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Because what will a CLOSED bank do? There aren't 24/7 security at the banks, they are all automated. And if players see someone kill someone, they will call the police anyways. Also...tell me how a DMV is supposed to protect you? With their absurdly long lines and student drivers? How about Teqlala or Yellow Jack... a place where gambling takes place. Okay maybe inside would be safe, but not the damn parking lot XD

Edited to reflect all Gov Factions instead of just DCC.

-1 Bobby Pins already weigh too much as it is....

IMO If a confrontation starts outside of an NCZ, it should be able to be brought into one... If anyone lives near a populated city like LA or NY, if you are being chased and they have malicious intent, a bank (ESPECIALLY when closed), a DMV, or a Bar (Teq/YJ) won't stop them from continuing the pursuit. Maybe the MD near PD just because of the distance, but not the Sandy Shores one. Also there should be a punishment for people who INSTIGATE a fight with a gang, and run to a NCZ and continue to taunt them via IC or OOC. IE: "/o NCZ! Can't hurt me!" or *ICLY* "Haha what are you going to do now!? *Gets hit* /o OMG REPORTED!!!" It is 100% Baiting and should follow under the "Cop Baiting" rule. However, it would be tied more to FearRP than full blown Cop Baiting. I think that is the most annoying part. When people instigate it and then run to a NCZ. As I stated, the only two places that should actually be an NCZ is the PD, and the Main MD near PD, that's it. I'm not saying that NCZs should be removed, they should def be there...however, if a confrontation starts outside of one and gets brought into one, it should't matter if it's a NCZ or not.

-1 Reason being is simple... Desync. Getting hit by a desynced player would make this pretty annoying after a while or with the constant "/o MC" that happen on a daily basis.

+1 There needs to be more Civilian and Criminal Jobs around the city, Sandy Shores, and Paleto Bay.

-1 So they can sit there and make lines take hours to just type on a keyboard and print a piece of paper? (Its a US joke) A reason this should NOT be a Gov Faction, regardless if it enhances RP or not, is because if no one is on....how will new/old players get licenses? How would they Take the Exams if no employee is online to do it? Maybe there are employees, but they are from the EU and the person trying to get their license is from the US and can never catch an employee when they are on Duty. I don't deny that it would add more roleplay, but adding player control to something that dictates whether or not you can take a Job, Drive a car, etc, shouldn't be in place. It should remain Automatic and let the server script accept/deny the bad drivers.

Zeta doesn't represent all Official Gang Factions. I personally dislike how they just sit at the bank in a NCZ and talk shit and fuck about. There are other gangs out there that actually RP licking their wounds from a shoot out, or actually create their own RP for within the gang.

IT doesnt matter. RP was BYPASSED by PD like it does quite often. They had no reason to suspect that Andor's new char had any connection with Daniels. He was treated like an accomplice, without even attempting to RP that Daniels got away and they now had no one to take in. So they pretty much said "We will charge this guy with something since Daniels got away. IRL, they would probably arrest the guy still for QUESTIONING. They would never just straight up give the guy, who did no visible crime, 120 months in jail... IMO...PD needs to step their RP up. When official gangs are RPing better than they are...it's sad.

I know that there are several people who have donated quite a bit to the server. And I can EASILY say they have cleared that mark. Like I said, they need a plan, an order, and communication.

Then they should hire a coder who does it for a living to put a week or two into their development cycle and push out some content. It's not hard. Running a server and a community is hard, especially when you have to develop it from nothing, but at the same time, you have to have a plan. Regardless if the devs are just volunteering to do this or not, they now have a community to look after, a server they need to maintain, a responsibility that needs to be taken care of. If they cannot make a dev cycle, you know what they could do....just fucking tell the community.... Keep them informed that they were not able to finish something due to a bug causing unforeseen issues with stability or with something personal arising that they needed to take care of...We are all human, we wont be like "OMG YOU HAVE A REAL LIFE?! RAWRAWRAWR!" Nah... Well some might, but that's besides the point. If they just COMMUNICATED with their community, I can almost guarantee they wouldn't get as much flack as they currently receive. EDIT: Also if you look at the timeline.... Feb 2018 all the way to Jan 2019...almost a YEAR to implement a simple screen and a char disable...

