thx for the gangs status and defense rating bar
i understand that it should take a lot of time to upgrade, but when some gang surrenders, shouldn't u then be getting a part of the amount of gang points when u win. of course people can cheat by going at war against easy opponent, but u could put a barriar or something, like if ur gang lvl average is 8 then u can only get points (when accepting the surrender) from opponent gang being 7-9 average lvl :S :?
to be honest i really don't like this new system, but ONLY now and for a little while more, i guess u must be having plans to make it better
just an idea:
how about u, later in the game, open a shop where u can buy things to put in ur gang hideout e.g. tv, gym. And that would give little amount of additional stats like the cyber plants. And of course with some limit of things u can put, maybe as many as there are people in ur gang :S :?