This is not really needed in the game, it is just an added cosmetic element that will not effect game play other than add to potential lag/slow running.
The category system should be used for response time bonuses that's been talked about and that's it.
After that the patient requirements should be met by sending to correct department and rewarded.
No need for having calls create a random requirement for blues run to Hospital
all thats needed is the possiblity to add units and expansion levels it comes with 2 or 3 vehicle slots and 100k to add more slots as well as staff and its not a bad idea in terms on realism
So basically add the station features (minus cells) to a training centre.
I'd rather they were left the way they currently are and if you want station features at a training centre then build a station.
Bit like the SFRS training centre at Clydesmill, that has a station on site that responds to calls.
Why not just build a station at the training centre locations?
No need to add vehicle and staffing to them.
HEMS needs fixed so good to know it's on that list. It is majorly flawed and I've switched all of them off.
However alctw10 wanted some rrv/cfr/fr only calls so they would get some use
Yes but being realistic the careline activation call has potential to develop.
Say a person falls at home causing injury and they activate their careline. Help arrives and discover it's a bit more than a fall it could be a broken bone or the fall may have been caused by a medical event.
Other things to consider here is careline activation handled via ambulance dispatch? I know for years it was sent to local council team and now believe it is sent to a care company. Both these would send out their own staff first and/or called a next of kin, especially if they got a response from the person. If the person failed to respond it would be then phoned through to ambulance as concern for welfare and also care staff sent and/or next of kin called.
The CFR/RRV/Coresponder all could be used more within the calls we currently have. Adding these 2 calls is pointless really as creates no incentive to have any of these units just now. Why would I want to buy a unit that takes up space and can not resolve 99% of calls? I'd rather send a DCA to any call that way it covers the bases.
Can these calls not progress? As in some cases especially the careline one could require an ambulance.
Alliance Ownership level is required to protect the alliances more. It is the easiest option to be fair and like you say has to be transferable.
This needs to be done urgently now for the integrity of the alliances and mission chief.
I have a couple questions
A) Would this be a expansion to small or large stations?
B) Would there be a limit on how many pods u could have
C) How long would the expansion be
D) How expensive would it be
None of this will have been decided yet.
However what I'd say is.
A) Pods avaliable in all stations and the Prime Mover only available at large stations. Each station should have an extention for them.
B) Small stations would have 2 spaces for pods as part of extention and large would have 6 spaces for pods as part of extention. However if there is garage space a pod can be put there. The prime mover would take up 1 garage space and have 1 pod stored on it.
C) I'd make it 7 days build time keep it in line with other Expansions.
D) Costs as this would be a large multi part update there would be varying costs
Extentions
Small Station 100k
Large Station 250k
Units
Prime Mover 30k + cost of 1 pod.
Pods
These would cost anywhere between 10k and 40k depending on their role.
The cheapest would be one of the USAR timber/shoring pod most expensive your probably looking at Hazmat.
One thing that would need to be added in to the game is a system to ensure there is staff on scene with the appropriate training to use the pods.
Display MoreThe way I visualise pods (and this is purely me rolling out ideas)
You have pod bays at stations. There are then pod variants of specialist units so BA pod, rescue pod etc. You then have specialist pods such as HVP’s as well as others.
The specialist ones will have a requirement where as the others will be interchangeable.
There also would have to be a system for prime movers to leave incidents to collect other pods from not only their own station but possibly other stations as well
This is how I see it working too, but like I say it needs to offer a benefit to using them instead of just repeating current units.
Maybe a 10% extra pay using pods over standard vehicles
No needs to be more than oh here is more money for using it.
Needs to be related to station spaces and managment around that if I'm honest. Pods are sometimes not stored in engine/vehicle bays at stations so wouldn't take up vehicle bays. Some stations build a separate hard standing area for them.
So any benefit of using needs to be a practical benefit not a monetary benefit.
The pod system could work but would need some serious thought on it.
There are a lot of different type of pods out there with them being based at various locations within a service area.
Some places just store pods and have no prime mover to shift them so need to await collection for a job these are usually the secondary equipment ones as the primary pods once delivered have enough gear to get going and allows the pm to go get other kit.
