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Old June 20th, 2007, 07:55 PM

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Default Re: OT: Cyber Nation

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Will said:
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Randallw said:
I got an event today, as hppens occasionally, but I am perplexed by this one.

Bumper crop
choice A: Burn the crops so as not to flood the market. Happiness -2, population income +$10.
choice B: Harvest crops. +2 Happiness, population income -$10
don't choose: +2 Happiness.

It seems doing nothing is better than choosing A or B. A would fit my nation if I thought it was beneficial, but it just appears to me to be better not to do anything.
+1 happiness without any other modifiers is +$2 population income. So, the options really are:
Option A: +$6 population income
Option B: -$6 population income
Do Nothing: +$4 population income

If you happen to have 5 banks, then doing nothing is slightly more beneficial than choosing the other options, since the income boost from banks applies to the income from happiness... so +$4 becomes +$5.40, and the options become (+$4.60, -$4.60, +5.40).
Banks or not, option A is always the best option. The bank bonus is applied to the $6 same as the other options and you get $9 not $4.60 if you have all five banks. There is no difference in getting +$6 income or +3 happiness, they are the same. Happiness is converted into dollars before any of the modifiers are applied. All events last 30 days, then they expire.
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