WinstonSamaj Posted February 23, 2022 Report Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) At the moment drugs are cooked meerly for use to sell to scripted dealers, while players have an option to use it the disadvantages of becoming addicted seems to far outweigh the advangtages the drugs give to people. I would love to see more drugs being sold to players rather than scripted NPCs as it could create a more diverse drug market with differing prices between players and NPCs and as create a more realistic demand for drugs. I believe already some increase stamina and health regeneration however I have never really heard much or seen much about their usage in criminal activities. While the visual effects are pretty nice and could be useful due to the increase in contrast making this effect longer could make criminal activities easier with it being easier to see further or things to stand out more. The advantages of drugs would be hard to balance, making them useful IC while realistic. Possibly creating a larger radius of hearing so sirens and vehicles could be heard from further away may be a nice feature. I would like to hear other people's thoughts though. Edited February 23, 2022 by WinstonSamaj 1
UrbanGhost Posted February 23, 2022 Report Posted February 23, 2022 I believe this is something that is going to be added in the upcoming drug update. To quote the post from the development channel in discord: Quote Each drug will offer a combination of different perks, mostly based on their real life effects, although, the effects might be adjusted to better suit the game. The positive effects of drugs include a temporary boost in wellness, decreased action timer duration (useful for certain jobs), immediate health or improved health regeneration rate, damage negation, increased stamina or halted hunger. Drugs will also be able to cause the exact opposite effects, especially due to overdose or addiction as well as cause other visual and physical symptoms, some of which might force a player into an animation of pain. The plan is to make drugs act as temporary boosters that you might want to use in to do a job faster that requires action timers or in preparation for a fight to give you better chances of survival right now at the expense of delayed negative effects at a later time. 2
WinstonSamaj Posted February 23, 2022 Author Report Posted February 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, UrbanGhost said: I believe this is something that is going to be added in the upcoming drug update. To quote the post from the development channel in discord: Oh right, I haven't looked over the update for a while to be honest, will definitley give it a re-read.
Charlie Mchoe Posted March 3, 2022 Report Posted March 3, 2022 Steroids give a pretty decent speed boost. They are pretty rare so it's hard to find any usage of them. Personally I use steroids quiet often and they help a decent amount when doing criminal stuff. +1 I do believe that other drugs deserve some kind of benefit. Cocaine used to give you a little bit of armour but it has since been removed.
2300 Posted August 27, 2022 Report Posted August 27, 2022 From my experience in other cities, Cocaine makes you run faster than usual and I think that should be added to Eclipse but then again its gonna make PD's life much more harder but hey they already are OP asf
GR_Seb Posted August 28, 2022 Report Posted August 28, 2022 Drugs only use is to be sold to NPC's, imagine if players were in NEED of drugs, the payout and the roleplay would be amazing!
2300 Posted August 28, 2022 Report Posted August 28, 2022 2 hours ago, GR_Seb said: Drugs only use is to be sold to NPC's, imagine if players were in NEED of drugs, the payout and the roleplay would be amazing! That would be cool but to make drugs is pretty easy due to all the labs around the map and to get the ingredients wouldn`t be as hard, so people would just make it themselves
Austyn Posted February 13, 2023 Report Posted February 13, 2023 +1 I love the thought! For example in real life PCP makes you feel “invisible”. I think that should translate in game to give you some sort of an health/armor boost. I like the cocaine idea. I think this would be a huge benefit for both crim and LEO’s.
lorenzzo Posted April 4, 2023 Report Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) Hey there, sorry for the late response! I was actually searching for information on the effects of drug use in video games and stumbled upon this thread. I think your idea of adding more perks to drug usage in the game is interesting. However, I do think it's important to consider the potential negative impact it could have on players, particularly if it glorifies drug use or addiction. Speaking of the role drugs played, have you heard about the Jim Jones tragedy? It's a really sad and disturbing story of how drugs were used as a tool of control and manipulation in a cult. It's a reminder of how dangerous drug use can be and why it's important to approach it with caution. Edited April 7, 2023 by lorenzzo
MrNeillio Posted September 4, 2024 Report Posted September 4, 2024 Thank you for your suggestion. As this has already been implemented, we will be archiving this.
