[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#14082) RFC: prohibit troops from unloading onto non-flat terrains

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

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14082 >

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, (Eddie Anderson) wrote:
>   What if land units (perhaps even marines) were prohibited from
> unloading (from sea transports) onto mountain and hill tiles?
> Cities built on mountains or hills would be exempted (or should
> they not be exempted?).
>
>   The purpose of this is to help make islands easier to defend.
> Of course, other rule changes could help that too (e.g. shore
> bombardment rules); but this might be simpler to implement.
>
>   What do you think?

The you-spend-all-movement-offloading-to-shore rule makes islands much
easier to defend already. At least two people have complained that it made
it too easy to defend an island, especially combined with the new and
improved sub.

  - Per