[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#5437) wishlist: new unit, the worker

["Paul Zastoupil" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 03:00:03PM -0700, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> 
> This has been debated before, so this is mostly to get the question up for
> new debate and hopefully eventually a decision:
> 
> We should add a worker unit to the default ruleset. This unit has less
> build cost, no population cost and no food upkeep, but can improve
> terrain. The engineer is changed likewise, and obsoletes the worker
> instead of the Settler. When Automobile is researched, Settler movement is
> increased to 2.
> 
> The introduction of the worker should make largepox strategies easier,
> since cities can be grown faster and better (irrigation & road) without
> sacrificing increasingly expensive city size (increasing granary size)
> and throttling city growth (settler food upkeep).
> 
> The AI already supports this feature.
> 
>   - Per
> 
> PS The attached diff may not apply, but shows the suggested changes.
> 

Its ugly, but you asked :)

http://pubserver.freeciv.org/~paulz/pdzworker.png

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Paul Zastoupil