(8-25a) 4UC Korea: Make Chaebol A Unique Corporation

[azum4roll]

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(8-25) 4UC Korea

This is a thread for discussing the addition of 2 more unique components to the Korean civilization.

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Unique Corporation - Chaebol
Unlocked at Corporations
Does not require a resource monopoly
+2 Trade Routes
Every Franchise in a foreign Civilization's Cities increase Tourism with them by 2%
All Specialists produce +1 Gold and +1 Culture
+5 Production for all Coaling Stations and Factories
+5 Gold for all Agribusinesses and Stock Exchanges
Trade Routes from Cities with a Chaebol Office to Cities with a Chaebol Franchise produce +50% additional Science, and +10% Science to the origin City
No franchise resource bonus

Chaebol Headquarters
1300 (+ World Wonder production modifier)
Establishes the Chaebol Corporation on construction
Free Chaebol Office on construction

Chaebol Office
900
+2 Gold, +2 Science, and +2 Culture for every Global Franchise

Chaebol Franchise
Automatically established with usual ways

Rationale:
The proposed Chaebol's abilities look very much like corporation ones. Might as well make it a corporation that incorporates parts of existing corporations.

Implementation details:
The Headquarters is the actual unique building, but we may need some UI trickery to make the corporation tooltip show instead of the building one on the loading screen and Civilization menu.

 

[Flamingcheesepie]

If there is going to be a unique corporation it should have a few choices - a singular "Chaebol" corporation feels worse than just leaving it as a Stock Exchange. If a unique corporation is something people want, the Meiji mod already has 4 unique corporations for Japan that could be taken effectively as is.

 

[azum4roll]

I don't think any of the base corporations is a better pick than this. The only downside is not being able to block another player's corporation.

 

[hokath]

It's a great idea to have a unique corporation!

Probably it needs a "meme" name instead of just "Chaebol", that doesn't really make sense with how the others are named.
You can have "Sidsung" lol

 

[pineappledan]

The stacking franchise bonus for the corporation offices was the original inspiration for the chaebol’s global self-boost bonuses. It meant to mimic a corporation in addition to the corporation you would build normally.

 

[pineappledan]

Now that I’ve read the bonuses I think I would rather just go jewellers with Korea, if possible.

Comparing this to the current chaebol, this is weaker than just having a normal corporation and the existing chaebol.

 

[hokath]

Corporation balance needs a whole separate discussion.
I think probably best to save this sort of change to Korea for the next congress.

 

[Cebrudras]

If there is going to be a unique corporation it should have a few choices - a singular "Chaebol" corporation feels worse than just leaving it as a Stock Exchange. If a unique corporation is something people want, the Meiji mod already has 4 unique corporations for Japan that could be taken effectively as is.

Choice would be weird for Korea, though. A huge part of their recent history is just how much of their everything is Samsung.

 

[Rekk]

Choice would be weird for Korea, though. A huge part of their recent history is just how much of their everything is Samsung.

Aside from the other dozens of chaebols that also dominate the economy, yeah.

 

[Cebrudras]

Aside from the other dozens of chaebols that also dominate the economy, yeah.

Yeah, but my understanding as an outsider is that it literally is Samsung and 'The Others'. There isn't a meaningful Big 4 or something like that. Just a Big 1 and a bunch of footnotes.

 

[azum4roll]

Comparison of Chaebol vs normal corporation:

• 1 more free Trade Route (all corporations used to get 2)
• Boosts all specialists (Giorgio only boosts cultural ones)
• Boosts 4 buildings instead of 2 (3 for TwoKay), each with more yields
• Boosts yields of trade routes towards franchise like Firaxite
• Boosts yields of origin city for each trade route towards franchise like Centaurus
• Better office scaler
• Doesn't give any benefit to foreign cities with franchise

 

[Rekk]

Yeah, but my understanding as an outsider is that it literally is Samsung and 'The Others'. There isn't a meaningful Big 4 or something like that. Just a Big 1 and a bunch of footnotes.

The big 5 are in fact Samsung, Hyundai, LG, Lotte, and SK Group. They don't compete with each other.

 

[hokath]

MAGI:
Since you can just give the HQ building a civ requirement, pretty sure this is just database work
I wouldn't be too worried about HQ versus corporation on the civ select screen but we can mark it complex if you like @azum4roll

 

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