One of the reasons I believe hostage taking was re-introduced was to enable more and better roleplay.
However the entire time being a hostage, it's usually silence and no fun, and the hostage takers don't know how to negotiate... 500k for a PCSO...... I cant put a value on life, but seriously, negotiate... and no, we won't bank transfer it... how dumb do you think we are...
Roleplay or GTFO, I'd rather a community of 40 people that can roleplay than 100's that say "you have 5 seconds to drop your weapon we have snipers".