Heat

[JDC]

Marcell, under your proposition, how fast would the rate of heat decrease be, considering that the maximum heat will be limited?

[Kessu]

Marcell, under your proposition, how fast would the rate of heat decrease be, considering that the maximum heat will be limited?

So under math it would actually be possible to evade. Now, it's really not unless you drive around for hours by yourself in the server.

[JDC]

So under math it would actually be possible to evade. Now, it's really not unless you drive around for hours by yourself in the server.

It always was possible to evade. It's just about how good you are at running from the cops.

[Kessu]

It always was possible to evade. It's just about how good you are at running from the cops.

Go and try to evade 100-1000 heat with cops online. It's NOT possible. 60 heat takes hours to evade with Alarba chasing you 

[Jaga848]

Go and try to evade 100-1000 heat with cops online. It's NOT possible. 60 heat takes hours to evade with Alarba chasing you

[Marcell]

Marcell, under your proposition, how fast would the rate of heat decrease be, considering that the maximum heat will be limited?

It would be locked to wanted level, so if you have 12 wanted level, the max heat is 12 heat, which is about 12 mins to evade (as the 30 sec timer gets increased by 10 secs on each kill) - if Klaus considers thats too low we might just do 2x the wanted level (max 24 heat if your wanted level's 12)

[Klaus]

From my own experience, any heat level below 15 is lost with ease, though highest heat level worth attempting to evade is 80. Anything above that you might as well last-stand it scarface style. Problem is with the heat-level rising to ridiculous levels when your bounty is below 10.

[SugarD]

Go and try to evade 100-1000 heat with cops online. It's NOT possible. 60 heat takes hours to evade with Alarba chasing you 

Heat shouldn't be that easy to get then. Not only does it make evasion near-impossible, but it makes the point of continued criminal roleplays pointless. That balance should be adjusted so both sides can enjoy the roleplays offered through it.

[stormeus]

Practically speaking, heat should be capped at 3x the wanted level as the default heat is 3, with a wanted level of 1 when suspected. However, I also have an idea for logarithmic heat intervals -- in other words, the closer you get to the heat cap, the longer it takes to gain heat. This also makes it slightly (and I mean very slightly) easier to lose heat at the lower heat levels.

[JDC]

the closer you get to the heat cap, the longer it takes to gain heat

Will this also apply for heat loss?

[stormeus]

Will this also apply for heat loss?

If you mean the closer you get to 0, the longer it takes to lose heat, this is also possible. This would create a parabola of sorts in terms of heat that would work both ways.



When implemented it would look odd, though.

[JDC]

If you mean the closer you get to 0, the longer it takes to lose heat, this is also possible. This would create a parabola of sorts in terms of heat that would work both ways.



When implemented it would look odd, though.

Looks good to me. It makes sure that suspects don't escape too quickly, and that suspects who kill a lot of cops / people have more time to be accountable for their crimes.

[Kessu]

So Stormeus, now the million dollar question. Does that actually make the time to evade say, 137 heat smaller or higher?

[JDC]

According to the graph (assuming 137 is below the maximum), large amounts of heat (and we can say 137 is large) will take a longer time to evade. Only smaller and larger amount of heats will be affected, those in between will be lost faster.

[Kessu]

According to the graph (assuming 137 is below the maximum), large amounts of heat (and we can say 137 is large) will take a longer time to evade. Only smaller and larger amount of heats will be affected, those in between will be lost faster.

What I'm asking, is comparing the time between the time you'd need to evade 137 heat now and the time you'd need to eavde 137 after implementation of what Stormeus has so far shown.