Re: Olympia: economics and borders

From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 15:49:21 +0000

In article <1992Jul10.142924.6945@tridom.com> lam@tridom.uucp (Larry Morris) writes:

>It just fails my "reasonableness" test, though, that a group could
>enter a territory held by a my (hypothetical ;-) large resident force,
>do anything they want for 2-3 weeks, and my only response is to try to
>chase them down later.

They can't steal your stuff; all they can do is economically compete
against you. This doesn't make the game unplayable, which is my only point.

>Therein lies the rub! If I think Varian's coming in to invade my territory
>and take prisoners (oh, let's pick on Varian some more!), I could target
>his unit ID for "opportunity fire." But he could easily send his force in
>with a surrogate leader, and I'm blind and deaf. I can't even target his
>faction! (OBapology, not that I'd want to...)

Ever heard of "Military Intelligence"? I have a large list of id's for
Varians' units, and I haven't even been trying. Again, this is
something you can work around with the current system. At the moment,
the things I'd like Rich to work on most are the things that DO make
the game unplayable, such as expoential, limitless growth. Of course,
Rich has a mind of his own...

References

Olympia: economics and borders
lam@eng.tridom.com (Larry Morris)
Thu, 09 Jul 1992 20:50:18 +0000
Re: Olympia: economics and borders
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 09 Jul 1992 22:53:58 +0000
Re: Olympia: economics and borders
lam@tridom.uucp (Larry Morris)
Fri, 10 Jul 1992 14:29:24 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia: economics and borders
lam@eng.tridom.com (Larry Morris)
Thu, 09 Jul 1992 20:50:18 +0000
Re: Olympia: economics and borders
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 09 Jul 1992 22:53:58 +0000
Re: Olympia: economics and borders
lam@tridom.uucp (Larry Morris)
Fri, 10 Jul 1992 14:29:24 +0000