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Originally Posted by Dragon551
Solution to what, the old gang system? The solution was what you guys wanted, but like I said before, everyone began to complain eventually.
But what was removed? Gang guns and gang houses belonging to specific gangs? From what I recall, everyone was tired of that and relied on gang events for entertainment.
Also, the gang system, or "gang shop" that you were all waiting for, was finished on Era Dev. That can be uploaded to main whenever, I never uploaded it during my term because I had a plan for all of that, which I'm sure many of you already know and are tired of hearing.
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You made the most common mistake a developer can make. You focused too much on giving people what they wanted, rather than trying to figure out what the underlying problem was. I.E what the players were really asking for.
People wanted something new, this is true. What people didn't want was the entire system being removed, and for gangs to be glorified partys. You really have no excuse for making this mistake either, Jenn made this same mistake about five years ago when she removed the old gangs and released a new gang system. A gang system very similar to yours.
Actually your system is worse, because the increased proliferation of gangs caused Era's raiders to be spread even thinner amongst the dozens of gangs out there. Atleast with Jenn's system we had a set number of bases and gangs that could be active. Either way though, both nearly killed Era.
Instead of removing the one thing on Era that people really care about (gangs,) you could have taken the old system and built off of it. People were having fun doing events you say? Add more events, or host those events more frequently. People were getting bored with raiding? Give gangs something to do besides raid, or better yet, give players something to do when they don't feel like raiding that is enticing and fun.
Or you could have tried to ya' know, fix the economy. The economy has been jacked up for years and we're way over due for a reset.