- Proposal
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Currently City levels cap out at Rank 5 once the minimum citizen count of 40 is met. I propose creating a Rank 6 City level. The citizen count to reach rank 6 could be doubled if not tripled the current citizens requirements of a rank 5 city.
The benefits of being a rank 6 city would include having an additional City Specialization. However limit the secondary City Specializations to 5 or the 9 specializations that are not used on the server today by any city and perhaps add addition 50m radius to the city.
- Justification
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City Specializations can be one of the main factors for people when they pick a city to join. Currently there are 48 player cities that are ranked high enough to have a City Specialization. There are a total of 9 City Specializations with only 4 of them being used throughout the Server.
- 34 Cities use Research Center specialization
- 9 Cities use Improved Job Market specialization
- 3 Cities use DNA Laboratory specialization
- 2 Cities use Manufacturing Center specialization
(Source: SWGTracker.com)
One workaround some larger groups/guilds use is to create two cities, and splitting their population between those cities to maximize different city specializations based on those residences preferences, however this also splits the community to some degree.
For other rank 5 cities with high citizen count rotating city specializations can also be offered to meet the demands of many different citizens from different professions. However this require some citizens to be patient for city specialization they use.
Ultimately even with the workarounds 5 of the 9 city specializations just are not used today.
- Motivation
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My motivation is to strengthen the benefits high population cities can give to its citizens, and accommodate citizens with other professions that could benefit from the least used City Specializations.
The purpose of this thread is summarized in the proposal, justification, and motivation section.
