[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Blitzkrieg patch

[Jed Davis <jldavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--On Sunday, 30 July 2000 4:21 PM +0200 Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 02:09:58PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> > David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > Reed Meyer <rdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > >      Here is a patch for the Wonder of the World "Blitzkrieg", for
> > > >      freeciv 1.11.0.
> > >
> > > As far as the patch itself, I'm concerned about game balance,
> > > since this seems a overly powerful wonder...
> >
> > I agree. This is *far* too powerful. Even 1 additional move point
> > would be too powerful IMHO.
> >
> >         Falk
> Maybe so, but at present, attacks over land are very difficult,
> so I think this is a great feature!  It will be balanced only if
> there is sufficient cost/risk involved in having increased movement.
>
> This is a problem with wonders in general: once built they provide
> their advantage at no cost.  It's a little better for wonders that
> represent 'automatic improvements' such as the Pyramids or Sun Tzu:
> players without the wonder can at least build improvements to have
> the same benefit.
>
> An idea that might help: make Blitzkrieg equivalent to
> Military Academies everywhere; a M.A. provides the extra
> movement points to units produced in that city.
>
> A more general idea that I feel would help: turn other wonders
> into the 'automatic improvement everywhere' type.  E.g. Magellan's
> could be equivalent to a Wharf in every coastal city.
>
> Another idea: don't strike the upkeep cost of these improvements.  E.g.
> if you have Pyramids, you'd still pay upkeep cost for Granaries in each
> of your cities.  This would help to balance the power of Magellan's and
> it can also help for Blitzkrieg.  It would also reduce the importance of
> expansion: at present, a big nation can build a wonder at the same cost
> as a small nation, but it gets a much larger benefit.
I like this idea; it makes sense and it helps balance the wonders.  I think 
this should be done for pretty much every global wonder, and for those 
wonders that don't correspond to improvents, either make matching 
improvements or come up with some form of upkeep cost.
And, since wonders would now have advantages and disadvantages, there might 
be reason for players to want to trade them... I suppose you could do this 
now by trading the city with the wonder, but if you've got multiple wonders 
in the same city they'd all have to go together...
--Jed