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That laugh at the end.
 

Evening all,
I wanted to give a slight update to the new mission related stuff. I unfortunately got hit with having to work 3 weeks of 66hrs /ea week at work (Starting this week). This has pushed back my estimated done date pretty hard. I took off two days of work (Jul 14/15) to make a longer week and prevent being forced to do overtime that week. 

The "Official Release Week" will be the week of July 14 - 20. The date is not set in stone yet. However, that will 99% for sure be the week we release on. This will allow us to get in 2 more staff meetings before releasing and also to finish up related projects required to release such as our new web based admin/moderator controls. As far as progress goes on the mission I'm happy where we're at and confident we can reach the goal set. As long as my house doesn't burn down or something in the meantime. I just want to be sure we have a good release and that we have enough time to do the things we want to get done.
If you guys have any questions or anything feel free to drop them below.

Thanks,
Jesse

You're not a part of my dev team, dont confuse them.

If you're kidnapped you're going to say or do whatever you can to get yourself out of that situation, or get to safety. It's the responsibility of the civilian to take the risk if they wish to. That's part of what makes those situations interesting. If you have a policy in place where cops are always supposed to do x, y and z while kidnapped, interactions will get stale real quick.
The problem with kidnapping cops is that the civilian, almost always, wants the gear from the cop. That's the only goal. They don't kidnap the cop for role play, let's get that straight. Would I like to see cops role play in kidnapping situations? Definitely. That's why we have policies in place against cops flat-out refusing to role play.
 
We need to get something straight here. There are two different sets of "rules." Server rules, and APD policy.
The server rules state that no matter what, if you are restrained for more than 10 minutes, you can log out safely without the risk of receiving a ban for combat logging.
If a civilian is attempting to role play to some reasonable extent, however, and the cop sits there silent for 10 minutes and logs out, this is failure to role play and can result in disciplinary action against the officer. This must be reported to internal affairs.
 
APD officers are not currently forced to drop their gear if they do not wish to, and there are no plans to force officers to drop their gear if they do not wish to. I would, however, like to see some sort of game mechanic that allows civilians to take police gear from a kidnapped officer if they wish to at some point.
I never want to see a situation where officers are forced to, piece by piece, remove their own gear at their own will. It would have to be against the officer's will in some form or fashion.
 
APD officers are expected to follow the policies in the guidebook, yes. If you find that there are officers not following policies in the guidebook, feel free to report them to internal affairs.
 
If the Owners decide they want to give cops rangefingers as part of their default loadout, that is their decision to make.
 
If you would like to link me the Internal Affairs report you made, I would be happy to review it for you, if it hasn't been reviewed already.
 
This is precisely the freedom we give our officers, and the choice they're allowed to make while kidnapped.
 
 
All said and done, kidnapping officers has always been a rather touchy subject. APD officers have never been required to, and will not be required to drop their gear willingly.
The idea of a way for civilians to take an officer's gear against his or her will is an idea that I do personally like.

There could be a ‘cop gear-stripping’ location added.  You can take cops there to undergo a process of stripping their gear.  But other cops can come intervene.  Makes it a bit more balanced...

Funny thing is I actually use the skinning knife to role-play when I’m kidnapped. If they bring me a skinning knife and painkillers I’ll “cut” the clothes and gun off of me. Unfortunately, my kidnappers usually never play along.

Yes because we all value our lives. Just like when civs know cops are on lethal and they sit on the bank roof peaking us or continue to sit at the prison and keep getting revived. You and I both know this isnt a hardcore RP server so don't sit there pretending it is
Spend more time giving me a reason to drop my gear and you can have it. Its very simple

You need to role-play for the gear. The only way you get it is kidnapping a cop. So when someone says “drop me your gear or die” that is surely not enough. Personally, I don't have a problem dropping my gear but only as a form of a reward for role-play rather than submission to a demand.

You ain't getting my gear after you give me a line that takes 3 seconds to say its that simple, especially when 99% of the time the gear is dropped then a round is put in my head

Kidnapped situations are a two way street. If i get kidnapped and all i get is drop your gear or your gonna die you aint getting my shit, I want a good reason as to why I should drop my gear.

I would like to see an enforcement on this policy to encourage roleplay from cops when kidnapped/upset.
I know this is gonna be controversial, but why can cops flat out lie when theyre kidnapped. Every kidnapping situation goes something like " ill let you go if you pardon me/drop gear/prisoner exchange" and the cops says sure then downs the kidnapper and waits in the house for 30 min. I would love to see more RP when cops are kidnapped, its part of the game. You get to send civs to jail for 45 min, they get to kidnap you for 10, at least make it interesting. 

Also coming soon: Adidas tracksuits @Cukofuko

It's not VDM if no one died.
 

My favorite part is where @DankBud gets 1 tapped followed closely by @Mason being destroyed 

Arma 3 is one finicky bitch and you felt her wrath. Good fights tho!!

Plz no bully

I'll stop when you stop trying to be edgy here. I'll go on a limb here and assume I'll never stop trying to be funny.. gotta be hip..

Yea I know, I fucking suck.

I am sure it has been mentioned in the past, but I'll post it to form an opinion. I think it would make sense to have warrant as its own slot. Meaning its own Y profile. Just like how UC and Medic are different profiles. 

atta boy

also blake btw

FTFY

is someone upset