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Bring some crime that doesnt involve a queue system

Recently there have been some great scripts added and changes to crime for better and worse.

My biggest concern is that everything is now a queue system. The issue with a queue system is that it takes hours to get into any action, benefits only those who spend 3+ hours in the city at a time, those who fly in first for main storm and makes a lot of people sit around and not moving about the city.

When I first flew into Echo a little over a year ago, what was very enjoyable is I could see random events happening all over. Random chases, interactions, etc. People were forced to move around the city. The current era is forcing a lot of people to sit and wait.

Below Im going to put some suggestions and concerns for things as I may not have a suggestion for some of them.

Stores: I think now is a good time to bring back hostages for the current store robberies. Make the safe cracker tool a 2x use and go bad in a week. The tool lasts too long and isnt a money dump because of so. If you increase the store pay by 2k, make a 2-5% drop of a white stick for boosting device as well, maybe even add a fleeca device with the same drop percentage for progression. Stores will not be hit as often as they once were because of the scarcity of the tool, chances of getting a code and general cooldown of the store so it will not play much of a factor in effecting cops. The current store script is better than just pointing a gun at a clerk and walking out for sure but there is no interaction with the current stores, pay is very little and its a dead end progression for crime as it doesnt have a small chance of dropping something of value and everyone has a safe cracker because the tool lasts too long and the general cooldown is too long so its always "hit".

Boosting: People are going to hate this one but I personally think the best option is the old format of clicking the boost. The queue system in almost every aspect of crime entices a lot of sitting around and waiting. If someone flies in for 2 hours, good luck getting into much. If possible, some form of crypto betting system like No Pixels can be implemented which imo is perfect as it creates more interaction with other people which ultimately is the goal.

Jobs: Im not sure how this can be fixed as I dont run the BM or distribution of the devices but I feel like everyone and there mother is hitting banks now. Not sure if the distribution is too high to gangs, the hacks have became too easy, EVC is too easy to acquire, not sure. My group and I never hit vangies because the queue was always 4-7 deep. Now with banks being 4-7 deep, queue system, if you want to do a job, its going to be 3+ hours of waiting and with houses being on the link up app, you cant hit houses while you wait that 3+ hours so you're left to sell drugs and chop.

I think a good start would be stores coming back to hostages being used but some minor changes will be needed to the script.

Id love to work with the team on bettering crime for the city. As someone who is not affiliated with a gang but extremely active with the criminal world. I think I can help the direction of crime.

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  • Flawws

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    Feb 14, 2024

    Hey, we have added many crime jobs that do not require a queue system to the server with the criminal expansion update.

  • xnameless69

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    Sep 28, 2023

    As a new community member this was what frustrated me the most.

    I feel like I can't use half the server's features because I'm constantly in a queue. I can't do C Boosts because the queue is always over 8, so gotta wait hours to even get in. I've heard the LinkUp app for the illegal things is pretty much the same. It makes me not really want to even figure out how to do Fleeca's etc. because I'd just be in queueing simulator for the time I'm on the server.

    Being forced to queue to use a feature is the most horrible way of doing things in my opinion. I understand why queues exist to not overwhelm the LEO with illegal activities and allow them to respond, but it's just so frustrating. Especially when I do a C Tier boost and no one even responds to it anyway.

  • Anonymous User

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    Sep 17, 2023

    As a newer member of the community, these q times have made it feel impossible to progress as a crim. If I want to gain boost rep, I am stuck waiting 3 hours in a q just for a c tier boost.

    We've had black usb for days, 0 chance to try and do a bank just to learn the hacks as its always a 5+ hour q.

    We did 1 vangelico to learn the hacks, now trying to do a second we sat 1/1 in q for about an hour and a half.

    This system is ridiculous. I understand limiting the amount of crime going on but there HAS to be a better way. We have been stuck only doing chops and boosts for the last 2 weeks feeling stuck in progression. If we want to even LEARN the hacking for a bank its a 5 hour wait just to probably not even make money, c tier boosts never involve police so its 3 hours to sit in a car with a hacker, deliver, wait 4 hours to do again.

    This system is extremely demotivating for new players and I'm sure some experienced players feel the same. We've tried to do rp during these times, but crim rp is fairly limited with no money, no cars, and Berettas. I cant attempt to race, cant participate in the casino, i feel stuck constantly.

  • drainerbladee

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    Sep 6, 2023

    "its going to be 3+ hours of waiting and with houses being on the link up app, you cant hit houses while you wait that 3+ hours so you're left to sell drugs and chop", orrrr.. rp within those 3 hours? My crew and I have been doing banks like this for the past week, and honestly those waiting times have probably been the most productive hours yet. Gives us time to rp and try to find improvements to our plan.

  • Callz

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    Sep 4, 2023

    Not even a month ago you complained about banks being unhittable because of the BM being "Slow" or "Not doing enough". Now we are doing too much?

    • itscocainecody

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      Sep 5, 2023

      Yes. When the queue is 7 deep at the start of a storm and 3-5 deep at the start of mid day storm. I feel this is much

      When my "complaint" was made before, BM wasnt reaching anyone unless it was during main storm.

      The fact is if you want to hit any job in the city, it's going to have you waiting for 2-4 hours. If you fly in an hour after main storm, you most likely will not be hitting a bank. Now mid day storm, pre wipe use to be 1-2 in queue, now it's nearly 4-5 deep so the main storm problem is now bleeding into mid day. This is a bad thing Callz, is it not?

      Whether it's because there are too many fleeca devices being distributed or the hacks being too simple or because fleecas are now bottlenecked as that's the one and only way for crime progression, the fact is still that if you don't fly in right at storm, you arent hitting a job and if you fly in for 2-3 hours at a time, you most likely arent either as the queue time, how long it takes to complete the job and always have to take into account if you're caught so then processing.

      The current system is making people sit around and wait. This is moonshine without the financial benefit

    • itscocainecody

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      Sep 5, 2023

      So going from one extreme to the next is not a healthy balance.