Politician Archive
Thread: How can you make money with politician?
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Apeg
Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:28 am
#1
Ive found that politician doesnt bring in any money unlike all the other prfessions? does any politicians here make money from this porfession? its not that i need the money...enjoyment of politician is enough but i think there should be a way of earning like other professions can...
Frenzi
Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:34 am
#2
Blackmail your citizens by threatening to burn down the city hall....problem is that they will probably vote you out of office and the first structure the new mayor places will be a large gallows in the middle of the city.
You cant really make money from it I guess, not really a profession for that.
Alwan
Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:16 pm
#3
rofl making money from politician?!! nice joke hehehe, Politician is the only profession that dont earn u moneym u can say it's more like RP.
And this profession is 180 degree in the other side of the rl politician were they get rich from undertable deals....etc.
U can talk to your citizens about giving u a weekly salary u both agree on this is the best way.
MTolwyn
Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:08 am
#4
well gaining money is an illusion, most of us invest a lot of money and time into the cities
but it has some benefits
i get most stuff i need a lot cheaper or even free from our crafters and hunters
i give them a nice home, they give me the stuff i need to do so
Darthdarklord
Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:00 am
#5
lol Thats a good one....Citys are all about losing money!!!
Most citys lose money all the way through...there are some citys that actually make money(mostly large shopping citys that have a sales tax) or busy citys that make alot of money from the shuttle port (ones placed by importants POI'S) but for the most case they lose money alot more then gain money....
Most polititions that have citys that are constantly losing money dump money into the city them selves..or ask for donations once and awile to fund up the city again as TAX (most of the time never generates enough money especialy if the city has alot of decorations and is a research center(or other)......
If your city does make money you could pull money out of the city funds... but the whole city gets a mail about it... and in most cases somone WILL cry about it....
So Mayor is all about sacrifice for the greater good of the city.....Not about making money.....(thats why my mayor also can fight a bit with master fencer and rifleman so i can still make money that way.....
Others use alt's to run citys so that there main makes the $$ to feed the city...
Mayors = Money Sink for the Game.
Message Edited by Darthdarklord on 01-06-2005 04:02 AM
Frenzi
Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:06 am
#6
Well im hoping my city will take off, and im willing to bank roll it so there is zero taxes. I can see it costing 500k-1m a month for maintenance etc, but I can afford that through krayt killing.
BT-Trajan
Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:15 am
#7
Aurora costs 476,000 each week, without our gardens placed. We are a Metro on Naboo with all the bells and whistles of any major player city.
So...if you can earn about 2 million a month you should be ok running a metropolis.
Fneegan
Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:34 am
#8
Frenzi wrote:
Well im hoping my city will take off, and im willing to bank roll it so there is zero taxes. I can see it costing 500k-1m a month for maintenance etc, but I can afford that through krayt killing.
All mayors hope their city will take off but that is seldom the case for many.The bigger cities on starter planet may do better butsmaller cities or cities not on non-starter planets struggle to remain alive. I've seen many cities come and go over the past year.
If you're willing to constantly dump a million dollars of your ownmoney every other month into the treasury - all the power to you. I did that for a year - then I said, that's enoughand I switched to taxes but still ended up paying the other 50% of the city cost. I gave citizens a free house, a free swoop and 10-20k and I see them come and I see them go.
Back to the original post - there's noting in the game that makes politician/mayors make money or profit. You may set taxes, but even if you raised taxes to 2k, shuttle to 10% and garage to 20%, it only covers about 50% of the weekly city maintenance cost. Maybe, a mayor in power should make an allowance being that some mayors play with a single account and also sacrafice a profession to be moryand also make generous contributions to keep their city alive and reduce/ remove taxes to make it more of a reason for players to join a PC.
BT-Trajan
Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:39 am
#9
For Aurora, the single most tax revenue source is property tax. Other taxes contribute in only a minor amount each week. Last week we were in the red by only 5k. That is after we pulled up all our gardens. With all the gardens down we would have to pay nearly 900k each week, which I simply could not sustain. Without gardens...476k
DaQuilla
Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:39 am
#10
If sales tax would be working I guess a lot of cities could get much more income ... and those the mayor could earn as much as 50k per day (that's the limit he can take from the city treasury) ...
But you could offer services to your citizens like putting up statues/streetlights or even gardens in the name of certain citizens or visitors that pay YOU money ... of course you shouldn't push it or somebody else will simply try to take the job from you
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