Not too long ago there was a suggestion to add consecutive jobs, however there was some concern with doing that and bot detection, so I would like to add a new possible solution.
The problem as I see it:
At the moment, it seems like only the robbery jobs are really worth doing, since they give the most monetary profit and help keep our productions going, while rep doesn't feel worth much when you start having a hard time keeping up with the supply for your production. However, the longest robbery job is 1½ hours at the start, and only 45 min once you've shortened it with prestiges (which you will do if you care about efficiency), and that's just not that long when you're out and about, busy at work or sitting in a classroom.
I personally was busy for 2 weeks not too long after I started playing, and had to start the 1-hour coca paste robbery, since half an hour was simply way too short for me when I was busy, and this still sometimes left me with hours of downtime.
My suggestion for a solution:
Make it possible to extend your jobs, as I see it this shouldn't come with a nerf to the payout/rep gained for the job/hour, so 2x time should be 2x payout and rep, although if it seems too overpowered a 5% drop per 100% time increase would be fine as well.
Implementation:
As I see it, there are really 2 ways this could be implemented.
Level unlocked toggle system:
It could be implemented in a way where you unlock the next level every 20-25 levels, such that at level 20(25) you'd be able to extend your jobs to 2x the time, and at level 40(50) you'd be able to 3x the time and so on, toggled at the top right of the job section with a button/slider or something like that, telling you which extender you're using.
I generally like the idea of forcing people to level to gain new stuff, because it also forces them to rep farm, which I think is a good thing, partly because more people being high leveled will also make it easier to farm more rep.
More prestige levels:
Currently, there are 10 levels of prestige, 5 to shorten the time of a job and 5 to increase the reward by 20% each. If going by this route, I would recommend adding another 5 levels of extending a job by 40%, ending up at a maximum of 3x the time of the shortened job, or 1.5x the time it took at the start. This is very debatable to me though, since I could see the extension being 60% or adding 10 levels instead of 5 working nicely as well, if the boost seems too small, the coca paste job at these 3 versions would end up at either 1½ hours, 2 hours or 2½ hours.
If going the prestige route, I don't think it would make sense to nerf the output in any way, since it is already nerfed by having to go through the worse success rates again.
Not too long ago there was a suggestion to add consecutive jobs, however there was some concern with doing that and bot detection, so I would like to add a new possible solution.
The problem as I see it:
At the moment, it seems like only the robbery jobs are really worth doing, since they give the most monetary profit and help keep our productions going, while rep doesn't feel worth much when you start having a hard time keeping up with the supply for your production. However, the longest robbery job is 1½ hours at the start, and only 45 min once you've shortened it with prestiges (which you will do if you care about efficiency), and that's just not that long when you're out and about, busy at work or sitting in a classroom.
I personally was busy for 2 weeks not too long after I started playing, and had to start the 1-hour coca paste robbery, since half an hour was simply way too short for me when I was busy, and this still sometimes left me with hours of downtime.
My suggestion for a solution:
Make it possible to extend your jobs, as I see it this shouldn't come with a nerf to the payout/rep gained for the job/hour, so 2x time should be 2x payout and rep, although if it seems too overpowered a 5% drop per 100% time increase would be fine as well.
Implementation:
As I see it, there are really 2 ways this could be implemented.
Level unlocked toggle system:
It could be implemented in a way where you unlock the next level every 20-25 levels, such that at level 20(25) you'd be able to extend your jobs to 2x the time, and at level 40(50) you'd be able to 3x the time and so on, toggled at the top right of the job section with a button/slider or something like that, telling you which extender you're using.
I generally like the idea of forcing people to level to gain new stuff, because it also forces them to rep farm, which I think is a good thing, partly because more people being high leveled will also make it easier to farm more rep.
More prestige levels:
Currently, there are 10 levels of prestige, 5 to shorten the time of a job and 5 to increase the reward by 20% each. If going by this route, I would recommend adding another 5 levels of extending a job by 40%, ending up at a maximum of 3x the time of the shortened job, or 1.5x the time it took at the start. This is very debatable to me though, since I could see the extension being 60% or adding 10 levels instead of 5 working nicely as well, if the boost seems too small, the coca paste job at these 3 versions would end up at either 1½ hours, 2 hours or 2½ hours.
If going the prestige route, I don't think it would make sense to nerf the output in any way, since it is already nerfed by having to go through the worse success rates again.