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@$piffyI wanted to say scenario schemes bro, sorry. 😂 Not solo schemes.

Give illegal players the incentive to sell drugs, weapons, get in faction wars - even senseless ones (on a street gang level). Make sure they won't be punished for this or have to put in immense amounts of work so that they can obtain basic supplies to perform illegal actions (weapons, drugs, turf) - by going a bit softer on the application formats and, while not necessarily lowering the standards; but simply making it easier to get into situations with people on the whole spectrum of roleplay. Law enforcement roleplay is as solid as it can be, even though there are some inactivity concerns; I'm sure this will be resolved once illegal roleplayers start actively partaking in server activities, whether that be In Game or on the Forums (since we all know; if the amount of people chatting shit on Discord actually decided to hop In Game, we'd be breaking PB records). There are many venues of roleplay that should be promoted and supported. @Deceive has been doing an excellent job with the Events Team and has been going out of his way to contribute all the necessary efforts to give players more reason to log In Game, so I have to give credit where credit is due. We need to realize that this server can only be run if the people want a server to roleplay on. People shouldn't be shying away from joining the server because they've already got assets on other roleplay servers and can't bother to start "all over again" on this server - which is why we should be rewarding players on the whole spectrum of roleplay with the tools necessary to carry out roleplay. Business leases should be more accessible and less strict on the managing part; at some point I'm sure we've all hopped In Game at least once, roamed around when there's a "solid" amount of players online and were not able to find anyone In Game; and have thought to yourself "God, I wish there was an open business where people could just come and I'd know where to find people to roleplay with". As far as I'm concerned (this is a stretch, I admit) - literally just have a motivated member reach out to the upper administration team and have them set a spawn point and a default interior at a certain location and have them lead it as a business. The interiors and businesses don't need to be mind-blowing or anything special, as far as I'm concerned it can be "Joe's Bar" in the middle of Downtown Los Santos and have people of all backgrounds roam that area (sort of like a renowned mixture of Verona Mall and Idlestacks), and then when people feel like playing; they at least know where to go if they want immediate roleplay. We all complained about mallrats and idlerats, but, I would be more than happy to have the opportunity to interact with those and wish they'd return, so that we could maximize the amount of players online. Make ricers a thing. Vehicle modifications should be promoted way more and people should be given the freelance opportunity to pop modifications on their vehicles without the need of a mechanic through a similar thing as the scenario scheme, where you could roleplay a certain task (such as purchasing and installing new rims), and then be able to forward your roleplay to a certain team that would then review the roleplay at hand and grant you the necessary modifications if they deem the roleplay to be fit. This would help promote people researching and finding out how certain things they want done actually work and it is a useful feature for real life situations as well. (Keep in mind, I used vehicle modifications as an example here - this can vary from small weed plants, to cooking meth, and whatever other thing your character would be able to carry out on any level of roleplay). In order to fully execute the aforementioned idea, scenario schemes should NOT be restricted to factions. Regular solo roleplayers or any faction member at any given time would be able to submit their roleplay logs to a certain team which would then review and grant the player the item/modification they spent time roleplaying/researching on. We need more freedom and less admin intervention in many of the current present tasks on the server. Make robbing houses a command and have many of these rentable properties actually become purchasable properties that you would pay tax for (replacing the weekly rent idea) and create the option of purchasing different levels of house alarms so that law enforcement would be notified and be able to intervene. Make it so that you cannot /v park vehicles and they disappear into thin air, but instead they'd be parked wherever you last left them - and this would promote people leaving their illegal supplies within houses, sheds, garages - which would in turn promote burglary roleplayers - which would in turn promote a motivated circle where law enforcement would also be able to intervene if the roleplay carried out wasn't careful enough. There are so many ideas to go off in order to promote player interaction and I'm sure the development team can take a deeper look into what I said and if they're in interested in anything that I mentioned earlier, they can reach out to me personally and I can create a suggestions thread where I would elaborate in much more detail and put a poll up. There needs to be a high risk high reward system implemented that doesn't involve admin intervention. Enjoy my little rant, tl;dr - Make LS-RP great again. Thank you.

