp sim this is a light roleplay server if you're looking for these kind of things then asylum isnt the server for you and it sure wolnt hurt anyone if you get the fuck out of here and go find a mil sim then u can use ur quick responce team and 762
You're taking things out of context. I mean that when we have a person down beside an ifrit 9/10 we have another group of the gang members we have in restraints already pulling up with a quick response. That is the QRT I'm referring to because that is exactly what it is. They come quick as hell when their buddies are in restraints with 7.62s and some kind of armored transport. When APD does make a successful pull out on an IFRIT we get shot up by multiple people in turn. APD is literally a punching bag out there for players with massive money and numbers to just sit in their houses with their physical inventories filled with weapons of 7.62 or other similar weaponry that they can shoot at us. They also have access to ARMOR readily available while CoC(Chain of Command) has ARMOR only available to Corporal+ which often cases that armor doesn't get deployed as they prefer to use hatchback sports which are the equivalent of paper.
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5 minutes ago, Yung Jaypl said:
Okay now you're just talking out of your ass. BBNB, Ruckus, Unknown, DS, and kind of Envy are the only real gangs on the server anymore. Asy hasn't seen gang life this dead literally ever. Using SWAT outside of fed events is stupid, but more cops need SWAT and there needs to be more opportunities for people to get it.
I'm just trying to make it clear that these groups do work together from time to time to actually beat APD. Other than those times, they do still resolve to make sure APD is dead first before they beat the other gang. Either way APD gets outnumbered severely in the process. How can you expect APD to react to that when all we deal with is mostly 1v3 + for each member. It's not enjoyable to anyone to deal with tons of ARMOR, 7.62s, tons of body armor on individuals that have a much faster time to kill and can just quick peak. I've seen officers including myself that have driven into town talked with a guy turning himself in only to be shot at by either a gang member of his own from 20 - 30 meters away or hiding somewhere. Then we've dealt with other gangs yelling out of their houses to leave a city or die? How is that even remotely fair to APD when you have gangs with houses stocked with RPGs, 7.62, magazines and other things to literally shoot us with from the safety of your home or blow us up?
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An MK won't change the game mechanics or magically make it better. It'll help give us another tool to combat armor. It gives officers a decent chance against body armor and tearing down previous obstacles. Some walls we can't shoot through with 5.56 or 6.5 with 7.62 we can. We also can get through some areas of armor with 7.62 that we couldn't get through with 5.56 or 6.5. It gives us a chance to actually use a tool that is helpful and conductive to being considerably disadvantaged.
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3 minutes ago, Yung Jaypl said:
New swat is almost identical to old swat, there were just more opportunities to get whitelisted swat. This thread has been a shitshow, but I can get on board with more swat trainings. They are pretty rare and leave people that would otherwise use swat correctly to fend for themselves.
You "wrecking shit tier gangs":
The shit tier gangs:
Okay so why could the APD that was less equipped 2 years ago win more events than the more equipped APD now? You seem to be missing my point completely
If we could actually get training on hand for SWAT and perhaps allow for some kind of usage of 7.62 for situations outside of the Federal Event then things would be more balanced. The APD that was less equipped 2 years ago first off had better team work together, better trained, and overall had less high member gangs to deal with. Now a days it feels like gangs that were not initially working together now work together in a sort of Good Ole' Boys club, where they scratch each other's backs to just mess with APD. A lot of the APD try to be chill and give people low tickets and half tickets if they're non-aggressive and non-evasive. I see your point but also know that the circumstances from 2 years ago and now have changed drastically. There is a big difference.
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1 minute ago, Yung Jaypl said:
You literally didn't even know the money cap existed, how are you going to speak on it?
This is such a cringe thread. Every summer the summer sale kids get cop and cry about balancing, and they get everything they ask for and still get wiped. Nothing new, rinse and repeat.
