Talk:Hired Gun/@comment-198.85.236.123-20100826153200/@comment-2225902-20100826174901

They're far from worthless if you only want real friends in your mafia. I've got a 501 mafia comprised almost entirely of Hired Guns. They've allowed me to be at least somewhat compeditive in the game without having to spam add me threads. It's a personal preference (a handicap too? sure). Value is a matter of perspective.

At any rate, I think your point about real people helping you with you in the game is addressed in the article itself.