Bring back parole

[CeeJae]

Add parole back in for release day. Civilians can agree to parole if they wish to not go to jail and were non hostile. Add that shit back.

[KrazyKnight]

It was brought up but never pushed for. We never really reached a consensus. My guess is no.

Edited November 12, 2024 by KrazyKnight

[Silver-Spy]

Im not sure why it was removed in the first place? wasnt there when that happened. In my opinion parole is a win win for both civs and cops

[Alex.]

7 hours ago, Silver-Spy said:

Im not sure why it was removed in the first place? wasnt there when that happened. In my opinion parole is a win win for both civs and cops

Abused by cops giving everyone parole to skip processing and get the full paycheck. Maybe they can make it that parole only gives cops 50% of the bounty instead of the whole thing. 

While im here add lethal payouts back big brain

[Jeff Stall]

On 11/12/2024 at 8:33 AM, Alex. said:

Abused by cops giving everyone parole to skip processing and get the full paycheck. Maybe they can make it that parole only gives cops 50% of the bounty instead of the whole thing. 

While im here add lethal payouts back big brain

lethal payouts 10000% 

Bring back parole so people dont have to sit in jail and do fuck all. you want more players right? let them play the fucking game

[KrazyKnight]

Can we get a definitive yes or no on this? This topic keeps coming up, and there's never been a, direct  yes or no answer from any of the owners/devs. Would be nice to put this to bed. I've looked, and the topic keeps coming back up on and off since 2019.

Edited November 30, 2024 by KrazyKnight

[Samperino]

The problem with parole was that it was abused a lot. Cops would tend to give it to people way too much. Civilians would "turn themselves in for parole" which would create a situation where civilians would expect parole and pressure officers into giving it to them every single time. It was meant to be a reward for good role play, and that just wasn't happening. You can implement policy to try to prevent that from happening, but how do you draw the line of how much role play is necessary for it to be rewarded?

 

Also parole would be much more fitting to be posted in the APD Suggestions forum. I believe the Captains would approve or deny it then send it to the developers.

[Spent Brass]

2 hours ago, Samperino said:

The problem with parole was that it was abused a lot. Cops would tend to give it to people way too much. Civilians would "turn themselves in for parole" which would create a situation where civilians would expect parole and pressure officers into giving it to them every single time. It was meant to be a reward for good role play, and that just wasn't happening. You can implement policy to try to prevent that from happening, but how do you draw the line of how much role play is necessary for it to be rewarded?

 

Also parole would be much more fitting to be posted in the APD Suggestions forum. I believe the Captains would approve or deny it then send it to the developers.

I saw a lot of abuse with parole and obviously policies only stop those conscious of what they are doing from abusing it and not the real problem of people who aren't realizing how much they are doing it or people who don't care. I think if possible it would be nice to add parole back but maybe only allow one use per officer per restart. This would gatekeep overuse, maybe not abuse, but at least overuse... Maybe start with Sgt+? Look at how it all pans out and either remove it again, keep it to Sgt+, or if successful, add it to Corp+ and so on and so forth? Just my two cents, but I am interested in seeing how others view this or how they would suggest keeping it as a "rare" event that takes good RP and isnt overused.

[KrazyKnight]

Necromancy 

[Akeelagi]

Why don’t we just do what we always do and just make it Sgt+ 

[Bilbo Baggins]

On 12/29/2024 at 6:32 PM, Akeelagi said:

Why don’t we just do what we always do and just make it Sgt+ 

I'll make a proposal for it and see what we can do. If it can encourage civs to want to roleplay more without being abused then I'm all for it. 

[Spent Brass]

I have more to add on the reimplementation of parole:

I think parole should "start" as a SGT+ ability with the potential to be added to either Corp+ or Constable+ if it rolls out well. I suggest lowering the payout given from giving someone parole with a requirement of a bounty over $50,000 (number for reference only, subject to change based on opinions). RP would be REQUIRED, the civ would NEED to RP their charges. The reason I think parole is a vital implementation is APD aside, it promotes a healthy environment for the server. When people obtain parole, they are less likely to sit idle in prison while watching a show. More people playing means more interaction which adds more purpose and fun to the game.

@Bilbo Baggins See my notes above on why this would bring positive change to the health of the server and be something good for the APD as it reimplements the content from the past.

[KrazyKnight]

On 1/1/2025 at 12:58 AM, Bilbo Baggins said:

I'll make a proposal for it and see what we can do. If it can encourage civs to want to roleplay more without being abused then I'm all for it. 

Anything?

[Bilbo Baggins]

On 2/6/2025 at 1:27 AM, KrazyKnight said:

Anything?

We're ready for it on the APD side of things. Its up to devs and the community now if they want to add it back in the server.

[Fitz]

We have reviewed the proposal by the captains and have added this to the roadmap