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There have also been issues with players misusing channels like this to metagame, and yes it's easy to trace, but it does require monitoring, so in the end it creates more work than it eliminates.

This sounds like wanting to have your cake and eat it too. There are even hotkeys for switching frequencies right now. It would be too good to be able to listen to both but speak only into one.

I believe illegal factions can import a scope attachment which can be used in first person as an actual scope.

This can not happen as long as factions like DCC, LSC and Bayview are allowed to hire felons. They have actual criminals working for their companies and you wish to give them access to carry guns without a license. big -1 If they are upstanding citizens, they can get a license the normal way. If they are convicted felons, they should not get access to a pseudo-license.

This is a roleplaying server, it should be about the realistic portrayal of characters. There were a lot of problems with the server. People could shoot cops, come out of prison and buy a gun from a store. People could kill others, cops would show up and there would be no bodies. People used to have a big chance pistol vs fully automatic firearm. These haven't been changes "for PD". These have been fixes to increase realism. If you don't enjoy a realistic server, then that's very unfortunate, but it's the way it should be.

You can make iron sights actually usable via game settings.

If you know people that are cheating it's your responsibility to report them. We should not shape the server around people cheating. -1

If money from drug sales is considered money laundering, so should money from robbing stores. It's the same principle. While you could argue that no one would bother tracing money for a robbery, that's true, but people in this game rob six seven stores in a row, and they would most definitively trace money stolen by a robbing crew on a spree. +1 to all money from illicit activities being dirty.

That's from VIP not "Donator" status.

For a system like this, the prison times need to increase dramatically, like 24 hours or more. It would make very little sense for one to a few officers, plus one to a few suspects, plus their lawyers, judges, etc to spend hours to try a case, just for the person to get a 1 and half hour sentence (max with VIP). There are also a lot of game-related problems to this, that I addressed in @Kyle White Raven's thread. But all in all, the current climate doesn't support this. If you want more realism, start with prison times, robbing in the middle of busy streets, and other more basic changes before moving into a full fledged legal system.

With these modifications, I think the idea can create a lot of interesting roleplay, and I support it.

I think that some of the points raised in this topic are quite ironic. The issue raised by OP is that law enforcement has a "play to win" attitude, and does not want to lose, because they do not treat an NPC as a real person that might be injured. As far as I know, currently NPCs are not treated as real people by anyone, and if you want to do advanced RP with a cashier, you can request an admin to take it's place. The problem is that the flip side is never considered. What is your complaint really? The fact that you dislike that when you take hostage a defenseless NPC, that will never try to run, escape, or do anything, it does not mean that you automatically win the situation. That is a problem? I've been with the department for a good amount of time now, and I can tell you for a fact that when people have a real hostage (a player) it gets treated very seriously, and out of five or so hostage situations I was personally involved in, in four of them the hostage takes got away with the cash, and were never caught. The only one that I can recall in which the hostage takes were killed/captured was when they decided to take a hostage on top of a crane. However, you never considered the flipside. How many times has it happened that cops are arresting someone's very good friend/brother, and then you have the rest of his gang shoot up the scene with AKs, and ram cops with heavy vehicles. Why is that alright? How is starting a shootout, with the person that you're trying to save in the middle, not playing to win, and very unrealistic? If you really want the RP standard that you're preaching, it has to be two-ways.

I believe you may be suffering from the effects of nostalgia. The GTA SA map is definitively smaller than the GTA V map.

There is a way to dodge them, don't speed.

They can create a new character in the second character slot. With that they will have four chances.

You roleplay killing your character off in the way of your choosing, then you walk into the precinct and change your name. If you didn't use the name before, your record will be cleared automatically, no admin assistance required.

The max prison time is 2 hours, if you got your tickets wiped every time you went to prison, people would voluntarily go to prison. I don't see what's so unreasonable about having to pay the money you owe to the government.

If someone had a criminal history, and can't obtain a firearm permit because of it, he can decide to kill his character and start fresh. (keeping all of his assets) That is the main avenue, or staying in his gang, and obtaining guns from them. The only different is that a felon can't carry them legally anymore, which is very welcome.

I don't think that it should matter that much to you, there seems to be a specific group of players that respond very rashly to any suggestion that might impact illegal activities, but you also got a lot of reasonable responses, and you should focus on those.

They would if the max sentence was 2 months.

Everyone on this server is equal, no one is nor should be barred to making a suggestion just because they are in a certain faction, that's a great example of attacking the person, rather than the idea. The difference between admin jail and DOC is the fact that you can roleplay. If you get arrested with five other gang members, and you all just say "I'll see you when my time is over", then you're part of the problem, and you're the reason there is "fuckall to do in prison". This is a roleplaying server, and no one should be waiting to be spoon-fed roleplay by DOC.

How do you propose consistent RP will form around prison when most people sit there for an hour and change? (with VIP). Increasing prison sentences will add population, and with it, roleplaying opportunities. I also refuse to believe that most people afk prison, with how often people attempt and succeed prison breaks, prison smuggling, and other prison related activities.

This has been brought up in a lot of different threads, but I think it's time we bring it it's own thread to talk about. The current maximum prison sentence is too short, and it's having a negative impact on the state of the server. If there are no serious consequences for committing serious crimes, then they will be committed at exaggerated rates. This results in people robbing people in the middle of the street, or even people robbing cops for a bag, because they get a chase and even if they're caught? Release is a Netflix show away. The very exaggerated amount of crime also means that the LSPD is not free to deal with non-emergency stuff like the Impound Lot. @Kai There is also another problem with having the max prison sentence being so relatively low, in that, someone that commits any felony and then evades, would receive max. time anyway, so he has no further incentive to not commit more crimes in his evasion (such as shoot cops), which results in people shooting a lot more than they should, when realistically, no one would be shooting cops over 3 reckless operation charges. It was stated multiple times that max. prison time will be increased when DOC settles in as a faction. In my opinion, that has happened. DOC, especially now with the new leadership, is stable, recruiting, and maintaining presence in almost all timezones. What's the actual suggestion? Increase the maximum prison time to eight hours. (480 minutes) but no crime sentencing should be changed. That means that no one should be getting the max time, unless they really do commit that many crimes. For reference: Attempted Murder is 150 minutes, Felony Evasion is 75 minutes. Therefore, someone that shot someone else, then evaded in a car, would receive a sentence of 225 minutes. (105 minutes over our current max) Armed Robbery is 105 minutes, Felony Evasion is 75 minutes. Therefore, someone that robbed someone with the use of a gun, then evaded in a car, would receive a sentence of 180 minutes. (60 minutes over our current max) There will be an increase of about an hour for most reasonable criminals, however those that commit a lot more crimes before getting arrested will get a longer sentence, as it should be. Under the old system, someone that killed 10 cops would get the same sentence as someone that robbed a store and evaded, because of the relatively low max. sentence.