[Yocas]

I have an idea for businesses. This is mainly to prevent newbies from owning an entire business. Just as a disclaimer this idea is pretty much a rough draft / concept and may initially sound dumb but please bare with me that this could actually work. It's pretty much for the mechanism of buying businesses.

Each business would be divided into categories; service, production, and administration. Keep in mind this is assuming that there will be plenty of player-ran businesses.

Example:
- Restaurant / Bar => Service
- Ammo / Gun shop => Production
- Hotel / Storage Co. => Administration

In the beginning, all of the businesses will be NPC-ran until a player buys it out. But before players can purchase a business they must have a license for that type. If the player does not have the required license they are allowed to keep it on hold for a short amount of time. The hold must be paid in full.

In order to retrieve a license the player would have to go through a series of procedures -- mainly test. Yes, test. It may sound awkward but this could really filter out the players that would potentially cause the business to be a complete fail. The tests would be taken at the same building you would get the license.

The first part of the procedure would be to go through a tutorial for that particular type. The tutorial would inform the player the basics for running the business type such as commands, player interaction, and budget (bills / payments).

The second procedure is taking the test. The test would basically be a multiple choice exam based on the tutorial. Any grade below '70' will result in a fail. The test would only be able to be taken once a day. Each test, including the first, will require a fee of $300 (depending on how much everything cost in the reset). If the player passes the exam he would qualify for that particular license. The license itself would cost $1000 - $4000 (like I said, depending on what the average cost of items are after the reset).

Once the player has the license he can finally buy the business.

Any comments?