Improving Gang Mode

[Frank_Stein]

As for buying stuff of the black market, it might be cool if the gang leader can designate an area their main gang territory. The larger the area/more secure area the more gang members it takes to make their main area(gang members actually have to be there and it still takes time to claim). The gang leader's PDA should have the ability to teleport in some type of black-market computer, like QM has and send it away so security can't steal it. When they order something it's teleported to a random tile in their main gang territory.

(also give the gang leader the ability to staple their PDA to their hand, it can never be lost again!)

Quality staple idea! or have it tattooed to the leader's bicep for MAXIMUM CRED. Seriously though, I like the PDA idea. That would take care of shipping items and buying Black Market items, plus the cartridges allow many people to use 'em which is good in case the leader is cooling his/her heels in the brig. As for gang turf..... My concern was that designating it might be a bit troublesome and irritating, especially in Mixed Mode. What I DID think, however, was this: why not be able to buy special gang items from the Black Market that act as 'turf' markers and barricades? For example, you could buy a beaten-up low rider and plop it in front of a door, or buy a ratty mattress and use it as a ghetto sleeper. Maybe a pile of graffiti'd crates? This would accomplish two things: first, it would be a clear sign that gangs are about! Second, this could tie in to the gameplay and allow strategy along with creativity. Maybe you could buy a huge stereo that, while it only works as a barricade, also generates more Street Cred for your gang. I feel like Spriters could get pretty creative with this kind of stuff; just a bunch of crap that Gangs might find cool even if other people don't. Of course, all of this clutter should be destructible. That way the destroyer, if a gang member, gets a little Street Cred boost AND it hinders, but doesn't stop, all attempts to break into gang turf.

Yeah, that's definitely how it should be handled. Turf is just whatever area the gang wants to congregate in and stash all their gear and junk where they think they can protect it. I like the idea of gang gear like the boom boxes or trashcan fires that generate cred while they are deployed. Some other things could be stuff like meth and coke labs. They could work like the icecream machine, where any reagent you stick in produces a drug with that reagent fused into it, but only gang members know how to use the labs. You can shout at junkies about why your product is superior. Then you can sell that stuff to the crew and the Black market.