I’d like to start off by saying that I appreciate you are being open to hearing suggestions from the community, and I really hope you continue to be so that we can come to you with ideas and suggestions that we have in the future.
Here is an update that may be difficult to do, but would accomplish so much:
-More types of robberies for criminals like SMUGGLING (pls read below);
On the topic of smuggling, an update like this could REALLY bring activity. Expand the map to extend the area of water accessible by boats. Create an ISLAND (larger than like skull) which will be something like a small tourist town and make it possible so that smuggling can be started from this area. This island should only be accessible by boat, or at least harder to access by driving. The entire island should be under the primary jurisdiction of the Stapleton County Port Authority. It should have a helipad, a port, and a smaller park with a waterfall for people to visit. An update like this brings a lot:
-New robbery system (smuggling)
-New department that has been waiting to be added
-Map expansion where people can hang out
-Encourages people to buy boats and earn money for that
-Gives possibility of introducing a new van/truck/semi to the game’
-Makes more RPs possible
I KNOW this is very difficult and unlikely, but if we really want a big update to the game to increase activity, something like this works. It could even be as minimal as possible (the island too). Don’t hate. (bacon island)
Here are just some suggestions at the top of my head:
-Allow people to have more opportunities to join departments (e.x making parks count as two secondaries)
-Placeable podiums and other tools for those who host events, in government
-More value for having more money, such as being able to purchase accessories like hats, bags, watches, maybe even clothes
-DOS team
-Similar to what Aigio had, make it possible to HUNT DEER in state park for money
-Make the FS State Bank in prom a complete building and allow a unique way to rob that place
-Wanted system; the more you rob and the more you stay ingame and evade, the more you can make every 2 minutes. Star levels could be a thing
I know updates like this are quite difficult and may not suit the game, I am just putting these ideas out there as a way to increase the things to do in this game. A map expansion with the distant island regardless would be cool.
Realistically, I think the game needs to cater ever so slightly to newcomers in a way that mainstream games do without changes the overall premise of firestone. Ads is the big one but also creating a small tab on the sidebar in the lower right corner where you can find a basic game tutorial and a tutorial for robberies. Will help incorporate a new playerbase.
The one thing aigio got right was the smuggling mechanic and deer hunting. Both were very popular and things for civs/crims to do other than robberies.
Adding a new road or building isn’t going to cut it.
(but anything else we can add is already in v3 so can we maybe just expediate the v3 release because we’ve been waiting for this for far damn too long?)
Adding on, the major factor that I believe contributes a lot to the gameplay is the guns. 75% of action we get in game is PVP gunfighting. The gun system in this game absolutely sucks and is extremely outdated. If we had a gun system that could compete with other ro-states and which didn’t cause immense server lag when firing just a single bullet in a crowded space I believe this could encourage more crims to want to play the game which would mean more LEO in game and more people in servers. People only join servers that are full, not dead.
I’ve been playing this game since the very beginning when it was just created and I could tell you the only thing that motivates me to play the game right now is the combat.
This game has played a huge part of life for the last practical decade, I would really hate to have to see it end this way, change needs to happen. We were lucky there weren’t any other Ro-States that were competing especially with Mayflower being shutdown but now with the emergence of Clark County its starting to have an effect on our numbers.
Good idea, but you guys are able to do rallies and campaign in-game WITHOUT these tools. The last election was a DISAPPOINTMENT, don’t let this one fall to the same fate.
People keep suggesting a new car, new placeable, or new departments. That would not make the game any more active. It would probably make the game active for 2 weeks at max and then die down and we are back to the drawing boards.
We both been here long enough to witness this. V2 is behind compared to all other states and LEO/criminal games, we still use a tool to arrest while most games use a feature where you just press a button on the suspect.
Everything promised in v3 was considered “new” back in 2018 but now the stuff v3 had planned are published in other games making everything in v3 already old. Look at Ridgeway or Clark county. They both took the ideas for v3 and published it already.
Imo, if you want v2 to have constant activity you have to somewhat redo ALOT of the stuff. Redoing most of the scripting for guns, cars, and many more (basically get ride of anything that causes lag but that probably means removing so many important aspects.) At that point releasing v3 would probably be the better idea.
P.S I aint no dev but just thought i could throw my 2 cents
properly rp’ed organized crime or situations where criminals actually roleplay stuff and take the time to plan things out (compared to bank robbery with just ambush & rush as soon as the robbery is over).
long stretch but allowing departments that aren’t fbi to establish policies & divisions that allow realistic plain-clothes officers (jump out boys ((jeans/khakis and t-shirts with vest and badge)) )
