[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Patches (PR#685)

[Marko Lindqvist <caz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> Joona Kiiski (zamar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
> > random_leonardo.diff
> > Nowadays leonardo's workshop is upgrading your oldest units first.
> > So, if you have good memory you can move your oldest units near
> > enemy just before finding new unit type and launch an attack.
> > This patch makes Leonardo's Workshop use random when upgrading units.
>
> I don't really regard this one as a bug.  Doesn't it make sense that the
> oldest unit (the one with "seniority") should get to go first?  Also,
> compare Freeciv's Leonardo with Civ2's Leonardo: in Civ2, Leonardo will
> upgrade *all* eligible units at one time, instead of one per turn.
>
> As it stands in Freeciv, Leonardo is already a bit weak.  If you have a

 I think that this change would make Leonardo somewhat stronger.

> large military, it's quite possible for Leonardo to be unable to catch
> up to you for several dozen turns.  (I.e., Leonardo starts upgrading your
> Warriors to Musketeers; partway through this, you discover the tech that
> gives you Engineers, and it starts upgrading Settlers; then you discover
> the tech for Riflemen, and it has to go back and upgrade some of your
> Musketeers to Riflemen -- and meanwhile, you still have some Warriors

 It upgrades again your oldest units; the very same musketeers it just
yupgraded from warriors. So, currently you can be sure that your warriors
are not going to be upgraded. Random Leonardo would at least have chance
of doing most usefull thing (Phalanx->Riflemen) instead of upgrading same
units over and over again (Phalanx->Pikemen->Musketeer->Riflemen).

> and Phalanxes who never got upgraded yet.)  A player with a militaristic
> focus will often have to upgrade key units by hand because Leonardo is
> too slow/unreliable.


 Caz

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