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To: Mathias Hasselmann <Mathias.Hasselmann@xxxxxx>
Cc: Jacek Pop³awski <jp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: FreeCiv - arcade game?
From: Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:41:26 -0500

On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 07:58:24PM +0200, Mathias Hasselmann wrote:
> Jacek Pop³awski wrote:
> >   Hello. I played civ1/civ2 for years, and FreeCiv for 1 year,
> > but only with AI. For 4 days I play with humans by
> > Internet... So I think I am novice - I hope you won't
> > be angry I write here...
> >   Playing with real humans is incretible! But game turns
> > little... arcade! And I really _hate_ RTS...
> >   When I build diplomat, and send it to enemy city
> > I must click on "action", but in the same time my enemy
> > can just fight it... It should be impossible in turn-played
> > strategy... I live in Poland, if somebody has good connection
> > to civserver.freeciv.org - he is in much better situation.
> >   I think:
> > 
> > - it should be possible to tell diplomat "go to city X
> >   and make revolt" before move him
> 
> NO! This would make diplomatic attacks too simple!
> (What's about protecting your diplomat with heavier units ;)

        Whatever.  There should be a hard turn-based mode.
        And moving a Rifleman up won't help you any against Howitzers and
other big attack units in the city.
-- 
Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"And they said work hard, and die suddenly, because it's fun."
        -Robyn Hitchcock.



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