Summer Sales, and becoming an APD member doesn't have anything to do with the original topic of this thread. The issue is that civilians are expecting APD to constantly be the punching bag when it comes to being outnumbered, having limited access to any severely helpful tools such as 7.62mm, ARMOR, etc. Constables and Cadets are the main backbone of the APD. Its rare to find Corporal+ because most have given up being APD due to the issue of APD/REBEL/CIV balancing. I brought up this thread to provide a decent argument about the helpfulness of adding 7.62mm to the APD in general as it would provide us with the resource we need. I also stipulated some conditions that could help reduce the widespread use and make it harder for members to become APD and less issues.
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1 minute ago, Yung Jaypl said:
They literally implemented a money cap for that reason years ago. People literally have had the same amount of money and armor that they did for years, people pulling Ifrits and 7.62 everywhere has been meta for like 7 years.
Im against it because cops bitch and cry for every little thing and get it, and ive been asking to literally be able to buy zafir MAGS for a year+ and get told its too OP when you can literally only get the gun from 2 sources. I'm not scared of the APD having 7.62, half of you don't know your mouse from your dick anyways. The issue is balancing, and the fact that its been 18+ months of cop buffs at the drop of a hat.
Because you would otherwise be able to drop and rip someone out of armor while being swarmed by 5 other ifrits? Fat chance bub
Let's be clear about this. The money cap didn't help anything and it's only a temporary solution not a permanent or even a preventive. You're clear about it being the META for 7 years that Ifrits and 7.62 are always going to be the META. APD has been trying to get 7.62 readily available for longer than you have been trying to get Zafir MAGS. APD has a right to obtain resources needed to level the playing fields as let me point out the main disadvantages to us.
- Lack of manpower
- Lack of usable resource for most common rank in the APD to combat META(Most Effective Tactic Available) which is often the most used tactic
- Lack of ability to respond to situations with appropriate resources
- Lack of SWAT trained officers
- Lack of SWAT Training opportunities
- SWAT can only be used in FEDERAL EVENTS and 1 LIFE RULE
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You know very well pull out works only if you're stripped and all wheels are out. You also know very clearly that in most cases other armor is present to drop out of the vehicle and fire on APD the minute we succeed and/or a QRT(Quick Response Team) is on the way to reinforce individuals. This is a policy we have to adhere to and we have to deal the possibility of latency/frame advantage on pulled out individuals killing us before we can even see them. This happens quite often.
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Just now, Yung Jaypl said:
Did you ignore my point where I said people before you did it with less for years, and the last 18 months has been nothing but cop buff after cop buff?
I'm not ignoring the point that they did less with for years. Years ago people didn't have all the money they do now and acquiring high caliber weapons, armor, and explosives was not so easy as it is currently. Let's be honest here, to most people buying an 80,000 suicide vest doesn't hurt them nearly as hard as it does the cops trying to process stalling individuals that have gang mates in discord/teamspeak coming to vest them in ORCAs and IFRITS.
They did with less because they didn't deal with this amount of behavior nor did they have the type of community that we do now. APD gets shot typically now a days on site without much initiation and often case gangs utilize stalling, comms, while we are talking with them. The 7.62mm helps level the playing field when it comes to ARMOR, Vests, Time to Down/kill, and increases our success. If it's not a big deal with you then why are you consistently against it?
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Just now, Yung Jaypl said:
It literally has never been easier for cops. Corporal+ can pull armor which is like half of the APD in 2021, and SWAT is resident sleeper to get. Cops have gotten buff after buff for literally 18 months now. At some point it just becomes lack of skill or cohesion or both.
TLDR: Get good. People did it with less before you.
Even with an extreme amount of cohesion which I've been witnessing shear firepower, volume of fire, numbers, and armor crushes that completely. Corporal+ can pull armor which is pretty much paper to anyone who has a 7.62mm which let's be honest today is practically anyone with rebel gear which is close to most of the player base as the player base is experienced and been around for a while. Let's not try to ignore the advantages that rebels have over police which is very clear. SWAT training happens on the spur of the moment and doesn't help anyone if there is not a single person present to get that training or wants to acquire the training.
APD is getting buffed to help combat the immense inadequacy of gear, we are to RP first and prioritize RP over combat. Our primary weapon is our voice, our secondary weapons are inadequate to correspond to the current situation that we're dealing with on a daily basis of ARMOR, 7.62mm weaponry, RPGs, Explosive vests, and armored transport helicopters.
