[Freeciv] Re: siege

[Peter Schaefer <peter.schaefer@xxxxxxxxx>]

How can a single unit lay siege to a city?

Since you don't want the simple rule of "Can't work tile if occupied",
why not simply use the ZOC rule that is already programmed, or at
least described in the help?

Now if you want a complex rule, I already said it should involve
factoring a large number ;-)

On 8/27/05, John Wheeler <jdwheeler42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How about instead of arbitrarily halving production,
> reduce production by the number of enemies visible
> divided by the number of citizens in the city (or by
> the number of troops stationed in the city).
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> This solves a major problem I have with the discussion
> so far: I think it *should* take a lot of troops to
> lay siege to a large city.  Having one little warrior
> scaring the heck out of size 18 city with a tank
> sitting in it makes no sense.
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> --- Per Inge Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Sam Steingold wrote:
> > > Placing an enemy city under siege should be easier
> >
> > An idea:
> >
> > Taking a page from Moo2, there could be a rule that
> > if an enemy military
> > unit is is seen and in the citymap of a city, then
> > productions are halved
> > and you cannot buy production.
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