Politician Archive

skill points to learn i mean ive been poli ever since first player cities came out and it feels like such a dead skill that sucks up to many points, I mean really the mayors dont get any great benifents for being mayor...they just get to lose like 30+ skill points YAY!!!1 heh maybe if mayors got something more out of politician like a bonus for being mayor...it would help ease these "disgruntled" mayor things and making make politcian not so much of a waste of skill points...I mean running city was fun for like 1 week now losing all those skill points just suck, and basically milita has no point now, its just retarded

Exactly! And we the mayors don't have any source of income as far as I know, so you need to have some extra skill points to keep or maintain other professions to survive/live. I'm a commando and have some CH skills, and before the CH-nerf I was able to do some decend missions and make a living, but now after all these nerfs and lack of skill points how am I going to survive in this galaxy?

no one is making you be a politician. if you need the skill points, find another mayor, and drop the skill. Mayor's do in fact get special skills, look at the politician tree. Not eveyone can place a shuttleport, exotic gardens, and decorate a city. Plus, the whole idea of being a mayor is to be active in the social part of the game, and to exercise your ablility to be a politician. Real politicians dont do anything but go places and talk,then sign bills and instate their order.

This is not an attack on your ideas, but just another side to the discussion. (the thread looked a little empty)

oh.. and as far as money goes, you can remove money from the treasury. Just say its the mayor's paycheck as the explaination. Taxes pay for politicians right?

I generally agree that the Skill Point cost is a little high. Right now I'm Master Artisan/Arch and mid-level Pol; with a little merchant. I run artisan and Arch stuff for business, and provide some of the buildings to the city. I haven't asked, but I'm sure my city wouldn't mind an "allowance" or pay from the treasury if I really needed it. Another poster noted that real life politicians collect a pay check...