Server Suggestion Make Gas Pumps Not Take Cash

[Dekkrior]

Suggestion Title: Make Gas Pumps Not Take Cash
Suggestion Description: Remove the cash requirement from the gas pump and make it exclusively bank payment.

Why should this be added?:
Have you ever seen a gas pump that even offers to let you use cash?

What negatives could this have?:
People have to withdraw cash less frequently

What problem would this suggestion solve?: Going to the gas pump, trying to fuel, and realizing you need CASH for the automated pump, having to run to the ATM, fast cash 2000, realize the fuel tax is so high so you have to go BACK to the ATM to get MORE cash just to feed a pump that should exclusively take electronic payments

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[Big bobby hill]

Please broooooo accept this

 

[roos]

Or just make the employee in the Gas station charge you for it instead of paying to the gas pump

 

[Big bobby hill]

Or just make the employee in the Gas station charge you for it instead of paying to the gas pump

shit thats a good idea

 

[GP]

It's not just a matter of convenience, but also balance: there has to be a reason to have cash on you in case you get mugged.
The simplest solution is to carry more money on you at all times, but this also increases risk of losing it. A trade-off that you need to decide

 

[Nova.]

It's not just a matter of convenience, but also balance: there has to be a reason to have cash on you in case you get mugged.
The simplest solution is to carry more money on you at all times, but this also increases risk of losing it. A trade-off that you need to decide

Tbh it's also annoying when you forget that you don't have cash on you then you have to run across the gas station to get cash Maybe that's just me being lazy who knows. Plus with a lot of gas stations taking digital cards now like Apple pay etc it's realistic . Also you also don't need to cash to just buy gas, You can buy food items etc.

 

[P4RANOI4]

Genuinely just carry 5k on you and replenish once you need to, its much easier
and you only lose 5k once in a blue moon if you ever get in a shit situation

 

[leaf]

just dont get mugged

 

[Christopher Bonanno]

i hand the guy behind the counter money everytime i get gas. Love you Bibby, see you wednesday brotha

 

[Bindex¹]

I gotta agree bring Card payments to Cash pumps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Leqq]

In practice, people usually withdraw exactly what they need for fuel and end up carrying very little cash once they're done. Because of that, the current system does not really encourage players to carry large amounts of cash or create meaningful mugging opportunities anyway. i think using bank transactions is better and realistic

 

[Foga]

It's not just a matter of convenience, but also balance: there has to be a reason to have cash on you in case you get mugged.
The simplest solution is to carry more money on you at all times, but this also increases risk of losing it. A trade-off that you need to decide

This is not a real reason. If your going into muggable areas you put your money away plus it's 2k lmao.

 

[Dekkrior]

It's not just a matter of convenience, but also balance: there has to be a reason to have cash on you in case you get mugged.
The simplest solution is to carry more money on you at all times, but this also increases risk of losing it. A trade-off that you need to decide

I respectfully disagree that a core gameplay mechanic should be encouraged by a minor inconvenience caused by a very standard device in real life not functioning as it should realistically. We don't have to buy cars in cash, we don't have to buy properties in cash. We do have to buy food and other items with cash (Which if now dated still makes sense). It does not make sense that an exclusively card-using machine in real life only accepts cash. If this was intended to be a legitimate risk/reward mechanic, there would not be an ATM at gas stations, or near any shopping locations.

If getting cash/getting rid of cash were not an instant, free process within 30 seconds run maximum anywhere inside city/business I could maybe see it. But given that ATMs are matter-energy converters that synthesize and destroy cash on a whim at no cost, it's nothing more than a minor inconvenience. I would argue that (While not being more fun for the majority of players) you could be better served by ATMs charging a transaction fee of 2-3%. This would encourage players to take out and retain cash, as making a dedicated trip to the bank to deposit it without a fee would actually be a meaningful gameplay mechanic.

To be clear, I don't think that mechanic is a good idea, but I feel like it's a much better implementation of "It's a reason to have cash" than "It's slightly less annoying at the gas pump"

While I get mugging being a gameplay feature, I think there are far better ways to encourage people to carry stuff with them instead which could actually create gameplay, rather than just be an extremely minor (But regularly frustrating) thing that factually does not make sense.