Feck the Police - is Crimcode worth it?

[Fujikoma]

Yeah, fewer soldiers (definitely fewer HGs), more patrols, and a force disengage on both parties when the offender has nosave arrest turned on.

[hyzhenhok]

I don't think dialing down the crimcode would improve interaction between criminal / target. Spam backstab would still be the most effective route to take. But it would make people consider their safety during their roleplay.

I think you're wrong there. Opportunities for non-backstab, non-steal crime opens way up if there are more dangerous rooms in the city, and marks no longer have the OOC assurance that violence against them is impossible because that would be suicide for the criminal.

[Chettaman]

I think he means after a guard codedly disengages combatants and asks you to come to jail.
in my perfect world:

The elfy elf glares at the tall, muscular man and then at the guard. In an act of defiance, the elfy elf thrusts his blade into the tall muscular man's throat before escaping!

- of course even afterwards the guards would be after you and you would be wanted.
- but it is a negative... being backstabbed as such. Well, I still like the idea. Just use the watch skill more often, dammit. It really works most of the time.


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definitely this would add more "Gimme all your jewels or else, punk!" Nearly every violent PC I've run into in the rinth has done this to me. I just expect great things from people whenever I give them a chance.
... You know what? Eff everything I said. I give people chances to roleplay with me all the time and they just kill the hell out of me without so much as a single emote. I give you players too much damn credit sometimes...

[ghostymudy]

The only major change that I would like to see is the moving of the jail closer to the criminals.

[boog]

The only major change that I would like to see is the moving of the jail closer to the criminals.

Then amazing RPers like me couldn't <redacted> from the guards and then run around <redacted> Quarter and steal <redacted>'s shield and then get more <redacted> spawned on her to lead on a chase through the <redacted> that eventually led to <redacted>'s death.

So!

[BadSkeelz]

I was just going to PK you anyway.

[not_really_mean]

Why can't the soldiers just have mercy on?   Beat someone within an inch of thier lives, combat stops because of mercy and then they get subdued/jailed because they're no longer in combat. 

[Synthesis]

Why can't the soldiers just have mercy on?   Beat someone within an inch of thier lives, combat stops because of mercy and then they get subdued/jailed because they're no longer in combat. 

Because some people deserve to die on the spot, and the Highlord prefers to err on the side of brutality.

[RogueGunslinger]

But really, they should have clubs and mercy on.

[BadSkeelz]

As an AoD Sergeant I eventually decided to just start ordering my privates to kill anyone who ran from us or vaguely resisted arrest.

Maybe the NPC officers reached similar conclusions.

It is too bad that changing the armaments of the soldier NPCs is so tedious a process. Apparently each individual NPC would need to be edited.