[10+] Luck merit

On my phone so not making this in depth yet but I thought it would be a good idea to add a luck merit into the game. 

This would be a very late game perk, 1 bar into luck would increase personal success chances by 0.5% up to a maximum of 5% which could increase crime success chance, OC checkpoint pass rate, drug overdose rate, racing skill gain, (more to come) 

For example, in OC2 luck would not be included within the position calculations and instead calculated at the checkpoint calculations, it would be success chance × luck (0.75 × 1.05 not 0.75 + 0.05) so at maximum luck a checkpoint pass rate of 75% would be calculated as 78.75 and not 80 this would make luck far more valuable later in the game

this could be balanced:

by having the multiplier per bar be ×2 instead of +1 so the bars would cost: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 (currently unobtainable)

•  ~$7.6bn if merits are worth 250 pts @ 30k each 

unlockable though a high priced stock BB (not preferable due to the monopoly merit)

•  WLT is currently $7.5bn, which is proof people will pay that much for a bb 

unlockable by a large purchase in the points shop

• could make it 250,000 pts (~$7.5bn)

 or unlockable by an item like a rabbits foot purchased overseas 

•  Iirc sports sneakers are 16 bn, unsure how many people buy them 
•  This also provides mugging opportunities making it riskier 

All these options could pull/lock up billions of dollars from the torn economy 

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I like the idea of a general luck factor where merits are put in for small increases across the game. However, I think the devs would miss things all over the place trying to implement this across the board. The increments would be small enough it would create debate whether any effects were even present, making it hard to tell what works and what's broken.

They could play test with 10% or something and then release it lower 

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I like the idea, but isn’t it just like praying at the church? Although there is some debate about whether that actually does anything 

That doesn't do anything! At least I hope it doesn't because i don't pray

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Add RNG to item market sort list, +luck might move your listing up a spot or two. (Terrible idea don't do this)

im personally against this, at least for OC's, it would be a nightmare to calculate if they added this xD

Scripters will do it 

...i am one of those scripters lmao (well not really, but i made scripts for lvl 7-9 OC's, they already exist elsewhere so I just posted the lvl 8 and just in a discord, not in torn lol)

Thats still pretty impressive imo 

lol ty, but i hope you see why im against it lol, just dont want to add code to account for luck of each player lol

Its essentially an rng offset 

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