[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12968) Barbarians rethought

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

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12968 >

On Tue, 3 May 2005, Benedict Adamson wrote:
> Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> ...
> > You get barbarians spawning in...near cities that have a
> > different original owner (and no EFT_ASSIMILATE_CITY effect).

> Representing, I guess, partisans of some kind?
> Why not go the whole way and have the regions around conquered cities
> generate Partisan units belonging to the original owner, instead of
> Barbarian units? Or reserve Barbarian units for the case that the
> original owner has nowbeen destroyed.

1) Because the original owner may not want them.
2) Because getting 'real' units may be too powerful. I only want barbs
   to do raids, not occupations. Such units in the hands of a skilled
   human player may be seriously annoying, while in the hands of a
   deliberately stupified AI, may not be.
3) Getting game benefits that are not the result of your own actions is
   generally bad, IMHO.

  - Per