This is what I propose they change to the fixer system. Each fixer should have their own minimum street cred level before you will even contact, and when they do you have to travel to a location to meet them face to face, and if the conversations goes well, they will send you a gig dossier, which have the location, the job, and the reward. You should be able to accept or reject the gig, but if you refuse this 1st test gig they give you they will no longer send you gigs. You should be able to fast travel to the gig location from the dossier screen.
Once you complete the gig (according to the dossier's requirements, for example if the gig is stealth and you went in guns blazing, it could be considered a failure and you get a failure and lose rating with the fixer), you get paid and you gain both street cred and personal cred with the fixer. Who will also have future gigs and he wont send you until your street cred and personal cred with him reaches a certain level.
Fixers will occasionally send you text telling you they have a gig, then you have to call them to ask about it and have a conversation about the gig. You can choose to turn down gigs too. Many of the gigs should have world consequences, for example one gig might require you to acquire a weapons shipment for the Maelstorm gang, if you complete it then that gang will have upgraded weapons to use even against you in future missions, etc. Giving you reasons to turn down certain gigs because the real world consequences is worse for you than the gig's reward.
Dexter should be the third fixer you meet this way, and after you complete a test mission he offers you the steal relic mission. (You can reject the mission but Jackie will accept it behind your back even if you do)
Rogue should be the highest level fixer in the game, and should have gigs for you beyond just story related missions.
The top fixers should all have an ultimate mission that is only available if you reach top street cred and win full trust with them(complete all gigs for them successfully). Something that will affect the world in a major way, and many should be mutually exclusive, such as help Arasaka to do something against Militech and vice versa, help 6th street against win territory against the Valentino's or vice versa, help the Police against the Tigerclaws or vice versa, etc, which adds to replayability in the future.
Once you complete the gig (according to the dossier's requirements, for example if the gig is stealth and you went in guns blazing, it could be considered a failure and you get a failure and lose rating with the fixer), you get paid and you gain both street cred and personal cred with the fixer. Who will also have future gigs and he wont send you until your street cred and personal cred with him reaches a certain level.
Fixers will occasionally send you text telling you they have a gig, then you have to call them to ask about it and have a conversation about the gig. You can choose to turn down gigs too. Many of the gigs should have world consequences, for example one gig might require you to acquire a weapons shipment for the Maelstorm gang, if you complete it then that gang will have upgraded weapons to use even against you in future missions, etc. Giving you reasons to turn down certain gigs because the real world consequences is worse for you than the gig's reward.
Dexter should be the third fixer you meet this way, and after you complete a test mission he offers you the steal relic mission. (You can reject the mission but Jackie will accept it behind your back even if you do)
Rogue should be the highest level fixer in the game, and should have gigs for you beyond just story related missions.
The top fixers should all have an ultimate mission that is only available if you reach top street cred and win full trust with them(complete all gigs for them successfully). Something that will affect the world in a major way, and many should be mutually exclusive, such as help Arasaka to do something against Militech and vice versa, help 6th street against win territory against the Valentino's or vice versa, help the Police against the Tigerclaws or vice versa, etc, which adds to replayability in the future.
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