[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Fixing ICS (simply)

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

From: Mark Metson [mailto:markm@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
>
> > This will not change anything.  Paying upkeeps is not the
> > slightest bit
> > difficult as it is.  The reason people don't build city
> > improvements is
> > it takes a long time to build them in the first place.
>
> Huh? Compared to units they are fast, because they do not
> penalize you
> nearly as much when you buy them instead of sitting out the
> full timespan.

Yes but buying buildings for 30+ cities is boring.  Too many
mouseclicks.  Cranking out military units early and often gets the world
conquest job done faster.


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Brandon Van Every               Seattle, WA

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