I'd love to have the pod system but for me to use it we would really need to se an actual benefit to the game instead of individual specialist units.
Patient Transfers could be greatly improved as it is a massive side that the ambulance services do in parts of the country.
I know in Scotland there are many different patient transfers between hospitals all the time, these can be getting a time critical patient from the Western Isles down to Glasgow for specialist treatment or a inner city transfer from the Royal out the the QE. Even transfers for routine treatments can go through this too. Other ones are intensive care transfers due to needing a specific treatment like ECMO. Most of these critical time or critical care patients are directed via SCOTSTAR which is the specialist retrieval team they use 2 planes, have access to all of the helicopters for retrieval jobs and priority for getting a land ambulance.
I understand this however in the real world companies up and down the world will poach other companies staff although they call it headhunting so really this is no different to companies approaching people on LinkedIn.
I’d argue that going to the effort of headhunting staff takes more effort.
Yes but when it becomes targeted on another alliance and trying to make that alliance out as it doesn't care about its members and the only way people can progress in the game is by switching alliances is unacceptable.
Head hunting on the game is in all honesty a bit desperate really people will generally choose an alliance of their own accord and stick with them especially if that alliance provides them with what they need. Offering staff positions as an incentive is never good as can do more damage than good too.
This is on the rise again and should really have been sorted out by now by the game limiting what people out with an alliance can see.
As for claims its something all alliances have done, it isn't.
Poaching/messaging members of an alliance to transfer to others is not that great a move.
There are several ways to advertise alliances without the need to spam players inboxes. Keep to those ways let players decide if they want to look into moving.
You do realise there are open water swimming competitions?
And these are the ones that this sort of call is aimed at this call is not aimed at swimming in a pool where there would already be lifeguards on duty.
Heatwave maybe which spawns medical calls aswell as some wildfires
Heatwave calls in the UK game would not be realistic.
You can easily manage this though in custom missions.
The % chance is better for them than asking for x amount to be sent.
You can already create large custom missions to include this.
No need for them to be added to any of the others
Display MoreCould storms have extra missions:
- Road Traffic Collisions (muti, entrapment etc)
- HGV Lost its load
- Light Aircraft Crash (large one is too recourse heavy)
- Person Under a Tree
-Freight Train Derailment
It would be better if we had a new major event.
I wouldn't adjust the current storm or S60.
Water Rescue has huge potential really.
Would be great to have it added.
Divers would also be a great addition to the game.
I know the game is trying to be realistic in what it provides, however given that our emergency services have been majorly cut and had major changes I'd say sticking to realistic expectations for the game is not a good idea.
The game should be working to provide a good range of services and options avaliable for players to choose if they use them or not.
Personally I was working to build realistic services in Scotland. This has turned out to be impossible given how the game works. Realistically most of the Scottish Fire Stations are RDS or part time. Yes there are Wholetime stations in most major towns and cities but we are seeing a lot moving to 1 wholetime unit and remainder are either staffed during day and RDS at night or they have moved 2nd units fully to RDS. I have designed my full fire service to provide wholetime cover across all stations.
Then there is HART we have 3 full time HART bases in Scotland (there are a few part time units dotted around) that's it this given how calls generate is not enough, I've added in so far 8 total HART bases and even this is proving to be insufficient cover.
Police again these have been cut back in real life to the bare minimum for the game it is simply impossible to play with realistic police set up. I've built on both current and closed police sites and even the current police sites for some do not have any response units in real life. I have also stuck to keeping the same structure to all my police stations which when it comes to specialist units like Armed Response these are limited to a small hand full of units in real life. NPAS in Scotland is 1 helicopter in real life in game though I've got 6 and still need more.
I don't even cover all of Scotland, I cover Central Belt, Fife, Dundee, Aberdeen and Moray coast is my main area I have islands set ups too.
So although I play realistic locations that is as far as realism can practically go in the game just now. So addition of rare units only used by a handful of services would not really cause an issue if you want to add them then add them if you don't want them don't add them.
Bit like CC, HART and NPAS they can all be added and even turned off.
I have my HEMS off all the time.
