[Freeciv-Dev] Re: suggestion/idea

[Thue Janus Kristensen <thue105@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, Steven Burnap wrote:
> Sean Connor wrote:
> > If anybody cares, I'd rather that there be two separate units -- one for 
> > founding
> > cities, and one for building tile improvements.
> > 
> 
> "Alpha Centauri" does exactly this, and it works well, but it does force you 
> to
> plan more.  I have a tendency to overbuild settlers on the theory that if I 
> end up
> with too many, I can just go build a city.  With both types, you have to plan 
> more.  
> It also kills my other favorite tactic, which is to have a settler improve a 
> square
> or two before setting up shop.  Despite those complaints, I think I prefer 
> the separate units as in "Alpha Centauri".

I also liked seperate settlers/improvers in alpha centauri