Re: [Freeciv-Dev] group

[Peter Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxx>]

There are two concepts being mixed up here;

The first concept is the one of having a bunch
of units which gang up to attack a single target.

The second one is to have rules that allows groups 
to combine their fighting strength.

It''s not done extremly intuitively in CTP AFAIK;
I''m missing the feature to assign numbers to the army groups.
(it's a mess when two groups enter one square).

Game rules in CTP make it so it makes sense to build army groups,
while with original civ1.0 rules it makes sense to have at most 
1 defending unit and one attacking; 
civII rules (units may survive, but may be damaged) 
allows about 2 defending units and a few offensive.


Martin Willemoes Hansen wrote:
> 
> >  If group were to be created, it would possible to maximaze the violence
> > of a group attach. Now, AI often launch one unit by one unit to attach a
> > town. If a group exists, it would be possible to calculate the average
> > numbers of units which will be destroyed. AI will be abble to know when
> > to flee or wait for reinforcement. We can have differents kinds of groups
> > corresponding to the differents strategies describe in McFred strategies
> > page.
> 
> Umh this feature is in civ:ctp right? .. How do they do it there
> exactly? I think they have something like: you should mix your group
> with attackers, defenders etc for max force.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Martin Willemoes Hansen
> 
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