@livid said it all - homie spitting facts! Plus this Focus more on illegal side of the RP more, make it easy to set up a faction. Nerf the LEO - they're so over powered with their unlimited ammo and ganging up on a single suspect. Take staff reports more seriously, alot of staff get away with alot of things here. Apart of this, LSRP will picks up new players, and old players already shown interest in returning to the server if most of these issues get addressed properly. Besides that, do more community meetings, i know IRL can be hold alot of people, but maybe 30mins a week is doable for everyone. Before i end this comment, i want to dedicate a special thanks to the Devs team, and the staff of still hops IG and on discord to assist.

@livid perfectly summarized everything that needs to happen for the illegal side of things but I'll echo what was said... - Go softer on the applications while not necessarily lowering the standards Illegal roleplayers have no way of obtaining the basic items that we need (drugs/weapons) to create roleplay for ourselves and the community, unless we put in a MLA formatted essay explaining why our character would need said items, which would THEN grant us access to specific commands/script features. So of course the illegal roleplay scene will be stale when only a select few players have access to this, especially if they aren't active. I understand we don't want everyone to easily obtain weapons or hard drugs, and these items should be being distributed by gangs and such...but at the same time it should readily be available to players who want to engage in that type of RP. - Make it so you can't /v park, but instead they are parked wherever you last left them Yes...creates oppurtunity for more breakins, which could lead to more engagement between LEOs and criminals. Few things to add to the illegal side which some are already in the works... House Robberies (being worked on) ATM Hacking devices/skimmers As Livid stated, More freedom, player independency, and less admin intervention. Break rules or abuse anything given to you, be punished that simple

I play the server but thought I’d go into what I’ve heard and witnessed myself. (1) Clear roadmap of what we want the server to be and how we will get there. Relying off of our name from SAMP isn’t going to work. (2) New features or opportunities for roleplay that are unique to LSRP, working with the illegal factions and IFM to address their concerns regarding guns. (3) A roleplay center, in SAMP this was Idlewood and then the Mall. The map is simply too big for new players to find roleplay. (4) Better jobs for newer players, incentives to put in hours. This is partly addressed by the social security check that players receive but it’s not enough for a player to even afford a car to get to their place of work. (5) Balancing the police and criminal roleplay. Not necessarily meaning limiting police officers that can be on duty but limiting the response for common call occurrence. The entire LSPD and LSSD shouldn’t be chasing a suspect who evades from a traffic stop. (6) Make staff more approachable, this includes monthly chats with management and an overall zero tolerance policy for staff being rude to players. Staff is here to assist.

I would personally like to see some love go into civilian and illegal. We have a drug scheme that is inactive due to no effects of the drugs. I would personally like to see an in-game tutorial. This was a main feature in LSRP and was very useful leaving new players not feeling helpless or overwhelmed. A tutorial would be useful. More civilian jobs. /startshift to be revised - company owners are putting in the effort for 0 return? A script to support business for example selling coffee and tea, we don't have a script for these but with new rules and implementation from the company team, company leaders are expected to sell something that is not physically there scripts-wise. The implementation/removal of funds/support from admins is to only be adjusted when developers have implemented if the script supports them. Not to implement and remove things before we have a script - this is demotivating. I feel sometimes we take 1 step forward and 2 steps back. instead of sitting back and thinking. Premium to be revised - Make it so it is worth buying. Give some features/rewards for the premium. They are sat there with no meaning or reward - it is not worth buying. @Dos Santos

Hey mate, thank you for this will take this on board and divert them to the relevant areas - any other people? Illegal scene needs work definitely, what can we do?

