I guess you took my idea hey? oh well, you can use it.
Farm lots have been on the to do list for a really, really long time. At least since a 6 months before the original city went down.
Hey everyone, I'm not currently at my computer with the new build on it, but its about 90% done, using some older builds. Of course, Niliscro and Swat725 will be admins on the new server (whenever it is set up). They are right about now being the best time to make suggestions. However these changes are already planned:
-arrests no longer immediately charge you for the demerits if you have it, you will be given a choice and jail will be the default option
-farm lots will be added, however they will be very basic and just use the default grass texture for crops by default.
-residential and commercial lots instead of just normal.
-implementation of scout31's gas mod (if appropriate)
-many things on "the list" that have yet to be implemented, at least some of them will be added.
We might want to just cut down on the number of weapons, since that seems to be our biggest crime issue. Licenses seemed like a good idea at first, but it probably wouldn't make much of a difference to people who rack up thousands of demerits, anyway.
I'll just list out my suggestions here, since we're on that topic:
[Crime/Weapon Suggestions]
+Decreased number of weapons - We really don't need the vast number of rifles and automatics that we have. The defaults, mac 10, and one or two types of assault weapons, shotguns, and rifles should be sufficient.
+More expensive ammo - Realistically speaking, ammo wouldn't cost at least $1 per round, but there's a huge inflation factor between real life and metro. So ammo needs to cost more. This would also cut down on crime rates, or at least shorten people's kill streaks.
+Tying into the ammo price increase, weapons need to be more expensive, as well.
+Jail terms are definitely long enough, but we need to increase the price to bail out. I'd much rather toss up 1k than wait 60 minutes to be freed, so maybe we can increase the charge rate to around 5k per tick.
+Players who amount more than 1500 demerits and players who commit murder should be sent to prison without bail.
[Lot/Real Estate Suggestions]
+Lots should either be progressively more expensive as you buy more (to cut down on lot hoggers), or simply have more space available in the new city.
+I don't know what you plan to do with the commercial lots, but perhaps make it so items can only be spawned via the selling events on commercial lots. This still allows players to have personal spawns elsewhere, but they just can't sell them. Similar to the craft event for Indus lots.
Really all I can think of for now. I don't know if Swat or you have the old rule list, but it's possible that I may have the events saved. I'll post them here if I do so we can get going on the rule changes in public so people can give input.
