kris giggs

To clarify, the Moderator in this case is not at fault and was not limiting your roleplay, he was following the precedent set by senior server staff and the owners, a precedent that has a reason behind it. There are a number of issues that resulted in the removal of the driver being able to wield weapons and this dates back to, and I might be lying, I am not sure, the near beginning of the server in 2017/18. For argument sake, if a cop stops you and you decide to pull a gun out scripty and take him hostage, what kind of chance are you giving him to roleplay. In real life, especially in America, cops are well aware that they are under constant duress and often tell you to keep your hands on the steering wheel, not reach and so on. If we were to try to roleplay taking me hostage from the driver seat of the car, what would that look like? /me pulls a gun out and sticks it up to Kris. How do I counter act that? /do Would I see you reaching for your weapon? What's next, dicing whether I see the gun on time or not? I can roleplay moving away and get a FRP or get stuck in a hostage situation because you don't like getting pulled over? This in particular clashes with a lot of current rules set in a climate of the server where roleplay is not a priority to all players, and this is a fact. You can roleplay anything you want, you can roleplay breathing, walking, slouching over, chopping a car, but we keep coming back to mechanics that allow players to escalate situations into something unpleasant and very taboo around the community. Hostage-taking and kidnapping is still a work in progress in my opinion, and will be until we actually, like actually turn to roleplay, and not use roleplay as an excuse to further our senseless agendas. I can already see a flood of NRP complaints coming in if they enable it scriptly and drivers start shooting from cars while going 200km/h, and cops get stuck up every traffic stop, and there is no denying that.

This seems like a silver lining. These things I can imagine are reviewed on a case-by-case basis as it would make no sense, per se, a Chinese gang like Shenzen Dragons, or a high-end criminal enterprise like The Rooks to expand into south Los Santos where the population is predominantly african-american and is controlled by street gangs. I find it near impossible that your group is unable to take any turfs, do you hold any right now? I can see FM trying to keep a balance and keep it fair despite some gangs being more wittier, wealthier, and stronger compared to others. Taking turfs is not only about selling drugs and chopping cars there, showing actual, physical presence is important as well - and one gang can not be present over the entire city which in turn pushes you to be strategic and form alliances with gangs that hold parts close to you to avoid conflict, and keep power in yours.

Most of your personal experiences, I can only assume, consist of robbing banks and fleeing, and shooting at police which is why you get a similar, and painful result every single time. There are in-character means of reporting officers for using excessive force which this thread boils down to, I try to give you valid arguments and you return with a stereotype that is very common around the community, a false one. You're not always right, neither am I, but you are making no sense with your arguments right now, while I go out of my way and provide concrete examples to your vague assumptions. Most criminals can agree on things most cops can disagree with and this is why we can not have a productive conversation if you point fingers instead of trying to sit down and fix things.

I for a fact know the Los Santos Police Department will not shoot at you, or ram you in highly populated areas unless completely justified. Los Santos is based off the Greater Los Angeles area which is densely populated on its own, a higher-ranking officer or supervisor will make the call whether it is justified to ram or shoot in a tactical situation in a given area, and officers will return fire when shot at when it makes sense. When does it make sense to you for us to shoot back or ram? You will almost never see a rifle being shot at full auto at the pier with fishers around because it does not make sense. I am giving very specific arguments to statements that are very broad and vague which I should not, but speaking from internal protocol, and a logical side, your roleplay will never be ruined unless a rule is broken.

This is common sense, no police force would deliberately put civilians and property at harm for no reason. Los Angeles used to be called the bank robbery capital of the world in the 80s, and statistics show that a bank was robbed every other hour of every day during that time, and in a span of 10 years around 18,000 bank retail branches were robbed. The North Hollywood Bank Shootout changed the way the LAPD was equipped, 11 officers were shot, as well as 7 civilians, only the robbers were killed - up to that moment a regular squad car of the LAPD was not equipped with any heavy weaponry, a shotgun or rifle per say, after that they were. Two bank robbery suspects fired around 11,000 armor piercing rounds in 44 minutes, in Hollywood, during a bank robbery, in broad daylight, imagine that. What that tells you is that every police force is a reactive force, an increase of bank robberies asked for better equipment and more manpower - exactly how it operates on the server, if you rob a lot of banks with bikes, the police will bring bikes into their fleet eventually and be prepared next time. You shoot at the police during a pursuit, the police will start shooting back - you commit felonies that endanger others, the police with make sure you do not put anyone else in danger by their means, lethal force being an option. Rarely, and I say this out of experience, will you be shot at instantly just by driving away from a bank robbery, this sounds like an over dramatized version of the way your were arrested. The LAPD does ram, and the LAPD has been in huge shootouts before in highly populated areas - have they instigated them? Probably not. Was this a response to how the suspects behaved and the crimes they committed? Most likely. Realism is something both parties have to work on together to achieve, I do not find it realistic that I have to respond to 3 bank robberies within the span of a few hours with 12 robbers fleeing on bikes afterward because its an easy getaway, how often do you see this in real life?

+1 for sure It would make more sense for the engine to degrade a bit than a tire popping, maybe after every use of NOS the engine level health would go down by 50?