This regards the GodFather HQ bonus (wack/def boost)

right now, the HQ boost are the same for all CLs. the more players you have set to loyal (and the higher their rank) the more of a boost to your gun/def you get and vice versa for disloyal.  when someone takes GF it switches over to the same boost however the 10 players you keep have a bigger impact on your bonus, and the bonus its self is increased.

I'm suggesting a change with a similar sort of boost like you get from posting in the streets to increase info. if you post in the streets your hq bonus increases a small amount but extends across the 6 cities and if you post in business districts you get a more significant boost but only in that city and just like with the info boost, it decreases over time, so it's not a one time job to raise it and allowing the player to become complacent.

the difference between info and this idea however, is that when the GF in question remains inactive in the streets or BD for too long, the HQ bonus starts swinging into the negative camp, like it would if their members had been switching over to disloyal. so their hq bonus ends up subtracting from their stats and making them weaker.

this would have a couple of effects. first would be,

a) the GF doesn't get an immediate boost when taking GF if their recent posting activity hasn't been there, so if a player who stays mute and click monkeys through their character takes GF they'll only lose wack/def instead of boosting it.

b) people who take GF need to actually think whether or not they're REALLY dedicated enough for the responsibility. knowing that their stats will decline if they don't keep up at least some interaction in the forums. essentially this will make a GF who doesn't ever bother to put some effort in, an easier target for any potential rogues or first wave wars than a godfather ought to be. or even their own normal CL captains with equal BGs and def stat.

c) would inspire the godfathers to actually initiate forum activity instead of chilling out and not worrying about having to do much since they're already there, and done it and only gotta collect monies from their members/cls and transfer it to their besties for their protection.

d) change the dynamics of which quality a leader needs. Yes, a godfather and CL need a gun, but if the only angle a player has is they're awesomesauce at building a cannon with 15 kills a day.. that's not going to be very useful if they're losing a chunk of it because they don't think talking in the forums is a worthy use of their time.

as I'm sure these questions may pop up at some point. I don't think that forumVIP or superVIP should affect a godfather's HQ bonus in any way. a godfather shouldn't be allowed to put in a quarter of the effort of another GF (and discourage involvement) because when an opportunity to donate to some outside charity came up it gave them the ability to do so for a month.

the limit of the HQ bonus, as in the max boost to gun/def should remain the same as it would be now if the GF had 10 dons and all of them were take a bullet loyal. and the negative boost to the gun/def the same as if the GF had 10 dons all of them disloyal.