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I like that the police force is getting good numbers to play online, From about 4pm (AEST) the police does out number the civs, when that happens we take half the cops for training, while the other half are on patrol. From about 5pm till about 10pm the numbers of civs out number the cops. it does get to that 3 ; 1 ratio for most of the game time people play. It seems the main issue centers around the times people jump the server. This is a double edge sword depending on the times, early arvo the police out number the civs, but later on the civs out number the police. While the police out number the civs they should be doing patrols all over Altis and not bunch up in Sydney (Kavala), set up RBT (role play), practice driving on the rally track, sharpen their shooting skills at the range, go through the police data base, there are lots more the police can be doing during the times when the police out number the civs. Use the "quiet time" to better your self as police officers and not harass the civs going about their normal business, unless you have probable cause. A civ running down the road is not probable cause to stop them. As for players being both Civ and Police, is a different matter, I have had a few people say the same comments as Coen, and I do think if people go as cop for and hour or less at a time then spend the rest of their time as Civ can stay in the public slot, and let others who want to spend the time as a cop be white listed and rank up. It can upset people that you ride with on patrol with them for a little bit then you end up in a shoot out with them for the rest of your night. It can cause a rift between players and that feeling of miss trust. The SRT team is the police force heavy hand when it comes to bank robberies, hostage situations or other large police ops. I do think its a little unfair when some of them are trained to control a situation end up causing the situation for the police to deal with and know the tactics that the police will use. Not a fair fight if you know whats coming. Like what was said before tho we cant control what people do, play civ, play medic or play cop. But once the police force starts filling up with players who want to just be a cop the others that just spend a little time in then go civ wont have a spot on the server to play cop, as the slots for police will be filled by the ones that just want to play cop. But this will take time and more players to join the server. But at the same time we have to be fair to all and respect that people like to play all areas or just one area.

(fyi im like an open book so soz for like the whole introduction thing) hey guys and maybe gals. my names zomboid ( of course) and well i came here about a month ago... shy little guy trying not to do anything bad and for about a month i'v been hanging in the teamspeak meeting new peeps and getting to know people. meeting old friend stuff like that but more about who i am well im currently doing a apprenticeship as a pastry chef from 6-3 everyday and sundays 5-2:30 and im on my third year and hopefully i can become a full time pastry chef. i'v jumped from place to place since i was 16 finding new places for jobs as i'v moved around with the fam and i'v been gaming alot.... i mean alot maybe since i was like ... i dunno 13. besides being a pastry chef im an actor as well and i'v been acting since i was a little fellow at 8 and doing musicals and plays... but yeah and now im here enjoying this community and enjoying life im happy to be here and happy to stay... Hope everyone has a sweet day and see you next time!

Glad to hear the houses are going to be fixed all those pour people out there living out of their cars in Altis Life. What is this world coming too!

Hey everyone just letting yas know we have updated the forums so you will have to bare with the new skin which is default until we change a few things here is a list of the updates for anyone who wishes to know what is changed. Thanks all. A new update is available! Version 4.1.2 of the IPS Community Suite is now available. This is a maintenance release to fix common issues reported in 4.1.1. Some specifics include: • Some clients report errors creating a new forum or member group • Missing profile photos fixed • More compatibility for auto-upgrader on different zip libraries • Faster fetching of AWS S3 file sizes Version 4.1.1 of the IPS Community Suite is now available. This is a maintenance release to fix common issues reported by clients in 4.1.0. A change has been made to the theme system so themes with out of date templates do not result in a fatal error in most cases. Instead, you will see a notice explaining which templates are out of date and causing problems. You can choose to either fix/revert those specific templates or create a default theme to use temporarily while you work on your custom theme. Version 4.1.0 of the IPS Community Suite is now available. The next major release for IPS Community Suite 4 is now in the final stages of development. We have added dozens of new features, enhancements to existing features, fixed the majority of 4.0 bugs, and made large performance gains. See our blog entry for full information. Changes and New Features Include: • New menu structure and drag-and-drop menu manager ◦ Ability to have two menu levels ◦ Option to create both custom-link menu items and embed preconfigured menus ◦ Preview before publishing ◦ All menu items support group permissions • Discovery system that allows for both admin and user created Activity Streams ◦ Admin-defined streams always visible to users. Users can edit and save admin streams to create their own, custom copy. ◦ The main show-all stream automatically tells you when there is new activity ◦ Users can create custom streams ◦ User streams can be shared but viewer will only see content based on their permissions ◦ Filter options include: All content or specific apps. Some apps support further refinement into categories or content-type. 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Name me, the reality is, anyone can buy an offroad hmg, anyone can buy lynx's. But police are restricted by rank, even if I had been a cop, I still can't rent Hunter HMG's. This now comes down to tactics, if you can't out gun them, you need to out smart them. Firstly, a hunter HMG (in my opinion) is easily considered overkill for an offroad armed, one bullet and the gunners dead, another the drivers dead. Not to mention the whole VDM script blocking damage from vehicles against players. It all comes down to tactics and experience. The thing is, with the recent Police overhaul there has been maybe one or two successful bank robberies when we have 5-6 SRT Members, Which is exactly what should happen, it means its working. But its almost unbalancing the whole situation, a few successful bank robberies a week is hardly an issue. If you're getting "your asses handed to you", reconsider your tactics, recon the area, identify the threat and respond accordingly.

sexy shot after sniping those damn dirty Jtacs.