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Just now, PGone said:
This is unrealistic. APD already has the best advantage of using free loads and unlimited respawn
Hi Pgone,
Let me point out something to you about this "Unlimited Respawn" and "Free Loads". APD can only have unlimited responds to Federal Events, then we have a 2 life rule to any of the activities outside of Federal Events. If we die twice we have to ignore the activity and continue upon our day without messing with that activity. If we don't adhere to this we can get points, banned, or blacklisted. The "Free Loads" as you put it don't help us at all. In most cases we'll have Lieutenants tell us why are you even using a free loadout to a Federal Event as Constables. The "Free Loads" applies really to helping us die so we can commit our minimum 2 lives to Federal Event and go on with better things because frankly Federal Events is just a punching bag session on APD. We rarely stand a reasonable chance of beating out any gang at Federal Event and that diminishes further upon another gang joining the fray.
These "Free Loads" are inconsistent and are not even provided to Cadets with 5.56 they start out with 9mm "Free Loads", Constables start with SPAR 16 "Free Loads" it's not helpful as they're 5.56.
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Hi everyone,
Lets consider these things about everyone's replies to my initial post so far. The only two that have been remotely constructive have been these two posts.
While cops do get a FREE loadout, it is 5.56 and often case shooting IFRIT or other armored vehicles tires takes multiple magazines and requires us to be on foot while the vehicle is most likely driving away to safe area to repair with most likely friends to cover them. That doesn't give cops any advantage. The 5.56 gives us a chance against individuals that don't have body armor and/or armored vehicles. The 5.56 loadout we use also doesn't get used often as we mostly gravitate to the 6.5mm rifles for the extra knockdown power instead of the 5.56. A lot of the time I hear don't play APD if you want to make money, that is clearly not the intent but I do wish to explain that if you're hearing that said that should be clear the FREE loadout doesn't offer much to officers.
In regards to SWAT, it is literally the most under utilized asset to APD currently. I rarely see a SWAT officer on and the severe restrictions prohibits their use in APD to anything beyond Federal Events. Federal Events in which the SWAT is killed they can't play that role. I would like to also remind everyone that SWAT training/certification is extremely rare and finding individuals around to offer the SWAT Training is more difficult as they most likely don't want to do so or don't have the proper time.
28 minutes ago, Farmer Steve said:The advantage I think you’re forgetting that police have is the ability to respawn over and over with a FREE default load.
41 minutes ago, Bherky said:I appreciate that you took the time to write this and are looking for change in the APD although this is unrealistic. '
We implemented SWAT to "level" the playing field ALSO the higher the rank you go the better the guns you have access to.
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Hi there everyone,
I'm not asking for a LMG(nothing military) I'm asking for a small increase in caliber to better combat a daily patrol aspect. We don't have any much resource in most cases as SWAT is rare to be certified for and SWAT training is even more rare. APD are held overall to a higher degree and are responsible for our actions every day. Just saying no and joking about it doesn't help the discussion, if you want to provide a realistic argument go ahead. Don't act like we're hitting you with a 7.62 LMG because in reality we're not we're using a long rifle, when we're getting hit with RPGs, Explosive Vests, LMGs, Grenades, etc. I'm asking for people to be realistic and to not think about oh I play Civilian too. Yes it would be harder on Civilians but not by much we are still very much out-manned daily and don't have access to armor nearly as easy as Civilians and Rebels.
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Hello everyone,
Decided to make this suggestion as I've seen personally a few other suggestions talking about increasing APD's usefulness and overall reliability to secure criminals. I'll start off by pointing out the thing that I think would be best to change or add for the APD.
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Constable+ having access to 7.62mm Rifle(AK12)
- Locked behind Talent and/or certification/training
- Costs $8000 - $9500
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30 RND magazine only(If APD officer is found having 75RND/High-Capacity Drum Blacklist/Massive Points )
- Points given are non-negotiable, shouldn't be a reason for an Officer to have a 75RND Magazine when they are to be seizing those as illegal.
