The compromise

[Adistar]

With all these discussions going on, we finally managed to get on a common ground with certain individuals from the cop side. This suggestion could be a good first step for future agreements and possible features.

The idea (Thanks to @Jay for the core of the idea) is to place vending machines at hospital or a little further away from the bank. The vending machines would offer products such as an energy drink which could enhance the speed and other products which could f.e heal the players; we can discuss the products in more detail here, and everyone is free to suggest anything else that could be added in the vending machine. I want to focus on the speed feature mainly.

The general purpose of this suggestion is that, instead of removing scripts to balance the sides, the server should add new features to make it more challenging and enjoyable. As the speed feature was being discussed lately(Important remark: the discussion was not just about balancing both sides but also about the script being a 'silly' mechanic. But as the poll in Kain's topic has shown, the majority does not agree with removing the speed feature, namely because it is fun to use), this is how the vending machine could stop the discussions about speed or drugs dealers in general:

• The vending machine could sell an energy drink which gives everyone 1.15, 1.2 or 1.25 more speed. Honestly I think 1.2 is more fair and you will understand after reading the next points


• Drugs dealers will still sell a speed drug which SHOULD be faster than the energy drink in the vending machine, but both the seller and the buyer will get wanted stars, THUS @Lincoln's suggestion should be reconsidered, and the drug will be more expensive. This will get rid of cops spawning as drugs dealer at BR and the general drugs dealers camping at hospital to sell as there is a vending machine which everyone can access, which could potentially improve the economy as well, as the speed feature is being over-bought. Finally, criminals won't be able to camp at jail unwanted with drugs, so that they can prepare themselves to rush into jail easily.


• As the current speed drug makes you 1.3 times faster, I propose that buying the energy drink must make you 1.2 in this case, or even 1.15, as cops already have shotgun, but this could be discussed.

Personally, I think this vending machine has way more pros than cons and definitely is a way to improve the server, balancing both sides and the economy. As this idea is seriously being considered by certain staff members, I would like to know your opinions and if you agree with the idea, maybe share suggestions what other products could be added to the vending machine. Thanks for readin!

Edit: PC dogs SHOULD NOT be allowed to buy any of these.

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@Terry said in The compromise:

People who are saying that ''speed drugs have been in the server for a very long time'', and this matter to remove it is just being brought up now only because cops don't want it is an unvalid argument, it is only being brought up now because in the past, level 5 gangs didn't have 2 seperate selling abilities and everyone went for arms dealing instead of drugs, and you couldn't request a selling ability which did not fit your gang's roleplay, basically it was only HS which had drugs selling ability as their first and main roleplay, so it wasn't that popular among other gangs, hence its usage was very limited and it wasn't as easy as today to find a player with speed drugs, so it wasn't bothering anyone because speed drugs wasn't involved in the gameplay as much as it is right now, it's exactly the opposite nowadays, it's hard to find a criminal which doesn't have speed drugs since the only gang that stands by its RP role nowadays is just AA, all others have drugs / guns regardless of their RP roles.

What do ya fucking mean? We @BloodZ sell drugs according to our RP role. It's clearly mentioned in our RP section that we deal with drugs. We feel offended.

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@Adistar said in The compromise:

The idea (Thanks to @Jay for the core of the idea) is to place vending machines at hospital or a little further away from the bank.

If the vending machines are placed away from the bank, how the crims supposed to use energy drinks in BR? Wouldn't the effect wear off by then when we need that?