Chase Truman Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Hello all! I would like to suggest what I see as a solution to the lack of cabs that roleplay servers typically see. One of the main reasons I never choose to be a Cab driver is because you constantly find yourself sitting around, waiting for a call. With that being said, people often leave the job and it ends up being a waste. I personally think that instead of being a faction, the cab driver position should almost become a job and it should be renamed to something similar to Lyft/Uber. This would give players the ability to have Uber/Lyft as their secondary job, and while they are doing their primary job, if they see a call come up, they can chose if they want to use their time to go pick that person up. In my opinion, this will give players a fun secondary job, where they get to interact with people, and people looking for a ride will rarely have to wait. If I am getting the wrong impression of the Cab faction, and it does more on this RP server than I am used to, please do not hesitate to say so. I have just always seen this as a worthy alternative and I wanted to throw it out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbacon Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 The only issue I see with this is that it will result in people calling and uber… getting kidnapped and then robbed, and likely killed. Creating additional work load and situations for an already stretched thin pd. It is an interesting concept and I think someone tried to start an uber service up a while ago but I think it fell flat. Perhaps if people used cabs a bit more you would see more around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Truman Posted October 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 Yeah I understand that completely..there are definitely things that could go wrong but maybe there is a way to prevent those issues..just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightWolfy Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 On eclipse the DCC have active driver 99% of the time so there's not a need for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Truman Posted October 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 26 minutes ago, LightWolfy said: On eclipse the DCC have active driver 99% of the time so there's not a need for this. Okay..I’ve just seen people who say they’ve waited 20 minutes for a taxi and never received one but must’ve just been that 1%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightWolfy Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Chase Truman said: Okay..I’ve just seen people who say they’ve waited 20 minutes for a taxi and never received one but must’ve just been that 1%. First of all you made this thread saying you don't know if this server has a similar taxi system to others so you clearly not going off your own experience. Secondly there are drivers who can be on duty for 1.5 hours and not receive a single call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightWolfy Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Truman Posted October 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 30 minutes ago, LightWolfy said: First of all you made this thread saying you don't know if this server has a similar taxi system to others so you clearly not going off your own experience. Secondly there are drivers who can be on duty for 1.5 hours and not receive a single call. I don’t need to argue about anything, it was just a suggestion. I’m just telling you what I’ve seen. The drivers being on duty for 1.5 hours and not getting a call just supports my suggestion honestly because for them that’s a waste of time so it would help avoid that, but I appreciate your feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusketDeezNuts Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 Honestly whenever I call I always get one. And I call alot. There is alot of fun in taxi RP. The best one was the mexican driver a while ago who played mexican music and was singing along. And always gave a taco to passangers who singed along with him. -1 DCC is fine as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimo Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 I use DCC a lot and a driver is always available. -1 from me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Truman Posted October 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thanks for the feedback guys - it appears from people with more experience that this DCC has a good amount of activity and the drivers have no issues with waiting around, if they do. This suggestion is good to be archived whenever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...