[Freeciv-Dev] Re: underused gameplay elements

["Curtis Warren" <cwarren89@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Curtis Warren wrote:
> > Monarchy and Communism
> > - reason: No advantages. The Republic and Democracy are powerful
> > because science is powerful, this is understandable. The advantages of
> > Monarchy and Communism aren't very useful at all--the slight increase
> > in happiness is almost imperceptible after trade routes and other such
> > trade boosters are factored in.
>
> That is because trade routes are too powerful at present. You forgot to
> mention the added bonus to Palace in Monarchy. Communism at least used to
> be very popular and useful in the past, both in multiplayer and
> singleplayer.
I suppose that might help communism out, although I don't think it
would help monarchy any. Probably the only situation I could ever see
that useful is a very early war, but you can do that in a republic by
just cranking up the luxury and tax.

> > Eiffel Tower
> > - reason: This has absolutely no use in multiplayer games. In fact, I
> > wonder if it's even useful in single player games.
>
> It is a single-player wonder.
Yeah, I guess it doesn't matter that much.

> > Fortifications
> > - reason: Cities are faster to build. Not available soon enough for
> > early combat. No anti-nuke capabilities.
>
> Forts are now useful in extending borders and getting extra vision (more
> than cities), especially for largepoxers.
Oh, forgot about that.