Era Underground: Something is in the sewers

[LoStSuRfEr1]

Let me just say this is a very simple rough draft, If any staff shows interest in I'll write up the 10 pages I could on how this could open all kinds of things on Era. I am also not asking to run or own this gang, I dont have the time too. I have not played era full time in almost 4-5 years. But let me know what you guys think, I think with the right help and proper effort put into it this could go somewhere great. For those of you who dont know Era Underground was one of the original gangs on Era.

Era Underground:

Something is in the sewers

The basis for this gang/business (It could go either way) will be similar to what it was originally created as. The original Era Underground was started by Chrisz and took advantage of the vast sewer system, The gang also produced "Sewer Elixers". I recently returned to Era after nearly a 4 year hiatus (Was in the US Army, Got a medical discharge) to find alot of problems. It just seems like there is no more fun, Gangs are not incorparating role playing. The market is shot, I see all these old business coming back and what not but there is never anyone on tag and/or there weapons are out of this world expensive.


I would like to bring back Era Underground as a sort of black market association, Its operations would be based out of the sewers. The first thing I would like to do is work on something similar to "Sewer Elixers". These "new" sewer elixers would be very different that anything era has seen, They would enhance a players ablitity to player kill by allowing them to either A. Move faster , B. Increased health, C. Or some other thing that would make the elixers desirable. That would be the plus side of the of the elixers, Now on the negative side (Witch would open a whole new side to all of era's gangs) would be that with constant use of these elixers players would grow dependent on them. Similar to how an addict grows depenendt on drugs or how atheletes become dependent on player enhancing drugs. Now this would open up either other business's or gangs to produce "Hybrid" sewer elixers or counter-drugs with either different effects and/or side effects. This is just a brief summary of what would go on with the "player enhancing drug" culutre that Era could have.


Also I would like to use Era Underground as a black market gang. Producing and selling other gangs and business weapons at a discounted price. Of course these weapons would be no where near as good quality as say a Neo Tech rifle or Deagles or something. They would jam, break, and misfire among other things. They would look slightly different then the originals guns, It would be very similar to the actual gun trade in the world. This would open up for business like Scotland Yard or EFBI to come back and business like PPA could be contracted by business's like PyroTech and CE to raid gangs producing black marketed weapons and what not.


This was written up very quickly and ofcourse there is a TON of work that would be done to get this working properly but I think this could bring alot of good stuff to era.

[papajchris]

to be honest, i don't really like the idea. "Healing addictions" would be the same as how people on GK have to eat or they die, I HATE that part of GK. Also, instead of using the elixirs people would just use the coffee drinks for speed and body armor for extra health. I DO AGREE the sewer needs to have some sort of usage, it's a waste. No one uses it except to raid bases. The EFBI and such should come back, but they need a valid purpose. They can't be allowed to turn into a gang. I must say, it looks like you put more effort in this post than most others would have so good job. Thats how your gets your ideas read by staff.

[LoStSuRfEr1]

Awesome point Chris, I honestly did not even look at it that way nor did I take into consideration body armor and coffee. I guess I am going to get back to the drawing board with Era Underground.

What did you think of the black market gun idea ? I am just trying to think of ways to make use of the sewers. Along with making it competitive with "main-stream" business's and then with a gang like Era Underground producing black market weapons or just black market everything. Of course anything that was black market would be of lesser quality and could be faulty, not guaranteed to work every-time and so on and so on.

Era Underground aside, even if some sort of "Black Market" was started this would open up all kinds of new doors on Era. For example if gangs start producing black market items this will help make legitimate business's more active and competitive. Also this would create even more rivalry between gangs. Gangs could fight for control of different "Black Market Factorys" located deep beneath the streets of era in the sewers. From this "Black Market" groups like EFBI and/or similar player-ran law enforcement agency could be revived and actually have a purpose. One of there main jobs being to put a stop to the illegal gun and item trade that the gangs have started. Agencys similar to PPA could be used by gangs and anyone else in the black market trade for protection while transporting weapons to be sold.

The ideas are really just flowing right now and I am most likely all over the place but I could keep going on and on about how some sort of Black Market themed operation forming in the sewers could be great for the server.

If any staff wants to brainstorm with me hit me up on omgtravisonfire

[Dnegel]

I heard you were massing about LAT help and stuff, I would happily help you with LAT work.

The sewers are really an unused source.

[LoStSuRfEr1]

Originally Posted by Dnegel

I heard you were massing about LAT help and stuff, I would happily help you with LAT work.

The sewers are really an unused source.

Yes I was, I figure take some initiative and start making some levels for this new black market concept. It really does open up so many options, Drop me a line on aim at omgtravisonfire and well talk.

[LoStSuRfEr1]

Slightly shivering the man controls his breathing as he stares through the over-sized black binocolaurs from his hidden spot high in a tree observing a spot that was tipped off to be a an entrance to one of the notorious "Black Market Arms Factory". For nearly four days he has spent 12 hour days sitting in this tree waiting for any kind of activity, Absolutely nothing. Just as he is about to call it a day a black car with fully tinted windows stops across the road and two passengers in casual civilian clothes proceed to exit the vehicle and remove a decent sized crate from the trunk of the vehicle. The man in the tree clears his throat and pushes the talk button on his radio "Squirrel this is Acorn read me ?" after about what seems like a lifetime the radio speaks "Go ahead Acorn, Tell ME you have some good news" putting down his high-powered camera he reaches for the radio and begins to brief Squirrel, *Haha Squirrel* he thinks to himself "Alright Squirrel, We have two possible "Bad Guys" exited from a black tinted sports sedan license plate number E78JH374, Have one of the guys at Scotland Yard run that asap. Anyway the two gents are chatting having a smoke standing infront of the South Ridge sign *GOD DAMNIT* He lets go of the radio while trying to smack a spider of the side of his face *GOD DAMN BUGS* upon looking up he realizes the two men have disappeared "F*ck, I've lost visual of the suspects...There must be some kind of entrance or something located at the South Ridge sign, Acorn out" "Roger that Acorn proceed with caution, DO NOT repeat DO NOT enter just confirm that there is an entrance." "Affirmative Squirrel "

