Denied Removal of the "Negotiation Guidelines"

[Second]

What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
Stops the Negotiation Guidelines doc from being enforced by staff, rather being used as a "guideline" not a "rule" (i.e Recommended price for a Nu-7 PVT is 5k, but CI can sell for 2.5k). Allows for more negotiation RP instead of "this is price SL demands".

Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
No, N/A

Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
+ Allows for more RP in negotiations
+ Gives SOP leadership of all factions more possibilities for in-character deals and negotiations outside of monetary gain (US CI is currently working with Nu-7 and DEA to make chemicals possible to trade instead of money, which is a good system IMO).

Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
- CI won't like that DEA won't buy back 2 Nu-7 PVTs that were AFK in garage for 10k (CI also hates the negotiation guidelines on US)

Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
This may be a US server issue, but all 3 factions on US absolutely hate the negotiation guidelines as it ruins all hostage RP, and instead is just "5k for this guy, 10k for this guy, 20k for this guy" (etc.), which is really boring. Allowing for diverse prices and actual negotiation RP will make the server a lot more fun for all 3 sides.

Note: I am not saying to delete the doc, I am saying to not make it mandated, I think the document should still exist as a recommendation and a baseline to follow, not a must and staff-enforced rule.

 

[Second]

i guarantee you this guy begrudgingly paid a bunch of cash for a kidnapped MAJ or something before making this suggestion

No, actually I was having a discussion with the CI LTCOM, and it was basically either he posted it or I did. We both dislike this system greatly.

 

[Pupper]

-Support
Not needed

 

[Dennid]

-support
if guidelines were taken away I feel like everyone would ask for way more money for hostages

Could just be a US change if the majority of them want it though

 

[Luft]

@Second

Essentially I get your point with the suggestion and why you'd want it, but we tried this prior and it backfired horribly and actually did the reverse of what we wanted it to. Which essentially was creating RP, but instead people misused the system constantly with outrageous pricing.

 

[Niox]

-Support

-support US issue kekw
also if removed nobody would ever pay more than 5k for a COM, i guarantee you this guy begrudgingly paid a bunch of cash for a kidnapped MAJ or something before making this suggestion
what would ruin RP is if nobody was ever bothered to pay anything for hostages because "there's no minimum so we can ask for 2k and you can't do anything about it !!!"

Literally what bill said. Its a US only issue, so if its been fixed on the UK you can fix it there.




I will only buy back my COM for £7 and a mcdonalds ice cream

 

[PhoenixHeanix]

+Support
My ass went bankrupt multiple times cause of this shit when i was still Nu-7,

 

[Michael "Banana"]

-Support

Its fine as it is

 

[CourageousNico]

-Support
No deals at all would be made in my opinion if they were removed.

 

[Emilia Foddg]

-Support
No deals at all would be made in my opinion if they were removed.

deals are rarely made anyway on UK, F just tend to leave CI on read

 

[Kevin Ki]

deals are rarely made anyway on UK, F just tend to leave CI on read

Yeah I mean. It says there has to be a attempt to negotiate. Not you have to make a deal.

 

[Blackknight95]

Suggestion Denied

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Hi Second,
Thanks for taking the time to make a server suggestion.

The Superadmin team has chosen to deny your suggestion due to the following reasons.

This document at least ensures that there is a minimum price to be paid for each rank, and would prevent people from selling a Commander for something as low as $5 or something such as that.

If you would like to discuss a time to get together with GOC, CI, and DEA/Nu7 members from UK and US, as well as an SL member from both servers, I'm happy to discuss changing the pricing on the document.​