GOC Vehicle Spawning

[grunger]

What this suggestion adds:
Given that the player has the appropriate licenses to do so, allow GOC members to deploy vehicles without requiring approval from the highest-ranking commanding officer. This may require reworking the vehicle deployment system to work independently of warfunds.

Similar suggestions and differences to those suggestions:
With some quick searching, no similar suggestions were found.

Possible Positives of the suggestion:

• Enlisted and NCO members of the GOC have more mobility around surface when no COs are active
• Vehicle reconnaissance missions and other time-sensitive matters can be handled without a CO present

Possible Negatives of the suggestion:

• Potential for abuse, though this can be managed and punished accordingly

Why this should suggestion be accepted:
GOC members often miss out on collecting warfunds due to not being able to complete missions during downtime, reducing the activity of the faction. Vehicles are also handy for getting around, and are invaluable for patrolling while enforcing order on surface: something that can't be done if a CO isn't online or present.

 

[Emilia Foddg]

+Support
Honestly, yeah. IMO, everything to do with vehicles is deserving of a rework to some extent as there's just so much wrong with that mess as a whole - For the time being, this specific thing kinda just generally makes sense; There are some existing safeguards against server performance-related issues with vehicles, as well as existing rules to punish any deliberate abuse in that manner or even just VDM - But as for the roleplay kind of misuse of these vehicles, I think it can reasonably treated as an IC issue. I get why there is such hesitancy surrounding a lot of systems like this, but this is one of the ones I feel is less justified.

GOC members often miss out on collecting warfunds due to not being able to complete missions during downtime

This specifically I don't think is a good argument as currently GOC are the only faction even able to obtain warfunds (at least, for the time being) and so far sit on a massive pile of them (at least on UK, I imagine the situation there is similar on US) - Although I don't see any immediate (non-combative) benefits from increased access to vehicles for GOC NCO<=, IMO a better approach would just be to point out why there is the need for COs to constantly need to permit every vehicle deployment that happens, especially when in the other two factions, both of which are larger than GOC, permission from specific people, at least in terms of the actual mechanics of spawning a vehicles, isn't strictly required. At the very least, it could be reduced to SGT+.

 

[grunger]

GOC are the only faction even able to obtain warfunds

I suppose this wouldn't be to equalize the opportunities for obtaining upgrades or other equipment, but to give GOC something to do that seems to be intended for them to readily be able to do. It can be refreshing to have a small incentive to just drive around every once in a while.

permission from specific people, at least in terms of the actual mechanics of spawning a vehicles, isn't strictly required

This is mostly what I was trying to get at. Physical hard-coded authorizations are not required for either other faction, who are both arguably less manageable with the amount of members holding licenses. I fail to see why the GOC would be intentionally handicapped in this way.

 

[Turtle]

+Support
please do this

 

[Niox]

-Support
i dont like the GOC

+Support
-idk why this would be denied lol