Beta and modules will likely be downloaded off the Identity website and through their own launcher. Full release will be on steam.

I welcome Carmelo Barbero (forum name noot) into the family as my main enforcer.

He must be some kind of sick fuck.

How was this unprofessional you fuck? This is a great deal of detail and you're over exaggerating, the game hasn't even came out yet and you think you're an actual boss in real life. It's identity forums, relax. I along with my Antarctican Gang of vicous penguins should gang rape you. Or are virtual don Luciano hitmen going to throw me into river. Don Frank Luprano was right on this one, your just a jackass who thinks he's powerful. Olive garden fiend.

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I found this after not being satisfied with the screenshots and content that i was getting , after watching all the media in the identity rpg twitter account more than twice i found this video of the clothes store, and i thought why not check this YouTube account for more identity content . After that i found this video and i got really happy to see how the town square will look like , not dull like arma 3 with just repetitive buildings. This place has skyscrapers (which i guess where the apartments are going to be) and lots of variations between all the buildings. beautiful map I've got to say. (keep in mind this was a sketch up from early 2015 )

Posture customization: many MMORPGs / RPGs have this feature. But most if not all don't let the player himself the ability to make his own posture. Usually there are pre-made ones to choose. Won't it be interesting to see many people each of them with their unique posture. It adds realism rather than using a default posture. Imagine yourself walking on the street and all the people around you are different, not only their appearance but how they stand. It gives the game a better atmosphere. Some people might get concerned that people are going to get crazy using the feature and do some impossible (anatomically) postures. But usually you get limitation to how body parts are allowed to move. People might try to make some funny stances but you can do those in reality so why not adding this to the game. Moreover this might improve the game.

Fanboys

Well boy do I have a request from you! ?

Why be disrespectful, it's a forum he is entitled to answer you back as much as he wants....

Profender, if James is appearing a bit more authorative than others to you then let me tell you why. He is one of the people who knows the most about this game, has stuck by development news and these forums for time and time and has helped many people along the way. So he may be inclined to answer a question with more confidence than others. He is somebody who I consider useful to the forums. Reading this post, I see you as somebody who has come along, posted something and has got annoyed when somebody answered your question in general disagreement with you and generally caused a nuisance whilst adding very little to the forums. I would rather have you gone than him, so have a bit of respect for those who care the most or do one.

Lets not clutter your topic so PM me if you have things to say. Also Some would have the same opinion and I know I put "We" but I typed it fast and didn't look over it because I was busy doing stuff. Also yes I did like the Idea and I did forget to like the topic after I posted. Also what was you talking about I got posts removed?

I don't think it was ok for our comments on james's attitude should not have been removed.

ok

@JamesLuck01 May you should make the text where you ask people for Likes a different color so it just pops out better for everybody to see...

No, thats not how it will work. unless a community server has it like that. But official servers will be that you wake up at the hospital a such and like you keep everything other than the things on you (you don't lose clothing)

What about this guys

The smartest thing you can do is forget this game exists(?) and just look at their twitter every 3-4 weeks because its doubtful they'd even release a screenshot more often than that.

I would like to announce I am now fully sworn by oath to the Luprano Family.

"I along with my Antarctican Gang of vicous penguins should gang rape you. " I'm 99.9% sure that was a joke...

Grazie noot. He said that before I updated my post to that great level of detail. Regardless its good someone called him out.

this video speaks to the core values of the family and people we should be in my opion

