Dola

I dont know how other people recruit but my members are recruited from being friends or friend of a friend and I feel most gangs are like that. We all want to enjoy the server and the best way to do that is with friends. Your telling me I have to maybe kick friends from a gang because they got a punishment here and there? I just dont get the strictness. Even the safe crims who play it extra safe sometimes catch a punishment here and there. I just think it should be based on in game activity and your contribution to the server (events, alt rp etc).

The argument is pretty much the bigger gangs (which realistically should be more connected to the cartel because of their strength/presence) will never be able to order anything efficient because even if 30 members stay clean of punishments for 10 months, thats still an average of 3 punishments a month which is not allowed if you want promotion. You can have a active good gang doing lots of great positive rp for the server, but with the strict restrictions will never progress because of their size. And this type of update would be fine if it was released many years ago but the servers life span is not long enough (because of gta 6 etc) to make this type of impossible grind acceptable + it severely nerfs crims vs pd once again. We will not conform!

Crims are not going to evade to save their sns pistols. Just going to get pulled over, take the L and go prison over and over and over again on a daily basis

This is criminal suggestions. If you dont main crim your points are, respectfully, invalid. I would love to see an actual crim disagree with my points. This server is constantly putting out the bait with these update leaks and we fall for it, and when they finally get released after years its nothing but dissappointment. When is the community ever going to be listened to is my question?

I'm going to try to keep this as respectful as possible... I've spoken with many high commands of other gangs, and there's widespread outrage over the new tier system. This update might have been acceptable a few years ago, but it's too late in the server's life cycle for such a change. Even if winning gangs go straight to tier 2, it will still take a minimum of 3 months before any gang can order a .50 caliber gun. With 30 days required for promotion, it means at least 7-8 months before anyone can reach tier 9. The rule of 30 days with no more than 2 punishments might work for a small gang of 10 members, but it's impractical for larger gangs like Rooks, Lost MC, OTF, ESM, Irish, etc. In larger gangs, we all have a few close friends who occasionally get punished. To rank up in the tiers, we’ll be forced to choose between staying with our friends and never ranking up or kicking them out to climb the tier system. Moreover, having to reach tier 2 just to order SNS pistols and tier 3 for revolvers feels quite limiting and impractical. Nobody wants to use/order these pistols. Unfortunately .50 is meta and the preferable gun to use. Because of this I dont see the desire for tier 2 or tier 3. These tiers should provide access to more desirable and useful weapons. Having to reach tier 5 to be able to order anything desirable is demotivating. As a faction leader, the amount of unnecessary stress this will add to try to keep 30 members in check at all times 24/7 in order for all our time, energy and progress not to be ruined is just crazy. Negative Effects: Player Frustration: The strict requirements and slow progression could lead to player frustration, demotivation, and gangs disbanding quicker, which could potentially lower the player base count. Impact on Large Factions: Larger factions may struggle under these rules, as managing a bigger group increases the likelihood of rulebreaks and makes it harder to meet the strict promotion criteria. Suggestions for Improvement: Promotion Criteria Adjustments: Adjusting the criteria to focus more on in-game activity and positive contributions rather than strict rule adherence could foster a more engaging and less disciplinary environment. We all know there's going to be gangs reporting eachother so they demote them in tiers. Balanced Rewards: Providing more balanced and incremental rewards at each tier could help keep factions motivated and reduce frustration. Clearer Guidelines and Transparency: Ensuring that guidelines for what constitutes "poor RP standards" and "poor OOC attitude" are clear and consistently applied can help reduce bias and unfair demotions. FS 2.0 was supposed to revive crim, this current update ain't it... but IT STILL COULD BE. EDIT: I was told right before the announcement by staff that all gangs, including current official gangs, will be set to tier 1 so I thought nobody would be able to order decent guns for a minimum of 4 months (if done perfectly) but I was informed, after this suggestion, that that is not the case and current official gangs will be given higher tiers. So gun issue is not my problem anymore it's more the punishment for a faction set to no more than 2 punishments which is quite difficult for larger factions.

gang shit +1

With only 4 official gangs (only 3 that can order guns) I feel like this should be number one on the to-do list above clothing update because it feels very stale atm. Half the turfs are unused, no turf wars etc. Feels like all unofficial gangs grinding for nothing at this point...

Thank you King

Blood for Blood

you need to put the images in imgur and copy and paste the imgur images

Reserved.

On a serious note I do feel like we should test this out, change up the dynamic of the server for a while. If it doesnt work out just go back to the way things are now.

Forgot to comment on this. For me over the years ive seen players who are pd/sd or they have a staff role OR a certain group who are friends with staff get treated way differently on the forums when everybody has the ability to see and criticise, so I fear this sort of "corruption" on the forums will get worse when theres nobody there to witness the result. When I see a feature like this implemented I get thoughts of bias and corruption from staff which dont make me trust the server at all. If I feel this way im sure there's others that feel the same. This can lead the server down a bad road. If i dont trust the product (which is the server), I'm not going to spend money on it simple as. There needs to be transparency across the board.

Recently, I've noticed that the archive section of the forum reports has been hidden. I suggest unhiding these reports, as I don't see any benefit in hiding them. I know myself and many other players have learned so much from this section of the forums, about what is allowed and not allowed on the server. I think hiding this only hurts the community and its players, as learning rules will become more difficult and can lead to an overload of new forum reports + punishments/bans for the new generation of players.

big fat NO, -1

+1

+1 add timer, minigame is not needed unless for picklocking

reserved