[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#4044) Revised multiple veteran patch

["James" <james.blewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 24 April 2003 18:59, you wrote:
> Concetrated batch of opinions ahead:
> 
> I really would recommend clipping the visual and effective number of
> veteran levels to 3, plus green.
> 
> Green:    No icon, and no mention of the word 'green'. Just normal.
> Veteran:  One stripe, or yellow colored 'V' or something.
> Hardened: Two stripes, or maybe darkish red, brown 'V'.
> Elite:    Three stripes, or maybe black 'V', purple heart / iron
>           cross, whatever.
> 
> James seems to have 'hardened' before 'veteran', but 'veteran' is
> universally recognized as someone who has seen combat. 


My dictionary says:

veteran n 1. A person who has had long experience of an occupation, skill, or 
service, e.g. in the armed forces.

I thought that this "long experience" should be reflected by `veteran' being 
very high in the level list.  Hardened does however imply that the unit has 
become battle hardened.  Yes, I can see that it might be appropriate to have 
hardened after veteran.
I think that with more than 4 levels however `veteran' should be higher up 
than say `experienced'.

I'm happy to strip the ruleset down to 4 levels (or 3 and `green')(although I 
do think that support for more is important).  Gaining lots of small levels 
is probably less interesting than gaining a few levels but having the effects 
larger.  This is all ofcourse configurable in the ruleset.

James