I'm not sure if this has been suggested yet, though I wouldn't be surprised if some people thought about this a few times after sometimes endless playing of Torn, so I'll cut it short:
DARK MODE!
Much like some other entertainment/media platforms - have the option to switch the background color to a darker one, so it can look similarly to like when TC was down. Basically have Torn at night mode.
I don't know if it should have additional themes associated with it, I know that when you get hosped or jailed your screen turns different color, so for example when youre when you're using dark mode it could be Black (maybe Dark Grey) for default state, Dark Blue for hospital and... maybe darker shade of whatever the jail color is (reddish brown?, sorry I'm genuinely partially colorblind).
What do you guys think? Or what colors would you prefer?
(I'm not adding a poll this time as I got disappointed by how many people voted on the poll yet didn't bother to rate or bump. So I'll deny myself finding out this time.)
I personally think we might save prevent dried eyes and headaches caused looking at bright screen for too long. Especially during long chaining times or prolonged casino visits.
PS.: Could make it available for Donators/Subscribers only. I mean why not, this status grants advanced search and note pad, so this could be another very neat feature, motivating people to buy DPs to support the game! ... I guess I'll add a poll after all.
EDIT: I have already submitted the bug here when the thing reached 100+ milestone, but I am very pleased to see it going well past 200+ and higher and I keep thinking I will re-submit the request once it has reached even higher. I mean it's obvious people are desperate for a darker theme!
My further thoughts are.... I know that from token shop you can purchase some additional backgrounds and stuff, but at least for some Dark Mode 1.0, at least for the first stages of the release, the default background should have the option to be darker. In my opinion, the Dark mode wouldnt need to be released as a complete rework of everything at once, but at least re-work most of the basic backgrounds. The pictures of things like properties and market item thumbnails can stay on white background of their own, just... it would be great to have a start or something.
I personally have spent a decent amount of time on torn recently, and having been in hospital a lot due to wars... the white screen has started causing me severe aching in my eyes, even if I try to alt-tab as soon as I dont need to watch at the screen.
So, I have noticed too often, when I use City Watch (weird flex I know but bear with me), my nerve is maxed out almost always before I arrived back in Torn from travelling. And when I'm abroad I can't really spend it.
Considering Torn citizens' reputation, especially when reading the message bubbles when travelling, I would expect that the not so good people of torn wouldn't just buy nice flowers and cute plushies abroad, before heading back. I wouldn't be surprised if this was already posted here somewhere, I just didn't manage to find it. SO, without any more useless sauce, lets get to the meat:
1. As thread name suggests - perform minor crimes abroad, so you can spend some nerve, maybe get some minor items and make some cashews.
2. With that, have jail abroad! We have hospitals, so why not get jailed in another country, would possibly create another thing to make money from - busting out of jail for money.
3. As a last addition, there could also be jail gyms, posibbly specific for a country, not necessarily effective, maybe able to train just 1-2 stats. But that is just to top it off, I personally would be pretty content with just gymless jails, so somebody doesnt try hard try to abuse the mechnics to train super effectively early somehow, especially if the gym would require some balancing early on.
To be honest I'd be somewhat surprised if this wasn't discussed before somewhere, but since I am blind and unable to search properly due to terminal laziness, I chose to make a thread instead, where we can... discuss it!
Oh yeah, also poll because people, so you people can practice your right to vote.
NOTE: Also, don't forget to bump the post if you agree with it! Otherwise we won't get anywhere if we dn't reach the dreamy 100 bumps. :)
EDIT 2.0: I'm glad people showed this some nice positive feedback, many of you consider it a decent idea along with your additional ideas and other inputs! :)
EDIT: 3.0: Additional suggestion that was made to me, was having limited-time or rather time-specific crimes. This doesn't necessarily fall under Crimes Abroad, but it's an addition. Crimes available only during certain time of day. Like special burglaries, or similar principle. Or crimes having different success rates during certain times of day.
Here we have another prick who couldn't resist the temptation of stuffing his fat fingers into the cookie jar and then running away with it and taking the whole kitchen counter with him.
Investigation Upon some digging, I found out Bigbadrob91 [2157531] has been a long time Co-Lead of the faction (before I joined), which explains the faction access. Interesting how you are with someone in faction for over a year, they show no intentions of doing such a thing the whole time, then they suddenly up and leave with all your stuff, stabbing you in the back without hesitation for Starbucks coffee that isn't even pumpkin spice flavored! ... Almost as bad as real life divorce for the male involved.
But to turn on your own people after such a long time for measly 1.8b and 1k points?
Tell me Bigbadrob91 [2157531]. Was it worth it? We will easily (ok it will take a little bit) get the cash back, but you stabbed in the back a whole faction that was all about backing each other up, helping each other.
You're a sad, rodent.
And to prepare for a while bunch of "I told you so", yes. It's our own fault for trusting someone enough for letting it happen. Additionally, some of our members had some of their cash stored in the faction. Why? Because we have felt safe and enjoyed the trust we had.
