[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#11438) Freeciv & Extreme City Plantation

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11438 >

Jan Stock wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=11438 >
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I just finished a freeciv game, my first online game on a public server and 
> must say
> i'm a little bit disappointed of it. The other player played the game some 
> time longer
> than me and was just much better than me. As we met we showed our maps to each
> other.
> Why the..is it possible to build cities so near at another city????!!
> His continent looked to me like an extreme city plantation and i finally 
> realized:
> this game could also be extreme-played like so many other games...that's sad.
> You know i mean it's not realistic in my oppinion. It destroys atmosphere of 
> the game.
> 
> So i would suggest to think about the following:
> Increase the problems a city got (more unsatisfied people, less 
> productivity..or so..) when there
> are other cities crossing the borders of this city.
> I think it would make the game much more fairer and not so...strange..
> 
> Or implement an option for the server where you can modify those settings.
> If it is already implemented, then plz tell me which settings have to be 
> modified.

This strategy is called "smallpox".  There is a mincitydist setting that 
prevents building cities so close together but it doesn't really change 
the strategy that goes along with it.

In Freeciv 2.0 smallpox isn't as good as it was in 1.14.  But, I don't 
know which version you're playing.  It is certain though that a veteran 
player using just about any strategy will kill a newbie player - you 
can't blame this entirely on smallpox.

-jason