[Freeciv-Dev] Re: suggestion/idea

[Daniel Sjolie <deepone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2000-02-04 14:11:49, Thue Janus Kristensen wrote:
> 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

Duh!
I posted a patch like that for freeciv a while ago...
I wouldn't want it to be the default but...
Maybe I'll give it another try... :)

/Daniel

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