Politician Archive
Thread: Politician and Player City FAQ -- 6.22.2005
Pappi
Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:55 pm
#66
-Hero- wrote:Question: If we place a city hall and have 55+ residents before the 24hr creation period, do we automatically jump to Lvl IV status? Or do we have to wait through each cycle to expand?I understand that normally you would have to wait, but I was wondering if there was a special rule for initial creation.Thanks
there is no special rule. for any city update, you can only go up one level max.
Zanholo
Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:50 am
#67
Don't see the Q or A for: How many lots does a city hall take to place? Think the anser is 'none', but not sure which is why I came here first.
Khristen
Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:00 pm
#69
Zanholo wrote:
Don't see the Q or A for: How many lots does a city hall take to place? Think the anser is 'none', but not sure which is why I came here first.
It's there.... 
Q: What is the difference between Civic Structures and Commercial Structures?
A: Civic Structures are city buildings that can be placed by the mayor only and take no lots. City Halls, Gardens, Garages, Banks, Cloning Facilities, Shuttleports, terminals and decorations are Civic Structures; the city rank and Politician skills determine how many/when a structure can be placed and all maintenance costs come from the city treasury. Only the current Mayor has admin to these structures.
Commercial Structures are player-placed structures that work the same as any player structure. These structures do require a player be of a certain skill in order to place the structure, but may be transferred to another player at any time regardless of skill and will remain if a player drops the required skill. A Cantina requires a Master Musician, a Master Dancer or a Master Chef to place and takes 5 lots. A Hospital requires a MasterDoctor or a Master Combat Medic to place and takes 3 lots. A Theater requires a Master Musician or a Master Dancer to place and takes 3 lots.
Khristen
Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:09 pm
#70
Updated 3.30.2005:
--Corrected to reflect the sales tax bug information. As of Patch 14, sales tax does not work at all. No sales tax is added onto vendor items in the city (listed either before or after the tax change at the city terminal) nor does any money go to the city treasury. Prior to this it did work at a rate of 10%, but that no longer works either.
--Added information about condemned houses and decay after confirmation from Tiggs on the policy for these types of structures.
Khristen
Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:34 pm
#71
eldiablo2k3 wrote:
Is there any way to move a decoration once it is placed?
Or is there any way t place a decoration, like a statue, on top of or in those two columns in front of the city hall?
Decorations can be picked up by the mayor using the radial menu on the decoration.
There isn't any way to put something up on top of the two columns, though. That would be cool if we could.
Mfusion
Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:54 pm
#72
Q: any plans to add those "additional, powerful specializations" for master politicians in the CU?
Mfusion
Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:45 am
#73
Mfusion wrote:
Q: any plans to add those "additional, powerful specializations" for master politicians in the CU?
Anyone?
Khristen
Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:17 am
#74
Nope. Politicians aren't really the focus of the Combat Upgrade. 
Mfusion
Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:10 am
#75
Khristen wrote:
Nope. Politicians aren't really the focus of the Combat Upgrade.
Well sure, it's not called "politicianupgrade"...but it's not called "icon upgrade" or "music upgrade"either.
Spend a few minuteson test center and you'll see that the whole game is changing, not just combat. If they wanted to, they couldwrite a few lines of code and give us a funny hat, a new emote, ora special "politician ring"with +3 camouflage.
Am I bitter? Maybe a little. I'd be less so if the master box hadn't boasted "additional, powerful specializations" for over a year. Or that Jedi could fight club with the full support of SOE while politicians are under strict supervision on how and when they get their votes (as shown by the numerous times the code has been revised with the city advancement and voting systems).
DaveJankins
Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:35 am
#76
Khristen: An update to your guide.. Remove the buff part from the Medical Center specialization.. It doesn't work for buffs in the CU at all (which saved me 80k per week). I'm unsure if this is a bug or what.. But then, enhancers don't workeither - 10% without enhancer, 10% with (using a 900 power enhancer) - so it might just be a temporary change to the guide (or a notation at least) until it's fixed(?).
Khristen
Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:15 am
#77
Good point on that. I was holding off until I had some more information and could do a proper update, but I may just go ahead and make the notation. I'll wait a little bit more in hopes of information since it's a pain to go in and edit (since I have to readd all the HTML links).
Pappi
Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:50 pm
#78
I did ask my whole city on TC to test it, but only one person did and came back with results that suggested medical center doesn't work now. I'm guessing that it's because the specialization is tied to the old skill mod, which changed during the CU. this is one of our top 3 questions right now.