[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [Update] limit on usable luxuries

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would suppose everybody reads server messages. Not everybody reads
> the helptext and not everybody will check the settings of every city
> at every turn with the new dialog. The server can just check it and
> issue a message.
I suppose it can't hurt, because it can be turned off in Message Options.  
However, I hope people do realize that this situation is quite different 
from, say, city starving.  The way it usually works is that you lower your 
luxury rate until you get massive disorder among your cities, and then turn 
it up a notch to fix it.  Under certain situations, some cities may produce 
more luxury than the maximum usable, and a constant reminder of that fact is 
more annoying than helpful.  It is almost certainly the case when you are 
growing cities by celebration, and for a few turns, you will get these 
massages from almost every city that is celebrating.  Rather unecessary, 
IMHO.  But since people want it, it can be added.
The important thing is to make people aware of the fact that beyond a 
certern limit, providing more luxury won't make your people any happier, and 
you will need other means (e.g. city improvements) to achieve that effect.
Mike



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