[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [SPAM] Re: (PR#7021) fighting ICS

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

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7021 >

From: raven@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:raven@xxxxxxxxx]
> I think a single server option for turning all the 
> wonders on or off would be great.

I've played plenty of games of SMAC on "Transcend" difficulty where I never had 
any time to build Wonders at all.  It's not a big deal in a single player game. 
 Generally speaking, AIs are too stupid to beat you.  If you want the Wonders 
they've built, hey, go conquer the city it was built in!

Multiplayer Civ is a completely different game.  There, you either like the 
"build the Wonders first" game mechanic or you don't.  Generally when someone 
beats you to creating Wonder A, you finish Wonder B instead.  If you don't like 
building Wonders at all, and wish nobody would ever do that... well, you either 
need a Wonder-disruption strategy, or a server switch like you suggested.

> Also, we'd need to 
> get rid of the ability to just grow out, boost your lux in 
> Rep/Dem and suddenly 4x your population.

It's not a realistic game feature... but it's definitely more fun than sitting 
around waiting forever for cities to get bigger.  This particular game mechanic 
solves certain problems of tedium, it makes Largepox possible.  Are you certain 
you want to dispense with it just because it isn't realistic?

Realistically, if a nation spends its national treasury on Luxuries, you're 
really talking about the rich and powerful lining their own pockets.  You 
shouldn't be getting UberSweden from this.  You should be getting the Roman 
Empire, Louis XVII, and the typical Third World junta.  Maybe this is a problem 
of definitions.  Is the budget for "Luxuries" or for "Social Services?"


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every