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If we make health care too expensive people are either gonna kill themselves and fixrevive or go for PKs instead of paying. It has to be more expensive but gotta find a balance and make treatment readily available. Account for all time zones.

I'm really not a fan of the idea of forcing random statuses on people (diseases), but injury roleplay is beyond absurd. Literally saw someone sprint into an apartment with five gunshots to the gut, walk out 5 minutes later, and "/me comes out with his injuries self surgery'd". Something like long-term debuffs for injuries (movement speed reduction, carry capacity reduction, increased recoil?) that can be treated by doctors and requires medical items that only professionals have access to. This could extend to short-term effects too like blurry vision for a minute or so after a hard crash, blood loss from big trauma... idk go wild

My friend of a different ethnicity suggests we go to a certain place but I refuse because I'm genuinely terrified I'll get brutally beaten up and robbed there despite being rush hour and a tourist area. I wish the locals took an example from 1940 and simply ignored me.

You're looking at a tiny plate on a small screen through a third-person camera that's far away from your character's eyes, from a first-person perspective a few inches away from your screen... With antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, texture quality and whatever FX your graphics mods (if any) add to the game. If everyone was playing on a 60-inch TV with 8K resolution in first person with full body tracking and not limited to the fixed camera position maybe... For some players, those plates consist of a number of pixels that could be counted before the traffic stop is over. -1

Just a few things you could do to get some RP Pull over on the side of a busy road, /createscene something-something smoke coming out of the engine bay. Open the car's hood, do an anim checking it, and wait for someone to stop. Someone will soon enough. Get a boombox and look for a station that plays guitar music, place the boombox on Legion Square, the Vespucci clothing store, outside the Little Seoul LTD, or smth like that and do one of the guitar anims. There, you have a performer. People will stop and interact with you. Walk around busier areas, maybe stop someone and ask for directions. Make up a story or just get chatty about why you want to go to that place. Try to get the person's interest somehow and carry the conversation away from the "I need to be somewhere". Stop to look and appreciate someone's car. Comment on it, and maybe take pictures. Mention your character's hobbies and say you wanna post those pictures in a car blog or whatever. Try to get a protest going about something. Doesn't even have to be anything of your interest, but these things attract people. Roleplay hitting something with your bicycle and falling in front of someone. It hurts... 😞 Not enough to call for an ambulance but just enough to thank that person for stopping and helping you up. Some ideas you can grow into contacts or at least make yourself known a bit.

Cool suggestion, although I feel like something like /to should be added with this to not trigger the dog's reactions accidentally. At least police dogs are smart enough to (in most scenarios) know when a command is being directed at them and not the handler talking to someone else. For example, a command to choose your target /k9targ John Doe Then this command to... command the dog /topet Chase! Since the dog's name can be inputted in the pet manager and is already used for pet emotes... it could show something like: John Smith says (to K9-Rufus): Chase! *K9-Rufus starts running towards John Doe's direction.

Moved to the appropriate section.

While (iirc) it doesn't include all of them... You can use /crimezonemap to see a map with restricted crime zones and no crime zones. @ShadowedStranger

I don't think so, to my knowledge they don't have access to the admin handbook and so on... Aren't taught how to deal with reports and such. There are a couple of admins who double down as devs though, they can.

Pretty sure this is intentional, just like not having dogs on the platinum package. The number of active gold donors lost probably wouldn't match the number of people paying for the new blip donation. You can get a permanent business marker on the online map for 50WP a month... Not the same, but it's an alternative. (+1 from me I'm just saying this is why these suggestions have always been denied in the past)

