[zenith]

Piggybacking and earning full points for doing only a few attacks was the issue and it needed to be addressed.

Now, from what I am reading, the issue is large gangs will now start to distance themselves from smaller gangs who work in groups.

Before, a large gang would attack another gang by itself and earn 20 gang points. The old system also allowed 4 small gangs to attack that same gang simultaneously and ALL earn 20 gang points. This system benefited the smaller gangs more than the large gangs, since four 5-member gangs is a lot cheaper than one 20-member gang. The collective AP cost is the same no matter how you look at it, since somebody had to do the attacking work.

Unfortunately though, the four small gangs in the above example combined to generate 80 gang points, while the large gang generated only 20 for the same AP expenditure. Definitely not what was intended when I made the code. The fix follows the exact same principle as the "power-leveling fix" over a year ago for combat. The work done now earns the fairest amount of reward.

So in essence, this is a gang-power-leveling fix.

The more I think of it, and the more I read the issues presented in this topic, the more I am satisfied with the fix. It's unfortunate that this wasn't in the original code, but I cannot see all ends.

So my apologies for those who are hurt by the change. Time to grow the gang instead of making sub-gangs.