With the outcry for defibs, and the obvious support of the majority of the community, we as a staff have decided to implement a new, different, and unique concept into the Olympus Community.
As a Staff, we met with Senior APD members, Senior R&R Members, and prominent members of our Civilian Population. We discussed how to implement defibs. However, we had to be careful, as Olympus has an awesome Whitelisted R&R faction. If we were to simply implement a defib, it would render R&R useless. We also didn't want to make engagements impossible for the APD to handle, and we also wanted to take into consideration a RP aspect to the defibs. With all of these things to keep in mind, along with implementation techniques, exploitable issues, and how it would affect the landscape of the server, I (with help from great community members) came up with a unique concept that will be exlusive to Olympus. Ladies and gentleman, I bring you : Epi-Pens
The Epi Pen will be a unique virtual item that all civilians will be able to purchase at clinics and hospitals around Altis. These Epi-Pens will be priced at 20k. As a virtual item, they will be used to bring back your friend from the dead! However, a massive shot of adrenaline has it's drawbacks. After being injected with this Epi-Pen, you will have an additional 5 minutes to live. How you use that 5 minutes is up to you. I would suggest making your way to a hospital (Kavala, Sophia, Athira, and Pyrgos) where you will have an opportunity to get a Dopamine Shot. Any R&R member on the server at any time can also give you a Dopamine Shot. This Dopamine Shot will stop your heart from exploding, and let you continue living the rest of your life, or until one of the Olympus Gods blow you up with boats.
Now, with the additon of the Epi-Pen, you will have a 3rd button on your hud when you die. As it stands, the current buttons are Respawn, and Request Medic. A third option will be Request Epi-Pen. This will have a 1-2 minute cooldown. After requesting Epi-Pen has been selected, ANYONE with one can revive you. There will be a revive animation much like the current healing animation, and once it is complete you will be revived with 100 hp, and a 5 minute timer on your screen. GET RUNNING.
There are some more elements to the Epi-Pen, and I will try to lay everything out so there won't be too many questions.
20k price tag
10-15 virtual weight
1 use only (like a blasting charge)
Can only be used on someone who is specifically requesting an Epi-Pen
Cannot be revived with an Epi-Pen more than once. If you die after 5 minutes, you must get revived by a Medic, or Respawn
Your 5 minute timer stops when restrained by the APD, and when you pay your ticket/get sent to jail your timer is lifted
Medics, and Major Hospitals will offer Dopamine shots to cure you at 15k a shot
Can only be purchased at Hospitals or Clinics
No server message when you request (to avoid meta)
You cannot request both a medic and a epi-pen. However the cooldown for a epi-pen will be 1-2 minutes. After that you can request a medic.
This concept will be tweaked and heavily tested. As of right now, there is not a time-line on a dev standpoint on when they will be rolled out, but keep checking the forums for updates.
Please leave your thoughts below!
- Peter