There aren't that many players interested in RPing that and the few who do enjoy it are overwhelmed by the requests of... Hundreds of people? It's also why you always see the same 3-4 lawyers in court cases. Not only do you have to really want to do it to stick around for long, but the entry barrier is one of the highest. If there are no witnesses you got away, plain and simple. Why do you think the meta is all black, mask and gloves? We can't RP face recognition but we can get descriptions. There are barely any places with CCTV (which is still kinda useless when a mask is on) and the few that have them... Well. You need an admin to get it, might take time, but the admin needs cooperation from the other party too. We CAN RP fingerprints if you have the appropriate units (qualified) to gather them, but if they haven't been put to your name beforehand they're worthless. Your phones (smartphones only) can only be tracked by a select few and with very good reason (a.k.a. being already certain that you've done something wrong). Corpses disappear (and sometimes desync and become invisible), injuries can be wiped clean with /changechar, clothes can be swapped instantly anywhere and never get bloody... Plates are hard to read unless you're within like 10 meters, basing an investigation out of "It was a black four-door Primo" because there's only one car spawned matching that description is metagamey af and doesn't really make much sense. Realistically speaking there'd be dozens of cars like that and having no plates (that you can now remove temporarily) makes it a weak lead. That is ignoring the fact that you can /vpark and that marks the end of it. Just to name a few... Those are only to name a few.

As a cop and K9 (a particularly frowned upon sub-section of the whole LEO space these days), I opt to turn a blind eye here and there for the sake of everyone's fun. Realistic? No. Would I rather punish someone for being unlucky (a.k.a. reckless in most cases)... Or pretend I didn't see that person quit the lockpicking minigame out the corner of my eye and instead approach them for a casual chat? Wouldn't cost me a thing to get the cuffs out but I'm playing with them, not against them. I find that approach way more entertaining and I'm sure many (if not most) of the people in situations like these feel the same way. That objectively makes me a terrible cop. Would you rather have it the other way? Well. There are plenty of cops who'd do it. Can you blame them for it? Each has its own playstyle, and activities they find fun. I know in many cases the players I'm up 'against' wouldn't react the way I do. Tough luck, I guess. I'll just go back to being treated like a liability or someone to stray away from. P.S.: Give cops a chance, not everyone is like me but you might be surprised at just how many of us wanna have fun with you. Just don't commit serious offenses in front of badges. There's only so much we can overlook before it becomes an abuse of corruption perms and we're forced to act. Back on topic though, it may be slow to hold cops accountable simply because you're reaching over to very niche positions that even most of the players in them don't even find all that engaging. Not only that, but generally speaking those people understand that being a cop in this server can get tricky at times (department manual, penal code, case laws, that's all sweet and dandy but then there are changes to the bail system, now you can't arrest here, now you have to do this, now that... coming every other week), and are willing to forgive certain things depending on the circumstances. I can't speak for excessive searches myself... But let me tell you that most of the things people complain about escape our control and we just have to follow policy. Having six cruisers in a pursuit line over a petty offense? Chances are at least one is gonna end up crashing, and in turn another one pulling out of the pursuit line to go check on that officer. Now you're down to the (at least by PD's book) four ideal units in line. Maybe that doesn't happen but we just can't get the car to stop. Some of the cruisers in line would eventually peel off and go try other ways of stopping the pursued vehicle. It's been said already. You can drive past a mugging and not even realize it because you see people standing and, quite literally, have no legal grounds to stop that nor a reason to even ask what's going on. It'd be annoying to patrol for, say, three hours and be stopping... calling that stop in on your radio... checking on the group only for them to actually be friends talking and nothing else, then back to the shop, update your radio again and repeat in two minutes. And please... Try some more mundane calls. I daresay most LEOs would rather respond to a couple arguing at home or a hobo bothering a business owner than yet another "found a body here, looks dead" or "I heard shots".

