[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Civ 2 Style Waste: A RFC

[Thomas Strub <ue80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 12:09:14PM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> > > I agree fully. This makes notradesize much too nasty for anyone to want to
> > > use it.
> >
> > I was thinking of adding noshieldsize/fullshieldsize. Server variables.
> 
> I doubt the game will be playable with those, so let's not.
> Notradesize/fulltradesize isn't much used today, maybe because they are
> pretty effective. A waste version would be much too effective.

Notrade/fulltrade isn't useable because they lead the game into 1
direction. You have no chance to play different tactics. 
And the main benefit from ICS isn't removed from the game. The person
with most cities will win.

Thomas