Question about Underperforming Node Citizens?

McShave

I have a question about what a node mayor or citizens can do about other citizens who underperform? We know that the number of node citizens will be capped based on housing, and that a node needs their citizens to generate xp and resources for their node to stay equal or grow. I am wondering what could be done if a node has many citizens who have only a couple hours a week to enjoy the game who may not be contributing enough for the node development, and if there is a way to replace those citizens with players who have more time to spend. We could also talk about the ethicality of removing such players, as they are still active but just not as active as other players who would contribute more.

Ludullu

I'd say there should be no way of removing them. They bought their living in the node - they deserve to be there (obviously if they keep being able to afford taxes).

What should be done is the mayor should know that this is the situation (if they're a good mayor) and should change the node buildings/direction accordingly. Build a building that attracts business/foot traffic, which in turn would increase chances that other players do activities in the node, which in turn keeps the node from decaying.

The "a few hours a week" players would either not notice such changes or wouldn't even care for them, cause they have their own precious hours to invest in countless other parts of the game, so I doubt the mayor would suddenly have some kind of revolt on their hands.

In other words, I think we already have the tools to address this situation and mayors just gotta be attentive to their node's life flow, if they want to succeed.