[Freeciv] Re: City utilization range

[Peter Schaefer <peter.schaefer@xxxxxxxxx>]

The smallpox issue will not be cured unless economy would be reworked
such that there are bonus buildings very early and such that a city
requires certain buildings before giving more output.

However, the question is whether it needs to get reworked. Most
approaches to reworking it will result in longer games, which are
unplayable to the majority of players. Also, early bonus buildings
means that the empires of some players will expand even faster and
make the game more lopsided.

Currently I think that some buildings should be cheaper and I like the
idea of a smithy as early bonus. Buildings will naturally increase the
players desire to have bigger cities. There is a post on the
forum#gameplay somewhere that echoes the idea.

-peter the other

On 16 Jul 2005 13:42:07 -0400, Jonadab the Unsightly One
<jonadab@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter Ehrlich <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>=20
> > How about something that makes them _want_ to build cities far
> > apart, for ex. something bad happens when the ratio of cities to
> > city size gets to extreme.
>=20
> Or, better, something good happens when a city has lots of tiles all
> to itself.
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