[Freeciv-Dev] Re: ideas to freeciv...

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 17:58:55 +0200
>
> On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 11:50:08AM +0000, Clemens Ager wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I like the idea of linking wonders with special events.
> > eg.: the first player sailing all around the world should get the
> > Magellans Expedition (I think it quite strange when I get it while
> > playing without having a single ship ;-) )
>
> Great idea!  For example, the Lighthouse can be allowed by
> risking and saving a certain amount of Triremes on open sea.
> Wonders would confirm a quality a nation has shown to possess.
Those are interesting ideas, but it kind of defeats the purpose of wonders.  
Does it really help gameplay, or will it destroy game balance even more?
> > or the first civilisation having granaries in all cities could get
> > pyramids(of course the pyramid should have a different powers), > the 
> first having libraries in all towns could get the great
> > library.
I assume you will have to have a minimum number of cities in this case, 
although these two projects are inherently centralized (not that it matters, 
but they do seems more natural the way it is done now, as opposed to the 
Magellan's idea above).
> > The first nation having Embassies in all other nations could get > Marco 
> Polo's embassy. I think the patten is clear.
This one is certainly more logical and interesting.  But then again it 
defeats the original purpose of the wonder.
> I think the idea could work well, but only if building improvements
> is made worthwhile in other ways.  It isn't worthwhile with the >current 
> default settings; so players will only build them when they >decide to go 
> for a wonder, they will often lose the race, to be left >with a major loss 
> on investment.
> > Of course there are some wonders like the Manhattan projekt or the
> > Apollo program that should be handled in the way it is now.
> > It would even be possible to have "dynamic" wonders. eg.: > Leonardos 
> workshop could be in the nation with the largest science > > output, this 
> is checked every 10 turns (so it could be in several > > nations)...
Again, game balance?

> It's probably a good idea to allow the same wonder multiple times.
> Generator 2 games are often little more than just a race for >Magellan's.
That's true, but this doesn't seem to be the way to cure it.

Mike

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