[abysmalpoptart]

now please, these are just thoughts and ideas


right now, i think it's safe to say that there are far too many gangs. on top of that, gang wars aren't very significant to the core gameplay of AL, providing minimal combat bonuses and ... well thats all they do Smile

lets see if this works for anyone else:


make gang points - instead of used to buy ugprades (although maybe you could... shrug....) make them rank based

then, have gang points slowly deteriorate overtime, maybe like total gang points X 90% is what you have the next day. the rankings could be distributed/altered daily or in real time, but this idea would only work if you lose points on a daily basis and no sooner - although it could be a slower process, obviously


then, the rankings would give minor bonuses to the top gangs

#1 gang - 5% gym gain bonus
#2 gang - 5% bonus to damage
#3 gang - 5% increase in hitpoints

something of that nature. or, of course, you could just scale them so that all the rankings give the same bonus but in different magnitudes


ive seen rankings like this on other games - NOT quite the same, but the same GENERAL idea - and they are very fun, very competitive, and everyone benefits. there could also be different rankings besides gang points - such as everything in the gang section of the pantheon, like points, loyalty, crimes, OC, etc.

all these points could be added up - including deterioriation (depreciation..????!!) - to create the scores. gangs would not remain at the top forever because the scores do not keep stacking up on top of each other. new gangs would have a chance to catch up, etc.


also: another way to look at this, just for people who have potential arguments

lets just say a gang is the top ranking in a certain area - like gang points. those points, as i suggested before, deteriorate. but since they are #1 in gang points, they receive RANKING points. each team that is #1 in any certain aspect (wars, crimes, OCs, loyalty, combat) receives the same ranking point for being #1 in any other section. 20 points for being #1, 1 point for being #20, nothing for anyone lower.

then maybe the top 10 gangs get some sort of minor bonus!


on a more extreme possibility: any gang that does not rank in the top 50 in any aspect will have 2 weeks to improve or face deletion. something of that nature... top 100? i mean cmon.. you can do SOMETHING good, or your gang isnt worth being in. and an obvious grace period for new gangs. but thats just a side note!


ok... any ideas or thoughts?