Ever wondered how to distribute your members between Organized Crimes? Look no further, here I'll not only provide a guideline you can simply follow, but also the reasoning behind it, so you can try and dare, if you so desire:
- [background color=var(--bbc-body-bg-color)]Blackmail - anybody;[/background]
- [background color=var(--bbc-body-bg-color)]Kidnapping - 20+ NNB (20-15 should work too);[/background]
- [background color=var(--bbc-body-bg-color)]Bomb threat - 25-30 (I have had better success with no more than one 25 in a team);[/background]
- Planned Robbery - 30-40 (35-35-35-30-30 is a perfectly viable team, for example);
- Money Train - 40-50 (45-45-40-40-40-40 is a solid team. Maybe go with 3x 45's to be extra cautious);
- Cruise Liner - 40-55 (average member should be ~50, so balance 40-45's with 55's);
- Plane Hijacking - a mix of 60's and 55's. The more/stronger 60's the better, but the failures will be happening regardless. We had a decent success with 2 60's and 6 55's, I've heard of even weaker teams with over 50% success rate. ("We are now 2/3 with the plane hijacking of 2 55 nnb and the rest 50" AlexeaNikkole)
- [background color=var(--bbc-body-bg-color)]Political Assassination - 4x strong 60's, or 3 even stronger 60's and one solid 55, or... yes, thanks to Rosie, we know that an ultrastrong lead can carry THREE greenleaves in a PA (mind that there are only so many players capable of this. Most probably, only the strongest pre-nerf busters). To start you team, aim for 120k+ (100k, if you're feeling risky) combined arsons. Closest alternative, PH, gives 150 arsons CE boost on success, while PA - 650. So you only need for your team to succeed 25%+ of the time, to be more viable than PH[/background]
In the same vein: the players in your faction not assigned to any OCs (and/or within the same OC) are listed from highest to lowest raw CE, so you can plan better, knowing which one of your 40's is "strong", and which is "weak".
And another note: as an OC manager, at some point the hardest part of your job will be to decide who deserves the boost from higher OC the most? Should you always put the strongest guys in the highest OC possible, or maybe this active noob who's spamming arsons like a madman deserves a spot in Cruise Liner more than a higher NNB, but barely active guy? Up to you to decide.
NERDY STUFF ALERT!!! Don't need to read further unless you really want to. The guideline above works perfectly fine on its own.
Now, are these teams gonna be successful 100% of the time? Absolutely not, and for two reasons:
a) Every OC has a success cap, just like individual crimes, and thanks to Josephine we know that a 60NNB can fail a Blackmailing;
b) They don't need to be!
- Failing an organized crime doesn't result in CE loss, which we know thanks to CloudJumper's extensive testing (I accidentally confirmed it myself: hit 60 in the morning, went to jail for PH fail in the evening. Remained 60, naturally); (Further confirmed by Clitasaurus)
- Every next OC offers significantly higher monetary reward per player-hour than the previous one. See the table at the bottom for reference;
- Higher OCs provide more CE per player-hour as well. Now we only have figures from Nash's testing: 650 arsons equivalent for a PA, 150 - PH, ~72 - CL. I've checked Money Trains extensively, and the figure is pitiful - around 10-15 arsons (shout out to all the 60NNB speedrunners, who keep track of all their crimes). Extrapolating from here, I'd say PR offers about 3-7, and the rest isn't worth mentioning, at all.
These three points lead to the main conclusion: PUSH YOUR LIMITS. Don't be afraid of experimenting and trying, see how to squeeze the most cash for your coffers, while giving your members the best boost they can get.
Table 1, monetary reward per player-hour, $:
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Table 2, the breaking point of success %. For example, if your cruise liner is successful LESS than 50% of the time, it's better to move your members to Money Train teams (assuming that MT will never fail. Not the case, but this guide has become convoluted enough already :)
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