[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12668) Changes in how to win the game...

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12668 >

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 05:41:07PM -0800, Benoit Hudson wrote:
> > Why punish for being peaceful?The game has a lot of civilian things to
> > do that don't get done if you demand military victory.I'd put in a
> > strong vote in favour of allowing peaceful strategies to do well.
>
> well, I agree that one shouldn't be punished for number of alliances or
> tech exchanges, but I've come around to the view that allied victory is not
> that great of an idea for ranking purposes.

Keep in mind that this is for ranking in pubserver games. Here conquest is
everything - peaceful victory can only be gained by blasting off to Alpha
Centauri.

Alliances and tech exchange are here not 'peaceful ends' but a means of
ganging up on the best player(s). This should be punished, otherwise
pubserver will be very unfair to better players.

  - Per