Are Maxed-out Bonuses Worth the Cost?

Day 1,593, 11:33 • Published in USA USA • by Israel Stevens


The Case Against 100/100

Editor’s Note: I’m not saying we need to get rid of our bonuses. Just exploring some of the repercussions of having them. Read with an open mind.

We have had 100% Food, and 100% Weapon bonuses for the better part of 3 months now. This has been a great boon to our economy, and has allowed for cheap production of goods, which allows us to stretch our budget further. Cheaper weapons, means more damage, and so the cycle continues. Having the 100/100 has also been a symbol of Terra and EDEN’s strength over ONE.

But, like everything, there is a flip side to this argument as well. Having maxed out bonuses has brought a handful of undesirable aspects to our country. If you are a Congressman, you know what I mean. Everyone wants to have American Citizenship, because our production is so high. Congressman are assaulted with multiple PMs per day, asking for Citizenship. And while the knee-jerk reaction is to say that such pressure is part of the job, it invariably leads to more problems. Many immigrants attempt to bribe their way into the country, offering 10 gold in exchange for citizenship. When you have close to 60 Congressmen, it can be difficult to get them all to agree on who should be let in, and who shouldn’t. Ultimately, some undesirables (i.e. ONE members) are allowed access to our Country.

As more and more enemies receive citizenship, it becomes harder and harder to keep them from being elected into Congress. This month, we saw two enemies get elected to Congress. The first was VikiBiH and the second was Bence Mate. Both let in more enemies of the state, only compounding the issue. While the burden of vetting candidates falls on the Party Presidents, and their election teams, nearly 300 people need to be vetted to make sure they are not a threat to National Security.

If you take a look at the Top News section. If you’re really that lazy, I’ll screen-shot it for you:


Of the 10 articles, on the first page of the American Top News page, only 3 of them have anything to do with America. Now, that isn’t a huge problem in of itself. We’re a tolerant group of people, and should have no problems with foreign media. But, when 70% of the articles have nothing to do with the country, it does create a problem for new players. When there are articles in Bulgarian, and Turkish in the top section of the media, it can be hard for a new player to truly grasp what is going on. How can a new citizen learn anything, when only 30% of the articles are even remotely related to the United States?


Is 100/100 really worth it? We place ourselves in jeopardy every day, as more and more people come to our country for economic reasons. We’ve already seen China close their borders, in an attempt to regulate the flow of immigrants. America will always be a target of PTOers, that’s just how it is. But adding in 100/100 does not make defending the nation any easier.

Are the economic benefits of maxed out bonuses worth the social and political cost? What do you think?



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