corporation upkeep

[jihe]

everyone is complaining that the upkeep is way over the top, but when you think about it having +15 food to every city is pretty crazy, there better be some drawbacks otherwise you just have to get a corporation in order to compete.

 

[Gnarfflinger]

And Upkeep can be manageable. Courthouses (especially the Ratthaus) and anything else that reduces upkeep in the city will cut the cost. Even if you have a courthouse in the city, plus you founded the corporation, running Market, Grocer and Bank in the HQ, then a raw 20 upkeep is managable. The Courthouse drops it to 10, and the HQ's 5 doubles to 10, so you're breaking even...

 

[JujuLautre]

It appears to me the main problem is not the upkeep, but inflation.

like:
- gain: 15 gold (5 basis + wall street + market/grocer/bank) + other gain from corp (sushi -> running 4 merchants -> 12 gold for example; let's say 24 because of market/grocer/bank)
- upkeep cost: 20 gold + courthouse -> 10 gold
- inflation: X% of 20 gold

without inflation:
net: 15 + 24 - 10 = +29 gold
for a foreign corp (no HQ): +14 gold
with 100% inflation:
net: 15 + 24 - 10 - 20 = +9 gold
for a foreign corp (no HQ): -6 gold
with 200% inflation:
net: 15 + 24 - 10 - 40 = -11 gold
for a foreign corp (no HQ): -26 gold

and this is only a simplified example with every possible bonus available

 

[vladstrutzu]

I think inflation is X% of (20 gold + courthouse -> 10 gold)...

so even with a foreign corp and 100% inflation you get a +4 gold... and you get 200% inflation very late in the game...

And you ar forgetting the +12 gpp from the merchants... and the possible bonus form the representation... I think corporations are good the way they are... no inflation for them or other changes seem overpowerd...

 

[JujuLautre]

And you ar forgetting the +12 gpp from the merchants... and the possible bonus form the representation

Actually my +24 should be +12, since I doubled 12 instead of doubling 6

 

[mice]

The patch, not this one but the real one that is on the way will reduce inflation caused by corps apparently

 

[vladstrutzu]

Actually my +24 should be +12, since I doubled 12 instead of doubling 6

a?... 4 merchants * 3 gold = 12 doubled is 24... i don't see the error...

 

[JujuLautre]

a?... 4 merchants * 3 gold = 12 doubled is 24... i don't see the error...

Yep, it seems I just can't read myself anymore

sorry about that, I was sure I talked about 2 merchants when I wrote this message