Corporate Property Enhancements
Corporates being Corporate

Based on theme, I think there should be bigger ups and downs in regards to corporate property in the game. As a result it would allow corporate players to flaunt wealth more...but also to have the fall when failing be more drastic as well.

Certain things I think should be more common as a result:

*Corporate Chrome - You get it now for 'free' but what does that mean when you're fired or mess up.

*Corporate Wear - When you join a corp, maybe you're given nice clothing, phone, etc as sign up bonuses...but remember that is always corporate property.

*Corporate Tech - You get access to tech a mixer could only dream of! But at what cost.

*Corporate Housing - Sure you can live in a freer apartment complex that is not directly corporate, but if you live in the SaedorKrupp Apartment Complex you get free housing...and are watched at all times by your corporation.

I bring these up for two reasons -

One, I find that when someone is fired the consequences are minimal at this time (from most positions). Oh no, you were fired but you still have your car, your chrome, even a lot of your acquired wealth. There has been some good RP in regards to checking for corporate property, etc, but I tend to find over the years that it is neglected.

Two, it would allow for that shift in theme that people keep asking for in regards to paychecks. The wealth would go more toward 'luxury' items that were personal and not be needed toward work gear, rent, etc unless those were items you wanted to pay for.

Doing this would also spur a lot of RP in regards to when someone is fired, for security, HR, PR, and similar. Making sure every piece of corporate gear was retrieved. Maybe the person, if something was lost, has to pay a fine for it. Those who steal could be put into the corporate bounty program. Variety of ways.

I would like this to be a discussion, rather than an outright idea, as much of this can be pushed via roleplay instead of coded changes. It is just a side of corporate life that I have seen for years be fairly soft with the exception of a few instances.

I don't particularly think encouraging players to cling to topside out of fear of losing everything (something plenty of players do already) is really the best approach though.

My own experience topside was only about 10-20% of the stuff I had and things I was paying for was out of pocket, more at the beginning and much less further up the ladder.

I've found players are just generally afraid to ask for anything, or ask at all for that matter.

I consider shady deals and political actions to be social RP. You're still putting things in motion, not doing them. Having played both sides a good deal, I'm 100% confident corporate and mix play are night and day in terms of what you'll be doing. I'm not missing them at all, I'm doing them. I'm just saying, like it or not, you are closing yourself off to a huge amount of RP by going corporate.