Re: Olympia: men as inventory

From: hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)

Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1992 23:53:03 +0000

I don't want to be a nay-sayer, but I don't particularly like this idea - it
changes the feel of the game in a bad way.  The first, and most obvious, is
that there are applications where you need many trained men to get a job
done, not just a leader and a bunch of peons.  Combat is a prime example,
but proposed extensions like Skilled Sailors, Theater Performances, and others
also require that the Peons be trained.  Also, there's the issue of having
men do double-duty.  Perhaps my mine is running at full production, and the
entire space for workers is taken up.  For protection, I'd take a couple groups
of miners, train them to a reasonable level of combat, arm them, and then
send them back to digging.  Perhaps I'd want to open a showboat, where everyone
is trained in Combat, Sailing, and Entertainment at the same time.

Personally this seems like a change that although in the long run might sav
work, in the short run it distracts from quality changes, and I personally
don't think it improves things.  IMHO, the place I'd most like to see effort
spent right now is in writing the LORE sheets for all the neat new skills that
few know how to use.

Scott Hauck
hauck@cs.washington.edu

References

Olympia: men as inventory
skrenta@blekko.rt.com (Rich Skrenta)
Sun, 12 Jul 1992 17:07:05 +0000
Re: Olympia: men as inventory
cedman@714-725-3165.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Sun, 12 Jul 1992 21:01:40 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia: men as inventory
skrenta@blekko.rt.com (Rich Skrenta)
Sun, 12 Jul 1992 17:07:05 +0000
Re: Olympia: men as inventory
cedman@714-725-3165.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Sun, 12 Jul 1992 21:01:40 +0000