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I will say SAMP RP from my experience was more in-depth while still allowing stuff like shootouts to happen fairly often, although it's likely because of rules like ''asspulling'' (having to RP taking a weapon out before using it) and the fact that it was text only that allowed these things to be possible. I don't think converting eclipse into a text server would be the solution, but perhaps allowing RP to be flexible enough that you can have more leniency (like the drive-by video) if there is enough supporting IC reason. As it stands (correct me if I am wrong), if you were to have a highly eventful line of RP where two gangs that are enemies come to the boiling point and attempt to start a war, there could never be something like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQGSy0TqxY) without someone catching a DM punishment. Perhaps in the same vain of ''slowing things down'' while still keeping VOIP as a thing, make criminal activity and making money more interesting, I don't think I need to go into detail about this since pretty much anything that could be done has been said by Bala in his criminal 2.0 thread (https://forum.eclipse-rp.net/topic/58198-criminal-overhaul-20/. Secondly, encourage players to fully act out their characters. No more cops with supers and multi-million dollar businesses/assets or criminals with supers and multi-million dollar businesses/assets. Players should be fully immersing themselves into their characters, if that means roleplaying as a street gang, only driving shitty cars, reping your colors and sticking to the grove/strawberry side of town then so be it. Likewise, if you're a career law enforcement officer, then you probably wouldn't have a very glamourous vehicle either. Those who really want nice houses and vehicles can achieve this by playing a character suited for that type of roleplay. This goes both ways though, I would trade the entire economy this server has built up since it started for a chance at having some of that old-school SAMP RP back. I'm sure there are a lot of people way smarter with better thought out ideas on how to achieve this, but there needs to be a balance, encourage players to act out their characters realistically, while still keeping in mind this is a game, people can and want to have fun without feeling like they are playing life simulator 2021 and this is possible without turning it into a GTAO/DM server. Balance.

I don't know how else to put it, justifying keeping players that can't perform basic tasks that are REQUIRED during the quiz seems nonsensical to me. I stated before but it looks like it wasn't enough. I am not against helping people on how to improve their RP, but there is a difference in helping enhance RP and letting anyone through recruitment process when there is a minimum standard of RP set via the quiz.

I want to point something out which has been said before, for a server that wants to promote the highest standard of roleplay, why is it that people are actively encouraged to ''spend time teaching people correctly how to use /me's and /do's'' Please don't take this as if I have no shred of empathy and willingness to help new players, my main point is, a hardcore/heavy RP server should also mean a larger barrier to entry into it. We should only be accepting people who are familiar with these standard commands (/me and /do), as such anyone who is struggling to use or understand what a /me and /do is shouldn't even be on Eclipse in the first place. Again, nothing against new players as a whole to this type of game, but I think trying to be a heavy-RP server while at the same time welcoming first time players of this RP genre are two incompatible goals, although I'm sure they would be able to get in if they get experience on a lighter RP server. The way to fix this would be a much harder quiz system, one where anyone who has passed legitimately would obviously have knowledge of such commands and basic RP. Anyone who gets in but then doesn't display the knowledge they did in the quiz would get kicked/banned since either they got in by fluke or they cheated. TL;DR a new player who doesn't know how to speak OOC, doesn't know basic /me and /do and displays this lack of knowledge in-game, shouldn't be given an explanation, but rather kicked/banned (if it is repeated) since that lack of knowledge is inconsistent with them having passed the quiz in the first place.

