[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Barbarians

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 06:26:37AM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> The barbarian code spawns multiple independent hordes of barbarians, and
> each need to throw themselves at the defences of the victim before they
> despawn due to running of out 'fuel'. This requires a mindless, suicidal
> behaviour and lack of planning that we should be moving away from in the
> AI.

I still wonder how a barbarian would act if it where a 'real' AI player.
What are the drawbacks? Less 'action'? Can this be an option for different
types of barbarians?

Christian

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