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"More tips and events as a waiter/waitress. If you open the floodgates for harrassment, increase the number of perverts eventually showing up while keeping it low key. More risk, more reward. But anything too direct and get on Sam's bad side. "
This stuff is already in there(except for the Sam thing it's bugged apparently) unless you mean MORE more i suppose uping the fequency of tips might be ok but's that still going to be RNG based to get those events and still might not break the numbers needed on the Tax before you get to the Chef content(using the school path and not the go all out path) but i think with this your saying "make it more intersting for the player" right? I think it's interesting enough just not enught to put up with the massive grind + the pay issue.
"More variety in bun making. Use the instruments available or bring own toys for help. Or gather some milk/cream beforehand in a sealed container, not necessarily your own. (The beach science fair "interviews" come to mind) Maybe having a helper. Convince Sam to let an orphan help for shared pay, increasing production rate. The orphan can either be Robin after school with high love or a random one, depending on the hope/rebel stats for their own percentage of payment
Or go Van Wilder style and use the dogs in the alley for extra creamy buns..."
Maybe? I do like being able to "bring a friend" if you can convince Sam and of course Toys when they're a thing would be good also but worried about the "freshness" of using anything collected before hand. I suppose alowing things to help with the targets would be better then reducing the targets altogeather while adding variety to the bun making grind. Good stuff mostly!
"Brothel pay should depend on two things: customer attraction and skill. The customer can like a certain appearance, for which they will pay more, and pay even more depending on player skill. Or they won't care about appearance, only about skill. If neither, then crappy pay"
The Brothel stuff already adds alot complex calculations going towards how much it pays you(i'm probably going to miss some). Just stripping for example needs: Good Dance skill, Filling the AWE meter(by removing 4 bits of cloathing) then grinding out as may tips as you can and landing a privite time with a patron before they pull you off the stage to rape you. I think wearing costumes(nun/bunnygirl/anyothers) should factor into it somehow maybe through increased tips. But again this is the small change stuff, the real money comes from the privite time with a patron. Again with the complex calculations going towards how much it pays you the base pay is around $50 going uptowards $250/encounter. And it's this part that floods you with money. A customer took me aside and talked to me for abot 30mins(in game) for $200 no sex needed.
"Edit: Also should make multiple tax steps depending on popularity maybe. 50/40/30 or something like that?"
Sorry i don't understand this part could you break it down a bit?