@Samuel How hard you work is again irrelevant, apps take forever and by the time you've passed, or failed you'll already practically be done with perp. I don't remember how many times I tried for SGT but it feels like I attempted at least twice, in which both times took forever I just gave up. I also accidentally answered incorrectly once which IIRC even with a support ticket wasn't resurrected so I completely gave up on the system itself after my application was denied and eventually resigned to Officer from CPL. This was well over a year ago so it could be something else I'm thinking of, but I'm pretty sure that's how it went. I know I don't want to spend 3 months applying for stuff. I'd rather pay for premium and go on duty as SWAT, or join a different community that hasn't become as elitist and exclusive as this one has. Equal opportunity is certainly here, it's all about waiting people out so they give up. I've seen faster response times on applications in several different communities than I've seen here.
I also see no attempts at trying to make the gamemode more inviting for newer players, or easier to learn through the tutorial mode I've heard so much about. If you want to be this stubborn about something so simple, go ahead. The complete whitelist and unnecessary addition of several ranks killed it IMO. SGT and LT was enough, it was the urge for more realism that ultimately killed this community. It's actually so realistic I could honestly get dressed in my shittily made uniform I bought form IKEA, IRL and become a dispatcher over a microphone in a lousy box of a room called the dispatcher's office where I'll sit on shift for 8 hours a day for literally no pay or enjoyment whatsoever. This gamemode is honestly comparable to APB Reloaded, you shoot things up, fight the police head on as a civilian as if that's completely normal and realistic in real life, with AK's, sniper rifles, grenades, incendiaries and other explosives of course, to which you use money you gain from it on more guns or better ones, better cars and join some cult for a better chance of winning shootouts.
I certainly don't see the roleplay in that, just change the title to Cops V Robbers already since you seem so attached to the way perp works right now that you're willing to fight yourself to death online to keep it as is, not daring to change anything because you're afraid it's going to put your virtual position in the community in danger. You've essentially become valve, too afraid to make moves because you think it'll cause a load of drama. Perp is so toxic now you're bound to receive passive aggressive insults like
@Daigestive threw around earlier regarding mine and
@Dan's aim, deliberately or accidentally I don't care.
You know what's so great about saying I could go to another community and have ten times more fun than I am having here? With the same concept? It's you Dai or Samuel telling me that I should just go. Because this proves my point that PERP has become such a toxic community that only cares about its people in power, everyone else is lower class and treated as if they're not relevant regarding anything. It's only the people that you respect or care about that'll ultimately get anywhere. You need training wheels (a buddy) to get almost anywhere here. I've tried several times to suggest improvements only to have them go ignored, only to be picked up later by someone who already has the spotlight shone on them, and then be credited as the guy that came with the original idea. My FF/EMS suggestion has been open since 2017 IIRC, and is meant as a direct improvement to what it is now. Flat out ignored for ages.
I've reported several bugs, made several suggestions, given feedback yet I'm almost never credited for it. I don't see a mention in any of the update posts. Everything flows silently by, overshadowed by the fact that there's new content. There's almost no borders to how far some people in this community will go to get someone else punished, just so they can get their $5001 pistol back. No one seems to know when to draw a line and say a game is a game, I've never in my life had to argue so much about a game I've been drawn into for ages, in desperate attempts to improve it, bring it back to it's old golden age, yet they're futile attempts because changes that have already been made can't ever be reverted because it's something that's been "extensively worked on, hard" even though it's obviously what's killing the community. Only when the community is completely dead will you realize that what you've done is left your city hall in an empty desert devoid of life, food and water. You've shoved away everyone that tries to help, and from then on there's almost nothing you can do to resurrect perp from that point other than to start again.
You're mentally exhausted before you even get anywhere in; if you can even call it "this community" that you give up near the end because you realize that it's not worth continuing, sell your PC and get a job, or you give up at the start realizing how much of a grind it is to go anywhere. No thanks.
