I agree entirely. I for one need to socialise, exercise, and meditate, and go out and do the necessary stuff. This leaves me with a varying total of 2-4 hours to play with infrequent exceptions, and that's if I'm even in the mood for playing. I ain't some 13 year old Aspergic kid with nothing to do just except on a PC all day while my legs atrophy. I ain't gonna grind those crappy, un-fun jobs or do the Sandy Shores bullshit out of sheer principle. If I'm gonna RP a job, I'm gonna do it for fun /and/ to get decent $$$ to fund further roleplaying ventures; if I get hired as a bartender and come out with less Benjamins than a virtual fisherman, then I ain't gonna RP a bartender.
@All the people who are saying 5k/hour isn't a realistic wage - heads up, this game isn't realistic. It's somewhat trying to emulate it sure, but the economy has been adjusted so it's actually fun. The equivalent properties of Mirror Park IRL [MacArthur Park, LA]which is in the 200-300k price range, are from 500k-1.5 million+. Referencehttps://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Macarthur-Park_Los-Angeles_CA/type-single-family-home
A gun IRL, a pistol, is about $500-$1500. This has been adjusted in-game so it's more expensive and so people will not be able to buy loads or get them with ease, and to create a functioning gun market for an RP server unlike the USA which is flooded.
In regard to OP I think the bonuses should be raised.
So more expensive IRL things and cheapened [sports cars, properties], and the cheaper things are made more expensive [think 1k+ for a baseball bat, 5k for a mask]
Do you want your realistic prices now?
At 5k an hour, a bartender excluding tips could afford a new house in Mirror Park in about 60 hours. That's a hell of a lot of time, and they'd have to seek multiple job openings too if they were to do it fast.
At 2k an hour, a supposed realistic price, one could afford a new, realistically priced house in Mirror Park in 450 hours. And I'm being generous.
Should you waste your life doing the latter? In my opinion, fuck no.
The former is actually a feasible goal.