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12-07-2016, 11:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:05 AM by Fearless Community.
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There are several factors to reviving the house. None more important than economy. After about 20ish hours, there is little to work for, little to invest in, and little to lose. Some of the jobs that no one seriously play can be reused and some of the dealer jobs need reworking. The economy pricing as stands is horrible. Some guns cost next to nothing, others cost a ton. You can buy food, but the free food generally is the best. You can have a boat, but only two on the server at a time (seriously don't have the water for it to matter.
Second thing is rules and how they apply to the gamemode. Some are redundant, some limit the gameplay of some aspects of the game. Roleplay styles are descriminated against.
Third, we need our own in house map maker. Places that have unique and decent custom maps that aren't too big in size but have the features required for the content. (I.E. Waterways for boats.)
As for development, a lot of things still need to be done, but it's not really about adding a ton of content to what we have, it's about finding the right balance. My favorite dark rp server still uses CS:S weapons with no aim down sights, no stamina, almost completely vanilla, but yet it holds 70 people during it's low population hours. They thrive for a few reasons, many of which we could easily do here, and a lot of that has to do with simplified ruleset and a very specific proceedure to admin sits.
The administration need to be experts at both rule knowledge and server roleplay. Not one or the other, but both. I've recommended a form to screening to help with ensuring some quality control takes place outside of opinion.
As a gamemode
This stuff generally is okay: Police, SRU, President/Vice President.
This stuff needs work: Dealers, passive jobs, default criminal jobs.
This stuff is pretty much broken or otherwise bad: BMD, NDS, Fireman, Chaffeur
This stuff is missing: Additional ways to earn money outside of selling or contra. (plenty of options for this out there, from farming to mining and everything in between) and, Additional ways to sink money out of the economy. (translates to more things to buy, making things more expendable, or gambling.)
It's early in the am here, but I've been kickin rocks on this stuff for a long time. Hit me up with something more specific and I'll lay out thoughts for ya privately.
Second thing is rules and how they apply to the gamemode. Some are redundant, some limit the gameplay of some aspects of the game. Roleplay styles are descriminated against.
Third, we need our own in house map maker. Places that have unique and decent custom maps that aren't too big in size but have the features required for the content. (I.E. Waterways for boats.)
As for development, a lot of things still need to be done, but it's not really about adding a ton of content to what we have, it's about finding the right balance. My favorite dark rp server still uses CS:S weapons with no aim down sights, no stamina, almost completely vanilla, but yet it holds 70 people during it's low population hours. They thrive for a few reasons, many of which we could easily do here, and a lot of that has to do with simplified ruleset and a very specific proceedure to admin sits.
The administration need to be experts at both rule knowledge and server roleplay. Not one or the other, but both. I've recommended a form to screening to help with ensuring some quality control takes place outside of opinion.
As a gamemode
This stuff generally is okay: Police, SRU, President/Vice President.
This stuff needs work: Dealers, passive jobs, default criminal jobs.
This stuff is pretty much broken or otherwise bad: BMD, NDS, Fireman, Chaffeur
This stuff is missing: Additional ways to earn money outside of selling or contra. (plenty of options for this out there, from farming to mining and everything in between) and, Additional ways to sink money out of the economy. (translates to more things to buy, making things more expendable, or gambling.)
It's early in the am here, but I've been kickin rocks on this stuff for a long time. Hit me up with something more specific and I'll lay out thoughts for ya privately.