Hello there, my lovely friends, tonight I wanted to do a special thread, dedicated to one of the upcoming ideas designed to enhance the gameplay experience at VCCNR.

Let me introduce you, to the Gameplay Update: Gangs.


The Gang Update

Many people might ask, "What is this?", well, let me explain you whats this update about. A few days ago, I had an idea, related to players having their own gangs in-game. I have this thought while doing the !crank cmd. "Boss" was the answer that server gave to me.

Then I said: "Why are we supossed to be bosses if we dont have a gang?" and so it all began.

What is a Gang?

A gang is a simple yet organized, criminal group. It is composed of several gang members or "recruits" and a Boss. Special ranks can be given to certain members, such as trainer, general, etc.

So, how it's going to work in VCCNR? Here comes the idea.

The Idea


But, things are not so easy. So lets keep explaining, what is a Hideout? This, is a Hideout:



UPDATE: Hideouts!



*These buildings have interiors, that would fit perfectly for the gang purposes, but I still need to ask Hellboy or Blacklight if it is possible to set a boudary that allows only gang members to get in - use this place.*

Its basically, an abandoned building, that can be bought by high rank criminals. There will be only 4 of these ingame.

Whats next? How does the gang system works? Ok, here it is.
A robber with his 4000 robskills decides to create his own gang. He must invest 10 million to buy a Hideout. After doing so, he'll become the gang's boss.

As a Boss, a player can recruit members, assign ranks and choose gang's missions. We'll explain later wich missions can be choosen.

Recruitment has only 1 requirement:


But, there are more basic rules for a boss and his gang members, that they must follow. These are:


So, how would it look like? And what about reputation? Haha, ok, let me continue then. When a regular player (a gang member) joins the Hideout, he will do so wearing his civilian skin (any civilian skin, it doesnt matters wich) I.E:



Once he joins the Hideout, he can leave it the way he got in (with his civilian skin), or, do it while wearing his Gang skin. I.E:



So, what to do when you leave the Hideout wearing a gang skin without a mission? You can risk yourself and go wild trough the city, rob stores and slay enemy gang members (if there's any). But, if cops arrest you, or enemy gang members kill you, you'll make your gang lose some reputation points. If, you succeed robbing stores, avoiding cops and slaying enemy gang members, your gang will earn some reputation points.

But, what to do about missions? Ok, time to explain the real deal.

There are 3 types of missions that a gang's boss can choose to realize with his gang. Each mission has its own difficulty, his own time limit and his own prizes. These are:


So, lets explain them!

Riots

Riots are vandalic acts that will make a gang earn reputation, weapons or money. The time limit for a Riot is 3 mins. It requires 3 gang members to be done. When a gang's boss chooses "Riot" as a mission, he can do one of the next 3 sub-missions:

1 - Release any jailed player.



By attacking the jail and killing any area nearby cop, gang members will have a chance to release jailed players. To do this, no cop must be in the area, and gang members will have to stay 30 seconds at the police station, to release every single jailed player. Succeeding in this, will make the gang earn 750 reputation points.

However, failing will make gang lose money from the gang funds (-$50000).

2 - Assault Army's Fortress.



Assaulting Fortress will provide a gang the chance to grab heavy weaponry (m60s, hand grenades, molotovs) that can be used at later missions. It's the easiest mission, gang members must get inside the Fortress and steal a weapon from the army's reserve. You can only steal 3 weapons from the boxes (1 weapon per member), and then you must runaway to the Hideout. If a gang member who ports a stolen weapon gets caught, he'll make the gang lose reputation, gang funds and the mission itself (-200),(-$9000).

If the gang succeeds stealing the Fortress, they'll get 500 reputation points, and those heavy weapons will be automatically transferred to the Hideout's warehouse.

NOTE: stolen weapons can be used only once, since each weapon has a limited amount of ammo, so use them wisely.

3 - Attack government's building.



By attacking the government's building, gangs have a chance to earn 200000 dollars that they can add to their gang funds. This is the simplest Riot mission. It requires a gang member to hack into gov's computer and transfer the money to the gang's fund. However, it takes 35 seconds to do this, so the rest of the team, must watch for cops that can interrupt this assault. If the gang succeeds, they'll earn 100 reputation points and 200k for their gang funds.

If a cop kills the gang's hacker, or arrests him, gang will lose reputation points and some funds. (-150), (-$25000).

Special note: Riot missions can be performed every 2 hours.

Big Bank Heists

Big bank heists are the toughest mission. It requires at least 5 gang members to be performed. Bbh has a time limit of 5 mins. It works like this:



When a boss chooses BBH as a gang's mission, the gang has 5 minutes to perform a bank heist. This, howerver, isn't a regular heist. It will take 1 minute to blow the locker, and every single cop in the city will be warned about the robbery, so cops will have a chance to fight gangsters and stop them from robbing the bank.



If a cop kills the member thats doing the robbery, the gang will lose the bomb and fail the mission.

However, if the gang succeeds, they'll earn 1 million dollars and 1000 reputation points.

Special note: Big bank heists can be performed every 4 hours.

Versus

Versus is a gang mission that is related to respect, money and territories. It basically means a duel between two gangs. However, there are some requirements:



This Project is divided into 4 phases out of which phase 1 is completed and phase 2 is almost done.

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