Future of FL

[Rowan13]

If you can stick to golden age CityRP mechanics (simpler gun and ammo mechanics, bring back tranqs n rope), but rename it to DarkRP without it being DarkRP at all, you might get away with a real revival. Or rename cityrp to RealLifeRP since zoomers are clinically braindead.

Feature-creep became a thing in post 2016 FL to an unfunny degree so much sp that iirc there was at least a couple of rewinds made to the game mode due to incompatibilities and complications.

v2d as a map choice is pretty big brained already (any classic/popular small map that isnt in the GTA wannabe category works since genrrally speaking these smaller maps are more tightly packed with features and detailed spaces and it forces organic player interaction)

This isn't just nostalgia talking, earlier simplicity was only victim to feature creep because oldf@gs couldn't help but cheer for any new added layer of complexity to shake things up- and I'm not even saying it in a blame laying way- it is just how these things go. Alternation between growth & contraction of mechanical/feature complexity is only natural in places like these.

I just hope the management/dev/community is self-aware enough to know at which point of the community lifecycle we're on.