You're so right king gunfights in perp will literally always suck and it's fine because that's not meant to be the main attraction to the server, merely a method by which people roleplay with each other.
A better check would be on doors to see if there has been a recent crowbarring attempt.
Naturally, lock picks would not be covered as they do not cause visible damage to a lock.
Brian Hero is a martyr. He gave his freedom up for expressing his roleplay creativity. He was a candle for all of the dejected roleplayers suppressed by big pvp. One day may he return.
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It is important to consider that due to the competition being incredibly grindy these 20 players will have a disproportionate presence on the server and therefore them being toxic and salty or whatever will be exacerbated.
A better prison rework would be letting people actually walk around and do some mild roleplay when in prison (which would require a rewaork of the prison block, has been suggested before and will probably never hapopen)