The thing that is being overlooked is that there has been 100s of great ideas thrown at the devs...with detail on how to do it, or at least enough detail to give them a good starting point. Yes, today's update was a Major Content Update...however...the server stability has now suffered greatly from it. Whether it's due to bad code, or just conflict with old code. Another thing that was added, but not asked for, was the 15min "You cant move after you get DMd" screen. I dont know why it was added, nor why it was even considered. As for content. no matter how you look at it...it is lacking... They haven't even added all of the DLC cars for Coupes, Sports, Sedans, SUVs, etc...They talk about wanting a money sink...ADD THE CARS....i know for a FACT that people have requested them over and over and over again...and coding them in isn't even hard as they are directly supported by RAGE. Its just a simple "Code their price, and check the Enabled box". There needs to be more jobs out there. Maybe add some in Sandy or Paleto. Add Criminal Jobs. Add Industrial Jobs, like Forestry (Paleto) or Mining (Sandy). There are SO many suggestions for jobs and what not as well as Overhauls to Gov Factions. I have even gotten a response from a dev on one of mine, and I posted it in August of 2018... And it still is not implemented. We get there is 2 people on the dev team...we get coding can take time....however ALL OF THIS can be sped up if the Devs just listen to their playerbase, and quit pulling an EA and ignoring the suggestions that people share. If they are bad, they are bad, mark them as such, and move on. However, READING the posts doesn't take long. How I would go about it is this: -Read the post, if it is bad, simply say Sorry, but we don't think this will work well." and lock it. IF it is good...take note, and jot down a few CODING ideas on how it can be coded into Eclipse, and then move on to the next one. -After your list has been compiled, the 2 devs then talk to eachother and compare notes, seeing which ones can be knocked out first or which ones would have more priority. -Then the Devs would bring that to the ADMIN TEAM and ask them if they have any input on the following selected Suggested items or if they have another idea on how to implement them. -Then they would code them and push the server into a Beta Test phase and test the new code with the old code. Creating Stability and Functionality. -Then after testing, they would release it to a Live patch. Really, it isn't hard....You just need to have structure and direction. You cant just go at things blindly and go "I think they will like this" and just patch it in. That will make your community turn against you 100%. Once again, look at EA and Ubisoft.

Exactly, or they can close it if it cannot be supported by RAGE.

Then bring on more staff and give them specific roles. Make some of the admins report admins who just answer forum reports whilst playing. And have others be in game report admins. Ones who respond on /report 3 and 4s. It's all about balance and structure. If there is neither, then the machine breaks down.

