How cool would it be to be the owner of 4 or 5 companies, All lead by the directors that pay a percentage of profits to you? I think this would be an amazing addition to companies that would add a ton of depth to owning and starting up your own company!
if you like the idea feel free to elaborate on it!
(please keep all comments constructive)
I think before they add something like this in, they need to add faction families into the mix. Factions are a much bigger part of the game, and while it hasn't been a problem yet, technically, all the current faction families are based on implicit trust of the other family members. At any time, Monarch Engineering could completely turn on Monarch Main or Monarch Research and they'd be none the wiser. I don't think it will happen, but it certainly could. All these alliances are just based on the honour system, which makes sense, but it sure would be nice to have a proper faction family system.
But that aside, I can certainly see the appeal to this, though I wouldn't hold your breath. There are a lot of changes to be made to companies before this kind of thing would be added.
Please elaborate on your own idea.
How would it work? What mechanics would need to be changed (if any)? Which player profile would this change most appeal to?
As it stands, an unofficial system like this is already in play.
Apologies on the late response, I think it wouldn’t require too much of a change to current gameplay to make it happen. As you mentioned an unofficial version of this is already in play. To make it official they could add another job, say chairman, that you could become. This would be the next step from director.
You select how much you pay your employees already so if their is a chairman that controls the company you are directing than they would simply set the amount of money they take from the company. A bit like how the salaries for employees work, the only difference being that the chairman would set their own salary not the director.
this would most appeal to players who wish to own and direct companies. I’ve heard it can be a little bit of a pain at times and it usually takes a long time to break even let alone make profits.
At the moment being a director is the roof of your ability to rise in the corporate world. You may make multiple companies but what happens to the ones you leave behind? Sure you could sell them but you’ve put so much work into them that it seems almost unreasonable to let them go. This would let you reap a portion of the seed you put so much effort into sowing.
This would also address another problem that I only recently noticed, I was speaking with my ex employer about her previous company. (She recently started a new one) She elected to give the company to one of the employees as she wanted it to be in the hands of someone she knew a bit better. Problem was that, that employee now director was banned for using multiple accounts. Now her company and all the work that went into it have gone to waste. If she still technically owned it as the chairman than she could appoint a new director and nothing would be lost.
I think that if the really liked this idea they could make it very nuanced and interesting with many little features. Perhaps something a bit like the faction upgrades tree? or they could make it very simple and bare bones. Either way I think it would be a great addition.
thank you for taking a look at my idea!
I agree that factions are definitely focused on more and companies are more a means to an end at the moment. Although, this is sort of what I’m suggesting! That companies becoming a new option for players to really invest their time into. A bit of an overhaul of the entire game in my grandest hopes but I would be very happy with a few additions to companies to spice them up a bit more.
Personally my main focus is to make money, I’m not super interested in faction wars or things like that. Sadly official content is a little sparse when it comes to this area.
This is not meant to be a complaint though! I absolutely love this game! All aspects of it have been very fun! I just think that this would be a very interesting addition. ?
If you haven’t seen them already I made a couple suggestions for factions as well. They may be of interest to you so be sure to check them out!
thanks for taking a look at my idea!
If this were allowed officially, you would never make money. The welathiest players would create the mega empires you speak of and drown out all competition. I don't believe you comprehend the wealth gap between you and the wealthy, it's truly obscene. This limitation exists to allow the game to be competitive for you, so the little guy can stand a chance.
I think you should play this game for a lot longer before you flood the suggestions forum with your generally awful ideas. The worst part isn't that your ideas suck, it's that when you're told repeatedly how bad they are you don't learn from the feedback.
It’s not that I don’t understand that you believe my idea to be bad. I am simply proposing this idea to anyone who wishes to listen. If anyone has a concern than I ask that they tell me. I wish to discuss this idea to make it possible. I don’t care if it ends up exactly how I imagine it. I want something that will be fun for all.
How will this make it impossible to make money? Those mega empires need someone to work in them. If anything this will increase the money you can make because you wouldn’t have to own the company to direct it. You could work your way through the company and eventually the chairman might appoint you as director of the company. I assume this would come with increased pay and maybe bonuses.
Smaller companies might not even see much of a difference either. It may even give them more options. For instance, what if your company had the option to be brought into a mega corporation where you might have access to a better pool of employees or other benefits. Alternatively you could take the much harder route of going on your own. A bit like joining or not joining a faction.
FYI: I do know just how absurd the wealth gap is and you don’t need to play a game an extreme amount to have an idea that might improve it.
Thank you for looking at my idea and helping me improve it. I know it’s bare bones at the moment but with enough discussion we can make it a possibility. :)
This would make ultra rich players super-ultra rich players, without effort or risk at a certain point.
Sure, but I think that will happen either way. The rich stay rich. There’s no way to change that. I think this could make becoming rich more interesting though. :)
although, I think there could be some risk. What if their company fails due to them taking to much of the profits or not leading them correctly? Many things could happen that pose risk. Just like owning a company as it is right now.
I think you miss the main point about how companies operate in competition. 1 mega-corp would monopolize the 10* slots of a given business and would easily begin to determine who eins and who loses.
In the current aystem, even a new player has a chance to take a company places and compete. In a mega corp system all competition from small owners is lost.
This addition to the game would cause a lot of changes in balance. Yes it would make the rich richer and likely would make it a bit more difficult to start a company all on your own without being apart of a mega corporation. Although, I don’t think that’s entirely a bad thing; while yes it makes it harder if you aren’t in the mega corporation it would make things easier if you are apart of it. A bit like whether you should to join a faction in game or not.
I agree that it would certainly change the balance of things and maybe some regulations could be put into place to stop a complete monopoly from happening, although, I think that if things are competitive enough between mega corporations. That they may try to knock each other out of the running, no regulations needed. Perhaps this could be incentivized to try and stop that from happening?
I already own more than 1 company....
Same as factions is is done on trust, I don't see a need to change this.
There is an unofficial system that sort of does what I’m suggesting, yes. I want to make that system official. Also what happens if the director of the companies you unofficially own is placed in FJ for multis or something along that line. You would lose that company as you would have no way to reclaim your company. I doubt this will happen in your case but I have seen it happen. If this system was official then the chairman would simply fired the imprisoned account and appoint a new director. Bare bones this update won’t change much and make unofficially owning another company easier. Fully done it could be expanded upon into a whole different way to play. Where companies are a bit like factions trying to knock each other out of the running! :)
Yes I would lose 15b per account. This is almost 19x your networth.
This is why it is important to trust the right people.
Same as faction Co lead
Same as faction family.