Gang Activitiy

[Supaman771]

Originally Posted by KrimsonSky

but I agree.

The thing is, the whole gang idea needs to take a 180... because [even tho im so pro ;] ] i don't think gangs should just serve the purpose to "OMg, WHO IS THE BEST PKers!"

Gangs should go by who has the most players :P that would sure get more kids on tag, no matter how good they are.

If I was a gangleader, i'd spread the love. not "tryouts"

It needs to take a 420 actually. In current Era, most every player has a decent/great gun and thinks they're good (don't get me wrong, they all suck) so no one cooperates or listens. There's no good leaders anymore, just a bunch of friends who give each other rights. Because of this no one feels obligated or has the need to raid, or try. Sadly I'm going to say we need more Wil Souls to lead gangs...

Gangs should go by who is better. This covers the whole realm of skill, leadership, tactics, firepower, numbers, etc. However all the current gangs lead toward the firepower and numbers but ignore the others. This is easily outweighed by skill, tactics, and leadership as was the case yesterday when me and some random guy (just us 2) took on 6-7 SY and easily suppressed them.

I'm sure you'd make a fine gang leader in current Era, but anyone with a group of friends can fill that picture. Tryouts are only the first step, to prove skill. But after that leaders ignore everything else such as activity, behavior, or performance which need to be monitored to create a good gang. If you saw anyone failing one of these categories when we had good gang leaders, they would've been gone.

tl;dr
It's not the system or idea that fails, it's the people using it.

Originally Posted by papajchris

i think we have a cool idea for gangs, andrew will be working on it next week! Kinda adds a goal to gangs!

-Kinda- sounds fairly impressive in Era's current state. Can't wait.

Originally Posted by papajchris

Points can mean rewards if it's done right. Like how it is now, 5 EC for everyone in winning gang. If more rewards/options are added to spend points i think it could be pretty cool

But unnecessary, rewards don't add any incentive to raid or join gangs, they add incentive to lame and pile on the best gang for free EC/items. You are taking a small token proposal and turning it into a full blown competition. Gangs used to be about proving you're the best and having fun, not running away to keep your points up and laming to win a few ec.