[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Civ II player puzzled by ICS strategy (long)

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

aliaga <aliaga@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

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> Let me explain this, as it may uncover some subtle way in which Freeciv is 
> different from CivII.
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The differences are quite obvious:

1) Obviously, you are playing CivII at the Deity level.  By default, Freeciv 
starts out with 4 content citizens in each city, which corresponds to King 
or Prince level in CivII.
2) By default, there is no second "number-of-cities threshold" in Freeciv.  
You get a one-time penalty only at around 13 cities.
3) There are no "very unhappy" citizens in Freeciv.

Therefore, you will not have any happiness problems if you keep your cities 
at size 3 or smaller under republic.  No need for martial law, and your 
science is greatly boosted by the sheer number of your cities. Basically, 
you can expand forever -- there is no "artificial" limit (sarcasm intended). 
 The result?  ICS rules in Freeciv.
There might be other more subtle differences, but I think these are the most 
important concerning ICS.
BTW, to be successful at ICS in CivII Deity, you absolutely need the Hanging 
Gardens.  As restrictive as it is, CivII still has a loophole in it that 
allows ICS even at the Deity level.  For details, see DaveV's ICS Strategy 
Guide:
http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/wittgenstein/davev%27s_ics_strategy.htm .

Finally, I am working on a couple of patches to close these loopholes in 
Freeciv.  I hope to get them into CVS soon so that we will have a different 
kind of Freeciv games going.
Mike




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