[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13845) Increasing the appeal of very large cities

["Benoit Hudson" <benoit.hudson@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13845 >

> Behemoth cities happen in real life; why should 
> freeciv prevent some cities from being 10x the size of
> others? I agree though that if you start giving bonus
> food to large cities, matters could get out of hand.

My point was that under the proposed settings and default ruleset, a city of 
size 40 with 1 extra food grows without bound. In 100 turns of rapture under 
democracy, it would become a city of size 140. This is a problem that 
compounds with non-default rulesets and is easily avoided by just not giving 
a food bonus.

-- Benoît

> Behemoth cities happen in real life; why should 
> freeciv prevent some cities from being 10x the size of
> others?  I agree though that if you start giving bonus
> food to large cities, matters could get out of hand.

My point was that under the proposed settings and default ruleset, a
city of size 40 with 1 extra food grows without bound.  In 100
turns of rapture under democracy, it would become a city of size
140.  This is a problem that compounds with non-default rulesets
and is easily avoided by just not giving a food bonus.

-- Benoît