Bug: HUGE Negative swings in brand rating (Range branding)

[mwyeoh]

Hi David

I really cannot work out why my beverage goods, after enjoying 100 ratings for such a long time, would suddenly nosedive like they did.
Perth had a uncapped rating of 130 at one stage- 90 awareness and 40 loyalty, but in a space of 2 years, is now down to 51 (80 awareness, -29 loyalty).
I didnt poison anyone, and my quality is the highest in the game. The only reason it appears I am now "overcharging" the customers is because of the dropping loyalty
Demand is not suffering too much, so I am ignoring it at the moment, since sales are still good

The AI never suffer this problem, so either they have a bonus somewhere, or they know something that we dont

Here's a save game
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23145017/CHAL_005.zip

[David]

In the next patch, it will improve gameplay balance for Range Brand Strategy and it should address this problem.