[Freeciv-Dev] Re: for discussion: ics revisited

["Per I. Mathisen" <Per.Inge.Mathisen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Ross W. Wetmore wrote:
> Actually the fix is to implement Civ2 waste as a complement to corruption
> and perhaps further updating it to have a horizontal population as well
> as vertical population factor, i.e. completing the development of core
> game elements to restore the balance between the two growth strategies.

Anyone know what Civ2's waste algorithm is?

> Having lots of unproductive size 1 or 2 despotic cities just makes you
> an easy indefensible target. Unproductive vertically populated cities can
> at least be defended more cheaply :-).

Well. It doesn't take too long to get to Republic with ICS anyway, and
IIRC there wasn't much waste under Republic, and none under Democracy. So
all Civ2-like waste would is delay the inevitable a bit.

Democracy removes corruption in freeciv too, right?

Yours,
Per

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