Quote Originally Posted by Mr Bojangles View Post
It is extremely hard for any new gang at this point to compete with the power house gangs that are constantly basing era right now. And the average player isn't going to care much about a simple hat. When you add a new one off weapon that only the gangs can get that makes it unfair for every other small gang who is trying. It only makes the big gangs more powerful.
I've seen this before on PC Era where Tachi got katanas and then everyone joined that gang just to get the weapon.

Hats are just fine as a milestone for gangs. Or better idea, they could let someone customize a body for the gang and then make it sellable in the game for the gang members to buy.
Personally I hate the idea of giving a weapon to a gang that is already known for how good they are.
It would work like a 2k hat reward where only a limited number of members would recieve the melee. It would in no way make the gang more powerful when almost everyone in game already has a melee with these statistics... You wouldn't be able to join the gang just for the melee you'd probably have to be in it from almost the very beginning to get one depending on how many are given out.