DericBrooks Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Hello there, sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place. I'll try to keep it short. I just wanted to share my experience as a new player so far to Eclipse RP to give a bit of insight into what other New Players may be experiencing or have expressed experiencing IC. I've been playing about 2 weeks now. My first day in the city I was killed right outside of the starting area by another new player no more than 15 minutes into my session. I was learning the mechanics of the game (911, am I okay to call etc) and inevitably died. After coming back to life, I ventured a little further away from the hospital and after about 60 seconds walking down the sidewalk, another New Player intentionally drove his bus off road onto the sidewalk to kill me. (Unfortunately this seems to be a regular thing on the server). He said he was sorry and would take my belongings to the hospital, looted me and then got back on the bus and drove away. I know there are specific rules regarding New Players so this certainly surprised me not even being a few hours into my character. I haven't recorded any of my gameplay and wasn't going to report people on my first day, so I just took a break from the game for a bit to reset. Eventually I earned enough money for a car and made the purchase. It was an awesome experience and definitely felt rewarding. Then my car bugged out during a server reset, I had to retrieve it through Mors - I went to the lot there, and immediately when it spawned, two players were waiting there, got in my car and stole it as I informed them I owned it and just submitted my claim. The response was just some vulgar bs I won't include here but I'm sure you can imagine. It ended up getting destroyed. Since then my car has been stolen and destroyed probably 4 or 5 times while either doing job work or walking into a convenience store. Obviously the costs add up quickly for a new player so it's been pretty difficult to stomach on some occasions. Regardless I've been rolling with the punches. I'm enjoying myself for the most part so far, and am looking forward to figuring more stuff out. Just curious if anyone has any suggestions or opinions here and if recording my gameplay is the only way to potentially combat toxic/rule-breaking behavior. Thanks for your time! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 First of all, welcome to the server and I hope any initial negative experiences don't turn you away. I think the main issue you've faced is that it's other new players that have done these bad things that either might not know the rules well enough or not be that committed to roleplay which is unfortunate considering the number of incidents you've had. I'd highly recommend getting Nvidia Shadowplay or something similar that records the last X minutes of gameplay at the press of a button, the overhead for this is very low and shouldnt really give you a performance hit and is worth it for you to report rulebreaks like the ones you mentioned. Recording is the best way to deal with rulebreakers and you can /report in game if something happens. The rewarding aspect from buying your first car and building yourself up from the incidents is a good opportunity for your character development and it's good to see someone who thinks of it that way. Sometimes you gotta take the L when you are figuratively and literally knocked down but if you can spin that into ways to progress your characters story that's always a win. You'll definitely pick up the quirks of the server and ways to avoid things like your vehicle being stolen and avoiding trouble etc for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DericBrooks Posted March 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Thank you, and I appreciate such a quick reply. Shadowplay is actually a great suggestion, didn't even think about that one. It sounds like the best way to respond is by holding others accountable so I will keep that in mind for future encounters and perhaps give that a try. Hope to see you in Los Santos! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtins Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 honestly man sounds like you had a rough start genuinely worst luck my guy not always like this report next time it happens if your shit adds up to more than 25k you can make a refund request ect... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DericBrooks Posted March 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Lol yeah, it was a lot in a condensed window but no worries. I just had to learn a bit quicker how to move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darmpa Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 Damn. It feels even worse to have your application rejected, knowing that the questionnaire isn't even successful in weeding out players who engage in this kind of abuse and failRP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivek Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 Its going to happen, unfortunately. I'll admit, I've seen new players doing questionable things. Have even had 2 of them hit me head on because they were driving in my lane. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt if it seems accidental, and then have a talk with them IC about what they did wrong and what they should have done. I will admit that some folks seem to have no idea about the basics of RP, and all you can do is record and report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 As this discussion has long since been concluded, it will now be locked & archived. We've since made many changes to better the new player experience and plan to make more in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
