[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6906) Windows Nov 17 last remaining enemy unit

["Brandon J. Van Every" <vanevery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6906 >

Ok... then perhaps the alliance system is "bugged," or misfeatured.  Here's the 
sequence of events:

1) I whack the Irish cities.  His 1 Explorer escapes, as Explorers will easily 
do.  So I'm at War with the Irish.

2) I meet 8 other civilizations, none of whom choose war with me.

3) Time passes, several of them ask me if I want to ally against so-and-so, but 
I decline.

4) Someone allies with the bloody Irish!  WHY??  They're pathetic!  And this 
ally chooses to go to war with me.

5) There musta been a lot of alliances-meshed-with-alliances, because pretty 
soon 7 countries are at war with me.

I'd call this a bug.  It's not a reasonable game mechanic for everyone to be 
trying to "avenge the Irish."  Nobody was on the side of the Irish at the time 
I whacked 'em.


Cheers,
Brandon


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ue80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ue80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:01 AM
> To: vanevery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] (PR#6906) Windows Nov 17 last 
> remaining enemy
> unit
> 
> 
> 
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6906 >
> 
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 02:31:18AM -0800, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> > 
> > <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=6906 >
> > 
> > I killed the Irish immediately.  I whacked their first city with a
> > horseman, and then whacked their second wagon.  All the 
> Irish had left
> > was their starting Explorer.  The Irish did not die at this 
> point, they
> > persisted, even though they had no ability to create a city.
> > 
> > Other civilizations allied with the Irish, and then one by 
> one all went
> > to war with me, because I had been at war with the Irish!
> > 
> > Bug or feature?
> 
> Feature.
> You don't need a unit which can create a city, attack a city (military
> or diplomacy) to win a game. (Or having a city)
> 
> a) Enter a hut and get a city or settler.
> b) Get a city with a diplomatic pact. 
> 
> Thomas
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> 
>