Steve

Being committed is one thing. Accepting the fact that there is a possibility of failure in the first few months is as far as I am concerned irresponsible. Not having a backup like not signing a prenup for marriage. At the end of the day it can't hurt to do it.

Keep a backup of the current (what would be old) server database so if needed it can be reverted if it is blatantly failing after a few months. Keeping that back up is a good fail safe. From what little I understand about databases, it can't be that hard to do or costly long term. On the bright side I see light at the end of this if its executed with near perfection and maybe with some new solid content as icing on the cake.

I genuinely love Asylum, I hope it can be saved some how. I am nowhere near involved enough to say how it should it be done. If not with Arma 3, I'm quite confident it can be done with Arma 4.

Respectable, I never thought I'd see you guys do this.

I like both of them for that role. My only hope is that there isn't too many cooks in the kitchen for the upper management to make decisions.

Personal thoughts and opinions of the current state of Asylum. Cops have more utility to win a fight against civs then ever before. When they have numbers to match it, it is insanely difficult. However when they don't have numbers, and/or the leadership available to help them they fold like a piece of cardboard. I suggest drawing back on the utility that police have, while also encouraging them to be more active. As I said, the balancing aspects of what the police have now manifests as a negative when they have more then 10-12 on. When there is 5 cops on, it's irrelevant. Cops will always lack in skill and coordination relative to most gangs as the always have as gangs play together more, but what they have a leg up on is getting back faster and cheaper gear. To go into specifics on what I am referring too, mostly Ifrit usage. Fighting endless waves of Striders and Hunters is one thing, Ifrits are another. I might also add that fighting a gang with 8-10 ifrits is far different than fighting cops with 8-10 ifrits because they can't return nearly as quick. I am of course aware that it's locked behind a higher ups ability to pull them, even still it poses what I would objectively say based on my tenure in the server is a net-negative. I encourage limiting the number of ifrits that police can have out at a time in someway. Police have overall been given more and more other things to use since the inception of Asylum. For instance before, a fed used to be some Deerstands, 4 gates, you had to watch out for parachuters, a heli hot landing Alamo or in the north eastern part and cops nitroing in. Now it is all of that, plus the jump spots, usable by vans, the ifrits (which I explained above) and occasionally even the Marid. Then when you leave, cops can spike you now from their own car, and every gate has spikes on it until you cut the gate open. Now lets take a look at what rebels have acquired over that time. The Mk1 is still overall the best gun all things considered. The biggest change I would say is that they have RPGs and tbh, if we took a really close look at dumbing down the cop utility the RPGs can go. Next up you have the armed quilin, and with free vehicle reloads, that and/or a .50 cal can be a pretty gnarly combo however whenever its being used it is incredibly vulnerable due to the gunner being exposed. We have had some other things like the engine kill switch and so forth, which doesn't really provide any utility for fighting cops in a fed, or really at any federal event. Additionally, we have gotten a different assortment of guns, but for most with the exception of my self people overwhelmingly prefer the Mk1 or the Mk18. You will see a mk200 here and there and even rarely a zafir. Fed payouts seem to be balanced over all. I like most of the cartel caps as well. The quest system is pretty cool although I haven't used it that much to be honest. I also think the infamy system is pretty cool, it's a slow grind where you see the rewards and benefits over the course of a long period of time and I have been enjoying it.

attaboy willmong

o7 ronald you are one of the real ones

wassup bumble bee

I think night is a great way the game gets mixed up, same with the occasional light rain. Obviously night time and/or rain inconveniences you, as it does me as well. It provides more a challenge to the game and forces you to play slightly differently. It effects everyone equally really so, I don't see why it gets so much hate tbh. Arma needs variety in my opinion, the game is too stale. I'm sure always having day time would be fun as fuck at first, but ultimately I think it would contribute to the game feeling more stale as time passed. Regarding having fullscreen NVG's I don't see a problem with it, however personally I would appreciate it being applied to all NVG's or at least giving us the option to pick between the two.

Don't forget that for years Asylum didn't have RPG's at all, and armor across the board was much tougher against 7.62 (or anything weaker than 7.62) in that time period. In reality the RPG's a mere addon to the ways you are able to kill someone. However, I agree that the ifrit meta is dogshit and the game was better when gangs pushed with 2-3 ifrits strategically.

Well earned by Mayhem, he's put in a lot of work over the years.

It wouldn't surprise me if mongold clinton would.

ping wont matter if they use a vpn, the ping can still show as 70, but they will lag all over the place even still simply because their ping to that vpn is high.

A lot of shit talk, not a lot of evidence.

in my time being an admin, I don't think I ever saw someone get removed for disciplinary reasons wrongfully. Admins get removed pretty regularly for being inactive, so unless it's that I'm inclined to believe you made a pretty big mistake. Granted, I only know small portions of the situation on one side so I can't really make up my mind on it until I do.

I appreciate the work done over the past few years, but this update is truly amazing and better then what I was expecting early on. It's a great start with all the recent changes. Great job devs and whoever else in staff helped out with it.

i miss orcas being flying tanks tbh, shit was so fuckin fun lol

The idea of having craftable mar 10's is a fine idea ASSUMING the resources required to make it match the utility of the weapon. Hypothetically if it was in the server it should cost a 2 mil+ to craft and something sort of super rare drop from a evidence lock up or something a long with a bunch of other items to make it hurt real bad whenever even the most rich players lose one. I must say the rebel talent tree was one of the best additions to the game for rebels, however most of its rewards were totally ridiculous.

Damn it bubs

The oil rig cap is extremely easy to defend, the only way to really attack is by heli and if it is anything more then 1-2 guys its nearly impossible to take on. Additionally, it's rather buggy as the heli pad will sometimes eat your heli and make it blow up when just sitting on it landed. If we wanna keep it in the game and only allow the oil cartel to be there I think that's fine, as that is an isolated cartel that is far less sought after.

@thero didnt this guy harass temper as a whole gang?

i dont see much of an issue with this addition personally. would have to be feeled out in someway.

gang forts are something i really haven't even participated in at all. Would there be a financial gain to be had here with the economy in its current state?

it depends on the server you play. The main point I'm driving with 3k hours in FiveM is that the money making on a good server is going to be interactive and fun. It has that important replay-ability to make it fun for a long time.