[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Alternative nation dialog

[aliaga <aliaga@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01-03-02 00:14 -0400, you wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> >
> > Totally accurate. Don't know how to simulate that though. Maybe improved
> > highways with 1/6 th move cost.
>
> That seems excessive, unless maybe for Superhighways. Better would be
> simply not to give roadbuilding to settlers automatically. Make it
A matter of game-balance, mostly, IMHO.


> (optionally of course) be a later development, possibly following The
> Wheel inasmuch as I also was taught that the Roman roads were specifically
> optimised for Chariots. Grooves to keep the wheels in line or something.
> They might very likely require Masonry as well as The Wheel.
Nice. Also see my idea about having cities spaced apart.


> Speaking of Wheels though it also might be nice to figure out what the
> heck the Plains of Nazca (sp?) Wonder was about, inasmuch as we are told
> those people did not have The Wheel. Possibly their idea of a Cathedral
> (yet they were Polytheist rather than Monotheist back then were they not?
> Or maybe it was an abortive move toward Monotheism? Certainly seems most
> likely it was intended as some kind of a Wonder. Heck, it still IS a
> Wonder in a way isnt it?
Nazca Drawings: Halves scientific output of all your neighbours by having 
half their scientists get involved in finding their meaning. Increases your 
reputation for the unexpected but makes you suspect of slight madness.   :-)
My 0.02E.