Tommy Belmonte was born September 18, 1955. Tommy had an average upbringing with his parents and sister. They grew up in New York in a three bedroom apartment. His father worked as a janitor at a local hotel that was run by the mob. He was paid good money to clean the "messes" that were made in some of the bedrooms. For 11 years he kept his mouth shut until he was killed for what he knew. When new bosses had come into the mix Tommy's father was killed because they didn't trust him. Tommy's mother later committed suicide when he was 19. Four years after his father was killed. Tommy took up his fathers old job as a janitor and made a decent pay. He had to support himself and his younger sister. While the mob didn't have him doing any extra work like his father they still did illegal crimes within the hotel. Gambling, money laundering and anything else you could think of. After working there for about a year Tommy began seeing things he wasn't supposed to. He saw the Capo of the Luchèse Crime Family slit a mans throat for not making soup the right way. They seen him watching and threatened to slit his throat if he talked. He swore he wouldn't talk at all. And he didn't. For four years he didn't speak a word. At 24 Tommy had already been brought into the family and was making some good fuckin money. His sister and him were living in a nice house in Queens and they were getting happy. Tommy was set to be made a Capo himself within the following year. 1980 Tommy was made Capo of The Luchèse Crime Family. And for ten years they would battle against the likes of The Gambino Crime Family. And for 10 years it would be the bloodiest war in recent history. Car bomb, assassinations and plain old gun fights. In the turn of a new decade the fall of the popularity of the Mafia would fall the other gangs making their plays. Such as the Bloods and Crips. Hells Angels and Mongles. And it didn't help that in 1992 John Gotti was sentenced to life for his crimes. Tommy's life turned to shit after that. The Feds made constant sting operations which left a lot of the family exposed to attacks. Hundreds of members being killed. Tommy packed up his shit while the gettin was good. He flew to the island in 93 and has lived there ever since. Making friends with the locals and making his own money waiting for his time to come out from the shadows. Tommy is a thinker. He likes to plan his attacks before he makes them an idea. He's also an opportunist that will capitalize on your weaknesses if he gets the chance. Now all he has to do is find a family that will accept him.

So since there is going to be a casino I'm sort of wondering what crime family is gonna own it. I want you to fight for its love guys. It's what both of you but only one shall prevail! .... Anyways, good luck.

There might be multiple families on a server as well as other gangsters so there might be wars or there might be some sort of mutual agreement.

Actually very true. With Microsoft announcing this may be their last console it may be the end of Xbox. Which is sad for me because of my memories on it, but everything must come to an end. And maybe this could spark the end of PlayStation as well. Hopefully they realize the potential of PC gaming and it becomes a bit more mainstream.

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2016/08/24/you-can-now-stream-classic-playstation-games-to-your-pc-via-ps-now/ Along with that and Microsoft streaming to PC, I think consoles are slowly but certainly meeting their demise.

Hacking one no, security yes and you should look as there are a few already in the business area and its not a career.

I'm assuming (in a hopeful way) that these models are just examples of what's possible through a robust in-game character creator.

So I know there are quite a number of other posts regarding this topic, but I'd like to share my own idea, as see what people think about my opinion. So, in my opinion, I think death should mean death, not respawning with a few items lost, and then continuing on the roleplay ignorant to the fact that you died. On the other hand, for this to be viable there would have to be an inheritance system in place so your new character can get the old characters property back, such as houses they bought, possibly gun they bought (legally), and clothes and stuff (however weird the concept of having a dead guys clothes may be :P), and then maybe the monetary value of certain items, and maybe the lease of a rented house could be transferred as well, and possibly the ownership of a business, but probably not a rank in a gang or a police force, although that could be debatable. The reason I think this work, is because it still keeps the importance of dying there, which would probably make people be more careful with their lives, and create some good roleplay situations, such as mourning the loss of a close friend/gang member, re-structuring the gang after the leader/other important roles die, and let people move up the ladder in gangs rather than just sitting at the bottom, with the more popular or experienced players sitting immortally at the top of the ladder until they either choose to retire the character or die. It would also make it more satisfying to kill an 'enemy' character, such as the leader of another gang, an opposing drug dealer, or even a political figure you who you disagree with, or getting revenge on a judge that locked up some of your gang members. Overall, I think it would create a richer role-playing experience, with a real element of fear, not daring to go into bad neighbourhoods alone and unarmed, and for important people being careful where they go, to keep out of harms way. This could also have a positive effect on having hostages, as if the police do not negotiate right, they will know that someone is actually going to die, and lose their life, for 'real'. On top of this, It's not like you would just die straight away after being downed, and if it was my decision if there was permanent death, depending on the injury I would suggest about a 5 minute bleed count for the ambulance to get to you and for the paramedics to stabilise you, before you die, although this time limit should really depend on how many paramedics there are, and how fast they can get to people, which can only really be found out through the test of time. Of course, in the eyes of many, this system has its issues. I Have heard people raise the issue of people basically not wanting to die, and one example used was being run over by a 13-year-old in a stolen car and dying from it, especially when they were the leader of a gang or something would be stupid and ruin the fun, or being randomly shot in the back of the head in the middle of the night by some Psyco. To me, this is all part of the fun, and is part of the roleplaying situation, and I can't really think of a way someone could kill you which wouldn't be feasible in real life, I mean in real life anybody could go out and murder someone, and this would work in game because I'm sure there's going to be a very good justice and law system, which would discourage people from doing these things, and would probably stop the type of people who would go on murdering sprees in their tracks relatively quickly. The death penalty, or long sentences, or even in extreme cases a life sentence would also, in my opinion, be a good way to counter this, as people would probably not want to risk this. It's also unlikely that people will just keep making new characters and murdering people, as guns are meant to be relatively hard to get because of the price, although I'll admit there is a slight chance for abuse here, although to be fair not much more than if there was a re-spawn system, which I think would only increase abuse I'm sorry for rambling on a bit, this is way longer than I expected it to be, but oh well . I'd love to hear what you think about my ideas in the comments, some of your ideas, and if you really can't be bothered to read it all, I can make a TL;DR version edit - Jesus christ I had a look on word and this is 800 words 0_0.

