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

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Wheeler wrote:
> [alan.schmitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Wed Aug 27 21:46:56 2003]:
> 
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>>* Marko Lindqvist (marko.lindqvist@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
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>>>  IIRC civ3 settlers also cost 2 pop points and workers 1 pop point.
>>
>>Indeed, but unless I'm mistaken, in civ3 there is no food cost for them. 
> 
> 
> I'm in the middle of a game with settlers costing 2 pop, no upkeep, and
> workers no pop, upkeep like (original) settlers.  I Really Like It. 
> With this modification, I see no way to make smallpox work, as you give
> up two city squares to get two city squares, and you pay 40 shields for
> the privlege.

It'll stop smallpox but not ICS...

>  Making workers cost 1 pop when they cannot go back into
> cities would be very harsh; if you do allow them to add to cities but
> not found new ones, that'd be okay.

Hmm, I think disbanding a unit should give whatever population it cost 
back into the city?  So a settlers with popcost 2 disbanded into a city 
would give 2 new units?

But a newly-founded city has just 1 population either way.

>  Settlers being able to starve is
> extremely obnoxious when they cost 2 pop.  (Also, I did try one game
> with workers having no upkeep, and that was horrible.)

Interested in making a preliminary civ3 ruleset?

jason