[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#14289) Different Gameloss Outcomes

["Benedict Adamson" <badamson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14289 >

I'm playing with the Ancients mopack, using a Gameloss unit. At present, 
if a Gameloss unit is destroyed, all the units and cities belonging to 
the losing nation disappear.

I think that is somewhat unsatisfactory. The destruction opens a hole in 
the map, which has two effects. First, the nations in play are now much 
further apart. Second, any nation adjacent to the hole has the enormous 
advantage of a swathe of unoccupied territory becoming available 
(Gameloss units usually survive until completion of the initial 
colonisation phase). Once this happens, I find it very easy to hinder AI 
colonisation, and from then on the game outcome seems inevitable, and 
the game therefore not worth continuing.

Perhaps we could have multiple possible outcomes? A ruleset option could 
select which was wanted.

Other options should prevent the 'hole' appearing, I think. This means 
not eliminating cities and units. One possibility is to convert them all 
to barbarians. Another would be to split the losing nation into several 
successor states; that could use the normal civil war mechanics. Or 
perhaps something in between, with the smaller cities falling into 
barbarity; that could use the incite mechanics to choose the cities that 
found barbarity most enticing.

Thoughts?