By splitting neighborhoods into precincts, there is more to gain, (and just as much to lose) by contending for control. Precincts provide deeper strategy options while avoiding current pitfalls. This adds another layer to your strategic game: precincts that border with the AI can focus mostly on security upgrades to prepare for these attacks, leaving the inner precincts – the heart of your empire – to focus on money-making upgrades. With less choice available, the AI has become more focused on areas of attack, with a special emphasis on breaking Supply Lines specifically. Thanks to precincts, the areas of attack have been greatly reduced.
As it stands, AI attacks on your rackets occur anywhere in the city. Interestingly, we found that the addition of precincts acted as a great motivator for the AI. You will face more opponents, but bring enough firepower and they won’t be able to stop you. Of course, you can go for the quick kill and attack the depot directly. This gives you options when it comes to taking over a precinct.Īttacking surrounding rackets first eliminates the reinforcements, removing them from the Depot fight. Security is heavy and they can draw reinforcement guards from surrounding rackets to help in the defense. This is the precinct’s control building, and control won’t fall to you until you have claimed it. So, how do you own a precinct? Simply take out the Depot. This also gives you new offensive strategy options, however: the only way past the enemy is through them, and if planned well, you can surround their precincts, giving them no way out. That means it’s bad news if your Supply Line is broken by the enemy and your precincts are cut off, stopping money from coming in until the Supply Line is restored. Another crucial element of your empire, Supply Lines form a pathway to get supplies out to your precincts and ensure your money has a safe route back to you. In terms of expansion, precincts stack incrementally outward, painting your faction’s colors across the map, while also setting up a Supply Line. This is a more efficient way to manage your empire and keep an eye on the parts that need attention while leaving you time to get on with the other demands of being a Mob Boss. You can keep track of your rackets, precinct by precinct, from one easy-to-use screen. Besides, once you own enough rackets, losing an odd one to the enemy doesn’t affect your game much.įirst off, economic controls have been streamlined with the Precinct update. As upgrades are done on an individual basis, managing rackets dotted around the city results in considerable amounts of administration for any budding Mob Boss. It’s a lot of fun at the start of the game, but as the game progresses, we feel it becomes too predictable. Right now, you can build or burn a racket anywhere from Municipal Pier to Chinatown, and stake your claim. Precincts are subdivisions of neighborhoods which provide a new level of control. Precincts are definitely our most ambitious change to the game, so let’s start there.
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