Emma Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Withing the APD, we all strive for promotions. Taking on more responsibilities, leading our fellow officers, and access to shiny, more sophisticated gear. Corporals are given access to new Police slots, Undercover, Medic, and Drug (Doesn't work). Sergeants are given access to the Hunters, Orcas, and the main focus of this post, the AR-2 Darter. I've been an officer for almost a year, during that time, there have been a minute handfuls in which someone used the drone. I can't pinpoint the exact reason for the lack of use, it could be the price or that during the altercations, there wasn't a Sergeant+ available. Needless to say, this nifty gadget is neglected and hardly used. Here's my suggestion, and please be reasonable and hear me out. Certain individuals, Constable+, should be granted access to utilize the Darter. I'm not saying pick people willy-nilly, but to handpick a few individuals and lay ground works and rules on the specific use and consequences of misuse of this drone. I suck at combat in ArmA 3, if I down or kill you while playing cop, you are either new to this game or should just sell your entire computer and buy a Wii. What I don't suck at is spotting, marking, and calling out. I've spent my fair share of Federal Reserve robberies, Bank robberies, and Prison Breaks, hanging back and marking positions of Rebels and officers when they are taken down. I don't have much more to say, something so powerful is under utilized and left in a corner to collect dust. Hopefully we can do something about it? Let's be civil in the comments and leave your responses, if you aren't a part of the APD, still leave your response. IF you mostly play Rebel, this will give you something else to shoot at... WHEN VOTING! Please vote and give your reason behind your decision! Edited February 2, 2016 by Patrick James DreamC likes this Link to comment
Jaylen Sarrett Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) not gonna happen... in order to allow some constables to buy them, you'd need to make them buy-able by all constables.. i don't think there is a way to whitelist a constable to use non-constable gear, without making the gear constable gear or promoting the constable... If constables or corporals want to use the drone, they should work hard and make their way up the chain of command. but i do agree, the drone is the most useful tool the APD has honestly Edited February 2, 2016 by Jaylen Sarrett Link to comment
Emma Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Just now, Jaylen Sarrett said: i don't think there is a way to whitelist a constable to use non-constable gear, without making the gear constable gear or promoting the constable... They did it with SWAT somehow, Paratus is a smart cookie, he could find a way Link to comment
Warbalin Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 The drone is buggy and heavy. Sometimes you'll go invisible, the drone will just spin in circles or just despawn out of nowhere. I don't use it because it just weighs way too much to be worth it. Corporals had it previously and messed it up enough to have it removed. I highly doubt the Captains will bring it back for ranks below Sgt. and I would prefer if they didn't due to the abuse that would ensue. Crow, Jaylen Sarrett and Reavantos like this Link to comment
The Boss Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Warbalin said: Corporals had it previously and messed it up enough to have it removed. I highly doubt the Captains will bring it back for ranks below Sgt. and I would prefer if they didn't due to the abuse that would ensue. This, I'm not sure how they messed up, but it's been brought up before and the reason its SGT plus is the reason Warbalin gave. Sadly some people ruin it for everyone but ¯\_ツ_/¯ Edited February 2, 2016 by The Boss Link to comment
Emma Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, Warbalin said: The drone is buggy and heavy. Sometimes you'll go invisible, the drone will just spin in circles or just despawn out of nowhere. I don't use it because it just weighs way too much to be worth it. Corporals had it previously and messed it up enough to have it removed. I highly doubt the Captains will bring it back for ranks below Sgt. and I would prefer if they didn't due to the abuse that would ensue. Figures that they already ruined it, maybe make a slot that Corporals+ can spawn in as. Make certain rules regarding it and if broken, severe punishment should ensue... DreamC likes this Link to comment
The Boss Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Patrick James said: Figures that they already ruined it, maybe make a slot that Corporals+ can spawn in as. Make certain rules regarding it and if broken, severe punishment should ensue... I like the idea of adding a recon slot or something, would make white-listing for the drone ez. Link to comment
Emma Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Just now, The Boss said: I like the idea of adding a recon slot or something, would make white-listing for the drone ez. Honestly, screw undercover, I would just use that the entire time Link to comment
Atmosphere Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 2 minutes ago, Patrick James said: Figures that they already ruined it, maybe make a slot that Corporals+ can spawn in as. Make certain rules regarding it and if broken, severe punishment should ensue... That's how it was, but no one could prove how it was being abused, the very few that got caught got removed. They pretty much either placed drones at each illegal area and just checked it every few minutes. Or just stayed in the tower at cocaine and checked the field with the drones from 1km in the air. Link to comment
The Boss Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Just now, Patrick James said: Honestly, screw undercover, I would just use that the entire time Imo UC isnt as good as some people think. It takes a whole 3 secs to check the player list to see if they're on bluefor Link to comment
Jaylen Sarrett Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 19 minutes ago, Patrick James said: They did it with SWAT somehow, Paratus is a smart cookie, he could find a way Not exactly, you're still not whitelisted to have that gear, it just spawns you in the load out... You can wear any cop gear at anytime, it's just, you can't buy it and you'll obviously get in trouble. Spawning someone with a loadout is different than whitelisted a few players to buy the loadouts themselves Link to comment
Crow Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 This most likely won't happen, as @Warbalin said they got abused and removed because certain individuals cannot act appropriate with said equipment. Although it'd be nice to have the equipment at our disposal, it's just a matter of climbing the ranks to gain access to it. Link to comment
The Boss Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Jaylen Sarrett said: Not exactly, you're still not whitelisted to have that gear, it just spawns you in the load out... You can wear any cop gear at anytime, it's just, you can't buy it and you'll obviously get in trouble. Spawning someone with a loadout is different than whitelisted a few players to buy the loadouts themselves Like patrick said, adding a slot such as recon or something would be much easier imo, you could just spawn with one on your back Edited February 2, 2016 by The Boss Link to comment
Jaylen Sarrett Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I disagree. Maybe giving to drone to the recon loadout in swat... but Corporals & under should not get drones due to the past... Just go for promotions, if you want to help the APD out and use all the gadgets and tools to do so, show some initiative, get out there and train cadets, talk to SGTs and LTs, get to know them and move through the ranks if you want the gear... I just don't ever see this happening. I wouldn't object to it if it did, nor would i advocate for it, i'm neutral as i wasn't around when corps had drones..., but i really don't think this will l happen, given captains positions on this issue.... They made it SGT+ for a reason. Link to comment
Miss Evo Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Dark Dolphin had like 3 drones at once out when he was corp, people like that why you dont have it im pretty sure Link to comment
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