[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12484) Combining the defense buildings

["Benoit Hudson" <bh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12484 >

On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 05:15:59PM -0800, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:
> I think turning the defenses into units, while interesting, adds more
> micromanagement. For this to work units would have to active defend.
> This could be doable for the air defenses (most systems are mobile to
> begin with). But for the land and sea defenses I think it is a bit
> awkward.

I don't understand what's micromanagement here.

My idea wipes out a building (coastal defense) and replaces it with a
new capability for units that already exist (auto-bombard passing
fleets).  The new capability is fully automatic: there's no decision for
anyone, no active anything -- cf.  diplomats in a city.  In fact, it
removes the micromanagement inherent in building a ship and sending it
out to sink the enemy.

Introducing the concept of bombardment would be a somewhat major change.

For the SAM site, well, I haven't thought that through.

        -- Benoît