[Freeciv-Dev] Re: City improvement

["SamBC" <sambc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would reply point-by-point, but your use of HTML mail mean that my replies
will be hard to single out from your post... please do not use HTML mail on
lists, it is bad netiquette (I hate that term)

The first point is a no-no in my opinion, as the three specials all produce
things that are normally gathered from trade, which singles them out.
'shields' are not created from trade, so that is not appropriate.

Everything else is at least vaguely plausible, with various degrees of
quality IMO.

Joining the list is easy - instructions are on www.freeciv.org - but it is
quite high traffic if you're not used to it!


SamBC



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:freeciv-dev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robinson
Sent: 07 August 2000 13:08
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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] City improvement


Another worker type should be available once industrialisation has been
discovered - the worker. Equivalent to a scientist, taxman or entertainer,
the worker adds two production squares to the city's total. Needless to say,
these production points are affected by the presence of factories, mfg
plants, and power plants.

A city with a factory should be able to build two things at once (eg a
dragoon and an ironclad), with production apportioned between the two as the
player wishes, by percentage.

A city with a mfg plant should be able to build four things at once.

Railroads should cease to become unlimited in movement, but have a movement
modifier of 10.

There should be an 'elite' level of experience that goes beyond veteran. It
should have a chance of occurring every time the unit kills ten other units.
It gives another 50% offense/defense bonus (effectively doubling the base
stats).

To go with this, you should be able to upgrade units that are in cities.
Simply drag the unit into a production box, and it brings up a selection of
available units that can be built. Units can't be upgraded across types (ie
a tank cannot become a plane).

A city should be allowed to have as many trading links as it has units of
population.

Within a civilisation, agricultural support from one city to another should
be quick and easy. For every unit of food that the mother city receives from
the daughter city, the daughter city should raise an extra 1g in taxes
(deducted from the mother city's taxes).

Agricultural support between civilisations should be possible in the
diplomacy screen. Theoretically, it should be possible to create a trading
city (like Singapore), which has a population of 30 (supported by
agricultural links) and 30 trade routes (which pay for the agriculture...
and then some).

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