Capitalism 2 and Capitalism Lab Forum

Hey everyone,

I was hoping that some of you might share with me your strategies for playing in the CES DLC. I play it and never fails that I'm booted out of office because I always am running a deficit. My city will shrink in population and my ratings suck. I usually am taking over for a Mayor that ran an heavy deficit and have maxed out on bonds.

I've also noted that there is an investment line on the City's balance sheet. How do I invest as a city? Also I've noticed that Company's now have a bond's line. How do I buy bonds?

I'm sure there's got to be a way to keep a balance. My strategy just has to be wrong.

I have the same issue I just use Subsidiary DLC now and always disable CES because I can't be bothered to manage my city all the time, I think a solution would be similar to subsidiaries having a CEO you should be able to just give directions and the mayor should manage most of the work for you.

I think a solution would be similar to subsidiaries having a CEO you should be able to just give directions and the mayor should manage most of the work for you.

There is already an option for doing so. Please take a look at the attached screenshot.

I was hoping that some of you might share with me your strategies for playing in the CES DLC. I play it and never fails that I'm booted out of office because I always am running a deficit. My city will shrink in population and my ratings suck. I usually am taking over for a Mayor that ran an heavy deficit and have maxed out on bonds.

It is not advisable to run for mayor of a city with huge debts, as it is never easy to fix government debt problems, just like in the real life.

There are better options to play the mayor role. One way is to found a city from scratch. Another way is to run for mayor of a city with a healthy balance sheet.

Have you tried the Survival mode? In my opinion, it is easier to build a city from the ground up in the Survival mode, then trying to fix a city deeply in red.

Have you tried the Survival mode? In my opinion, it is easier to build a city from the ground up in the Survival mode, then trying to fix a city deeply in red.

The survival mode indeed provides a different gameplay experience than the standard mode. It takes more time to build up a city but there is a greater sense of satisfaction to be had when you see all your efforts have successfully turned a place from pure wilderness into a bustling economic hub.