Hi all,
Whilst playing on the community for some time now, I have found myself becoming irritated as well as less entertained by the server due to lack of "Role Play" on the server, whilst I understand the point in having fun, some good gameplay etc and people enjoying a firefight, I find myself repeatedly having the same problems and seeing the lack of Role Play.
Potential Causes:
No advantages/gain from RP on the server.
Enjoyment from shooting / firefights.
Others not interacting in RP situations (ignoring or choosing not to participate).
Rule issues surrounding RP enforcement or RP in general on the server.
Potential Resolutions:
Enforce more RP on the server.
Change the rules around firefights, FearRP, Police Chases, use of firearms etc.
Try to get staff and higher ups in departments to try Role Play more and interact more in situations to bring RP back.
Increase RP events to a more regular occurrence with plenty of pre-planning.
Increase use of none lethal force including that of spike strips in pursuits.
Allow traffic stops to occur where an unarmed police officer can stop someone for speeding or running a red light and not let the person being stopped just jump out and shoot the police officer.
Stop people being able to just advert anything they want such as "blah blah is undercover" which ruins immersion for some.
Enforce the "PD Raid" cooldown properly and have a command that is done by the person hosting it such as !PDRAID or similar which would advert the PD Raid, reset the !viewcooldowns command for the PD raid and stops people being able to do one every time they "forget" or can't reach the armoury.
Now I can understand that this is a Semi-Serious RP server however that does not excuse the constant amount of firefights and lack of RP that is encountered on the server on a regular basis. A major flaw within the server at the moment is the "PD Raid" which is in all honesty an excuse for people to enter PD and shoot up a lot of officers then to leave with no gain. - I am not saying all people do this, however it does seam this way, not only that, it discourages people from playing as PD as they feel that they will get into the server, spawn, go to PD, get their gear and then if there is a PD raid, they will end up dead, respawn and have to stand around for however long the raid takes, which on some occasions can be a good 20 minutes, this not only kills the activity of PD but kills the servers population for those people who do not have custom jobs or want to just play as police officers, a potential solution as a temporary is sort out the little town PD armoury just as a small fix until London is released.
Arguments that will be raised:
"The server is semi serious, we need these as they are fun, its just a game" - I respect that but this is also still an RP server so some level of RP would be good.
"You are just complaining because you can't shoot or are bad" - I don't deny that my firearm skills on the server are not the best, I am just arguing that I prefer some RP over shooting every 2 seconds, especially if I just wanted to do a routine traffic stop.
As a quote from fzn (my name is not an abbreviation - please don't capitalize it -fzn) - "Whats wrong with actually putting effort into RP? Kidnappings, bases, raids... not just constant firefights that annoy everyone?" - Completely agree, this should help in some way, shape or form.
I am happy to discuss with management any time and help in regards to this. I am also open to numerous ideas and suggestions around this and will alter any suggestions above or add to them if anyone would like.
Many thanks,
Whilst playing on the community for some time now, I have found myself becoming irritated as well as less entertained by the server due to lack of "Role Play" on the server, whilst I understand the point in having fun, some good gameplay etc and people enjoying a firefight, I find myself repeatedly having the same problems and seeing the lack of Role Play.
Potential Causes:
No advantages/gain from RP on the server.
Enjoyment from shooting / firefights.
Others not interacting in RP situations (ignoring or choosing not to participate).
Rule issues surrounding RP enforcement or RP in general on the server.
Potential Resolutions:
Enforce more RP on the server.
Change the rules around firefights, FearRP, Police Chases, use of firearms etc.
Try to get staff and higher ups in departments to try Role Play more and interact more in situations to bring RP back.
Increase RP events to a more regular occurrence with plenty of pre-planning.
Increase use of none lethal force including that of spike strips in pursuits.
Allow traffic stops to occur where an unarmed police officer can stop someone for speeding or running a red light and not let the person being stopped just jump out and shoot the police officer.
Stop people being able to just advert anything they want such as "blah blah is undercover" which ruins immersion for some.
Enforce the "PD Raid" cooldown properly and have a command that is done by the person hosting it such as !PDRAID or similar which would advert the PD Raid, reset the !viewcooldowns command for the PD raid and stops people being able to do one every time they "forget" or can't reach the armoury.
Now I can understand that this is a Semi-Serious RP server however that does not excuse the constant amount of firefights and lack of RP that is encountered on the server on a regular basis. A major flaw within the server at the moment is the "PD Raid" which is in all honesty an excuse for people to enter PD and shoot up a lot of officers then to leave with no gain. - I am not saying all people do this, however it does seam this way, not only that, it discourages people from playing as PD as they feel that they will get into the server, spawn, go to PD, get their gear and then if there is a PD raid, they will end up dead, respawn and have to stand around for however long the raid takes, which on some occasions can be a good 20 minutes, this not only kills the activity of PD but kills the servers population for those people who do not have custom jobs or want to just play as police officers, a potential solution as a temporary is sort out the little town PD armoury just as a small fix until London is released.
Arguments that will be raised:
"The server is semi serious, we need these as they are fun, its just a game" - I respect that but this is also still an RP server so some level of RP would be good.
"You are just complaining because you can't shoot or are bad" - I don't deny that my firearm skills on the server are not the best, I am just arguing that I prefer some RP over shooting every 2 seconds, especially if I just wanted to do a routine traffic stop.
As a quote from fzn (my name is not an abbreviation - please don't capitalize it -fzn) - "Whats wrong with actually putting effort into RP? Kidnappings, bases, raids... not just constant firefights that annoy everyone?" - Completely agree, this should help in some way, shape or form.
I am happy to discuss with management any time and help in regards to this. I am also open to numerous ideas and suggestions around this and will alter any suggestions above or add to them if anyone would like.
Many thanks,
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