I've read multiple posts over the last week regarding the issues with people being frustrated with robberies. I'm trying to keep my character clean and do his regular job, but even tonight I've played for about 3 hours and honestly been robbed 4 times just doing my delivery routes (including taking back roads and driving completely off road just to avoid it). Being robbed is just boring now because its expected. When I first got here it was exciting, but now its the same old crap. It's so bad infact that I don't even bother buying anything for my inventory anymore or take cash out because I'm sick of simply being held up for it in my sluggy truck.
As I said at the start; I'm trying to keep my character clean because that seems to be the unique thing to do, but with the way everything is going the entire server will be criminals soon because if you cant beat them, join them, but where's the realistic side of things in all of that? Cops versus criminals with paramedics in-between.
Its all good to say its crap and boring, but what can we do about it? Perhaps take a look at gameplay options. For example; if a gang has itself invested in a certain business (whether it be known to the public or not) all its members are told to steer clear of the workers (ie; gang and/or member of said gang that holds rank owns a petrol station. The members are instructed to leave all tanker truck drivers alone, and even protect them if they see them being held up because without the honest hard working tanker driver, they're fuel business is going no where). You obviously don't own the tanker business the truck driver is working for, but you need that business to deliver your fuel, so their services becomes vital.
Gangs associated with importing illegal weapons etc, leave the postal service and truck drivers pulling cargo trailers alone and protect them if you see anything. (You need the postal and freight system)
A gang has control or influence over one of the financiers/banks? Well there's your answer to leave the money transporters alone and protect it.
I can go on but you get the picture, or at least the concept of what I'm trying to propose. If your gang or one of its well respected members is invested in a business, then you and your gang are going to protect it at ALL costs. Heck, this could even create better roleplaying situations and reasoning for gangs to hold grudges/issues with another gang who has targeted one its services.
Perhaps even look at the pay these slower vehicle jobs are paying because again; whats the incentive to players who are no longer new to continue doing it when its so easy to be held up and lose everything? The easiest thing for a player to do these days is join a gang, get some backup, and go make/sell drugs for quick cash, and that's exactly what happens to new players after they come to the realisation that working in a sluggy truck that will NEVER get away from criminals is doing them no justice. But there IS players here (I for one) who as I said above; DONT want to revert to what's easy. Everybody seems to want to be in a criminal gang with all your badass character personalities, and its just getting predictable and boring.
That's my two dollars of hot chips. I'd appreciate hearing what anybody thinks.
Cheers.