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+1 Banker goes to take a piss and 130 printers blow up. wtf jouaram

I still shouldn't win

I should win cause funny

I have enjoyed the community and people i have met since i joined

i should win?

7 minutes ago, Arestios said:

everyone needs to understand that this is a business and profit is needed, people are allowed to buy ab and items to support the server, in return you guys can use the ab in game

IMO, making AB harder to get by actually playing would not really increase people spending IRL for AB. People that don't spend IRL wont be more inclined to spend any by making it impossible to earn in game. There will always be people that will never spend IRL$ no matter what you do and also people who will spend IRL$ to get AB. You can make the argument that it promotes people buying AB to then sell for in game money to other players. From what i have seen people selling AB has almost completely died out and almost no one will ever sell AB anymore. I think that making AB almost impossible to earn in game without afking just harms the majority of the playerbase and discourages them from even playing. 

I agree with what i have talked about with SnortThisPerc and @luxeray. The casino wheel probably should not be the way/main way you farm AB in-game but there should at least be some way to "play to earn" AB.

I shouldn't win.

lol

I should win so i can buy even more Lelantos crates and a discord role would be pretty cool.

Also i think i'm overdue for my tax refund

Suggestion: New Playermodels

[DIZ] Dark Souls 3: Abyss Watcher [PM]   -   8MB

[DIZ] Shadowscale Acolyte [PM]   -   2.5MB

Dark Souls: Artorias   -   16.5MB

Handsome Jack Playermodel   -   3MB

[PM] Charlotte Katakuri   -   10.5MB

Honkai Impact 3rd Eden [SFM]   -   5MB

Also just these models that i had in my last post.
Krieg the Psycho [player/npc]   -   12MB

Honkai Impact 3rd - Gyakushinn Miko [PM & NPC]   -   2.5MB

How will this improve the quality of Aether?: Some models that could be added in for the next model renter swap

I like the Mavis and Ribbon Girl Miku models

+1

Suggestion: A few new models

Link To Relevant Addons:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1752597947&searchtext=     2.5 MB

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1285299932&searchtext=     6 MB

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406141562&searchtext=     11 MB

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1823254965&searchtext=     3 MB

How will this improve the quality of Aether?: I have noticed that most of the current models are completely unused and I only use a few myself. I found some models i thought were pretty nice and the file size wasn't too big. I think some people would hopefully enjoy some of these models. If only some of these models are accepted i atleast want the first model thats only 2.5 MB

Suggestion: Make it so the Raeve SWEP gives the speed boost again

How will this improve the quality of Aether?: The Raeve Swep used to give a speed boost while you were currently holding it similar to the climb swep. The speed increase from Raeve was removed around the time the PVP island was added and the Tzar Vodka speed glitch was patched. Now that you can no longer use any movement items in the PVP zone there should be no downsides to giving the Raeve swep its speed again. People just use the Phase Shift for mobility instead and it also makes you invisible. The Raeve Swep will need to be disabled from use in the PVP arena since it is currently equipable  there. After the speed was removed from the Raeve Swep all it does is make sounds and gives reduced gravity. 

Suggestion: A job similar to the pvp'er but you spawn in the "RP Only Area" with all of the weapons from the Perm Shop. There should also be an NPC/Bot that you can test weapon damage on.

How will this improve the quality of Aether?: I think this is needed since it is no longer possible to test the weapons in singleplayer after all of the buffs/nerfs the weapons have gone through. This would also allow for you to see the bodyperms of the weapons as well. People should be able to test the weapon before they buy it since the weapons range from 50mil to 1Bil. I have had to refund a 1bil weapon before because it was much weaker than i expected it to be.  People should be confident in the weapon they want before they buy it. It would also make it much easier for people to recommend what weapons need tweaked. 

The Bug You're Experiencing: After swapping jobs while using a custom model i have had equipped for a while the model became unusable.  It no longer shows up in the model renter menu and i cannot apply it. I am also pretty sure it becomes unusable by anyone else on the server and only fixes after server restart. I have tried rejoining the server and that does not fix it. 

Can you reproduce the bug, if so, how?: Not sure if i can reproduce it but i have had this happen 3 or more times.

Examples of the bug (images, videos): Didn't get a clip when it happened this time but will edit the post if i recreate it.

In-Game Name: OXX

SteamID: STEAM_0:0:103270352

Specify Where The Rank Is Needed: Discord and Forums

Proof of Rank Ownership: 

Suggestion: A Body Perm for the Bone Crusher since the Omni Blade has one and it's a re-texture of the Bone Crusher. I think the bodyperm should be a downsized  model of the shield strapped to the side of the models left forearm. I don't think it should be on the back because it would cover other bodyperms like the Omni Blade does. 