The Call of the Void Have you ever been in a high-enough place, looked down and ever thought ''What would happen if I jumped?'' This story is about a group of friends and their adventure to Cayo Perico, an abandoned tropical island just off to the south of Los Santos coast. It all started when Cyrus, Ava (@QuirkyMayhem) and Luke (@Luke Raven) were hanging out in Los Santos. With little to do in the way of recreational activities, Cyrus asked Ava if she had a boat, he wanted to go visit an island by the name of ''Cayo Perico'' as he heard it sported some impressive views. The gang headed to the docks and prepared their dingy for the voyage ahead! They unhooked the boat from the docking post and headed south to the island, the waves were bumpy and they even saw a military aircraft carrier on the way. As they headed further south, past the military ship, they started seeing the outline of the island emerging from the thick fog that had previously concealed the floating rock. A cautious entry into the island revealed an abandoned and run down dock to park our boat this also happened... After Ava figured out how to unstrap her belt buckle whilst underwater, they all disembarked and headed out into the island. The first thing in the distance was some sort of tall tower which provided communication services to the island. After sight seeing for a few minutes Cyrus noticed Luke and Ava climbing the large tower, they wanted a better look at the unknown island and Cyrus wasn't against some large altitude ''recognisance''. Once he climbed a few ladders he emerged from the final one and noticed Ava had stopped one floor from the top of the tower. She held herself close to the centre and as Cyrus came up said ''I..er...don't wanna go any higher'' Jokingly, Cyrus exclaims ''We should have brought a parachute'' as he leans against the railing, taking a look down. After a moment or two he decides to scare Ava a bit, placing his foot on the railing and pretending to lean forward and over. As Cyrus continues to mess around with Ava, trying to take her mind of the abnormally tall tower they stand on she looks at him, as Luke comes down from the top floor, and says ''Anyone getting call of the void?'' Luke and Cyrus both brush of the passing comment as they look out in the distance Cyrus looks over at Ava and asks her if she can take a selfie of them. Ava looks over, extending her right hand as she keeps an eye out into the horizon, as she grips his phone and gently pulls back she suddenly trips over herself, falling forward and...JUMPING As Cyrus and Luke rush down soon after hearing screams and a sudden stop to all sound, they can only think of the worst outcome. From that height no one can survive.... They reach the bottom and run over to Ava, the sight isn't pretty, but by some miracle she managed to land in a thick bush, which lessened the impact of the fall, although her legs and arms seemed to be facing the wrong way and heavy bleeding was still present. Cyrus asks Luke to stay put and keep her company until the MEDVAC arrives. He leaves to try and find any sort of Medical supplies, as he searches he remembers that he had spotted a large abandoned sail boat on the island, he climbed up onto the main deck and tried the door handle. As it creeks open he rummages inside, desperately looking for any medical supplies. As he opens a door he spots a few spare gas cans and a bright red bag, it was a first aid kit. With little in the way of splints the best that can be done is some pressure bandages around the worst injuries, luckily the Los Santos Medical Department were very fast in responding and EMT Winter Black (@WinterBlack ) arrived, sporting a host of emergency supplies to help Ava, the situation wasn't looking to good, but Cyrus and Luke remained calm as best they could. After a quick flight to Pillbox medical centre, Luke and Cyrus picked up Ava, although she had been discharged she had broken a lot of bones, the best medicine at that point was rest. Cyrus dropped Luke and Ava at their house and drove home, dark thoughts of death and grief filled his mind, reminding him how life is short and unpredictable. The call of the void, the inexplicable feeling someone gets to jump while standing somewhere high...

Using the rockstar editor after recording a gameplay session to take really cool high-quality screenshots is something that isn't very easily achievable using other programs. I believe 1.1 allows the rockstar editor recording feature to function properly unlike previous versions, although I'm not 100% as answers are hard to find. If it is working can it be enabled for use please.

With recent updates to places like Mission Row, Pillbox and the added island, I was wondering if people are interested in having a race track, a place where car enthusiasts can meet and have formal races. I think it would be a good chance to expand the car racing scene and probably a good ground to start connecting with people for illegal street races. (Imagine using the race track as a meeting spot and then after getting to know people for a while they invite you to an underground street race) Whether it is a custom built map using normal GTA 5 assets or a map mod, I think it could make for good RP scenarios and something else to do in Eclipse.

+1 Alias system in general could use a revamp. Perhaps make it so that all /alias expire after two weeks. However, if someone wants to alias someone permanently they can do /palias ID FNAME LNAME which would send a request to that person asking if they accept (the use case for this would mainly be for faction members, close friends, etc...) Also, a significant cosmetic change with surgery system should auto clear alias from everyone.

- Allow Aces to make an ACE to 5 straight, currently that is not possible EDIT 1: Was told you can do this, pending testing

