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I used to sell droids at Mos Quito Hills (-1068, 1829) on Tatooine across from Mos Espa on the Eclipse server. I went on vacation, had my vendor pretty well stocked before I left, then came back, stocked it full again, got online today, and the city mayor, Kariya, told me to remove my vendor because it wasn't stocked. He sent me this email tonight, when my vendor had nearly 40 items on it. That seems a little rediculous and unprofessional to me. My vendor may have been empty for a day or two according to the sales transactions I have, but asking someone to remove their vendor when the stock is full and just after they stock it seems a little rediculous to me. It's almost like the guy doesn't approve of any merchants taking a break from the game (since he's on day and night anyways). I do have an outside life too besides SWG. This has happened to another ex-vendor I know too. I did go ahead and remove the vendor like he asked. I even gave him a chance to explain and he hasn't said one word yet. Maybe I should have left an advertising droid in front of his mall? Any comments or suggestions on how to deal with people like this? Obviously he shouldn't be the mayor of a city, but maybe SOE should allow players in cities to impeach people like this.

Don't give in to morons like that.

Btw.....have I mentioned I hate most everything about player cities and the way devs implimented them ?

I'd just ignore him.

Anyway... have you heard about the "vendors eating items" bug? Maybe your vendor was unstocked more than you think becuase of this bug...

Not to mention you can vote in another mayor. Don't vote for him, or move.In either casethere are ways of removing him from power. If he does have a good answerand gives it to you then you can rethink it. I would nothave given in to him.

There is also apparently a bug that displays the vendor as empty even if it has stock.

I'd just ignore this guy (litterally, use /addignore), take your vendor (and your taxes) to someone with less of an attitude (seems to me that player cities are all about people trying to throw their weight around anyway - I'll stay an independant thank you very much)

I'm a DE and a mayor.

Don't bash the cities. They are actually a great game feature. The problem is, like EVERY other feature, there are going to be people who misuse it and only give the whole concept a bad name. This leads to nerfing.

Don't be so quick to judge the entire concept of player cities on a few idiot mayors.

The mayor in the first post is a great example. Not only would I be removing my vendor, but I'd be removing myself to another city.

Cities can be great for business. The crafters in my town LOVE the shuttleport. Business is booming. We are also a Manufacturing Center, which is a city specialization that grants +10 to assemblies. We are soon to be a Research Center which will give us a +15 to experimentation. (!!)

There are some great advantages to cities, if you are in the right one. If you aren't in the "right one", find it!

Aye. Just pick up and move. It's not worth supporting a citythat doesn't value what they have.

It's a pity there's no DEnet on eclipse. Otherwise I'd suggest putting a notice out to all droid engineers not to set up shop in that city.

From the sounds of it here and on the other boards, a rectal/cranial inversion is required to be a player-city mayor.