While few, we've had reports asking for permission to rob from vehicles, and generally speaking, if you specify that it's time-sensitive (and it really is, and not bait) it should be handled fairly quickly. Another approach would be to get an admin beforehand, ask for permission, and then look for someone to mug For two major reasons, one of which doesn't belong here... Admins are players and want to RP too

I'm making it all up... exposed 😞 If you look like trouble, some will definitely avoid you. If you don't? Well. Someone's gonna end up smelling your innocence, turn on those Witcher senses and pray for that rare PF weapon drop on-kill/rob. You don't have to believe me, dress up in regular clothes with a SFW haircut and take a stroll around. Bonus points if it's peak or low-pop hours. Where you hang out doesn't really matter, except on SC. That's like... Cheating... That defeats the purpose of having the rule in the first place and only serves to get people in unwarranted trouble, it opens up the opportunity for us admins to each come up with different outcomes for similar situations

This isn't a new rule, but a clarification. You couldn't involve a vehicle for a mugging before either but people didn't seem to think that way. That said, you can /report and ask for permission to use a vehicle for a mugging. Of course, most people don't want to do this because that means an admin gets involved (not pointing at those who do care, but those who are only after the asset gain and not the RP/development). The handling admin should be able to guide you through the process in case the answer is a 'no', explain why, and maybe offer alternatives. Sadly, this is needed. There are just too many people wanting to RP crooks and legal RPers were constantly being harassed at gunpoint and put in situations where they really couldn't do much more than comply. For every criminal playing with you and letting you interact, there are ten that'd rush the whole thing and shoot you if you don't comply almost immediately. Rules like these help even out the field, and instead of getting 50 reports about sub-par robberies... We get 5 or so.

Catching someone in the act of stealing your vehicle and opening fire is poor escalation. I guess I don't speak in the name of the entire team but what I'd personally expect (and according to IFM's ruling on escalation) is: Interrupt the thief > verbal altercation > Throw hands > Use a melee weapon / Pull a firearm > Shooting. Do note that the moment you escalate a fist fight it's generally accepted to go for a kill... As much as it pains me and I find it unrealistic af 😞 In situations like that, the realistic approach would be to either try to de-escalate the situation and tell whoever to peel off or escalate it to something non-lethal. And up until the moment a script fight starts, everything has to be RPed. The "fuck around and find out" still applies, but to getting beat up... Not murdered. @sixchar @Kix @Mako @pateuvasiliu @bennett @ScarletRose

Big respect for our modders and the hard work they've put into our clothing mods but man... Most of them are so... Off? Talking about females at least. There are just so many items I can't look at with a straight face and say "I'd wear that, yeah". We need more regular clothes... For the day-to-day. More sweatpants and less big booty jeans, more casual skirts (there's only one long one and it has white [skin] ankles? Looks so off with a black / Hispanic character). We need pajamas, cheap clothes, and not-so-cheap ones that you'd find on idk... Zara's website, Not wish.com ...

Ngl if it wasn't as easy to cheat (not really THAT easy to my knowledge, but all it takes is for someone who knows the how-to and shares it around...) we wouldn't have as many cheaters. It happens because it can happen... If ban evading wasn't so easy you'd see a LOT of these to quit doing it (and many other things). There are whole discord servers dedicated to this or channels in unofficial servers just like there are for evading, property flipping, OOC asset transfers, and anything you can think of. It's not easy to moderate and from what I've gathered not that easy to fight from the development side (?) There's only so much devs can do before it becomes a hassle for everyone and people quit because they cba to deal with the consequences of having a bunch that shouldn't be trusted with an internet connection.

If there's no agency behind it (and I mean something officially recognized somehow and not some random claiming to have one) it's prostitution no matter what it says on the tin. If it's not legal, it's not allowed to go to /ads. The biggest problem with this in my eyes is a fair bit of people do it for the sake of the ERP and not even the grind, and to avoid any sort of consequences to running what's basically an illegal 'business' they'd just NC the moment something feels off to them. It's harder to track on an OOC level for the same reason, not impossible but when there are so many characters who do nothing but 'escorts'... Well. It's not fair to punish all the same. Can't really expect to have staff members staring at /ads all the time waiting to catch them on the go, but... When I personally crushed these down I did notice a pretty big drop in escort ads. I guess fear of being 'exposed' is the only thing that can keep these at bay.

