[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#15169) cannot claim my own island - cannot found cities in enemy borders

["Daniel Markstedt" <himasaram@xxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=15169 >


On 2006-03-01, at 06.16, Per I. Mathisen wrote:

>
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=15169 >
>
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Jason Short wrote:
>>>> But still, there should IMHO be _some_ way of stealing territory 
>>>> from
>>>> another player in wartime.
>>>
>>>
>>> Just take out the border source that claims the tile.
>>
>> The border source is across the ocean.It would mean I have to do a
>> coastal invasion to claim tiles that are on _my_ island.
>
> As of my most recent commit related to borders, they no longer expand 
> over
> oceans. So there could be no scenario in which you would need a coastal
> invasion.
>
> I am not totally against adding a "steal borders" feature, I just do 
> not
> see the big need, nor do I see a nice way of implementing it.
>
>   - Per
>
>

Perhaps, building a fortress and garrison it could claim surrounding 
tiles for you!

-Daniel