Here's how to balance the end game

from Offworld Forums

The problem with the end game is that players who acquire others only have upside. In many cases, there's a a bit of reconfiguring of facilities but that's somewhat innocuous in the grand scheme and not detrimental to stock price. What's needed is a counterbalance to the upside, and a mechanic to keep the stock market competitive. 

This should come in the form of a property tax. Each time you acquire a company, you should be taxed an amount proportionate to the amount of claims you're taking on. The tax should tick each second with your other expenses. If you're cashless, you accumulate debt against the tax. 

This mechanic adds risk, uncertainty, and emphasizes timing of making an acquisition. You don't only need the cash on hand to buy out stock, but you need to be able to support the acquisition infra-structurally. 

22,041 views 6 replies
Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I don't necessarily agree. If you acquire a failing company, that means you acquire their debt. There have been a few times when the reason I lost was the fact that I was not able to stabilize the my recently acquired companies before being totally bought out in one move. Acquiring companies can be quite a risk. I feel that its fairly balanced as it is now.

Reply #2 from Offworld Forums Top

I don't think that this is a good idea either, Other player's have the black market to even the playing field with. A player who snowballs made good decisions, he should not be punished for making good decisions.

Object Desktop - Get all of our enhancement utilities in one suite
Reply #3 from Offworld Forums Top

Quoting TAW_OnlyMan, reply 1

I don't necessarily agree. If you acquire a failing company, that means you acquire their debt. 

Someone has said in other threads that you don't acquire their debt....  ?   I bought someone that was $60k in debt yesterday, and I don't remember any debt.

Reply #4 from Offworld Forums Top

You don't get cash, debt, resources, or patents when you buy out a company. You get their buildings and HQ.

Reply #5 from Offworld Forums Top

Quoting emaise, reply 4

You don't get cash, debt, resources, or patents when you buy out a company. You get their buildings and HQ.

I think you get the value of the patents from the acquired company, which increases your stock price.  You can't use them, though.

Reply #6 from Offworld Forums Top

It's not impossible, nor really that difficult, to buy out the snowballer. The stock price isn't linear so despite all their assets/purchases, its possible to accumulate the cash to buy them out. I have several wins where one person bought out everyone else and then I bought him out. You only need 1-2mil to do it.