Hi.
I've been roleplaying in this server for six months, with long breaks taken in between due to various reasons.
I've been always focusing myself on the Medical Department, playing as the Paramedic Richard Baker, and occasionally in Security as CSI.
I am still largely unknown in the community and I am still struggling to learn the server lore as much as possible. I discover new things every single day, so that's something. Anyway, there are some points I'd like to mention: I have some considerable troubles in understanding what is Canon and what isn't Canon in the server between every shift. This is presumed to be a HeavyRP server, and character development is perhaps one of the most fundamental aspects of every roleplay-based game. That being said, nine rounds out of ten are solely focused on interactions and combat with the Antagonists, and per the rules of the server, everything that revolves around the Antagonists is ignored and voided for the next round. I understand this rule, really, but it becomes impossible, at least for me, to progress my characters in any direction.
Disregarding this rule would not improve the situation, but actually worsen it. After ten rounds of changelings/vampires/Syndicates/Raiders/Wizards, I'd expect the crew of the NSS Aurora to become nigh-unkillable killers.
I'd like different gamemodes to be introduced, some that primarily focuses on non-combat based events. The slow-paced action might give everyone new and more opportunities to roleplay with each other. What happened to the Meteor gamemode? Disease outbreaks? More extended rounds with small/big events or storylines ran by a willing Admin?
Second thing, this is to enrich the background of our characters. I'd like different factions have a stronger presence on the NSS Aurora. I'd like to see characters contracted and leased to the station. A prime example the wiki gives us is Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals lending their top researchers to NanoTrasen, and the NSS Aurora is their prime Phoron Research and Mining Station. From a RP perspective, this can open to a whole new range of interactions between crew-members. An Engineer employed by Hephaestus Industries could chat about the terms of his contract with a regular NanoTrasen employee. Or a scientist from Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals discussing scientific topics with a Roboticist of Necropolis Industries. This might, in fact, turn the NSS Aurora into an elite workplace designed for the interactions of bright minds hailing from the widest corners of the galaxy. And it sounds fitting for a research station.
Third thing. I've been hearing many complaints about the quality of roleplay as of late. I won't type down a large paragraph over it, this isn't the right place for these kind of discussions. But I'd like to say this: in my opinion, having the Admins turn themselves into fascist overlords with the playerbase is the wrong move. Roleplay comes and goes, and we all have a different mentality and approaches when it comes to portraying our characters. We can only roleplay to the best of our abilities and set a good example for the others to follow.
Went overboard and completely off-topic. I'll re-work this through the linked format.