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We need to revive the Civilian Side!
As many of you have noticed by now,the Civilian side is slowly dying even though many people have been trying to revive our great side.The majority of those people are dedicated players (Nock,DavanN,Mackepper,Raider,Marx etc.) or developers who have heard our feedback on the side and have done their best by regulating and adding jobs (Adeeb,LilDolla).
Why do I think that our side is not as well taken care of compared to other sides?
So,my current belief is that OUR side is way too ignored despite the efforts of some players.This is due to the immense popularity of Criminal and Law Occupations that dominate IGC's playerbase.Let's take a look at the groups firstly.We can notice that 99% of active groups on IGC are either fully Criminal or Law.But,where are the Civilians? The answer is simple.The majority of Civilians are in groups full of criminals and law units,while there are only 2 active fully civilian groups that are ready to merge into 1 (Legion and The Silent Worker will form a Civilian Union).So,we are left with only 1 active Civilian group.This is truly devastating considering the amount of Civilians that exist on the server who play on Crim/Law groups (not trying to say anything bad for any group).I think Civilians must unite and make OUR side great again.
Another great example of the major current inferiority of our side definitely has to be the playerbase.I find it at least hypocritical to act like a dedicated Civilian when you only do the job that is good for the month (currently Pilot) just cause you get tons of money.I don't find doing a job just to earn cash wrong,I find it wrong to act like you care about our side.The only thing that infuriates me about those sort of people is that they do 1 or 2 jobs when they aren't busy killing eachother as crims and cops,then act like they ''love'' the side and they support the opinion of other dedicated Civilians.
Major Problems and How to Tackle them
Underpayment of the following jobs:
- Paramedic
- Coroner
- Mechanic
- Bus Driver
- Quarry Miner
- Pizza Boy
- Mariner
- Trash Collector
Solution:At least a 70% buff on the payment on the jobs
Ignoration of Civilian Groups
My suggestion is to give a sort of special perk/bonus for those who create Active,Trustworthy,Official and primarily dedicated fully Civilian groups.
This way more people will be encouraged to form active Civilian groups in order to help promote OUR side.
Possible Perks/Bonuses:
- Free Sub-Board
- Discount on base
- 1 free car/boat on spawners
- Discount on skin
- Free Job Title
So,this is all I have to say for now.If this goes well,I will create a 2nd part of this Civilian Manifesto,but I need feedback.