Medical

[Unassailable 0]

I think another big part of life would be being a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, EMT or medical specialist of some sort. They would be like healers in other MMOs, but instead of people taking damage in battle, people would get 'sicknesses' at random or from some hard to trace sources, or just from each other. It's a cheap almost artificial way to make this profession needed, but it also kinda reflects real life. In the larger game, instead of playing 'against' each other like cops and robbers, or politicians, or businessmen, doctors are primarily playing a PvE game against various diseases that spread if they don't keep them in check. Most diseases would come with a minor debuff for players, encouraging them to go to the doctor, but not making it so mandatory if they just don't feel like it or want to 'walk it off' so to speak. Having a long recovery time in hospitals could make 'death' a big time price to pay in the game, and doctors could make that recovery quicker and allow players to get back in the action faster.

Doctors - The main healers. Can do the work of all the other healers, but can also act as a buff to other healers to make them heal better if they play a 'supervisor role'

Nurses - Do all the work of actually applying tools to people and replenishing their health. Takes a few minutes of 'recovery time.'

Pharmacists - These guys create the medicine

Specialists - Special Doctors are needed for special types of ailments, and carry specific buffs when dealing with those types of problems.

EMTs - Field Doctors, travel with an ambulance, can work with people in the street or bring them back to the Hospital.

Note on Firefighters: Firefights are, in a way, doctors for buildings, preventing the spread of the 'fire' disease. So the same design principles could be used for that much coveted position. It's not a coincidence that EMTs and ambulances are stationed at fire stations.

[tom 35]

u think that is a bit to in depth but it sounds good 

[lpriml 6]

As someone who was a medic on a serious RP server, I can tell you it's really difficult to get people to participate in medRP. I would say 1/10 actually did it because they enjoyed it, and the others only because it was in the rules that they had to. And even then it was only ever gunshot or shrapnel wounds, very rarely did anyone RP having a cold or serious injury other than a bullet wound.

I was hoping to continue in Identity with that character, but skewed it a bit so that she will be a physical therapist, so I don't have to rely on others RPing getting sick, because that sorta thing is very niche, and not everyone is into it. And it's not something you can force, either. 

But yeah, I'd love to see a deep level of medical roleplay, not just from medical staff, but other characters getting wounded/sick. I just don't expect it.

[tom 35]

2 minutes ago, lpriml said:

As someone who was a medic on a serious RP server, I can tell you it's really difficult to get people to participate in medRP. I would say 1/10 actually did it because they enjoyed it, and the others only because it was in the rules that they had to. And even then it was only ever gunshot or shrapnel wounds, very rarely did anyone RP having a cold or serious injury other than a bullet wound.

I was hoping to continue in Identity with that character, but skewed it a bit so that she will be a physical therapist, so I don't have to rely on others RPing getting sick, because that sorta thing is very niche, and not everyone is into it. And it's not something you can force, either. 

But yeah, I'd love to see a deep level of medical roleplay, not just from medical staff, but other characters getting wounded/sick. I just don't expect it.

i am playing EMS right now hahahaha on vendetta altis life server

[Edward 22]

I think this is usefull because in the cause of death in the game you can like respawn in a hospital and the nurses and doctors that are real people assist you on your needs

[Zach 4]

Most of the time in the united states both EMS and fire departments co inside one and other but run separably, so it would be cool to have both of them at car crashes ext. then being able to drive them to the hospital and hand over there information to the nurse & so on and so forth