[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Settler tech patch

[Jordan Crouse <jordanc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think that this agrees with what we know about early human
development.  

If you choose to believe in evolution (and please don't flame me if you
don't), then you would assume that as human beings developed in
different
areas, they would develop different "initial" skills depending on how
much that tribe relied on hunting, gathering, etc...  You would assume
that a 
tribe that evolved on grassland would be more tuned to farming and
irrigation than someone who lived in the mountains.  On the other hand,
one who lived
in the mountains would be more adapt at building permanent shelters. 
The differences are not great, but the game should bear this in mind
when the initial advances
are assigned.  

Jordan

"R. Miller" wrote:
>
> Also, again from observation, if I start in an area which is not all that
> promising with respect to growth (desert and
> plains squares), then I will probably receive additional advances at the
> start, whereas as what I call "golf courses"
> (large expanses of grassland) will probably result in no additional initial
> advances.
> 
> In other words, the system does not seem to try to give equivalent starting
> areas to all players;
> starting  areas will be different for each player, but geophysical
> disadvantages will be compensated by
> the award of additional initial advances.
> 
> Robaire