Era Black Market:

An ideal to bring some life back to the streets

Sections:

A. Introduction
B. How it will work




Introduction

The "Black Market" simply a new concept to be implemented into Era, It is not ment to be a business/gang/group. It is ment to encompass all these aspects of the game. With staff support this idea could bring Era to its prime again, It will make gang play exciting again. It will open up roleplaying between gangs. Players will be able to be hired by gangs and corporations, This will change the process of how most gangs and business recruit either by kill to death ration or your "Status". With the "Black Market" it will allow players who are skilled role players and maybe not the best pk'rs (Witch I am neither ) to get into gangs and business. It will also cause for an interesting economy . But all of this will be explained in greater detail in later sections.

How it works :

Here is how I see the "Black Market" idea unfolding. It would start off with illegal arm producing factory's located deep beneath the streets of era (aka weapon making levels in the sewers) These factory's would be controlled by the gangs of era, To make fair the factory's would be released over a period of time. For example the when the first factory is released gangs would have to fight for control of it similar to that of a party house. Now after say a period of three-four days what ever gang had control of the factory for the most amount of time will then be granted that factory. This will then happen 2-3 more factory's. Now just because you get the factory on the first go round does not mean that its your gangs for ever.

Once your gang has a factory then you will have to start buying "Under the table arms parts". I figure either A. Business like Ammo Mart and B. Gun Point could start selling supplys needed for making these black market arms to the factorys. This would lead to competition between gangs and business's like Ammo Mart and Gun Point because without the parts from the two business's the gangs will not be able to produce the arms and they will loose out on business and so on and so on.

Also this will open up a "Law Enforcement" part of Era, Organizations like EFBI and Scotland Yard. Some sort of "Constitution" could be instilled stating how the production and sales of counterfeit arms and supplys are illegal and punishable by fine and/or jail time (Not real jail, only minutes and hours and surveillance). This will allow all kinds of role playing and fun times for everyone. Gangs will be able to "pay off" corrupt members of both organizations, Give faulty tips. These two organizations will be able to raid the factory's and if they succesfully raid and hold the factory for a peroid of say 24 hours then the factory is then up for grabs again by any gang who after 3 days can control it the longest.


Also pretty much each factory will have the ability to produce different guns and supplys. Also know that anything that is produced on the black market has an extremely short life, is unreliable, breaks easy, and so on.

What do you guys think so far ? I have to goto bed and I'll write more tomorrow if you guys like....

[TheJames]

Its a really, really, in depth idea. But the thing with Graal/Era you cant take things to imaginative because of the reality factors of "****, whos going to script that?" Aswell the fact, will it be used? There could be a vast system that took months to make, but is barely used due to the facts of players sticking to the basic fundamentals of the game. Chat. PK. Get rich.

[LoStSuRfEr1]

True thank you for the input, But I honestly think it would be used. I think the players of era could really use something new. Also it would not be hard at all to script.

[papajchris]

I have always liked the idea of things breaking or becoming faulty. I liked how the unspeakable MMORPG did theres - having people pay to get their items repaired. The more rare and good the item is, the more it costs to fix. This would cause even the rich players to have to worry about money as they all use good weapons and would have to pay larger repaid costs. In addition, faulty items add more strategy to the game as many will need to carry a back up weapon and not just spray shots.

The black market idea imo opinion will not work. Overtime the items that they produce will become numerous in the player economy and players will just buy it from each other. On a side note, i think the idea of having factories that can be taken over would an awesome idea for gangs to compete with each other. It's different than the basic base raiding.

[LoStSuRfEr1]

Originally Posted by papajchris

I have always liked the idea of things breaking or becoming faulty. I liked how the unspeakable MMORPG did theres - having people pay to get their items repaired. The more rare and good the item is, the more it costs to fix. This would cause even the rich players to have to worry about money as they all use good weapons and would have to pay larger repaid costs. In addition, faulty items add more strategy to the game as many will need to carry a back up weapon and not just spray shots.

The black market idea imo opinion will not work. Overtime the items that they produce will become numerous in the player economy and players will just buy it from each other. On a side note, i think the idea of having factories that can be taken over would an awesome idea for gangs to compete with each other. It's different than the basic base raiding.

Shiiit I left it out of my post but I had thought about the mass amount of black market arms flooding the economy and thats why I thought they could be made to be undroppable until broken, You know untradable weapons ?

[XSlashX]

Having weapons jam or break also can add a new stat "Durability", in the inventory. Some of these overpowered guns need a higher probability of failing.

Another thing that era fails with their guns, is the lack of customization. Adding **** on your guns would add more areas of play in the game.

[Arakonda]

Rar discoverd the forums.

[Frankie]

the whole idea sounds pretty interesting in writing, but in my opinion if you tried to make this go live it would be weird and probably wouldn't work out fully the way you wanted it to.

[LoStSuRfEr1]

Ya I guess your right Frankie, I just wish Era could go back to how fun it was 3-4 years ago

[EclipsedAngel]

What I ate last night is probably what's in the sewers.