Copy 1 for 1 the actual proper rules of No Limit Texas Hold'em Cash Game Poker (I am aware most people won't be able to see the above link) https://streamable.com/m26emo (Enjoy the weeb shit in the background) This hand and many others were lost because a ''Kicker'' influenced the hand when in reality it should have been a tie and a split pot. According to the decision on the refund request, this is seen as intentional and thus I was told to post a suggestion, so here it is. In Poker there are things called ''Kickers'', these are usually cards that decide tie breakers. For example: If you have Ace | 10 and someone else has Ace | 9 and the board is 2 | 4 | 6| K | A then the player with Ace | 10 would win with a pair of aces. The reason why it isn't a tie is because the player with Ace | 10 has a higher valued card then the player with Ace | 9 (10 beats 9) However! This isn't always the case. See poker is a game of who has the best five cards, even if it doesn't look like it in the first place. To borrow a brief explantion from a poker website. ''You have A7, your opponent has A6: AA234 is the flop. you win, your hand is AAA47, your opponent hand is AAA46 AAJQK is the flop. You split with your opponent, both of you have the same hand, AAAQK the best hand involving Straights, flushes and straight flushes never involve kickers. In the case of a straight it is always how high a straight is that determines if the pot is won or split. If you both have the same straight you split the pot, if one has a higher straight that one wins. If the entire straight is on the board it is a tie and the pot is split.'' In essence, the current way the poker script works is it always takes into account that 6th card, which in the cases of straights that are the same it shouldn't. I have no idea why this was built intentionally, as the resolution to my refund request claimed, but I and other players who spend a considerable amount of time playing poker, would like it to change. Additionally, I am aware there is other issues with the poker system, although I don't have an explanation on hand, if anyone who has had a wide range of experience with them wants, they can post them here as a way to compile everything that needs to be changed and fixed. As it stands people are going to play poker with the common understanding of how it works and when they suddenly lose a big hand with the full understanding they should have won or at least tied they'll get their refund requests denied because this poker system is ''expected'' to work this way, which I don't think is the sort of standard this server should be setting. To put it into perspective, imagine if someone buys a burger from a 24/7 and as soon as they do they automatically lose $25,000, now imagine they try and complain about this and submit a refund request just to be told that the system was designed that way and thus isn't a bug.... Would be cool if a new improved poker system with high-stakes and low-stakes was implemented, maybe something in Diamond Casino using some of the added gambling features that were added in the Casino DLC

+1 The main point I like is skill based progress. Give people a sense that what they are doing in the server matters, not only from the money they are making, but how well and quickly they are doing it. As you pointed out, being a proficient drug cook or a master car thief should make you a criminal asset to any organization looking to maintain/operate the corresponding trades. Hopefully this expands to plenty of other tasks too, have you been fishing for 200 hours since you started ? Well maybe this should allow you to get fish quicker and higher quality fish. Have you been farming at Paul's farm every day for a month ? Well maybe you can now have a special truck that carries more wheat bags and a reduced timer growing your crops. Reward people for their efforts in whatever they choose to focus on. I will say I recognize our player base is dependant on our criminal players. You can want to improve their level of roleplay while still acknowledging this. I think they rightfully deserve a worthy content update that truly represents Bala's 2.0 vision because at the end hopefully everyone gains from this change too. Although the next thing after this should be business and civilian faction support!

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Payout Salary hourly, although it might not replicate 1-to-1 how real world wages are paid out, I believe it would be more beneficial to give people who work salaried jobs hourly payouts. I think in general it might stimulate the economy more and prevent people from playing until Saturday/Sunday seeing as that is when they get paid. This way they can see an hourly return for the amount of work they are putting in making it the new ''welfare'' considering that was severely reduced and allowing people who might be low on money to still buy whatever essentials they might need with an hour or two of work.

Yeah, I believe for a while the poker script doesn't recognize A,2,3,4,5 straights. I think I've seen other people complain about it.

Add the ability for official factions to have their own crew emblem on their vehicles as an option at LSC (whether they want to use it or not is up to them). Just like in GTA:O. I realize this is might be something limited by Rage and not necessarly the devs so if that is the case then not much can be done. The long-term idea is to allow businesses to have their own logos on their company cars and other smaller groups too. (Example: Racing group wants a specific tag that outlines them as an official member or Security Company wants a logo on their company fleet). (Example from GTA:O, having the LOST MC symbol through crew emblems)

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Mission Statement ‘’Legal advice for anyone and everyone, no matter your background or affiliation’’ Background Raven Law was founded by Cyrus Raven as a legal institution that looks to provide the citizens of Los Santos with the finest legal services money can buy. Raven Law was first a concept in December of 2019 when Cyrus wanted to be the first person providing legal representation in the city, but this wasn’t quite possible with a lack of a proper functioning justice system. However, with the recent news of an upcoming legal system for the city of Los Santos and a newly constructed court house the idea has been reignited and Raven Law is finally a reality. Services > Legal Representation > Lawsuits > Trial Services > Financial Assistance, Arbitration, Contracts Goals > Register Business > License Business > Acquire Office > Judicial System + Law Firm Requirements > Build Client Base (Individual and Companies) > Establish Reputation with Courts > Become the biggest law firm in Los Santos

I agree, but people also adapt to whatever circumstances they find themselves in. If most criminals think the only way to fight Police Injustice is through IA, given they can't just drive-by the arresting Officer after without breaching DM, then I think that's ok to an extent, keeping in mind these sort of things can backfire on them (if someone chooses to check the bodycam for other crimes). I'm assuming the upcoming Justice System will try and fix this by allowing these same people a legal recourse.