How will this improve the quality of Aether?: The Bone Crusher was the Verdict before the weapon base was changed. Because of this, the Bone Crusher is a rare and expensive item, but it does not have a bodyperm like the Verdict did before it. It could be a nice looking bodyperm because Weapon Skins work on it. 

Side-Note | The Bone Crusher seems to override all other items besides the infection SWEP so every time you spawn you have the bone crusher equipped. This is very annoying because the bone crusher has an animation for swapping from it instead of instantly changing weapons. It would be nice if it never came equipped when you spawn because i could see it getting you killed when you are a PVP'ER.

Suggestion: An option to choose what unbox items show as body perms. Some of the body perms look really nice, but some of the other items I have equipped for their practical uses instead completely cover up the body perms i would like to have showing on my model. In the image below, I have resorted to using the glitter or transmission weapon skins as a makeshift body perm remover. I used the glitter skin on my Gravity Hammer and Infused Claws to make them as invisible as possible. Some of my items I never equip just for the sole reason that they completely obscure my other body perms, such as the Oversized Chainsaw.

I would like to see the option to hide specific body perms implemented into the unbox inventory if possible. If implemented into the unbox menu, there could be an option to "hide/show body perm" when you right click on the item in your inventory, similar to how the point shop works. It could also be added as a separate tab underneath the trading tab in the unbox menu. 
If it is not practical to add this to the unbox menu, it could instead be an NPC in spawn. 

How will this improve the quality of Aether?: Players will be able to customize the look of their player without having to worry about your PVP/Movement items Covering their Aesthetic Perms. 

Shrooms were nerfed a few days ago. Each shroom would sell for 30k but the price was decreased to 15k per shroom.

Mining was left at 100k per gold bar for probably a month before the jobs were reworked. Now the price was decreased back to 50k per gold bar.
Mining when the price was doubled still was not worth the effort it takes and now there is even less reason to mine. 

Hypothetically if you didn't have to mine for the gold before smelting and only just had to smelt gold you could make 27mil every hour. 

Currently mining is by far the most grueling job you can do and the pay is minimal to any other possible job. Even if no job is 2x boosted for a day the other jobs still make more money than mining. It takes hours to mine the gold and hours to smelt the gold after you mine it. Right now i have 2.6k gold in my ore bag. It would take me 5 hours to smelt 2.6k gold and i would only receive 130mil.

It takes longer to mine the gold than smelting does so you can more than half the hourly rate smelting gold makes to get a realistic amount.

Since jouaram don't want to give it fluctuating prices he would have to change the mining/smelting speed or just increase the sell price. If he was just to increase the sell price of gold it would have to be at least tripled to stand a chance against other jobs.

Link to my mining buff post

+1 

I like the Artorias and Soul Of Cinder models

I am personally against adding a whole new rank because i quit a server that started with 2 ranks and added like 4 more. They took stuff you used to get from the old ranks that became the worst and moved it to the new ranks and the best rank cost 250 dollars. 

My favorite thing about Aether is that it is not stupidly PTW like most gmod servers. I think Aethers premium could use some QOL changes. premium gives 4 useful things right now (Double XP, More props, Aether Printer, and more inventory storage).

+1

+1

I also think city worker should be one of the best jobs. It's so much better not having to sit in your base for hours to make decent money. You can now get XP Orbs from playing hobo, although I'm not sure if its worth it. With a dumpster boost, by the time I got 256 pieces of wood and stone to sell, I had 12 XP Orbs.

Also, even with maxed prices, cigs are better than bitcoin, meth, lean, weed, and somehow even moonshine. Cigs also require less effort than all the jobs I listed. A job that has a steady price and doesn't change daily like all other drugs is better than all but one when they have maxed prices for an event. Jobs that fluctuate and don't have a stable price should make more than cigs, at least when they are maxed out.

Suggestion: Buff or rework mining to be better.

How will this improve the quality of Aether?: After the recent update where cigarettes, cocaine, and city worker were buffed and are now the three best jobs on the server, mining feels completely useless. Even with the prices of refined bars being doubled temporarily, mining is not worth the time and effort to do it. Cigarette smuggler is the 3rd best job for money now and requires very little effort (just tab in and refill machines and replace boxes). Mining is way worse than cigarettes now. Even with prices being doubled for a week, it's still not worth doing. Mining takes more time and makes less money, you also have to be constantly paying attention while mining or smelting. 

If you completely take away the mining step and only do smelting, you can make 50mil an hour by smelting gold, including double prices. Cigs make 20mil an hour with boost active and the price doesn't fluctuate daily like other drugs. It's always 25k-26k per pack.

Suggestions: Pickaxe upgrades could be added that you get permanently by either buying them from an NPC or crafting a better version. The upgrades would increase mining speed/resource drops. 

2) Gold prices could also just be increased and make mining and smelting gold faster.

I should win to gamble on more force crates.