Sandy Shores Overhaul

[2letters]

Brief Summary: To overhaul Sandy Shores because currently it's only area of the entire map with nothing.

Detailed Suggestion:
Over the past year or so I've followed many Sandy Shores overhauls which add interest to the area and bring it up to the same standard as the rest of the map. I've seen anything from it becoming an actual city rather than a run-down dump but I think it would be best kept the way it is, with the addition of a few businesses, a restaurant (unless Yellow Jacks had the ability to sell actual food). Some of the cool stuff I've seen which I'd put forward is:
- A city hall - An idea I had for this would be expanding heists/robberies as a method of gathering blueprints, this could be split between the city town hall, sandy & paleto for different heists. A lawyer's office which would be a nice home for a legal group to take over and have an actual place to conduct business & meet clients. We already have a mechanic shop (Flywheels) but other than that it's pretty empty if you compare it to anywhere else. I've seen a complete set which actually improves housing, the airfield & much more but I know housing might be a tricky one as some of the houses are already owned by players and not sure how this would work without upsetting the economy of house prices? This is all something I can provide if this suggestion gets any traction

It would also be nice to see an improved hospital & police station to allow for a nicer area for NHS/Police to base themselves out of and station themselves from as the police station is pretty buggy (you can walk through the toilet & bench).

I know this won't bother some people as they don't travel to Sandy Shores but as someone who uses it daily you notice the lack of content inside Sandy. I know Sandy serves its purpose for some of the criminal acts which I will keep out of this topic to prevent meta.

The Pros:
- Increased opportunity for RP
- More businesses as opportunities for players to purchase
- Increased footfall outside the city/paleto
- The ability to increase complexity to existing criminal behaviours (See above)
- The ability to widen the police/NHS from outside the city to being based in sandy/paleto

The Cons:
- Lifetime of dev work
- Sourcing/funding of MLO's.
- Reworking existing scripts

Does this suggestion change balance on the server ?
Yes/No - I think it changes gameplay but in a positive way - it allows for gameplay to exceed the city limits and have people wider spread than they already are.

(Attached images are just one of the MLO revamps I found to give you an example of what I am suggesting)

 

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[2letters]

Brief Summary: To overhaul Sandy Shores because currently it's only area of the entire map with nothing.

Detailed Suggestion:
Over the past year or so I've followed many Sandy Shores overhauls which add interest to the area and bring it up to the same standard as the rest of the map. I've seen anything from it becoming an actual city rather than a run-down dump but I think it would be best kept the way it is, with the addition of a few businesses, a restaurant (unless Yellow Jacks had the ability to sell actual food). Some of the cool stuff I've seen which I'd put forward is:
- A city hall - An idea I had for this would be expanding heists/robberies as a method of gathering blueprints, this could be split between the city town hall, sandy & paleto for different heists. A lawyer's office which would be a nice home for a legal group to take over and have an actual place to conduct business & meet clients. We already have a mechanic shop (Flywheels) but other than that it's pretty empty if you compare it to anywhere else. I've seen a complete set which actually improves housing, the airfield & much more but I know housing might be a tricky one as some of the houses are already owned by players and not sure how this would work without upsetting the economy of house prices? This is all something I can provide if this suggestion gets any traction

It would also be nice to see an improved hospital & police station to allow for a nicer area for NHS/Police to base themselves out of and station themselves from as the police station is pretty buggy (you can walk through the toilet & bench).

I know this won't bother some people as they don't travel to Sandy Shores but as someone who uses it daily you notice the lack of content inside Sandy. I know Sandy serves its purpose for some of the criminal acts which I will keep out of this topic to prevent meta.

The Pros:
- Increased opportunity for RP
- More businesses as opportunities for players to purchase
- Increased footfall outside the city/paleto
- The ability to increase complexity to existing criminal behaviours (See above)
- The ability to widen the police/NHS from outside the city to being based in sandy/paleto

The Cons:
- Lifetime of dev work
- Sourcing/funding of MLO's.
- Reworking existing scripts

Does this suggestion change balance on the server ?
Yes/No - I think it changes gameplay but in a positive way - it allows for gameplay to exceed the city limits and have people wider spread than they already are.

(Attached images are just one of the MLO revamps I found to give you an example of what I am suggesting)

If this suggestion seems to big, a smaller change to Sandy which might be more feasible would be:

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Which adds a strip mall, also compatible with a few other additions such as Burger Shot, clinic etc from G&N.

I leave all changes to the dev team but just a few options i've found to provide as examples

 

[L1L]

would be great if there where more reasons to leave the city to be honest.

 

[Maverick Delta]

Same would be good for Paleto too.

More people should need a reason to leave the city. People should be spread out and use sandy as their hub.

This could possible be done easier with more community hubs in these location with things like trucking, sanitation and taxi job start points in sandy/ paleto too. Done necessarily need a map overhaul to get this achieved.

 

[MercyMcQueen]

+1 this absolutely. I live in sandy the majority of the time due to flywheels and would love to give people more of a reason to come up! Flywheels is hopeful for an expansion in the near future so it would be something but would be ace to have more up there! The air strip is utilised an awful lot for the sake of flywheels events and we even had the idea of possibly a stage going up on the airstrip for us and others to use for events and racing events etc.

Additional housing would be nice too as they're only so much you can do with the caravans in sandy so would be nice to have some available that are nicer and bigger.

 

[Kovak]

I think a change in Sandy would be great. Others may think this is pointless however you have to imagine what type of change this could have on the city and the distribution of players. I remember back in the day when people would only go to Paleto due to the taxi ride sending us there, however with The Occult camp being close by and The Lost compound being there we have seen a large increase in activity.

A recent example of this was the recent event held by The Hen House (Nice event btw) which saw a large portion of the city being up there, it's nice to see people spread out more.

A more developed Sandy could potentially see a new place for groups/gangs to hang out and call home. At this current moment in time I am not aware of any groups that lay claim to Sandy, but then again I could be wrong, since I have no incentive to go there with it's current state. Instead of being a run down dump, it could be a nice little suburb, a quiet life away from the bustling city (and away from Paleto, we are anti-social hermits)

 

[2letters]

I think a change in Sandy would be great. Others may think this is pointless however you have to imagine what type of change this could have on the city and the distribution of players. I remember back in the day when people would only go to Paleto due to the taxi ride sending us there, however with The Occult camp being close by and The Lost compound being there we have seen a large increase in activity.

A recent example of this was the recent event held by The Hen House (Nice event btw) which saw a large portion of the city being up there, it's nice to see people spread out more.

A more developed Sandy could potentially see a new place for groups/gangs to hang out and call home. At this current moment in time I am not aware of any groups that lay claim to Sandy, but then again I could be wrong, since I have no incentive to go there with it's current state. Instead of being a run down dump, it could be a nice little suburb, a quiet life away from the bustling city (and away from Paleto, we are anti-social hermits)

cough TFA cough