[Freeciv] Re: "city grows to <same size>"

[Thue Janus Kristensen <thue@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, michael wrote:
> >   Settlers take growth from cities. I wish that settlers were either
> > cheaper to build (given that they take growth as well!) or that we had
> > road/irrigation capable units that didn't take growth.
> > 
> Wouldn't that be too easy? Settlers and the decision to build them, to
> found new cities and to develop your kingdom or to let your city grow is
> one of the major strategic decisions in FreeCiv. And they have to be
> expensive in *all* (production, growth and supply) ways, otherwise
> *everybody* could build armys of settlers ;-)
> 
> MIchael.

They had specialist former units in Alpha Centaure, and it worked very
well. I would like to sneak this into the freeciv mode too :). (the civ 2
mode would of course still have combined formers/settlers)
And it doesn't get that much easier; you then have to decide if you want
formers or settlers.

-Thue