News Reporter Improvement: add a /patrol function
Created by: odmonk
From my suggestion: "News Reporter: encourage release of information using a similar /patrol mechanic: go to the "News Room" (the covered area by the News Reporter Job site would work ok for that) and hold the F key to get an assignment, either ground based to use the Propaganda Vans, or airborne to use the Heli taxi.
That would activate a "News Item" point that when reached, the News Reporter would hold the F key at to activate. Either these could be /announce text defined in advance and randomly selected, or the player could be prompted to enter text.
For example, if using predefined text, there could be an aerial point over Babica, and the news could be selected from "A Wanted criminal was seen in Babica today, but eluded Police."/"There was a traffic backup leaving Babica today only resolved when several vehicles exploded for no apparent reason."/"Suspicious activity was seen off the Babica beach, and Police warned people to clear the area."/etc.
You could also have a pool of generic messages to add to the random mix (so sometimes it would be site-specific, and sometimes not.)"