The current system for our BG’s is said to be out of control. However I think a few simple changes could fix this problem not only for a short amount of time but indefinitely as well. At the moment our BG system ranks as follows:

0 bodyguards = Not Protected

1 to 6 Bodyguards = Protected

7 to 13 Bodyguards = Well Protected

14 to 27 Bodyguards = Very Well Protected

28 to 50 Bodyguards = Extremely Well Protected

51+ Bodyguards = Obscenely Well Protected

The problem is right there in front of us… The plus sign (+) after Obscenely Well Protected. The plus sign means one will never have a limit to how many BG’s they can purchase. Add that with the fact that if they are demoted to a lower rank the price for their BG’s are lowered to… damn near free.

Well I have a solution for this problem. Put a cap on it! Not only should we limit the amount of BG’s that can be purchased in x amount of time we should also limit how many can be purchased at any given rank. Example:

Godfather - 100

Don - 90

Consigliere - 80

Boss - 70

Capo - 60

Made Man - 50

Wise Guy - 40

Earner - 30

Goomba - 20

Gangster - 10

Thug – 5

Now say if you are a Don and you decide to jump down to the rank of a thug to buy more BG’s you just screwed yourself because you’ll lose 85 BG’s what a waste! This also make being demoted a hell of a punishment. You’ll see a lot less demotions for gain and less deaths… yes less deaths people won’t likely be shot because they upset someone who out ranks them they’ll just be demoted to lose just about everything they worked for. There you have it no more thugs or wise guys even running around with an outrageous amount of BG’s.

What’s that you say people can still train their guns to be one shot killers. Well I ask what the hell are you shooting with!?! You have no clue if it’s a riffle, a pistol, a shot gun, or a Molotov Cocktail do you? Nope well there’s no need to fear I got an idea for that as well. Gun classes with training limits.

Pistol

Shotgun

Riffle

Tommy Gun

Sniper Riffle

These are your five gun classes each class having a set amount of times you can train one. And just like RL anybody can get any gun they can afford. Catch is you can’t get the next gun class without first mastering the previous gun class. Your progress can be seen in the Achievements section.

I hope these Ideas are taken into serious consideration as I put a great deal of time and consideration of all others into these suggestion also theses ideas have so much room for improvement; if better variations can be thought of please do add them!

Here are h=the amount of times one must trian their gun to advance to the next Gun Class:

Pistol - 10

Shotgun - 20

Riffle - 30

Tommy Gun - 40

Sniper Riffle - 50 (Max)

Sorry Gio, starting to be a habit me opposing your ideas, but I have to say i hate it, mainly because of the whole gun thing.

That's cool at least you can provide a reason as to why you dislike it. However i must ask what do you suppose we do about the gun issue because clearly people maynot be able to mass up and army but what about when you have crack shots shooting at people with no army.

Also I put out two idea's in one topic so when you guys judge them please do them seperatly. State if you dont like the gun idea or the BG idea. But if you do please explain why.

I placed my suggestions in sprozza thread before i saw yours. i think the best way is to slow down BG acquisition, thereby bringing it in line with the development of your gun.

I already stated that... "Well I have a solution for this problem. Put a cap on it! Not only should we limit the amount of BG’s that can be purchased in x amount of time we should also limit how many can be purchased at any given rank."

But people will still drop down in ranks purchase a few cheap guys then go back up once they have the amount they wish and max out their health. The best thing to do is to limit the ammount a that can be purchased at once as well as put a cap on the amount that can be purchased for each rank. There's no reason a wise guy should have 30 BG's.

But if you limit the amount of BG's guys will still drop down to increase thier shooting ability! Which is why I offered the gun option. If were not going to do anything about that then we might as well keep having BG's armies. Other wise it will be like people are pushing cannons up and down the block.

This game will go downhill if they start bringing different guns into it.

What's the point? Nobody is complaining about having no gun variety.

Also, I don't like the BG cap, speaking from a RP point of view, if a person has enough money, they can buy as many BG's as they want, BG's will work for near enough whoever as long as they are paid. What doesn't make sense is the different money amounts, I would much rather see BG's either be a flat rate throughout, or, when one is demoted, they do not get a decrease in the BG price, they must pay the price of the BG's at the highest rank they achieved.