What makes for a good DarkRP server?

[cat]

everyone talks about the good darkrp days but i really want to know what u mean.
What is an ideal dark rp server? What do you think are some problems with current ones?

S&Box could come, could be a good time to discuss

[The Clown]

People are alot more strict you brake 1 rule and your gone

[Sigfig]

Originally posted by Hemperor Palpatine:

People are alot more strict you brake 1 rule and your gone

This. Beheviors (Aside from extremely detrimental things, like crashing the server) should be promoted/demoted threw gameplay mechanics. Guns being expensive/police powerful stops massRDM. Player interaction should be promoted (To stop the game from being a basesitting cookie clicker) and printers should be replaced with something more engaging. Proactive administration stopping people ruining the game, allowing people to make real builds with e2, and addition of new mechanics (that aren't just printers with extra steps) every so often and you have not unreasonable expectations for a decent server.

But, I don't know of one server with a playerbase that does even half these things thats online right now. One did exist and it was glorious while it lasted, then got blown up by obsessive autists raging over dumb drama and minging on the server because of it.

[cat]

thanks, yo i thought this was really interesting

Originally posted by Mr.Fantastic:

Guns being expensive/police powerful stops massRDM. Player interaction should be promoted (To stop the game from being a basesitting cookie clicker) and printers should be replaced with something more engaging. and addition of new mechanics (that aren't just printers with extra steps)

what are some ideas that would not fall into the same problem? how do you feel about things like the pharmaceutical or trashman mod?

Originally posted by Hemperor Palpatine:

People are alot more strict you brake 1 rule and your gone

true, and i think this discourages some rp, though what are some rules you feel are bad?

[TB18]

Community.
Activity.
Incentives to stay.
A active owner/co-owner. with a Owner rank.. (Co-owner makes people think your less.)
Updates.

These are a few of the basics,

Basically, make it fun for your players - get a few buddies to be active staff and to play on the server (NOT ABUSING), get a population of around 13 (That's when other people start to check out your game- just from experience.) and start talking to people, making the game fun or adding content that includes people.

Content doesn't always mean *A new skin or gun*, when looking what to create look at what your fan-base wants and what is best for the direction of roleplay.