Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Re : Galleon...

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Alexandre BERAUD (a_beraud@xxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 
> > Hey ! Why should a galleon have 0 attack points ?
> 
> In terms of gameplay, it's so that Republican/Democratic governments
> may use transport vessels without unhappiness, before Transports.

Agreed.  If a "Galleon" is historically an attacking ship, maybe
that is just a poor name for this unit.

> Unfortunately, it seems that there's a special case for Caravels, so
> this argument becomes somewhat moot.

I'm not sure what you mean; Caravels have non-zero attack points,
and they cause unhappiness for Republics.  (Galleons/Frigates(/Ironclads)
being the first ships to be specialised enough to have separate unit 
types for transport and attack purposes.)

-- David