[Freeciv-Dev] Re: more complex unit and battle system

["Marc Strous" <marc_strous@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > ***we would allow only one unit on one square***.
i've been thinking about that one too. althugh i think one is too few, a 
limit of 5 or 6 would definately increase the effects of proper tactics (as 
opposed to simple numeric overweight) on the game, which i think is a good 
thing.
I'm
> expecting strong objections, but I think this system would be better - and 
> more
> realistic as well. In freeciv proportions, we are operating with divisions 
> or maybe
> even bigger army groups. And you cannot have two armies on one place, one 
> square - you
> can just concentrate them on next squares. There could be several problems 
> with this -
> one problem is trafic jams on roads and railroads, but we could solve this 
> similar as
> in Warlords 3. In W3, there can be only 9 units on one square at a time, 
> but if other
> units are crossing the place, where these 9 units stand, they can just walk 
> through
> them. But they can't stop and stay on that square.
>
> Units in this kind of system should be probably quite more expensive, so 
> there would
> be quite less of them on battlefield.
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