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Roleplay-Only Jobs

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CityRP does not add a dedicated job for a role players can already take with /job, and does not lock an activity to a single job. This one decision covers niche-role jobs (PCSO, CIA, DJ, hairdresser), a Lumberjack job with exclusive tree cutting, and a Coroner job split off from the emergency services.

Why

Roles players can already take with /job do not get their own job, and an activity is not locked to one job. A custom job title already lets a player run a PCSO, a DJ or a hairdresser as a citizen; a separate job adds a team slot and a set of powers without adding anything to the roleplay.

Staff have reached the same answer for a decade. A PCSO job was turned down in 2015 when every reply opposed it, with players pointing out the role works as a citizen. The CIA and DJ suggestions were denied by Daley in 2017 as unneeded, since /job covers them, and because the server cannot build a job for every kind of roleplay. A dedicated Lumberjack job was declined by George in 2016. A Coroner job failed a staff vote in 2018: Doctor Internet opposed a single-purpose job that would take work away from the emergency services, noting bodybags can go in ambulances, and staff preferred improving the existing medical and detective tools instead. That reason is stronger now that EMS has been folded into the Emergency Rescue Team.

Locking gathering to one job would also cut against Fun at Any Population: tree cutting and the other gathering loops are meant to be open to anyone on a quiet server.

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