[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [Freeciv] Fwd: Agricultural and Nomadic civs

[Daniel Markstedt <himasaram@xxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-03-17, at 05.41, Peter Schaefer wrote:

> Interesting; questions:
> Humm, how would you make sure this is somewhat balanced, or, if it is
> not balanced, how would you balance it?
The eternal question of game design, huh? Extensive play test I 
suppose. ;-)
> > - Nomadic civs has the power to turn a city into a settler instantly.
> Eh, how would it get to size 1? Sounds to me tyou could only do it in
> the beginning, and then it would not add something that could not be
> done just as well by scouting a few turns and choosing the right spot.
Well, you'd have the power to instantly reduce unprotected and 
threatened cities to settlers and evacuate them to safe terrain. 
Especially useful since nomadic settlers are twice as fast as 
agricultural ones!
-Daniel