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· 7 likes · Mostly unrelated to your post but... anyone else notice how hustling was quickly forgotten by most? No uniques, crime's category is fraud so everyone who did arsons ad nauseam already has the medals, profits aren't particularly good either compared to …
Mostly unrelated to your post but... anyone else notice how hustling was quickly forgotten by most?
No uniques, crime's category is fraud so everyone who did arsons ad nauseam already has the medals, profits aren't particularly good either compared to other crimes like shoplifting cyber force, pickpocketing cyclists or the two new ones disposal and cracking. Feels like discussion regarding hustling died quickly after the release of disposal, while other crimes still got a mention or two here and there.
It's mechanically very interesting and quite fun to figure out, but besides the two honor bars most folk don't have any reason to return to it and it shows.
Sadly it goes for most of the crimes besides the cracking one due to the simple fact of lackluster rewards. If you started making some real profit at the top of each crime people would revisit them for the fun mechanics.
Until that changes they'll all be a grind to 100 then move on to the next until the most profitable one is found.
I once had another account and I linked a movie on my profile. I had to take it down, forced by the admin. Just saying. It's not the movie, it's the link.
SFC and bootlegging? Still seen from time to time by people migrating, since they're the "starter crimes" Graffiti I don't have to explain, safest crime and the best for early CE growth. Shoplifting with the addition of cyber force and the future addition of the pharmacy will remain talked about for a while. Pickpocketing remains known as the "hardest crime" or "crime with the most crits", plus cyclists being very profitable is also a thing. Skimming people do it regularly since it's the closest we have to a passive crime. Most folk actively doing crimes have at least a few skimmers in safe places doing their thing quietly. Burglary remains known as the "most annoying uniques to get" and it's also the main/only source of most disposal components, as well as some other components expected to be used in future crimes. Disposal is still done fairly often since it's extremely profitable (*somedays, mostly with body parts and corpses) and also one of the crimes recommended to folk migrating recently. Finally cracking, obviously the most talked about currently since it's not only the newest but the mechanics also allow for a ton of discussion regarding passwords and rigs to be held.
Hustling has nothing going for it, no remarkable profits, no interesting mechanics worthy of discussion (just RNG), no interesting loot, it's just... there. An argument could be made on how it can be fairly good for crime chain building and demoralization removal, but most folk opt to do graffiti instead.