The "state" of perpheads

[attacker1983]

So as of recent i have noticed many things that i think are contributing to the "shit state of perpheads" and i have decided to make a post to get peoples opinions on what could be done to fix and what they feel is wrong with the state of perpheads as im going to be making a suggestion thread after this has been left for a while with everyones ideas.

From my experience there isnt really too much RP anymore. Yes i know this has been an issue for months now but go back a year or two and most of the server RPed and not just to be trolls doing "suicide RP" after running over a cop. There isn't Really an incentive to Passive RP all the server does is suggest that people either sit in their base growing drugs for hours on end. I know that criminal activites are going to be the most lucrative things to do but i feel there should be other alternatives for people who dont want to be a criminal.

On the oppersite end of the spectrum we have the PD who either just get really raid hungry and look for every small thing to try and raid over, The PD is taken far too seriously now dont get me wrong in SOME aspects this is a good thing im not just going to list the negatives about the PD here so lets look at some positives of this, We have people who know what they are doing (in most cases), IA cases get handled quickly and efficiently. However on the other end of that the PD can feel like a chore i can understand it should feel "authentic" however this can scare off new players from joining it.


all in all i feel there needs to be more stuff to make new players want to stay passive RP options, criminal options and even goverment wise as the whole PO thing everyone i have spoken to says they dont like it

This is just what i have noticed

 

[Deleted member 6228]

RP is actively discouraged, yesterday I was trying to get back into the PLN thing but as I approached a crime scene and started taking photos I got told to leave. It's just too hard to do it nowadays because everyone fucks you over.

 

[Creepis]

RP is actively discouraged, yesterday I was trying to get back into the PLN thing but as I approached a crime scene and started taking photos I got told to leave. It's just too hard to do it nowadays because everyone fucks you over.

It's because of how many people flank no matter what it is, cops don't want to take risks and that's understandable. You should try taking pictures of the aftermath, not while it's still going on. If you want to take pictures while it's going on do it outside the perimeter.

 

[Deleted member 6228]

It's because of how many people flank no matter what it is, cops don't want to take risks and that's understandable. You should try taking pictures of the aftermath, not while it's still going on. If you want to take pictures while it's going on do it outside the perimeter.

I was outside of the perimeter taking photos of bodies long after it had happened. I still got arrested.

 

[Mage]

more people leave than come, it's gmod in 2018 not much more to expect, theres tons of other games people would rather play nowadays rather than a game which is 14 years old... less people less fun

 

[Daft Punk]

tbh perp has just died, there is no RP. Most people are either growing, raiding people to get a chance to shoot cops, or doing a bank raid.

 

[Deleted member 5920]

Personally I believe the server is very anti noob friendly at the moment for the following reasons:

- Drug system is pretty complex to new players, it took me a week to understand it fully and I am quite an old player. I still don't know how basic planters work.

- PD isn't the easiest thing to work out, having to click the link and then steam blocking it and having to click a smaller link. (It may not be that hard for majority but at least 1 person who joins for the first time everyday in OOC complains about it). And I think this is quite off putting for new players because although the PD is much better than when I left the new players can't instantly become cop.

- The server isn't going to get as much "random" traffic like DarkRP servers which are at the top of the server browser and as a result you have to scroll to find the PERP tab. And on a game that's this old they simply don't find the server.

 

[Imperial Watch]

The quality of the community is deeply reflected in the quality of its userbase
If people shove enough shit down people's throat saying that perp is shit and dying every day and every hour, then people are going to think that
Besides, the gamemode is 9+ years old now so ofc its gonna get stale at some point for many veteran players and considering it's gmod, without going until full darkrp mode, development potential is also very limited.

 

[R-Flex]

New content should bring the server back. We hadnt had a big update in months.

 

[attacker1983]

The whole point of this post is to give the owners/staff Constructive feedback aswell as list common issues you have

 

[Tadgee]

no passive rp at all, no one to raid really, no people online so passive rp doesn't work

 

[Shokron]

Even though i cant play on the server no more the issue is still the same, and i said it many times before, PEOPLE LOVE THE EZ MONEY, the cars, the guns the ez shootouts cause its a group of 20 vs 15-10 cops ( i belive), so no one is willing to step out of their comfort zone to earn money or in general just have fun and interact with people anymore. Id assume bazzar is dead other then a few growers no one opens casinos (s/o @Testa ), food stores and guns shops anymore.
Thats the only problem that perp had, and from what i see still has. PEOPLE JUST NEED TO TRY NEW THINGS AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT MONEY AND GUNS AND GO OUT AND DO NEW STUFF.