And for what? Only to have a long time veteran member suddenly have a stroke and steal everything within a second, causing more insult than actual injury.
I don't understand people's motives in situations like this. This is some Skyrim Thieves Guild level of backstab.
Do whatever you want with this information, people. I posted this for several reasons: 1. to vent a little, just a little 2. to let everyone know this person can't be trusted, so you can add him to your blacklists 3. get some of you who are bored enough to give him hell for screwing a whole faction over for not even a decent bag of loot.
Our goal for now is to just get the vault back in order, compensate the ones who lost their funds. Come together as a faction to build it back up. I'm all for being pricks and assholes for shits and giggles, but it's not okay to do it to your own faction. Your faction is the one group of people you are supposed to be able to trust. ... but humans are poop nozzles by nature I guess.
So, I already know this won't end well, but my thought is that when a DB goes off, it would make sense to close Gyms along with the other shops when the DB threat is active.
Hear me out:
It would certainly create an interesting side effect of creating a group of vengeful players who now can't spend their energy on training for the next 6 hours or so, so they'll be very eager to spend their energy differently, by going after the faction responsible for detonating it.
And it would make the DB more than just a minor inconvenience for those not targeted. Can't travel? Oh well. Can't even spend my energy to train? Okay time to break some jaws, ribs and other bones!
It would definitely spike the amount of violence in Torn, which is always nice. :) Plus it makes sense they should be closed when everything else around them is closed. Not to mention you're already barred from accessing gym when highly addicted anyway, so not like they're available 100% of the time
PS: Additional ideas or tweaks are welcome if you roll the idea over in your head
PPS: You can disagree without getting upset and without throwing insults. You should try it some time. :P
EDIT1: Received a feedback idea that Fitness Center companies could have Private Gym perk, allowing them to continue training.
EDIT2:Home gym on their PI should be allowed to train, makes sense no? Is there a gym in our PI? I honestly can't find it I'm blind.
There's a lot of tweaking space. Not a final idea.
Note: I like how some of those who dislike it went over to get their faction mates to come downvote it too, are you gym monkeys afraid of something? :)
We all know you have the classic airstrip with your little plane you can fly anywhere for free basically.
What I have been thinking, is adding an actual hangar to the airstrip, where you can pick which one type of plane you would like to have, you'd have the default plane already. The idea whether you should be able to have multiple hangars so you can have all three planes and just swap between them, after you buy each one of them ofc, is up for discussion, but I mainly want to suggest the other two possible plane types.
1. Regular plane.
2. Cargo Plane - has, let's say, double the carrying capacity of the regular plane, but flies slower.
3. Turbo-propeller / jet plane (name up for debate) - faster travel time but half or no additional capacity.
What do you think and which one would be your preferred type? Should only 1 hangar be available or buy one for each plane?
Additional ideas are welcome, I could edit them in if I see fit.
I mean he didn’t get KICKED, he got dropped from the leadership circle as he wasn’t really engaged in anything while other members were stepping up and showing keen interest in becoming valuable members. You can’t have EVERYONE in leadership position.
People making spreadsheets, taking charge of OCs, dedicated chain watching, training new guys etc.
But I do agree it’s weird to straight up make a founding member a regular grunt. I don’t know whose decision it was back then. I was just in charge of morale and combat hype. It made me popular with the rest of the faction so I got into leadership to lead by example in wars.
Don’t really remember what OPs specific role used to be. Still doesn’t justify burning the faction instead of confronting the leadership with the problem and sorting it out.
People make stupid decisions… like getting attention of a HoF faction through talking shit… lol
Well it's in your best interest to show that you ARE making payments. You don't have any credibility to be dead silent after making promises. Only a fool would trust vermin like you.
You're just a vault thief, after all.
I'll check in with WR just in case, to see if someone can vouch for you that HAVE been making payments. But I'm sure they'll confirm your story, it's all good.
Also, cute gaslighting attempt, but this victim blaming shit doesn't work on me. But go ahead... dig that hole deeper, show everyone what a crooked dumbass you are, when all you had to do is not open your mouth. I'll just let you do all that damage to yourself on your own. :)
Your own fault for buying a stolen faction, dumbass. Just because you "don't care" doesn't make you free from accountability for your stupid actions. :)
Nobody owes you anything, you bought a faction you knew was stolen and you got raided for it. To a point you had to destroy the faction or WR would have destroyed it themselves, since you wanted to be a stubborn shmuck and refused to give it back.
It doesn’t matter what sort of deranged mental gymnastics you attempt, in order to pretend you have any moral grounds to stand on. (spoiler alert, you have no moral ground)
Also, weren't you in 39th? What did you do to get yourself kicked out from there? You're now sitting alone in a worthless faction, being irrelevant. What's your main occupation now? Polluting that cesspool called P&L forums with your pseudo-moralistic gibberish? Sit down and stfu and be glad nobody cares about you anymore.
I'll happily add you right back onto the hosp list next to this thieving lying spineless reject. You two can be friends.
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