But in general I have not found any gamefeature that is not available without being in a gang.
Absolutely true. Being in a gang just adds a further flavour to the game, but admittedly u can live without.
As far I can see the following apply:
- there's no "gang protection" against raids.
- "donating girls to gang", allow u to make a few extra bucks, but more importantly, when u need to "retire" a girl from your own team and subtitute with better looking one, instead of youst firing her( i mean not literally :-) ) , , it's a better option to get about 1-2k/hour for about 6 days, imho.
- gang missions are difficult to complete as u need many active gang members. I mean online in order to begin the mission. Unfortunately they're not very rewarding: for a 50 members mission u only get 110k . But u should consider the fact that while the mission complete u can live your pimp life as usual
- gang wars: u get money when u win ( again not much money) and plenty of drugs, alcohol, items durign the actual fights.
- u can develop relations with other pimps.
- maybe u can find it funny
- u can leave the gang anytime, easily: no tattooes, to get rid of, no ritual mutilation to undergo, no vengeances.
- maybe the gang mechanics will evolve in he future
In the end, I daresay: you have nothing to lose by joining a gang, and probably you can experience the game a bit further.
As a matter of fact .... is there any point at being level 50something and making 1M$/day in a game, besides having fun? :-)