I've been saying this in casual conversation with friends I've made so far here. I think a monthly community meeting on discord in a voice channel would be a very, very good course of action to get this ship steering the right way. Multiple points can be shared across multiple perspectives. I really hope to see this happen in the near future. I'll attend no matter what- I got discord on my phone and some headphones 🙂

Hey LSRP Community, I feel like recently there has been some sort of confusion on certain information regarding illegal factions, and many other stuff as well. Just focusing on the illegal side today, I would like to update everyone on what we have available, and what we will have available. First of all, Faction Team has changed their name to Illegal Faction Team, and keeping all sub-teams consistent with the name. There was some confusion on what the Faction Team did, so we wanted to make it very clear. Before we get into the information, Illegal Faction Team Council has decided to offer a "stimulus" package for factions containing 5+ members. Any new factions meeting this criteria will receive the following: Scripted faction $5,000 Faction Property 2 faction vehicles. After many suggestions for this, I believe this will inspire some people to start the faction and start roleplaying. The 5 members must be exclusive to that faction and cannot be apart of another faction trying to get the stimulus. If you are interested, please forum pm @almightybounter & @Mitcholodolo the application below. We are also making Faction topics approval only, so if you post your thread, it must get approved by anyone within the Illegal Faction Team. This is to combat any low quality faction topics and also check for plagiarism etc. Pawnshops Pawnshops was recently added with Major Update 1.7 so people can sell a variety of jewelry to it and receive cash, as well as launder money at these pawnshops. Various clothing items and electronics can be sold at a pawnshop and you will receive 40% of the original price. You can also clean cash at these areas if your faction has that permission active. Cleaning cash will be needed if you rob a cash truck. Server sided pawnshops are currently available. (/gps Rudy's Big Pawn or Boulevard Pawn) Cash Truck Robberies With Major Update 1.7 (wow what a good update), companies can drive armored cash trucks to refill ATMs around the city. These trucks can be robbed and the cash inside can be taken (It's an actual item in the armored truck and can be taken via i). Cash robbed from the truck successfully can be laundered at any pawnshop by a faction with the permission to launder. Drugs We know the drug market seems a bit stale right now, but no worries we are working on making it more engaging and exciting, starting off with the effects of our current drugs. We want to make them worth buying and to be used to make the drug economy flow. These effects are getting discussed, but we would like some of the feedback from experienced figures within the community through Illegal Faction Team Public (more info later in the post). List of new drugs recently added: Lean - Raises max health after brutally wounded Nitrous Oxide (Balloon) MDMA LSD Ketamine - Increases accuracy Peyote PCP - Reduces incoming damage These drugs are in the server but no specific effects added yet, coming soon! We also are working on bringing back the storage types just like the old days, but updated and evolved. Car Jacking Chop shops not specifically being a thing, you can still steal cars and get paid for them if you are over level 5. We didn't hide this feature behind a faction scheme so anyone can go to the website (car4cash581nm87.onion) via your IG phone and see what's on the market! Scenario Scheme As of right now, members of factions can join the club and apply for Scenario Scheme. Scenario schemes consists of gaining rewards for specific roleplay scenarios such as Robbing a jewelry store or a container at the docks for money, items, etc. Robbing ATMs and fillers are also an alternative to robbing the armored trucks. The opportunities are endless with this scheme. All scenarios are reviewed and a time limit is set before cops have to be called. We do allow low risk and no risk scenarios, but the reward will be less. The higher the risk, the higher the reward. Illegal Faction Team Public We are starting Illegal Faction Team Public fresh and we are now going back to Letters of interest. There won't be a application and we aren't expecting much, but we want to know your history within illegal roleplay and why you want to be apart of IFTP. All LOIs should be sent to @Mitcholodolo & @almightybounter via Forum PM. Our Verified and Official Faction perks are being reworked to be updated with the server, and will be posted soon. Any other info about schemes and faction information and Rules of Engagement can be found here https://community.ls-rp.com/forums/forum/98-faction-information/. I hope this post clears up some things on the illegal side and allows everyone to expand their roleplay knowing what features we have available.