This is the perfect example of how creativity gets killed when you decide to use /dice for every single sh*t you do in roleplay.
That's pretty sad you had to deal with this, people have really almost to zero knowledge on how to start and behave in almost every scenario, i'd say it's because they lack of common sense or they haven't got enough experience. It's easier to jump into pvp fights when the other side is either the police or rival group and moan afterwards.
Also, most of the playerbase is young (and they often admit they have never played any roleplay game before) and doesn't understand correctly how roleplaying works, as COL i can tell you i have to spend plenty of time on that matter than any other subject in a passport test but we can't cover everything, experience comes always with time, it gets worse when they start to hang around with people that have influence on them, these people who are also confused or purposely interpretate roleplay scenarios for their own advantage are the reason why the majority of scenarios are boring and repetitive. Why am i saying this? Because i have been in the same position in the past.
using /dice for everything is not i mean but /dice should be used in a action which can be counter or be missed also with also a reason not like /dice on a bullet fire from a short range near you.