Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Nationalities

[Greg Wooledge <wooledge@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen Hodge (stephenh@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> I don't have a problem with your idea but I think we should be careful about
> stereotyping particular races with particular traits. Better would be to let
> users assign traits, and randomly generate them otherwise.

*Races* (or nations, or tribes, etc.) should not have personalities or
characteristics.  However, *leaders* should have personalities.  Thus,
the AI for Winston Churchill should play differently than then AI for
Elizabeth I, although both would be possible leaders of the English.

For a human, race selection should not matter, beyond cosmetic effects
(graphics and text).

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