I like the idea of 45 minutes, but I think the time should increase for repeating offenders, gotta learn their lesson someway..

That feel when people think a game is made overnight. Ignorance is a bliss.

I haven't read many other comments so forgive me for repeating what someone says. I think 45 minutes is way too short and here are my reasons. 1.Prison sims are fun 2. 45mins is not enough time to form gangs and territories and make the prison experience worthwhile 3. 45mins isn't enough time to get together a prison break plan 4. friends won't be motivated to break you out if they can just wait. 5. It's not enough time to be institutionalized Also I think being able to have your friends secretly mail in weapons and phones inside cakes would be cool

All you just said is Bullshit because they had gameplay of the game and why would a popular youtuber make a video on it if it was just a scam. Honestly i think that you people should stop pressuring them and let them do their job if you want this game out. Everyone wants to play this game even the devs but games dont come falling from the sky. I understand the concern people are having as i personally made a video on this game and pledged for modules but since March 25th which the first dev blog came out we have seen nothing which does lead you to wondering but what i think will happen is that they will release the Video and Module at the same time in a big update and we have to wait for it. So before anyone starts screaming and critises me my main point is Stop and Calm Down because Identity will release in your life time ETC 2020 JK Keep the Great Work @Motown and @Paratus

Well, first of all, just because people want answers to questions, does not mean they have no respect. A lot of the people asking those questions are actually investors in Identity, which gives them the right I would think. Second, your statement raises the immediate question, if you get to see images from Motown, then why are they not shown to everyone? Every single time someone on these forums raises the question of why is there no information forthcoming then either you, or one of the other self appointed 'Admins' leaps in telling folks to stop asking..........well maybe if someone from the actual Dev team would give an answer then they would stop asking. No matter how much you and you ilk seem to think you speak for the Dev team, you don't, and you thumbing your nose at the rest of the community by telling them you get special privileges really does not help.....at all. Some of you seem to think that the rest of us have never been involved in anything like this before (the OP here being a perfect example) well I'm sorry but this certainly ain't my first rodeo Herzog. If they were nowhere near ready then they most certainly should not have begun a Kick Starter, & people are right to question it because the amount of updates is very poor.

I fear an uprising will soon occur, as more and more are getting concerned for the progress of Identity.....

TLDR Stop kissing their asses, Paratus completely missed the deadline, like he always does. Stop making your shitty excuses defending them. Stop trying to justify everything.

I agree...I think the whole "wanted level" system is outdated and inaccurate. It should be just like in real life. When a crime is committed, they investigate based on reports, unless the cops witnesses things themselves...This makes new jobs available like dispatcher...

Best solution would be just to not have a wanted level system. It doesn't work like that. If someone thinks you're causing a ruckus, they'll report you, and it's up to the police to see if they catch you or not. Even without a wanted level system in other RP games, I still manage to get pulled over by the feds.