In response to this change the APD Cadets training should be increased by a single week to help the vetting process of making sure that the APD officers/constables+ are better trained and understand the APD guidebook and processes. This is to ensure civilian rights and freedoms are not being trampled on and that civilians have a fair chance as well. Officers on a daily basis on patrol encounter individuals more and more with 5.56+ calibers and utilizing some sort of armored transport(i.e Hunter, Ifrit, Orca, Strider). This happens numerous times while on Patrol let alone during Federal Events(which is 99% of the time) with multiple individuals at the very least. It is not uncommon to see 2+ people in an Ifrit/Hunter running around with illegal firearms with armor piercing capabilities.
These individuals can third-person and wall-bang officers where officers can not shoot through the wall on them yet we have the same potential to see them but are under-equipped as APD. This is something that is common practice, yes we can get these individuals if their shooting from barricaded position(I.E House owned by them) by flashbangs or if LT+ is available to give consent. However this does not include the other situations we do encounter. If we see an Ifrit we have to respond as we know without a doubt it is an illegal vehicle. An example of something that happened recently was we had two armed Quilins roll up on AIR HQ for APD and open fire on officers without a word. Where officers had to deal with high caliber and high volumes of fire. This is only showing how bold civilians can get now a days as they are often cases grouping up and assaulting HQs to bust people out of custody with numbers and high caliber fire and possibly armor.
Officers have a right to be well armed for the situations they encounter on a daily basis. Truth of the matter is we're not well-armed when it comes to the daily things. Even a few civilians with 9mm PDWs in a town can become a hassle as once again we're outgunned, over-extended in our current resources, and not well-equipped. An example, Civ(A) has a 9mm PDW and starts holding up Civ(B) in town somewhere. Cop(A) patrolling the town sees Civ(A) successfully stops them and is processing them, in the course of this Cop(A) is shot by Civ(C) who is working with Civ(A) or another party in the town that just wants to mess up APD. The point of this example is we wear a target on our backs each day as APD. We are held to a higher degree as whitelisted players than Civilians are and as such Civilians get huge amounts of leniency with gear, rules, and other things.
If an APD makes a single mistake most likely we're getting points, demoted, or blacklisted as Civilians tend to have a habit to try and catch us with APD regulations. Simply put, Civilians typically know the rules well enough, and some of the APD guidebook to know that we can't simply arrest you. We don't just shoot first, and we do have to initiate. Our primary weapon is our Voice. Here is the truth about our Voice it is a tool just like any weapon is really. We can use it but when you have Civilians that don't care about voice, they hear APD, Sirens, etc they're looking to shoot first in half the cases the other will peacefully surrender. This is the truth of the matter, that other half of cases though we are most certainly outgunned/out-geared we have no advantage.
I've only two other arguments to make in benefit to this change. APD is held to a higher degree of strictness than Civilians. As such we don't get away with rule breaks or other things its simple as that. We're not here to abuse the weapons, we're here to have fun and it's simply not any fun when you hear other officers in communication saying oh well "I'm giving my minimum 2 lives to fed event and doing something else." , "Oh this group again", "Towns(A,B,C) are groups(A,B,C) living in there and sit in their houses.", "Oh it's this group get ready to die again.".
As an RP Argument, think about a real PD. PDs started using 5.56 rifles and calling for their use after officers armed with only a handgun and a rare shotgun were engaged by heavily armed individuals with automatic, high-caliber rifles and with body armor. After the incident a large amount of casualties were found and two fatalities. This incident in real pushed the forefront to PDs starting to utilize 5.56 rifles. Real PDs employ weapons and tactics based on commonly occurring events and frankly the common occurrence in APD is that we're being engaged by APC(Armored Personnel Carriers(Ifrits, Hunters,Striders), explosives, and high-caliber rifles. This is not whining this is pointing out clear facts of the matter. Our voice is a tool we use first and we are fine dying using our voice but when we need to rely on our secondary weapons they need to be up to par with the common situations and they're frankly not.