 

[John Daymon]

Even though i cant play on the server no more the issue is still the same, and i said it many times before, PEOPLE LOVE THE EZ MONEY, the cars, the guns the ez shootouts cause its a group of 20 vs 15-10 cops ( i belive), so no one is willing to step out of their comfort zone to earn money or in general just have fun and interact with people anymore. Id assume bazzar is dead other then a few growers no one opens casinos (s/o @Testa ), food stores and guns shops anymore.
Thats the only problem that perp had, and from what i see still has. PEOPLE JUST NEED TO TRY NEW THINGS AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT MONEY AND GUNS AND GO OUT AND DO NEW STUFF.

pretty true, people also scare others away with stupid AR's such as like oh this guy shot me i lost my AK we could've easily solved this on my own but im a dick so im gonna make an AR to get him banned.

 

[CodezBlack]

I am still finding it difficult to understand how people have not yet realized that perp has turned into a cops and robbers server. It always has been sort of.

 

[Busfahrer]

I am still finding it difficult to understand how people have not yet realized that perp has turned into a cops and robbers server. It always has been sort of.

i agree, Perp is a big cops and robbers Server. We need something between it.


and the biggest Rp that i saw on the server, since I once again joined the community, was some cunts screaming in there mics in Bazaar

 

[attacker1983]

This is my personal opinions the rules are far TOO strict so everyone plays in constant fear my suggestion kind of make a streamlined version of the rules where instead of being so strict theres a little bit more room to RP

 

[ErmakDimon]

This is my personal opinions the rules are far TOO strict so everyone plays in constant fear my suggestion kind of make a streamlined version of the rules where instead of being so strict theres a little bit more room to RP

The rules are just fine, it's just that people blatantly don't want to participate in proper rp anymore. I hardly do this now but when I used to do stores and restaurants etc. no one came for an hour and then those who actually came were in fact just the raiders. People are really focused too much on money and are forgetting to have fun. I've never gotten over 500k in my bank and I don't feel bad about it, because I always spend money on items to enhance rp.

 

[Dr. Dräjj]

The server is basically a cops and robbers server now, it's either to be a sweaty PLPD tryhard or to sit in an apartment watching youtube for hours as ur growing. People have also started taking Perpheads waaay to serious, it's just a game, it's not ur life. If you play it for more than 6 hours a day I feel bad for you honestly, its just sad.

 

[Dom_]

I honestly believe its due to the amount of salty IAs on cops who take things so serious that it triggers people and the trolls who just play to annoy or do as much damage to players as possible, its a game and stacking tickets to intentionally piss people off is toxic in itself is becoming more apparent and it is making the community an even more salty place and anti-PD.

People need to play the game for fun and not take everything so seriously, we're all playing it to amuse ourselves so act like it, yes, raiding is fun and its happening a lot more and for those people who dont take it to heart or get salty about the guns they lose good on you.

 

[BooingBison]

My issue is that it just gets really repetitive, there are only a few jobs and after a while they get boring.

• Take medic for example, it's good money and fun when there's people online. But when there's only 30 people on, like always, it's just a Netflix and wait until you get called job.
• The PD isn't very accessible because of the plpd.online thing and the required playtime, tests...
• Another thing is that most government jobs require a certain amount of playtime if that's a thing, which is definitely a scare-off for new players because they essentially have to AFK for 2 hours.
• Drugs is not fun for people that are not in a big org because they get raided by the zergs
• Drugs is just another AFK thing, plant, wait for raiders for 30 minutes and watch Netflix in the meanwhile
• A decent car takes a super long time to achieve with government jobs forcing people into drugs
• Raids are almost guaranteed to end badly because of the PLPD zerg
• Properties have no variation, they're all the same defence technique and the same base technique

So in short, my issue is that there is often just nothing to do. It's mostly being AFK and grinding money. Fix that, and we get new players, new players = more variation, more variation = fun.