[Marlo]

Maybe this means that tactics must change. If I understand you correctly Zen, higher level weapons and armor apparently are more of hindrance than a help in these new gang battles, and should apparently be discarded, or at least taken off for gang war attacks.

While I see the evening of the palying field there, I also the condemnation of the stronger player. Using w00k as a hypothetical here, one can understand that he will absolutely 'Decimate' any brawler on the streets. With that in mind, there are next to none that can give him a run for his money let alone yeild GP's for him or his gang.

So, he has a couple of choices as far as I can see from here. The first being to take a vacation form the game, in order to allow players to catch him, or, take off all the weapons and armor he has worked so hard to attain and master in order to gain a miniscule amount of gang points.

Is this fair? Maybe. Does it promote activity and stat growth, I would have to say no. Does it make this style of battle enticing for the overly active, probably not.