Hope this all is taken in due consideration,
C. Lawrence
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Constable+ having access to 7.62mm Rifle(AK12)
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If you're being banned for something, make sure you're recording. It always helps to have a recording software on Asylum. You never know when you're going to deal with crazy shit, and honestly on Asylum you should always expect everything to go horribly wrong where it can. Most of the staff here are really chill about unbanning as long as you have the correct evidence to show that you didn't do what they banned you for in the first place. If you don't have video then you're sort of out of luck as it's practically hearsay against someone with actual video evidence. Considering also that the staff require in most cases for RDM to be 5 minutes prior to the incident you're probably well within the scope of context for them to ban you. If you were not banned for RDM then there must have been something you did to warrant that ban that is easily seen with logs, i.e combat logging, failRP(disconnecting during a situation to avoid consequences).
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18 hours ago, Mason Statham said:
If you're making a rdm/vdm report which is 15 - 20 mins long I wanna start this off by saying you're probably retarded. Secondly how is discord screen sharing a viable option? You want someone to be able to arrange a call with you on discord at a certain time for them to look over evidence and probably have your sped arse cry when they say it wasn't rdm/vdm?
It is understandable that you are surprised for length. Any report does require the video to have at least 5 minutes prior to the incident and then the incident itself. For VDM it's 10 seconds before the incident. It's dependent upon the issue that is happening. My apologies for the 15-20 minute long, I was going off old information. If I remember correctly it used to be 5 minutes prior to the incident and 5 minutes after the incident. That's why I stated 15-20 minutes just for the reason that some issues are not cut and dry all the time.
18 hours ago, Patato said:No, needs to be recorded and sent to us. Often times, especially when it’s RDM i end up watching the video 2-3 times.
And often I’m pausing during this checking logs and using other tools.Once through just to know what’s happening, a second to really focus and listen to audio while just stareing at the bottom corner of the screen looking for kills. then again When they appeal the ban and provide their side of the story.
It’s simply not a viable option in most cases to sit in a discord call with someone and have them scrub around while discord shits the bed and goes down to 240p quality making it impossible to read the chat.
You have 72 hours to make a report. Just start your upload after you go to bed and make the report in the morning.
I understand what you're getting at and thought about that after reading this. It does make more sense to have a YouTube video to review evidence especially when it comes to appeals. I'll try and see what can be done then to speed up the upload speed then. Because leaving a computer on for something like 18 hours is not exactly something I would like to do.
If a staff could close this suggestion or delete it afterwards it's much appreciated. Thank you for your reply.
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I personally think it would be a great idea to change the requirement of posting any video on YouTube for evidence. Yes, by all means that can be an option but please at least add an option for Discord screen sharing videos to be a possibility as well. Reason for this suggestion can easily be described in a few points below:
- Not everyone has really good upload speed(Upload speed is needed when you are uploading a video to YouTube or other services).
- The file-size of videos; considering the required length of the videos, and that it preferably is clear in quality that would require the video resolution to be at least 720p or better. This causes a rather large file to be created.
- You would be able to handle a lot more issues or comp requests effectively, and be able to make the server less-likely to have trolls by evidence being able to be taken through Discord screen shares.
The reason for this suggestion is literally not only myself but a few others I've met don't have the best data speeds. While we can connect and play on the servers smoothly, there shouldn't be a reason not to take discord screen-share if we're recording videos in 720p. Personally a few times I've recorded issues of RDM/VDM, or FailRP where the video was easily 15-20 minutes in length, where I could simply show the incident to a moderator or staff member this issue would be handled.There is a handful of people at least, and most likely more that would record if it was worth the time of being able to submit tickets that would be resolved. I personally record all my time on the Asylum Life servers, I have many times caught people RDM/VDM/FailRP against myself and would like to be able to have compensation or some action taken against the issues.
Seizing BH license for Spar-16 use
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Only reason a bounty hunter license is being revoked is because you used a bounty hunter weapon on APD. Corp+ like Bherky said are the only ones who can revoke the Bounty Hunter license for restart. If you're having your license revoked for restart you've obviously done something to warrant that consequence. Do read the text given to you upon purchasing a bounty hunter license it does tell you a bit more about what can revoke that license. Be smart, and you don't lose your bounty hunter license.