Mayor Village seems too easy

[Doopliss]

I'll start by saying that I love the concept of Mayor Village, and I think it's an awesome stage even in its current state. That said, it doesn't seem like the Village has a lot going on right now.

Mayor Village is a pretty exciting cap on the game if you go loud all the way through, but everything except the Mayor himself can be trivialized with no real effort or creativity. The weapon lockdown is theoretically really cool - you have to choose between keeping your guns and fighting through a hostile area or giving them up and rebuilding inside - but bypassing it only costs $300 and you can waltz right in. For another $300 you can walk directly up to the Mayor, fully armed at no risk, and if you don't have $600 in your pocket after Level 5 I don't know what you're doing with your life.

Mayor Village is similarly toothless once you get inside. There are no roaming threats in the village proper, which is suprising when you just spent three zones dodging cop bots, mafiosos and cannibals. It's understandable that there are no traveling criminals in this top-security compound, but it's also a weird drop in difficulty. The manor itself doesn't really distinguish itself from any Clerk dungeon, with unlocked doors, limited security cameras and goons. A swarm of machine gun guards is scary, but that's more-or-less the only challenge there.

With all that in mind, suggestions:

-Get rid of the badge system. The manor's not so heavily guarded that it's unreasonable to expect players to sneak/fight through it. You can open up mayor communication through an intercom in the lobby for the "diplomacy" wins.

-The starting bouncers can only be bribed if they're Friendly or better. It would still be pretty easy to bypass the alarm (any explosive will blow through the fence on the side, for example), but it would be less automatic than it is now.

-Tripping the alarm makes all cops inside hostile. The cop bots spawn either way (possibly more like level 5 cop bots rather than "attack instantly" ones). Dodging the cop bots is pretty viable even without tools, particularly since Mayor Village is more open than level 5, and this both introduces some danger during general play and introduces a real cost to fighting your way in.

-If you start the speech while in combat, change the opening line from "ahem" to "crap crap crap MY FELLOW CITIZENS". This is totally pointless and unnecessary, but it would make me giggle.

Again, I love this game and I think you're doing a great job with it. The suggestions are nothing more than suggestions.

[Turbo_Scrooge]

i agree especially with your last comment