[Freeciv-Dev] Re: patches

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 03:14:18PM +0200, Bert Buchholz wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:02:38PM +0200, Sebastian Bauer wrote:
> > From: "Raimar Falke" <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >  - watchtower by Bert(?)
> > 
> > IMO watchtowers alone don't really have a sense, I also would vote to
> > combine this with the fortresses when a certain technolgy is invented (an
> > additional one or an old one).
> 
> You mean, when a unit steps inside a fortress and, say, invention (for
> telescopes) is invented, the visionrange is enhanced to a radius of two?
> 
> Well, even though I liked the idea of a seperate watchtower, I think I
> could subscribe to this idea.
> 
> The argument, that you could easily put a spy into a fortess and a
> military defense unit upon it, doesn't count in my opinion. It takes a
> long time until you can build spies, and until that, fortesses with
> better vision can become a worthy advantage in overseeing large areas or
> your borders.
> 
> The default technology connected to these enhanced fortresses should be
> IMHO "invention", because I think of Galileo when invention is
> mentioned, and Galileo invented the telescope, which was used firstly to
> recognize enemies over large distances.
> 
> Does anyone have any strong (or not so strong :-) objections against any
> of those ideas?

Sounds good. A fortress alone may be also capable of watching
enemies. Think of the Great Wall and its warning system.

        Raimar

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