If time is 45 minutes max: Jailbreaks would almost never be possible with such a short amount of time. It often takes 30+ minutes just to prepare a strategy, gear up, and gather the appropriate intel assuming there are no delays and you're not rushing into things (this is from experience on ArmA 3 Life). This gives us very little time to enjoy the full prison experience, some people want to take it all in not blow through it all and chow down faster than a speeding bullet.. Enjoy your experience. If time is above 45 minutes (3 hour max jail sentence): This makes not getting caught much more thrilling in my opinion, sure a lot of people are like "but then if I do a crime I have to sit in jail and do nothing for hours!" but you do realize that's only if you get caught? Also I imagine you have to do a hell of a lot of crimes to receive a maximum jail sentence. I, personally someone who's more interested in hardcore role-play rather than an arcady GTA experience would prefer a longer jail sentence just for the sake of role-play. I want to be part of the whole role-playing experience, I don't want to run around the streets and just commit constant crime after crime not carring about that 45 minute maximum jail sentence. If you're a real criminal and know what you're doing, you shouldn't get caught. Honestly.. I imagine the official servers want something for everyone so I imagine there will be versions of official servers that are more arcady while there are versions that are much more hardcore with longer jail sentences and such; Regardless of that, I imagine there will be plenty more private servers and something for everyone. It won't all be the same, so if you want that chance at a longer jail sentence then trust me there will be servers out there for you just with that in mind focusing on the hardcore aspects of role-play.

Hia! Katie here, name also being, well Katie. I learned about Identity from one of my friends and decided that I would love to help out, which is why I'm here now! I mostly play League of Legends in my free time, but I expand my pool of gaming. Right now I'm in Queen's University in Kingston studying Biology, which is not the easiest thing in the world to do. If you ever want to play a game or two of something, feel free to shoot me a message and I'll add you on whatever. I just hope everyone has a good time!

Howdy! My name is Josh, but when it comes to gaming, I am more famously known as Killswitch. I have been playing video games ever since I was a young. I originated from console gaming, went to PC, back to console, then back to the PC master race after college. I dabble in all sorts of games but find the MMORPGs, MOBAs, and FPS games to be the most entertaining. I am from North Dakota and attended North Dakota State University where I got my Bachelors of Science. I am currently a Chemist in the area of Water Treatment, however I am going to go back to college to pursue a degree in Computer Science in the fall. I, like many others here, have met most of these young chaps through Asylum's Altis Life Server where I am an Administrator as well. Other additional hobbies would be sports, hunting, fishing, music, movies, and of course hanging out with friends. If you have any questions or need help, don't hesitate to message me.

Yes it should be fun, but some people want to play as civilians but if everyone is a criminal then it will ruin it for them because they will constantly get robbed or shot. Anyway there is other stuff to do in jail so it wont just be sitting still.

Hey everyone, I'm Brendan, I'm currently a senior in high school taking a programming class and 3D modeling course with high hopes to go into the gaming industry in the future. I've been gaming ever since I was about 5 or 6. I've always loved video games and the world that it put you in. By the age of 13 I bought my first PC and gamed on it for about 2 years, After working part-time I save up money and built my new Gaming PC which is what I use now. After switching to PC I will never go back to consoles! Once I built that computer I installed all my software for 3D modeling and have been creating different projects to store in a portfolios for future job applications, by late 2016 I hope to apply for an internship at Gearbox Software (Creators of Borderlands) to improve my knowledge of the gaming industry. Thanks for checking out my introduction and I hope to see you guys around!

Nice to meet you all. I'm Matt, also known as Dysto, I guess that's my sort of online alias. I'm a Second Year University Student in the UK who loves to get involved in online communities especially when it allows me to work around a great group of people and a great product. I started out running my own forums several years ago along with a friend, I then moved into the journalistic space acting as a freelance writer for a period of time. More recently I help test two GRID games at Codemasters being credited for my role in the community there, before stumbling onto Identity. If you have any questions or queries feel free to come and discuss it with me. You can also catch me at @Dysto on Twitter. I'll see you guys around, lets make Identity the next big thing.

Hi there. My name is Anders, Im 25 and from Norway. I go under the name Budbringer as its my gaming name. I have been an admin on the Asylum Altis Life since June 2014. I graduated from school this christmas so right now I have tons of free time as I'm applying for jobs and have no school, so you wiill see me a lot. Lets make identity great together Budbringer

