Broken Business [x]

[Azraeth]

0h 0m ago: Your business (This is a Test) earned $998 profit today.

Reputation: 18
Popularity: 29
Staff Morale: 10

" A journalist approaches you to get a quote regarding your reputedly poor business ethics. "

The result was good! You didn't lose anything, but gained 125 exp.

[Azraeth]

I looks to me like the business code is working the way it's supposed to. I'm thinking this probably isn't a bug - unless there's something I'm missing?

[Alexandrea]

Suz got the worst result again yesterday (-50.00) on the same question (the one about the chairs) where she used to always get the best (the plus one morale result). Alex still gets the best results so far, however. Both have always picked the get them the best option. If the variance was less, I wouldn't blink. But from the best to the worst after not changing anything, EXCEPT for leveling UP speechcraft... (to 25). Before leveling her up, it had been fine. (Alex's speechcraft is only 14, fyi)

[Azraeth]

What option are you picking?

[Alexandrea]

The one where you get them the best. (Seating)

[Azraeth]

It's probably the charisma difference then, that's causing the issue. Try putting a few levels into Suzette's charisma, and it should fix itself.

[Alexandrea]

will do.... although it was always good enough before. I don't understand why now all of a sudden it's not.

[Azraeth]

It's a dice roll type of situation. So having the same Charisma score won't guarantee the same result exactly, unless both are very high.

[Caligrace]

So, I took a closer look at my businesses today on my characters.

Evangeline (while admittedly was inactive for a while) has a business that is:

Reputation: 0
Popularity: 93
Staff Morale: 10

Made in 2017.

The other is:

Reputation: -1
Popularity: 94
Staff Morale: 10

Also made in 2017.

Since I've awoken her, I've tried everything to get that reputation to increase. Every setting combination I can think of.

Absolutely nothing is changing. Her stats are different from Caligrace's now, but were the same when I started Caligraces businesses, because I based her off of what I used for Caligrace, since they worked so well. Apparently, not now. xD

I'm taking a look at other businesses, too, but I just thought it was strange that her reputation is refusing to budge at all, no matter what I do - she gets 'greats' and 'goods' nearly 95% of the time.

[Azraeth]

What are all of the business settings you use for her?