Crypto/Separate progression system for criminals.

[tuccci]

The root of all Criminal Roleplay problems (In my opinion) can be summed up by one fact- Criminal Roleplay and progression are tied directly to money, which is inflated to a point where criminals will do anything and everything to gain the money they need to progress their characters the way they see fit.

That's why even if you wiped PD and got away, You ultimately barely broke even, as the cost of ammunition is not disregarded. 

 

This could be solved in 1 of 2 ways- A financial reset, setting everyone in the city's cash back to 0.

 

Not likely to happen, it's an idea that has been tossed around I think.

OR

Creating a separate system of progression/money for use by criminals.

 

The system would need to ICLY be some form of bitcoin or electronic currency. It would need its own App on the phone to track your balance and transfer BTC to others.

 

It would need to be earnable by criminals for completing criminal activities -Give the player the option to redeem packed cash for BTC OR regular cash.

 

Make the things that are insanely inflated by regular currency buyable/Importable with BTC, Thus gaining more control over criminal progression patterns on the server. 

 

This will take some tuning because it will require answers to questions like "How many hours of robbery should you need to do to get a pump shotgun with your BTC?"

unlike cash, BTC will (should) inflate at a slower more predictable rate, as it won't have money printed into it passively. IE: you won't get 1,000 dollars worth of BTC just for existing the way you do cash.

The BTC market could be done a bunch of different ways, but the most simple would be to allow BTC to be used as currency to order Cartel shipments, this way even if you've collected enough BTC to purchase something worthwhile, you'll still need the IC connections to spend it. 

It would need to be tradeable from player to player and need to be protected from robbery by the OOC rules. (Similar to how the money in your bank is safe from robbery)

"But cars are a huge part of progression Dale, you can't ship cars through the Cartel!"  Well if you meet a criminal that wants X20 shotguns worth of BTC MORE than a Paragon they have in their garage, you can make a person-to-person deal just like you would with cash now.  But I have a feeling if you get ripped off the Police will struggle to investigate.

I'm not an economist, so there are potential pitfalls here I'm not seeing, but I think this is an idea with batting around a bit.