Dexter Nevermore Posted May 2 Report Posted May 2 Prison Break RP – Why Is It Such a Hassle? Where do I even start… Prison break RP right now feels way more complicated than it should be. Yes, lockpicks were added, which is great in theory—but in practice, you still need admin permission to even get the RP started. And the biggest issue? About 90% of the time, there’s no response at all. In just the past two days, I’ve tried twice to set up some fun RP by getting lockpicks into prison for the Loco’s. One time, I got no response whatsoever. The other time, I got bounced around—told to go from the wall to a table, make a “prayer,” then create a Discord ticket… which was then completely ignored. That just kills the momentum and makes it frustrating instead of fun. On top of that, I’ve had situations where the officer processing me OOCly knows I have lockpicks, and suddenly they’re constantly patrolling the yard—something that almost never happens otherwise. It really feels like there’s some metagaming going on there. At this point, prison RP just feels like too much of a hassle. Why do we even need permission to break out? I understand needing oversight for breaking into the prison, but escaping? You already go through a lot of RP just to get the required items inside. Instead, you end up waiting around—sometimes as long as your entire sentence—for a response. And by then, what’s the point? Who’s going to wait hours after their sentence just to maybe get an RP scenario that could even add more time? I really think this system needs a rework. It shouldn’t feel this difficult just to create good RP. Jackson Jacobs - Loco's Quote
Ash Posted May 2 Report Posted May 2 Seems like something that could be solved with "is there over X guards on shift? Okay lockpicking works now and you automatically get unprisoned when you make it so far out, if not lockpicking doesnt work" Quote
Eliza Posted May 2 Report Posted May 2 Prison breaks should just be a scripted activity where you could talk to an NPC, and the script cooldowns are put in place. If you begin the process of a prison break maybe the prison alarms go off and police would get alerted. Quote
Cup Posted May 3 Report Posted May 3 2 hours ago, Dexter Nevermore said: Prison Break RP – Why Is It Such a Hassle? Where do I even start… Prison break RP right now feels way more complicated than it should be. Yes, lockpicks were added, which is great in theory—but in practice, you still need admin permission to even get the RP started. And the biggest issue? About 90% of the time, there’s no response at all. In just the past two days, I’ve tried twice to set up some fun RP by getting lockpicks into prison for the Loco’s. One time, I got no response whatsoever. The other time, I got bounced around—told to go from the wall to a table, make a “prayer,” then create a Discord ticket… which was then completely ignored. That just kills the momentum and makes it frustrating instead of fun. On top of that, I’ve had situations where the officer processing me OOCly knows I have lockpicks, and suddenly they’re constantly patrolling the yard—something that almost never happens otherwise. It really feels like there’s some metagaming going on there. At this point, prison RP just feels like too much of a hassle. Why do we even need permission to break out? I understand needing oversight for breaking into the prison, but escaping? You already go through a lot of RP just to get the required items inside. Instead, you end up waiting around—sometimes as long as your entire sentence—for a response. And by then, what’s the point? Who’s going to wait hours after their sentence just to maybe get an RP scenario that could even add more time? I really think this system needs a rework. It shouldn’t feel this difficult just to create good RP. Jackson Jacobs - Loco's to put it in the simplest terms without going into all the details and blabbering. You need staff assistance because you scriptly cannot leave the prison without someone releasing you as it will TP you back inside after you go a certain distance. There are other factors of course but that is the main one. There is a script in the works from one of the devs to make the prison break a script that would not require staff. However I cannot give you any timeline on that being finished. 1 Quote
