Promoting police roleplay - separating Police and Military identity?

[darkwind]

Tbh, I don't think introducing more smuggler routes helps. Chasing and interacting smugglers has been one of the most cancerous and brain-dead activity on disco I have ever engaged in, arguably second worst after pob sieging at 4 am. Smugglers do their best to avoid you and you have to guess one of the two-three jumpholes they are taking. If you are playing alone there is a very high chance there will be no encounter and you have been flying for half an hour for no reason. Even if you do get a smuggler, the RP is rather predictable and meh (bribing - you agree/disagree and shoot/fine). Quite often a smuggler caught won't act as a person in trouble but rather give you a few snarky comments and try to F3 at the nearest base. With some CM skills, it's tough to stop this, especially if you are alone.

With players number low, I would suggest looking more into some unique police PvE. Unique NPC smugglers with rare commodity, some unique missions, etc, so that at least while you are waiting for a trader/unlawful to show up you can do something. Give the police factions more reasons to report on their comm channels aside from "today I patrolled X and nothing happened. Borders are secured". While this is a very good message normally and what the police should strive for inRP, this is a game and people are looking for fun and won't log for an hour just to waste another 5 minutes reporting nothing happened. PvE should not replace player interaction ofc but it should augment and support it by keeping people busy in between and while waiting for interaction. For police, this is particularly important because you do not raid and create activity as unlawfuls, you wait.

Chasing and interacting smugglers has been one of the most cancerous and brain-dead activity on disco I have ever engaged in, arguably second worst after pob sieging at 4 am. Smugglers do their best to avoid you and you have to guess one of the two-three jumpholes they are taking.

Different experience for me. using tlagsnet it is very easy to predict things, and playing mind games with smugglers, like they know you will go this route, then i will go this route, but he knows and etc.

try to F3 at the nearest base.

That is what for nodock or having big enough guns to be quick and not needing nodock then.
Or being stealthy enough in general with Cloak

Give the police factions more reasons to report on their comm channels aside from "today I patrolled X and nothing happened. Borders are secured". While this is a very good message normally and what the police should strive for inRP, this is a game and people are looking for fun and won't log for an hour just to waste another 5 minutes reporting nothing happened.

well, there was at least plenty of activity for Liberty, but i can agree that any other house is probably needing something else in addition. Like having unique police only proffitable stuff to transport around or smth. This cargo can be having good selling point for criminals in addition and making them very willing trying to rob police (hehe prisoners carried by Police armored transports?)

As well as every house should be having may be something as proffitable in terms of smuggling as artifacts perhaps

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