I wanna start things off with a disclaimer. My experiences IG have been largely civilian / LEO for the past year or so so I'm talking from an outdated... Call it uneducated point. Take that as you wish and please keep it civil. If I'm wrong I'd love to hear it but also keep the discussion rolling if one pops off in the first place. This is more of a ramble of mine. With the upcoming update, we're getting a handful of new cool ways for criminals to make money. Cool, really exciting changes, but this made me wonder... It's easy to call oneself a career criminal, many do, and rightfully so. what throws me off is when these are 'undefined' careers. Feels like every two-bit crook you see is into the drug or gun trade... Or both? House robberies, carjacking, mugging... Killing even. I don't doubt there are people like that IRL but I feel like those don't last long... For obvious reasons, or are simply not as common as they once were. A dwindling species thanks to new technologies to fight crime. I feel like being a career criminal is generally portrayed in a pretty vague manner. I know there are some career criminals out there who are very knowledgeable about a specific topic and keep their ill activities largely related to that field and that doesn't necessarily mean they can't do other types of activities... But do they really need to risk it and step foot into the unknown when that could mean an end to their lifestyle? Are we doing that for the actual roleplay behind, the gains, or because... Consequences are easy to avoid? Yes, it's a game, okay some people find it fun to do everything in one char... But where should we draw the line quality-wise? Because when a legal character does stuff like that (doing a handful of different jobs) they can be told off and the "Jack of all trades" term pops up. This isn't a why-them-but-not-these type post... I'm genuinely curious. What marks the difference? Now, I'm all in for letting people RP whatever they want within reason and we all know there's a sadly big part of this community chasing the dollar rather than the experience for some reason. Are we gonna have every [Insert SoCal name] (M) rocking signal jammers (just an example) on top of a revolver, HP drugs, bandages, mask, and nitrile gloves? They're expensive, right? But don't they make a shit ton of money anyways from all the other things? Who on their sane mind would be leaving home with no particular purpose other than be outside and think "Oh, snap! I almost forgot my surgical gloves"? I know of factions that enforce this, precisely. Factions that put their people to do specific tasks and get better at them. Maybe it's the faction-less criminals who do this? I'd love to hear more about this, and please don't see this as "an LEO complaining about illegals again". I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to RP and generally try to avoid the parts of enforcing the law that annoy people when I'm at it. I'm here for the ride, be it one good for my characters or a bad one. I'm not even asking for more ways to catch criminals, but what I'd really love to see is these to portray fear of consequences a bit more often. To have bank robbers rob banks and not everything that isn't bolted to the ground, or if they do so... To be justifiable. Maybe encourage readers who aren't into it already to give this a shot? Or learn something... I want to hear your thoughts on the topic and learn myself too!

My bad, I assumed they'd be just like that kind of vehicle is IRL That being said though, I still think Mules are way bigger in the cargo compartment than Boxvilles. Not only that, but those vehicles aren't ready to haul as much weight as a truck is. The boxville can barely reach 60 as is, and its engine doesn't sound precisely weak. It's a very heavy truck.

The mule's rear is completely empty, whereas the Boxville's isn't. Boxvilles have compartments, cabinets and a bench iirc, it's not all cargo space. If anything, the Mule should have a greater capacity.

I've already commented on this but... Really the biggest problem I see with this is a character's stamina is very susceptible and forcing the same for everyone is just not realistic. Why does my main character, a very active police officer who exercises every day have to have the same stamina as my alt character, who's always sitting around and doing nothing? Let people run as much as they want and if it's unrealistic... /report it. If anything like this is ever implemented, I sure hope it's limited to very specific scenarios (Carrying a lot of weight, as an effect for certain drugs, several weapons equipped through LEO loadout, maybe armor as well... Old age). I really think such a system is gonna bring more problems than solutions.