[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Auto attack

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christian Knoke wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 12:27:08PM -0400, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
>
> > Christian Knoke wrote:
> >
> > > It seems that a cruiser with MP left at end of turn does an autoattack
> > > against an enemy unit it sees, if the server option auto attack is on.
> > >
> > > Is this a bug or a feature?
> > Why would it be a bug?  Isn't that exactly what autoattack is supposed 
> > to do?
> Yes. Probably. I was surprised, though.
>
> I don't know. Attacking can be a disadvantage; if attacking is more costly
> than being attacked; I don't know what it does exactly.
>
> There was a city option - its gone and it wouldn't apply any more. The
> settler has an 'A' command - should it be used a address units I want to
> autoattack?
You'd have to take that up with Per.  The 'a' behavior of units is gone 
as well now.  I believe it auto-attack is enabled then any unit may 
auto-attack.
Personally I don't like auto-attack at all.

-jason