Capitalism 2 and Capitalism Lab Forum

Way2co0l wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:44 pm This looks awesome and honestly more excited about this coming DLC than the previous ones. Not saying they weren't good. lol. I've thoroughly enjoyed them, but the key features I'm seeing from this one just have me excited.

When it comes to future DLCs, haven't settled on a great idea that captures my attention yet. I know energy and construction markets are underrepresented, and there's a lot of potential for some focus on transportation of various sorts. I'd personally love something to focus on your actual main character so there's a purpose to giving yourself a salary and how you spend your personal money beyond just buying more stocks or mansions. I'm not sure how much anyone else will care about it though, but I'd personally love something that focused on that.

But happy new year and thanks for all the continuing work!

Berbe wrote: Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:26 pm I do not see 'Business Insurance' in the available possibilities.

If that were the case, I would have asked if subscribing to insurance was going to be mandatory, allowing for hilarious situations where opponents could drive each other out of business by manipulating prices (on one side) or deliberately having companies (subsidiaries?) going bankrupt (on the other side)...

Berbe wrote: Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:26 pm I do not see 'Business Insurance' in the available possibilities.

If that were the case, I would have asked if subscribing to insurance was going to be mandatory, allowing for hilarious situations where opponents could drive each other out of business by manipulating prices (on one side) or deliberately having companies (subsidiaries?) going bankrupt (on the other side)...

David wrote: Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:28 am

Berbe wrote: Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:26 pm I do not see 'Business Insurance' in the available possibilities.

If that were the case, I would have asked if subscribing to insurance was going to be mandatory, allowing for hilarious situations where opponents could drive each other out of business by manipulating prices (on one side) or deliberately having companies (subsidiaries?) going bankrupt (on the other side)...

How would you like to see business insurance implemented in the game?

David wrote: Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:28 amHow would you like to see business insurance implemented in the game?

• It would strip the game from events like theft, fire or local market crashes (black days) as they would be normally (almost completely) absorbed by insurance compensation, reducing the effect of any blow for a fee.
• Insurance is deeply tied to goods: if insurance is mandatory and average price is too high, it would drive the demand for corresponding goods down on the affected sectors, for instance cars in a specific country. That questions if there will be a distinction between optional or mandatory insurance types.
• As noted before, insurance can be manipulated to drive competitors down (manipulating revenue from some goods, inflicting to huge of a fee blow to competitiors profits, driving their stock market price down calling for buyouts). The huge impact those can have, especially if there is no way around insurance or if there is no way to regulate the prices, needs a lot of cases where the SEC or alike should kick in. I do not know the US regulation this game is based on, though.