Agreed. Like I'm sure a Majority of the player base knows that Coding takes time, especially when there is a limited number of people working on it. A lot of us have real life jobs that we work, and yet still take the time to write out detailed suggestions to make the server we play on better. A number of us, including myself, donate to keep the development and server running. We don't have to, but we choose to as we like playing here. Like I mentioned, coding takes time, but when you have some suggestions, with admin, hell, even developer responses, and they are still not implemented...and then we see the 15 Min "Coma" timer, "Notes", or "Speed Cameras" jump ahead of suggestions that have been there for MONTHS prior...it's a little insulting. Big changes like the Phone UI was a fucking fantastic add and it really improved the quality of the server....but then things like Speed Cameras....I don't remember ever seeing a Suggestion post on that (If i missed it, link it). You have suggestions of more Civilian and Criminal Jobs, Government Faction feature overhauls, and more...but they are never added, or pushed to the back of the line when something comes out of no where, like the Speed Cameras or 15-min Coma timer. Shit, if I knew how to code, I would gladly help. As someone who has been here for 2 years, watched the server change, evolve, staff come and go, players migrate and move on, the one thing that hasn't really changed...has been the overall Content of the server. More Civilian and Criminal Jobs are needed. Money Sinks are not...the rich only make up 10% of the server and currently the market caters and always will cater to them, while the rest of the 90% of the player base is struggling to keep up, both money, and motivation wise. I am on both sides of the spectrum. I have a Gov Faction char that has millions in assets, and a Criminal Faction char, that is homeless. I like working on the Gov faction as a way to just kick it and take my mind off of work, but I play my Crim char more to know the server, and it's players, whether they see me as a criminal or not. The only criminal activities there are is Making drugs...and stealing things. (Ordering Guns/Ammo is currently a joke...) Warehouses are useless, Turfs are disabled (And there needs to be more of them in Sandy and Paleto Bay to spread out the RP gangs who want to Role Play as a MC that is based in the Desert, or a group of Mountain Men in Paleto or whatever you know?) The City Turfs are fine and plenty for the large Official gangs, but the small gangs needs to exist too, and with more turfs, there would be more room for growth. Also on the criminal note, there needs to be more to do rather than just Make drugs, steal cars, and rob people. There have been suggestions for Smuggling Jobs, Counterfeiting Jobs, and more, that the criminals can do to make money. Some of which are great ideas...but never implemented. This needs to change if you want the gangs to stop robbing players or stealing cars. I also think the Gang Warfare Rulebook needs to be re-worked, but that is another thing entirely. As for the Money Sink subject. That can easily be fixed by just adding all of the missing vehicles into the server, maybe even bring supers back but adjust their price to reflect their market (2Mil+ starting price and have a limited quantity of each super car). Furniture is a great idea, and I think it is a good add, but it all wraps around to money. When you are heavily taxing people when they reach 1 million in total (assets and all), it becomes really hard for them to even want to spend money...You only really notice the millionaires of the server spending stupid amounts of cash on Gas Stations or Super Cars, but when you look at the rest of the population, they cant even afford to buy a decent house for a decent price cause of the millionaires spiking the prices. All in all, there just needs to be more content, not Coma Screens, Speed Cameras, etc. But more Jobs, Criminal Activities, and overhauls of Government Factions. I think the Suggestion list needs to actually be looked at seriously, and the devs need to prioritize the development of the most requested items FROM THE COMMUNITY. As I said...we get coding takes time, and you can be busy with real life...but keep in mind that the Players give life to the server, make it feel alive, so Ignoring their suggestions, and adding things that they never requested...it doesn't look good. Believe me...if I truly didn't like the server and the people on it...I wouldn't continue to play here...but since I am still playing here, shows that I still have hope for the server and want it to succeed.

Those flashes aren't little. They are stupid bright lol.

California also requires front and back plates. However, Camera's and Speed Traps are banned sooo any pictures taken are automatically voided

Well if we are going based of Geography on where cameras are at or not. In Los Santos (Aka Los Angeles), Speed Traps and Speed Cameras are Banned as Speed Traps were deemed unlawful and the cameras endangered others due to the camera flash temporarily blinding them or startling them (Potentially causing accidents). But if we are just adding speed cameras in just because "DONT SPEED EVER!" then idk *Shrug*

Was increased several months ago.

Chopped cars are 3K minimum (unless they are credit cars)

Well this is pretty clear that this would be a wonderful addition to ALL government Factions. So I hope the devs take notice and implement it!

+1 There is jack shit to do as a crim except make drugs, take drugs, kill drugs, kill gangs, run from carbine cops, die from carbine cops, and get arrested by carbine cops. WTB more civilian content.

I'd rather drag my balls through broken glass and then dip them in lemon juice.

Easy, have someone who can offer an Advanced Driving Course to the officers so they can actually catch the criminals. The problem isn't their speed, the problem is the driving ability of the PD. I have seen cops smack into a wall because they didn't break on time OR misjudged the turn. And the criminal gets away cause they lose LOS. And PD has multiple high speed interceptions at their disposal. So speed DEF isn't the reason.

I would say the planes should be limited to small propeller engine airplanes. Private Jets should be more on the lines of a Transportation Service job like an Air Taxi almost with private jet services and Helicopter Tours, etc. And getting both the license AND into that job would be hard (and closely monitored).