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I dont think anyone is commenting in the leniency of the process are they? They might have maybe i missed it but as somone who has been banned 3 times, and still allowed back in I can vouch it is lenient for sure. For me the issue is the length of the process as mentioned above, and the lack of forward thinking in trying to invite players back who may have otherwise totally forgot about ECRP. As you say, all the severe rule breaks like RWT trading and such, well we dont invite them back clearly, everyone who was banned for less severe actions, just send them an email inviting them back... its not ideal but neither is having 15 people on the server.

My guy..... this needs to be pinned. Finally someone who gets the knock on effect these numbers have to New Players.

Sounds like sick rp mate ngl. Log in, cook drugs, have a shootout... stand at benny and chat shit. Absolutely sick gameplay. I dunno how you can say im putting too much stock into numbers and then use numbers in your argument but each to their own. Its a standards thing mate. I rp as a gang leader, always have, recently got official, got garage etc etc but had to close it down and the group moved on as there is simply zero RP on the server, Meridian know this hence why they even exist. My overall point is that we need ti get numbers up, and take action.. its seems like you are against any action and just wanna let this shit die out overtime. I dunno man, each to their own but as it stands ECRP is essentially a PVP with a /me and /do system.

But then soon YOUR actual reality will be "Hey wanna log into Eclipse" "Nah, there are like 12 people online"

Person 1 - "Hey, wanna play some GTA rp" Pwrson 2 - "Sure, wanna get back into ECRP Person 1" - I can't im banned there" Person 2 - "So? Then make an appeal and lets jump on" Person 1 - "Mate it aint that quick, takes around 3-4 weeks to get unbanned and even then they might reject it" Person 2 - "Ahhh ok fair play, sod that, what others servers do you know? Wanna check out a fiveM server" This conversation must have happened soooo many times. Instead it should be: "Yoo bro just got an email from ECRP saying I got unbanned" "Yoo no way bro I forgot all about ECRP haha" "Ywah me too, sod it, wanna jump on and see what's going on" "Sure why not, im down"

I mean to some degree you are right, as long as people pay the VIP and the owners still make money then yeah, they dont actually have to beg, but if they want to give their remaining player base more content then sending out an email such as "Welcome Back to ECRP. You have now been unbanned. Feel free to join the server at any time" is only going to help. Ofc this would not apply to cheaters, mass dm'rs or any ban resulting from significant malicious acts byt honestly at this rate.. there is gonna be single digits soon enough.

I dunno man.. i see a hell of a lot of great suggestions from the community in the suggestions bit reagrding scripts- do I see Devs activly engaging with those posts, discussing them with the community and actively adding and maintaining a roadmap for transparency, i sure do not. Development could also mean things outside of the scripts as well, so stuff like cultural development, rules, devOps, roadmaps etc I genuinely invite others to take a brief look at the suggestions from players, look at the care and effort that have been put into them and then look at the lack of engagement or even basic acknowledgement from the staff. Ill even make it easy, search my profile and check out the fishing suggestion I made..I dont think any devs even reas it let alone commented on it.

All of this is codable right now on rageMP..

Lack of development. Like genuinely the devs have done very little in the times ive been on/off the server (2019, 2024 and now in 2026). Its like time stood still on the ECRP dev team whilst the server makes money... absolute zero commitment to the playerbase with any sort of rpadmap.. hell, they dont even have a basic basic Trello or gitHub projects page for tracking suggestions/bugs reports. I genuinely think a couple of script kiddies got very very lucky back in the day and somehow they managed to wrangle together the right staff team which propped them up. Its either 1 of 2 options. Either the dev genuinely do not have the skills to update features and add stuff, of they have rhe skills but lack the willingness to commit to the community. It has to be one at least but may be both tbf.

Think it was around 300 during the time I played before pandemic tbf. Either way, why do other servers still have those numbers, why doesn't ECRP? As i said there are servers out there right now with numbers ober 300. I guess they know something ECRP doesn't... And none of this "well they on fiveM and we on rageMP"... devs are proving they can do the work when needed.. look at how fast they are moving now the money train needs to change tracks.

Great idea. I wouldn't hold ya breath for this to ever get implemented but its a good idea. Prices need a bit of a change byt concept is solid.

There are other servers out there right now with more than 300 though? You think the only reason ECRP ever hit over 300 was due to the pandemic? You are right in saying that LSPD are not responsible for the declining playerbase tbf. That would be on who ever designs the game, so the owners and devs as there doesn't seem to be anyone actually responsible for the project as a whole who designs the game but rather a mash up of devs over time with no clear direction in mind. Cant blame a faction when they are directed by staff with no game design knowledge.

What happened with this suggestion? Did devs have input? Was it rejected, added to a roadmap maybe? Anything?

Dude that is incredibly selfish.

This is a absolutely fantastic idea. Any form of accessibility should be welcome. Mega +1 from me. Great stuff.