Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Issue: 18   Editor: Mika


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This week's topic is about what you'd like to see being updated most on Bootleggers! With this game being 6 years old, there is always room for updating!

THE QUESTION
What part of this game do you believe needs an update the most? How would you like to see the feature be updated? What are your ideas?

THE OPINIONS
I would love to see some crazy updates with crews, like something to do with roles in crews, where you could situate council, underbosses, bosses officially, maybe if it showed on their profile or something? Would make being in a crew more interesting. Also the ability to do a "bulletin" to all members, like a mass-bm ~ DeadHerrings

I'm at 42k crimes and i have these low % as N. Don, they need to be made easier for people who dont have 24/7 of spare time. ~ Lepre

I think that the crimes need updating the most as Lepre pointed out, being the nation don he still has a way to go and considering you receive a BM stating you have reached the end, not having your crimes completely maxed out gives that feeling that you haven't done so. But, secondly, i think crews could do with some major tweaking. ~ Fluxxeh

There's a few things that could be done, really. Not sure which I believe to be the most needed though so I'll say what I want then let people tell me I'm wrong. Going by the topic I saw from OOD, crimes need to be worked on quite a bit cos that seems a bit crazy. Plus I read somewhere which I also agreed with, possibly the same topic, that they could be altered so OC's make the percents go up again but not like last time where they where used as a rank bar. Bootlegging could do with values been upped a little, as the current amounts really are quite pathetic. I'm not saying they should be as high as last round, but atleast higher than what they are now, maybe $25k for the most valued? As JDM said, crews with a point and less spots so there's more action. Not that I haven't been enjoying the shows the last few days. Forums. They're shit. I hate them. A few others hate them. bring the old ones back.
 ~ Hecatoncheir

Id like to see kill brought back to the old system, or at least the abolishment of shootouts. ~ Kampf

I would like to see something done with Auto burglary. I am not sure what but something needs to happen. I also wouldn't mind seeing a revamp to the roulette table. Perhaps betting on lines and stuff like actual casinos. ~ iPhrosty

I would like something to do with establishments and plots. Land should be required to own a casino to be located on. Other businesses like how state/nation don's getting a cut of things.
 ~ Rendezous

Crews could potentially become a much bigger part of the game and it should be far more advantageous to join a crew. Players in crews should get MANY perks that crewless players don't have. There should also be less crews so that players actively want to join crews for those perks but only the "best" (according to crews) could get in. There should always be a much bigger demand for crews than supply. I think it would be cool if, when creating a crew, it is possible to choose from a wide range of "styles" or individual characteristics that that crew will then have. Bring a little originality and difference to crews. Make the way the crew boss manages the crew and his members have huge repercussions across the entire game. Make crew wars actually mean something other than Crew A shoots Crew B. Crew B goes underground and then shoots Crew A back. Crews could use a HUGE revamp and they should be viewed much differently to how they are now. As for establishment, the sky's the limit. There are SO many different properties that could be built to make establishments worthwhile. Since there are so many plots of land, there should be a HUGE range of buildings to cope with that vast amount of it. It should come down to there being maybe one or two safehouses PER STATE, maybe a few garages and the rest would be filled up with LOADS of other different types of buildings. Again, players wanting to use the different perks these buildings would give would be far greater than the actual number of them available. Make it so that people in a position of power (crew bosses, land owners) have to decide who gets to use their land out of a wide range of players who want to use it. That's where friends and contacts come in handy. That's how you build a community that everyone is always blabbing on about. ~ SeannyPoo

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