Jeff Bezos became emperor and then his wife left him (MegaCorp becomes an empire and everything goes down the drain)

[Tzunki]

My MegaCorp became an empire yesterday. And from then on everything got weird.

The Trade Policy Trade League is not adopted. I hope this is not the intention, but I fear it. From before 4k + energy I am down to -1k energy because I have to buy the consumer goods and I no longer have enough unity to uphold the edicts.

Additionally I am now both, a Normal Empire and a MegaCorp. I can choose the civics from both list. Fortunately, my researchers are no longer bored, as they are now allowed to research all things for normal Empires. It is very strange. Maybe a bug? I dont know.

And what do we learn from this. Traders are not suitable as emperors

 

[Volapyk]

Sounds like a hard transition, but yea all federations are disbanded when the empire is formed, so goodbye trade league. Which is working as intended, and I think the reform even warns you that it will disband all federations.

The part where you are both an empire and a megacorp sounds like a bug, and should probably be reported.

I do have one question for you, @Tzunki though, since you are both emperor and mega corp, can you create the vote to make yourself the official mega corp of the galaxy (can't remember the name of the reform), and how does it work? Do you get both the benefit from the branch offices, and the bonus the emperor gets from them? Might be funny to try myself actually.

 

[Alfray Stryke]

Yup, a megacorp that reforms into the Galactic Imperium can freely pick both megacorp and regular civics, has imperial authority (unless they reform away from it) and can still have branch offices. It's good fun.

 

[fusei]

can you create the vote to make yourself the official mega corp of the galaxy

You don't have to, if you are the emperor you can build imperial concession ports right from the start.

I turned my MegaCorp into the empire at the end of my first game in 3.0 for the achievement and to have a look at it and I have to conclude it's not worth loosing a high level trade federation and all of the free treaties for it.