Kon

At this point surely the direction we should be going is embracing the playstyle that most crims have naturally fallen into, instead of trying to remould everyone to enjoy heavy roleplaying and story drive gameplay. The server naturally became an asset farming simulator where everyone just 'roleplays' as themselves (the majority at least) because of the fact we have no wipes (no one is encouraged to explore other stories and choices with their characters because everyone else is progressing and I guess people don't want to be left behind in terms of meta cars/guns/kevlar/connections for drops/climbing the gang hierarchy ladder ect.) No wipes coupled with very limited crim focused activities/dev updates leaves very few things for active crims to do that brings them excitement. Though I would enjoy more story driven roleplay (those of you that actually know me, know I actually do enjoy roleplay, shocker I know) I just think the server lost direction a long time ago, people got bored, roleplay became second to enjoyment and farming assets and people started living out their lives on the server instead of playing a character (which happens with a lot of servers tbh, and If people want to do that all the power to them) As roleplay standards fell over the years, punishments for poor RP maybe weren't severe enough? everyone eventually becomes friends outside of the server and everyone becomes complacent and sloppy when it comes to staying IC. (I am very guilty of this) All of these issues, along with the fact it's been like this for so long and the lack of new things to do, I don't see a world where our current player base are all able to just switch up their mentalities and change what brings them enjoyment, at the end of the day, MOST crims want to log in, use their cars and guns that they worked hard for and shoot each other and talk shit. In my opinion, surely it's better for everyone on the server if we facilitate the PVP for those who WANT to PVP. A good first step for this would be following what a few other suggestions on the last post spoke on, bring everyone back to the city, make up north more of a volatile zone, relax a few rules regarding prior escalation, robbery rules ect. (not so legals are getting robbed at gas stations, more between gang members/people with guns, or people engaging in criminal activity) Lets facilitate and provide support for a way of playing that a lot of people enjoy, pvp events?/'for the next 2 hours x lab will double your drugs'?/I'm sure we could come up with some fun stuff. (Just want to add, I know there are a number of people that don't just RP as themselves, have characters with depth, put effort into their characters decisions even when sometimes it won't benefit themselves, but the cold hard truth is, this server hasn't been a heavy RP server for a long time. I just feel as though it's easier going a little bit more forward with that we have, instead of trying to force everyone 10 steps back) xoxo

Some of the most fun I’ve ever had on the server involves cops almost always, being chased, hiding from them, being in shoot-outs with them. The reason being that there is consequence, the fear of spending time in jail/prison is what makes these interactions intense and exciting. Crims and cops need each other to exist to function, this is why when either one is heavily outnumbered (daytime cop heavy, night time crim heavy) shit doesn't work and it's way less fun to play, alot of crims won't do shit or log on in the day because too many cops, and A LOT of cops complain at night because the safety of numbers is gone and they don't like getting shot at most nights when they feel they don't stand a chance. I think the biggest problem is just that everyone wants to win, or at least the majority of the server has that mindset, myself included most of the time. Harley touched on something important too, the player count itself effects things much more than you think. People log on to have fun, not sit in a speed trap hoping there will be no crime for hours, or sat in doc for 3 hours because you dared leave a drug lab in the day time. Another issue is the fact we don't have NPC's, If a cop is bored and they see the first car they've seen in 5/10 mins they are going to pull a u turn or whatever they need to do to go check your plate, check if they can see a .50 clipping through the driver seat or find any reason they can to interact with you, and you can't blame them, there is barely anything else for them to do, no one else to interact with sometimes, and they logged on to play the game not watch youtube shorts sat in a speed trap. If there was another 200 people driving around the server then the people that log on every day would fall into the background, but 1 gang is often 20% of the server pop so you're going to get alot more attention from LEOs than you used to. Over recent years I’ve stopped giving grief to LEOs as I started realising the above, as well as playing some LEO myself. Both sides are just bored. That's it. Cops need to chillax a little, some care way too much, and crims need to stop crying and start being a little smarter. PD shouldn't HAVE to charge stack, let the arresting officer drop some smaller charges if they RP well/don't stall/did something that made the interaction fun. there is ZERO incentive for a crim to go above and beyond the bare minimum in terms of RP standards especially when they're already frustrated. There are way too many problems to discuss on a forum post, and allowing anyone and everyone to come complain about their very specific issues is not going to help. If you want to actually make change, you need a discussion with devs + a few high up LEOs that are staff + a couple notable crims who have been on the server for many years. maybe do that discord space thing where everyone can listen i can't remember what it's called. Because the lack of communication and mistrust between staff/devs and criminal players is crazy. mb for the spam, I’m no good at conveying my thoughts over text.

+1

huh? i made the suggestion for that exact reason, the fights aren't fun, that's the issue.

the problem is the passengers and the fact there is no recoil with autos

Currently you can driveby in 3rd person, with a 360 view with 0 recoil with automatic guns. This is extremely unfun to deal with no matter if you're the one doing it, or the one on the receiving end, essentially because there it is too easy. I'm suprised it's taken this long to fully catch on by the majority of the server, but now it's at a point where every crim has a driveby at all times, and most fights are extremely boring. Everyone should need to be in 1st person to driveby, also add some recoil while you're at it, make it rewarding at least. We need to change alot of shit up tbh but let's start here.

don't agree with private labs, but do agree with Requiem's suggestion. I voiced something similar recently, place an NPC somewhere where you can pay x amount of money to open a lab of your choice, the more tables the lab has the more money it will cost, for an hour then it closes again. Just have the hp of the tables go down over time until they break, that way if people came across one that they didn't open, they'd know how long it has left.

big +1 Iv'e recently started streaming on the server, and having to have a cover over my radio freq on the right at all times is bad enough, also whenever I change my bind, the new binds shows at the top of my screen. having to change my scene to hide my whole screen whenever I change freq is kind of annoying. I understand that dev work is better spent on other things rn, but if it's easy to impliment and doesn't take much time, I'd apprecaite it a lot!

haha no

just literally forum design: @britbritxo

no one buy car or bike or even boat

development is needed in 100 other areas before looking at buffing tazers i reckon

i will refrain from interacting with this man, thank you soldier.