Without making any judgement towards the report that is cited, I have to say this is the first time I see this rule interpreted this way. To further explain: - Usually RP of putting a bodycam on and turning it on (with screenshot proof + /time) is sufficient - Of all the situations I have been involved as PD/SD or CIV, no one has ever asked me about proof of purchase or carrying a bodycam. As such, I suggest the following temporary solution. - Allow RP of purchasing a bodycam to be valid past the 48 hour mark, only enforcing whether the bodycam was put on and turned on within 48 hours. This would mean people have one screenshot of when they bought the bodycam and then screenshots every 48 hours of when they decide to use it, etc... The long-term suggestion would be the following: Make a slot dedicated to the bodycam in the inventory and a bodycam item purchasable in 24/7s, then people no longer need to worry about RP'ly purchasing a bodycam every 48 hours (Let's be honest, how realistic is it to buy a new bodycam every 2 days). This is also a bonus for law enforcement. Have you ever detained someone suspected of a crime, but need that little sliver of evidence ? Well, now you can easily check with /frisk if they have a bodycam on and use that towards your investigative RP. (Assuming PC is reached and warrant is aquired) As for Civilians/Criminals, the choice would then be yours as to whether you want to carry a bodycam, but perhaps risk it capturing stuff you don't want to be seen. As for the bodycam object itself, you would be able to right click it and a few options would be present: - Turn on/off: Allowing people to have a bodycam, but not actively be recording unless they turn it on scritply. - Check Bodycam: Prints a chat message telling whoever is checking the bodycam if it is recording and if it is on how long it has been recording for - Save Footage: Print out a chat message claiming footage from XX:XX UTC to YY:YY UTC has been saved onto an SD card (then give the player an SD card item like the 24/7) - Smash: Like radios, you would be able to destroy a bodycam

+1 Would be interesting to introduce new custom cars to the server (keeping in mind server stability, handling, etc...), but beyond that it would be interesting to introduce some cars alongside other mods to make them more realistic (this would affect all cars in the server). Imagine being able to tune any car in GTA for specific purpose (think engine swaps, drift configurations actually allowing you to drift, drag builds, etc...) Drift Mod (https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/gta5-dr-ft) to compensate for the absolute shit handling physics native GTA 5 has, hell I would even be ok with a ''Realistic Handling'' mod, but anything will do, which brigs me to the next mod. Natural Vehicle Dynamics Realistic Handling (https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/natual-vehicle-dynamics-realistic-handling-mod) Solves a lot of the issues talked about in terms of realism, makes cars harder in general to drive, increases body roll to realistic standards, significantly decreases off-road performance for supers/sports cars and a lot more, I'll just leave a list of changes bellow from the site so I don't have to type all of this out Main features: -Realistic COG. -Stop-watch timed 0-60mph. -Realistic top speed. -Realistic brake distance. -Realistic suspension upper and lower limit, spring rate and damping. -Realistic tire grip, for both acceleration / breaking and cornering. -Increased crash deformation. -Terrain's effect on grip is much more reasonable. Supercars can no longer climb hills like cable-cars. -Got rid of the stupid fLowSpeedTractionLossMult value, cars won't do burn-outs by just slightly touch the pedal. Burn-outs now happen when should. -Tires now act as a part of the suspension system(as they should!) and will absorb some bumps. Choosing wheels with low profile tire(sports, SUV, hi-end) or high profile tire(muscle, lowrider, turner, offroad) at Los Santos Customs will have different effect on ride quality. -Anti-lock brakes are now only available on cars with appropriate model year. Slam on the brakes when driving vintage and classic vehicles may cause the wheels to lock-up. To conclude, I understand these mods need to be rage compatible, but the overall point being promoted here is that we can alter things to be more realistic while solving issues discussed here in the past, perhaps maybe remove the speed limiter considering driving any advanced sports/super at the realistic speed will also increase the chance of crashing given the different handling, promoting skillful driving instead of who can achieve more speed. (big problem with GTA default handling is that it's just too easy to drive, give anyone a super and they'll drive it, with some tweaks this can become an actual challenge.)

This and also, don't forget, any laws you think are enforced unfairly can always use against PD/SD too. For example, you see a cop fail to yield before a stop sign ? IA report it. You see a cop driving on the wrong side of the road ? Report it, etc...