[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6006) Civ3: Map generator for strategic and luxury resources

["Marko Lindqvist" <marko.lindqvist@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Egor Vyscrebentsov wrote:
> 
> Please note, that in civ3: 
> 1. Player don't see strategic resources, if he don't know required tech. 

  Because of this, I grab land even more aggressively than in other civ 
games. Bigger area -> bigger probability of securing invisible resources.
  I don't like civ3 style strategic resources at all. They make luck too 
dominant factor. It's rather irritating when your technologically 
mediocre tiny neighbour actually has better units than you. Invisible 
resources makes this even worse as you can't even prepare for future by 
conquering areas hosting resources. In civ3, you can at least buy those 
resources (AI is stupid enought to sell resources to far more powerful 
nation), but how would that work in freeciv?
  Anyway, if civ3 strategic resources are to be implemented, I don't 
think their invisibility should be in initial (map generator) patch. 
There should be separate ticket for that.

> 2. Strategic resources can be spended and can appear. 

  Makes luck even more dominant factor. You fight desparately in order 
to gain access to resource and then it vanishes.


  - Caz