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Avarion4 days ago

Nice idea but it feels empty after reaching prestige. Probably because prestige does not extend the core gameplay. And the fixed 5 seconds delay between new contracts make speeding up the workers kind of a moot point.

Two suggestions:

First another layer after the first prestige. Perhaps some kind of Research or Controlling which boosts the working floor.

Second - Secondary skills which affect the progress. For example for sales a marketing skill which reduces the 5 seconds delay. Design could get a skill which boosts the worth of a contract every now and then. And so on.

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e-ful3 days ago

Thanks for the detailed feedback—your Sales and Design suggestions directly influenced v1.2.

Testing confirmed the bottleneck you described: increasing worker speed alone could leave deliveries unchanged because contracts were still arriving every five seconds. In the new M&A path, Sales can now improve contract arrival rates from level 4, while Design can make every fifth contract it processes more valuable from level 4.

I also added Operations Lab after the first exit. You can choose Growth to strengthen contract acquisition or Premium to strengthen higher-value contracts. It’s a small strategy layer rather than a full research tree.

M&A exits now lead into reinvestment, too: spend the sale proceeds on permanent upgrades, keep the remainder as cash for your next company, or balance the two.

For your existing save, the transfer option is available on the upgrade screen after a legacy IPO. It previews the asset conversion before you commit. You can also stay with the old route; transferring is a one-way switch to the new M&A economy.

I’m still tuning the balance, so I wouldn’t call the repetition problem completely solved. Does the second company feel meaningfully different to you now?

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Avarion3 days ago

Thanks for your work. Tell me when 1.2 goes live. I want to give it a spin. At the moment it still shows IDLE HQv1.1.1 compatible progress

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e-ful3 days ago

Thanks for checking! The “v1.1.1 compatible progress” message is actually part of v1.2. It means your existing company is continuing under the legacy IPO rules. Sorry—that label makes it look as though the update hasn’t arrived.

To try the new M&A/reinvestment path with your existing progress, finish your current IPO. On the post-IPO screen, look for “Choose your next chapter” and select “Review transfer to M&A →” before starting another legacy company. If you’re already on that screen, you can review the transfer now.

The preview shows the Shares and Seed conversion and the Talent, Process, and Brand levels you’ll keep. You can cancel before confirming. Once confirmed, it’s a one-way switch to the new M&A economy, where the legacy Shares/IPO route is no longer available.

Please don’t reset your save or clear your browser data. Thanks for flagging the confusing label!

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