So this of course is entirely my opinion, and like all opinions, is subject to change. This is what I think it should be like in the prison. First off, I entirely agree with most people here, 45 minutes is WAY to short. As Undead said, you don't want to encourage people to enter crime, and, if you're going to have a whole acquit court system, that could take enough time in itself, so you want to have a sentence long enough that people are actually able and want to be acquitted. For me, the Maximum time a player should be in jail is 3 Hours, with no offline time included. Let me tell you why. 3 In-Game no offline hours is a LONG time, and it also is enough time to encourage people not to get into crime, as well as is a long enough time to inspire people to be acquitted. I also believe that, in order to not spam the system, and implying the maximum time is 3 hours, then the time you need to have in your sentence must be over 1 and a half hours in order to a request an acquittal. Now we've also come to a bit of an obstacle, you've mentioned Jail Breaks, now although we don't want to inspire criminals to try to break out of jail, we do want to give them enough time to maybe try, and this should obviously be very difficult, and doing so can add some serious time to your sentence, I was thinking 1-2 more hours, thus making getting caught a real punishment, which warns prisoners not to try it. But anyways, if Jail Breaks want to actually be a thing, you might want to add 2 Hours to the maximum time, making 4-5. Now for Jail Time, the 5-10 minutes cell separate from Prison, should be at max 15 minutes, maybe 20, reason being is all you're doing in a regular jail cell is waiting around and possibly talk to people, that's it, so unless they make some activities in a jail cell, it should be at max 15-20 minutes. And the crimes that put you in the jail cell should be incredibly minor, like speeding for example. One last thing. The form of punishment in prison. Ex: Killing/Attacking a Prisoner, Killing/Attacking a Guard, Contraband, building an escape tunnel (If possible as well as could be tied to Jail Breaks) and we've already discussed Jail Breaks as a whole. Now obviously each crime is different, some more serious than than the other. Please note that killing is more serious than just plain attacking, thus getting more punishment time. The most serious crime would be Killing a Guard, least serious being Contraband. Now punishment for these could go many different ways, you could have time added onto your sentence, which would be spent just staying in regular prison as normal. Another (personally my favorite) would be adding time onto your sentence, except the time that was added would be spent in a Solitude System (which I hope the game will have) and after that time is spent, the rest of your sentence would be spent as normal. Now for Contraband you could have it go 2 ways: 1. No matter the contraband, you get X amount of time added to sentence. Or 2. Different types of contraband give different X amounts of time. Weapons being #1 and Drugs being #2 for example. It all would be a very nice system to have. Thanks for reading and I hope you take my ideas into consideration, please remember this is all my opinion and some people may have a better idea than mine, so make sure you read everything! Thanks!

Well, Hello everyone! My name is Justin, but people call me Snatch. I am one of the more recent additions to the administration staff on Asylum's Gaming-Asylum life server community. However, I have been a long standing member for over a year and a half as well as a Lieutenant of the Asylum Police Department for a year now. I'm resident in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. I am also a married college graduate. In my professional career, I am a Network Engineer and Administrator for a well established & publicly traded Fortune 500 corporation. I have been in the industry for over 15 years and earned numerous professional certifications from Cisco and also accredited from the NSA in network security. Together we can all create the chapter of gaming. I am so excited to be a part of this great adventure that is Identity!

Hello there, So, about me, I am Admin Revenge X from Asylum and I've been doing my volunteering work there for quite a while. I live in a little small island called Puerto Rico and I speak both languages of Spanish and English fluently, so for you Latin people out there with any questions you know who to look for :). I've been a gamer for as long as I can remember and very competitive. Also I've been working on the APD on the Asylum community for a long time, reached the rank of Lieutenant and so far its been my hobby so if there is going to be cops beware! I am coming to get you!. I always been a people person type of guy and love to help out as much as I can so if you ever see me around don't be scared to say hi. Anyways I hope to see you all soon so we can start our adventures together and make this game a blast. ~Revenge X~

Hello everyone! I am Olio! I was previously the Community Manager for Asylum's Entertainment's "Altis Life" mission file on Arma 3, and ever since the day I stepped foot onto Altis Life, I have been hooked with what Paratus and Motown have created as well as the great community that surrounds the Altis Life format. I am an active PC gamer across many genres. I was extremely excited to hear about Identity being started and I am extremely excited for its release and being a part of the ever growing community of Asylum Entertainment. As a leader in the customer service industry, I thoroughly enjoy working with people, creating resolutions for issues and striving to create win/win situations for everyone. If you ever need any help feel free to contact me here on the forums or Identities Official Discord and I will get back to you as soon as possible. See you in Identity!