Front desk bells

[Galeiboef]

What's your Minecraft Username?: Galeiboef
What's the title of your suggestion?: Front desk bells

What's your suggestion?:
It's a tiny change but I believe it would have an increased quality of life and bring more liveliness to the world.

The introduction of a "bell" button at the front desk of KPD/EMS/townhall might make players in the back-office aware someone is waiting in front. Sometimes people are working in the back office, or just talking amongst themselves, and people are waiting and thinking nobody is there.

How will this benefit the server and community?:
Giving players the option to push a bell (with a long interval such as doorbells to prevent abuse/annoying people) might give them a feeling of control and interaction. If you've rung a bell for some times and nobody still reacts, people are certain nobody is coming.

I'm aware there's a hotline, but I still believe a front office-bell would deepen the roleplay possibilities at the desks. Be it by making interaction happen, or the contrary.

 

[rstinbss]

+1/-1

 

[Itz_Nami]

-1

 

[DinoNuggys]

Hey! town hall worker here, if you see us on tab! We are often at front desk lingerijg around town hall! Or perhaps role playing else where, you can always call the hotline to alert us! We will often times respond immediately or as fast as we can! If we don’t there’s often a reason like AFK or actively role playing! So I will sadly need to say -1

 

[Miamorchito]

-1

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People will abuse this bell, making it annoying for the workers. As an alternative, itemRP it with /it (/itl)

 

[pepsae]

+1 wont be abused if theres a cooldown added to it :) realistically nobody just calls a hotline for a receptionist.

 

[Yonio]

I'm gonna have to stay neutral here; While it would be useful, sometimes the only faction workers online might be off duty, busy, or simply AFK. By implementing this, it would make players think that they're not doing their jobs or they're intentionally ignoring them.

Moreover, many factions already have hotlines that players can reach out to for front-desk support. While bells would make it more intuitive for players to "ping" in-game faction workers, I believe doing this could backfire and add more stress to faction members. It's still definitely a good idea with great potential though!

 

[DarkEclipic]

-1
110 - KPD/EMS
020-555-9000 - Town Hall
These are the hotlines you should call if no one is at the desk

 

[MaroonMacaron]

-1

Yes sometimes you may call the hotline and no one answers but this is usually because the people online at the time are busy and are unable to come to the front desk because we are busy doing something else ICly, are AFK, etc. Adding a bell wouldn't do anything to solve the supposed issue you are trying to solve but make people frustrated that no one is coming even more so. In places like KPD, you can drop off what you wish to report and your characters information so you may be reached out too when an officer is around in a hopper thats near the front desk, or you can even go to the respected discords and ask if someone can come to the front desk as someone who is offline and able to get on to help may see it.
Another issue is people would abuse this 100%, especially in KPD and EMS. Plus not everyone always plays with sound on or headphones on to hear the bell.

 

[_Wachin_]

Neutral on this one. Feel like it sounds good on paper but implementing it would be tough. People abusing it and it hindering the image of these factions due to miscommunications. Also big on what Yonio said.

 

[Melotism]

-1

 

[Benspudgydad]

-1

 

[CakeRPiscool]

-1

 

[Kayla1511]

-1

 

[KimiNoUso]

Reviewed
Thank you for your suggestion!

- We may add this in future.​