A Coroner Rework Is Desperately Needed

[Saoirse]

I decided to make my second character a coroner and it's been absolutely miserable, it's just been an hour of sitting around doing nothing. I seriously doubt nobody has died, and more likely it's because nobody knows how to call a coroner. I have multiple suggestions on how to make the job better.

1. Automatically call a coroner if a dead body has been sitting somewhere untouched for an extended period of time.
If nobody has moved or searched a dead body then chances are nobody will find it and call a coroner. To make the job rely less on other players a coroner request should be sent out automatically.

2. Show coroner requests automatically in personal vehicles, not just the work vehicle
The Romero accelerates extremely slow and has a low top speed, making the drive from Paleto to the City a pain as you can never even reach the speed limit. For people like myself who have a character dedicated to being a coroner, I can see myself either buying a Brigham or upgrading a Romero to make the job a little bit more bearable. The only downside to doing that is you won't receive coroner request notifications automatically and you have to periodically type /coronerrequests.

3. More advertisements for the coroner's number

Since the biggest issue with the job is nobody knows the number, there should be far more advertisements about it. Maybe even a notification for when you encounter a dead body reminding you of the number.

P.S. I'm unsure if you could even use a Brigham as a hearse or if it's only a Romero, and if that's the case vehicle restrictions should be lifted. It's not even realistic for coroners to be using hearses as in real life they use vehicles such as station wagons, vans, or trucks.

[Cup]

Unfortunately part of the issue is for so long no one DID the job that a lot of people just never think to call the number. I do make a habit on my LEO character or MD character of calling the number for a coroner on scenes with bodies but Not sure others do.

[Quietthecutie]

1 hour ago, Cup said:

Unfortunately part of the issue is for so long no one DID the job that a lot of people just never think to call the number. I do make a habit on my LEO character or MD character of calling the number for a coroner on scenes with bodies but Not sure others do.

This. the job was reworked exactly how people asked it to be reworked and it works fine. problem now is almost people are desensitised to not expect a coroner to be on. any further incentives just elude to metagaming on where shootouts are and other information which isnt great. only thing i could suggest is a certain ammount of NPC work to keep coroners around

 

[Chunder]

I think a simple fix such as adding a phone app would make people way more likely to use it. As stated above, not many people know that the 6666 number exists.
Sometimes all you have to do is shove things in people's faces for them to use it!

[inorigj]

I have a coroner character as well. And I have a DOC and MD character. I've been on both sides of the coin. Tried calling for one. But non on duty so I request admin instead. And been on duty for hours without a single request. Once I drove by SD with 3 dead bodies at paleto MD and luckily got to get those. But only because I saw them as staff was about to despawn them.

 

I think it should be made mandatory for GOV jobs and Staff to check with coroner before using admin assistance to remove them.

[PurplePlant]

+1 phone apps is a great idea, the whole phone needs help. DOC get a nice functioning app that could piggyback and be turned into a coroner app, and maybe provide multiple different hearses like the Lurcher and the Brigham (with a mod to turn into coffin). Also performance upgrades could be added to help the slow vehicle problem

Edited September 28, 2024 by PurplePlant

[Saoirse]

36 minutes ago, PurplePlant said:

and maybe provide multiple different hearses like the Lurcher and the Brigham (with a mod to turn into coffin).

You actually don't need a mod to turn it into a hearse, you can replace the rear seats with a stretcher or a coffin.

Edited September 28, 2024 by Saoirse

[PurplePlant]

22 minutes ago, Saoirse said:

You actually don't need a mod to turn it into a hearse, you can replace the rear seats with a stretcher or a coffin.

thats what I meant lol modification its called in server

[Bigdude601]

Increasing the bounty reward for corpses would be nice, 500 per body bag is just ridiculously low unless you get lucky, and that rarely happens. I also second the allowing players to use personal vehicle suggestion. What's the point in spending 130k on a hearse if you can't use it for the coroner job and are only allowed to use it for ICLY RP funerals once or twice a month at best? My only other thought would be a burgershot style timer, where after X time you start drawing a salary as coroner, But you must remain within x distance of a hearse to do so. There just isn't enough fiscal motivation to really roleplay as a coroner atm. Not when you can make 10k an hour doing roadcrew, 15k an hour driving a bus, or go work at burgershot and make 5-6k an hour before tips. The system really needs a rework majorly.

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