Re: Olympia: defenders outside castle

From: sjc@mcs.kent.EDU (Steve Chapin)

Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000

}} In article <3satbr$3rk@blekko.pbm.com> skrenta@pbm.com (Rich Skrenta) writes:
}}
}} A case has come up where a castle was attacked and fell while some
}} defenders stood by outside and watched.  These defenders had DEFEND
}} for the castle, but the combat code only looked for defenders inside
}} the structure, and not on the outside.
}}
}} This suprised me, because I thought that the code looked both inside
}} and outside structures for defenders.
}}
}} Now I'm wondering if I should "fix" the code to look for defenders
}} outside structures as well as in, or if I've documented the current
}} behavior in any way.

I searched the Rules and the updates I could find, and couldn't find
any explicit reference to DEFEND on a structure.

However, it is well known that HOSTILE on a structure will fire if
someone is inside the structure.  This is inconsistent with the
behavior of DEFEND (either both should work from outside, or neither
should).

I think this is something that almost everyone in the game assumed
*would* work.  I, and just about everyone I know, is in the practice
of leaving part of their defensive force sitting out at the province
level, intending to defend several structures (mines, temples, ins,
etc.).

I don't have all my mail saved, but I could swear that you had
affirmed the "defend works outside" behavior in private e-mail.  In
particular, when the defenses for the Chateau Olympique were first
being devised, and the question arose whether those inside a castle
could defend other structures in the province, we were told that we
would have to be at the province level to defend other structures.
Unfortunately, I can't find this e-mail now.

sjc@mcs.kent.edu               Steve Chapin              Today's Usage Lesson:
  Brake your bike before the wall, or you'll break your bike upon the wall!

"I meant what I said, and said what I meant.  An elephant's faithful,
         one hundred percent." (Dr. Seuss, "Horton Hatches the Egg")

References

Olympia: defenders outside castle
skrenta@pbm.com (Rich Skrenta)
Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000

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Olympia: defenders outside castle
skrenta@pbm.com (Rich Skrenta)
Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000