Repto

I agree SWAT hasn't been given an appropriate boost for the change in tides in a long time. The previous issue with the removal of the ghost hawks kind of sucks but I can agree the policy did end up being highly disregarded, and while incredibly weak they were highly lethal in appropriate hands which APD had a very small few of those hands. Supplementing the removal of the ghost hawk arming with some SWAT boosts and some additional assistance for the poor RIF ranks seems like a far more appropriate way of keeping the factions fair in that struggle for balancing. Re-evaluate the swat mechanics I'd like to see uncapped swat slots, or just increase base swat count by 1, while keeping the current +1 to swat slots per additional civ present. Swat vehicle garage should be scaled with slot count if there wont be any additional armor added to it, if swat slots exceed X number then allow swat to pull 4 vehicles rather than just 2 or so on. That seems like a far easier change to push for than adding new armor options to the swat garage. Cadet's, Constables, and Corporals is a harder matter, it's not really them having more equipment that's the issue. They could have all the equipment they could want but a sense of progression is sadly required since the APD is the only form of roleplay that's required and expected for the server, and yes it's also mostly a skill thing at the same time. I've always expressed how I'm garbage at combat but when I'm not mentally drained from constant fed fighting then my strategizing and planning can be top notch at times. Sadly we cant just shove 6.5mm's, carrier lights, and hunters into their hands and expect them to be better, not that much better at least. Re-evaluate the RIF Equipment Cadet's can access either the Off-road or the SUV in the cop garage rather than just a quad. They are still sub par vehicles and policy can be set to only allow them to be used for federal event transportation or something if need be. Constables can access van's and Prowlers in the cop garage. I honestly don't see why they don't have access to the vans already in the first place, that should be a no brainer. Though I still agree with zdeat about just having a prowler to keep that sense of progression. Change Constable+ or Corporal+ starter kit spar to at least spawn with an ARCO or an RCO. Nobody is using that garbage RDS sight. Though if you still want to have that progression just go for the Corporals. I'd suggest Corporals getting a carrier light on a marked slot too but they already get it on UC, plus it was a hard fought fight and a half just to allow Sergeants to have them so that wont ever happen, sorry. And Higher up's pulling armor happens a lot, not as much as pre wipe for sure I'll admit but it makes sense since the APD money making is a garbage system that kinda forces cops to robocop full tickets just to even have a chance at going positive at the end of the day, and they are paying full price for ifrits and their upgrades... I'd *bump bump* a temporary armor discount to encourage them to pull more armor but eh, I know thats gonna get a lot of immediate entitled complaints so no point.

Just get the apex predator talent on bounty hunter

Idk... I can see how it would look frustrating but the biggest thing already mentioned before, after a few weeks they will be nearly as extinct as the dinosaurs again. I personally don't use drones anymore but back to a time where I did, another thing is the majority of the lifespan of a drone is mainly just spent in the air auto hovering and looking pretty. Sure it absolutely is nice and insightful when the user gets more than a few seconds to a minute to actually pop on cam and take a look around, especially in a big gunfight though not all to commonly the case on our end having to deal with the battle ourselves and keeping track of others, Most SGT+'s don't manual fly them either unless we are dicking around or trying to do something precise honestly, and ordering the drones around on the terminal constantly is pretty micromanaged to where often times they are just set to hover high in some random place until they are needed, sure they may sometimes be peeked into whenever bored but mostly just in a placeholder spot. As for the current issues being mentioned, I see them get close to illegal zones (generally the same distance a helicopter is required to be from the center) but I've never heard talks of them being used to look into those zones in comms. I don't doubt that it probably does happen, I just never heard of it happening personally. Don't really see much reason to add extra mechanics alongside the current policies 🤷‍♂️ Gods forbid the APD is actually an opposing force every once in a while.

You can always just refer to the controls page on your in-game map if you ever forget.

I'm sticking to the side of not having any real reason to remove them, the reason given is just not a substantial point 🤷‍♂️ I get it, cop's shouldn't win every fight. We are nowhere near capable of winning every fight as it is anyways. We get the moments where we do have some high numbers, and sometimes we have a higher up or captain on that can boost our gear. While I'll admit maybe 2 of our usual higher are admins, most of the ifrits are pulled by standard LT's who dish out the same full priced ifrits as civ's or non admin Captains buying MK1's to distribute out of pocket. It's becoming a bit more common now but it doesn't happen as often as people here are saying it is though, and as DarkKnight is stating if you're seeing it happen a lot to you then it's probably because we already know there isn't even a margin of us being able to not get obliterated let alone have a chance at winning. The majority of cop's don't play civ because they either aren't interested in it or just aren't good fighters and just want to chill around or both. All the standard cops can be in a 5v10 with all 10 officers having MK1's and an ifrit or 2 yet they would still probably get steamrolled unless the majority of those officers were completely competent, we may get 3 or 4 one time use swat slots for some officers to have extra armor for 1 life but they usually end up dying right away and wasting them. Simply saying while us having the chance to boost sometimes is an advantage that changes the game a small amount for sure, the amount of disadvantages will still always be hugely stacked against us a large majority of the time no matter how its played. Civ's having the prep time and defensive position is always going to be a major advantage to begin with, Cop armor is a joke to a point where it's fairly obvious they've most likely been manipulated to be shittier versions of civ armor, Low ranked cop mains rarely use MK1's and have no major experience in using them compared to civ's. The gear boost really is just there to boost the morale since it seems like all day fed spam is a major occurrence almost every day. Going off the formula I heard mentioned a handful of times before... High Moral = More Cops = More Civ Pop Low Moral = Less Cops = Less Civ Pop No Moral = No Cops = ??? (You know what goes here)

I got a comment in, I feel involved now!

It is in fact up to them but why would they, RA's are already long. I've personally never seen a SGT willingly pause an RA because why would they if they don't have to. Then again I already don't like how low the required fed counts are already so that's my judgement enough right there, stop focusing on how to torture the cops and maybe more will play. I wont speak for other cops but the fact that there's now a fed that only requires 3 cops in order to start is just insane and morale dropping to me. I get that it's "meant" to be for newer players which is nice, totally get wanting to give them a bit more to do... But no, to many people enjoy feds just because they can torture the cop's while they use cartel's to print money, and this is just going to turn into another nuisance in my opinion. Well not ACTUALLY print money, thats just the best choice of words I can come up with for now.

Stealing car parts, I like it lol

Bump I've always thought it was weird that there were charges for just about everything... Except for jewelry

I would love solid blue lights, sounds pretty awesome

Whichever accepts first tbh, never applied through forums before so I dont know the courtesy of it all.

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I like it, definitely probably wont see most of the suggested gear available but definitely like the idea of an unmarked end game vendor randomly placed around the map that includes interactions for both factions.