Rework Taxi Job Progression / Rewards
I wanted to make a suggestion regarding the Taxi job because after putting a lot of time into it, the progression honestly feels extremely unrewarding compared to almost every other job on the server.
For context: I’m currently ranked #5 on the server for Taxi rides, with almost 300 completed rides, and after all of that I’m only level 34 out of 100 and have earned roughly $30,000 total.
The issue is that both the money gain and XP gain feel incredibly slow. Nearly 300 rides is a solid grind, and it feels like the grind to max level is extremely out of reach. Compared to other jobs, the time invested versus rewards gained seems way out of balance.
I’m not asking for Taxi to become overpowered or a money printer, but right now there doesn’t seem to be much incentive to continue grinding it when other jobs provide significantly better returns for less effort/time.
Possible solutions:
Increase XP per completed ride
Increase payouts slightly
Add bonuses for streaks
Add milestone rewards every X rides
Scale rewards better at higher Taxi levels
I actually enjoy the job itself, which is why I’ve stuck with it long enough to reach top 5. I just think the progression needs adjustment because right now the grind-to-reward ratio feels heavily off.
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thealphastrain
May 18
I have also submitted two feedback suggestions regarding Taxi and its progression. It is, by far, the worst job in the city. At least until level 50. Imagine needing to spend 30 hours just to gain 10 levels, that aren’t even the last 10 levels of the job. I don’t even think it took me that long, or maybe it took me just as long to get to almost level 80 in Post Op.
Post Op and Garbage, not ONLY do you get MORE XP per package when you unlock medium and large routes, you also get MORE packages altogether which also furthers how much XP you can gain from one run. Sure, a Large Route at 15 locations may take you like 40 minutes but you’re almost guaranteed to make 2.5-4.5k for your efforts if you’re lucky. Taxi progression gets nothing. It’s just static given that ALL NPC drop-offs are 0.1-3.0 miles leaning more heavily between 0.1 and 1.3. To put it in perspective, 0.1 mile trips give you like $25 and 3xp…
How much XP does a 0.1 mile Trucking trip give you? Why, yes, there is a trucking drop off that’s 0.1 miles away and usually that trip will give you at least $125 and like 1600 XP. Am I expecting that for Taxi? Absolutely not. This is merely to point out the huge disparity between literally ALL other jobs and Taxi. Hell, even as you gain more levels for Fruit Picking you get gradually more XP per fruit. Started at like 15-24 at level 3 to 15-34 at level 8. So… just saying, Taxi needs love. ‘Cause no offense, whatever “Rebalance” that was done, did absolutely zilch.
wohnjick
May 18
100% I think that Koosh has a really good point, I have done a few Taxi jobs and even after the previous rework it does not feel near rewarding as anything else in the City. The random drops from the patrons you drive around are abysmal, that could also use a little bump. The reward for answering another citizens call in the city should be substantial aswell, if i am picking up someone in Paleto there should be a “contracted” minimum payment and a substantial experience gain for the miles driven (2x-3x normal rate)
koosh_
May 17
As a side note: All of the rides I completed were after the most recent rework of taxi. So whatever may have been adjusted was not enough, in my opinion.