Re: OLYMPIA: Stacking Reform Concepts (was Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha')

From: morrow@romulus.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)

Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1992 01:02:01 +0000

cedman@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman) writes:

>Exactly. So the city guards are going to be very happy to _make_ them
>help defend the city as they will absorb a lot of damage and as you
>said your unit would have only a very small chance to resist the city
>guards wishes.

Look, this might be the way they do things in Chardia ( :-) ) but I
really don't think, historically, a cities defenders went into the
streets pressing men, women, and children into service to defend the
city.  There is a command already in the game for forcing units to do
your will that works the way you describe.  It is called TERRORIZE.
While it may happen in certain situations, it is hardly the rule.
And I hardly think the group you could press together in a day from
Inns and Shops would be very effective anyway...

>Several reasons. First of all, if you don't fight your spy will be
>noticed by the populace.

Not if fighting is an option and other people don't.  Remember your
neat idea about having to stack with an inn to practice Entertainment?
(A GREAT idea that no one seems to be noticing so I'll mention it
again... :-).  Since attacks happen in 1 day, suppose I am in the in
singing a balad (a horrid thought admittedly since I don't have
entertainment... :-) at the time?  Why should I be dragged out to
defend?  Especially if it is only 1 Troll and 2 Savages lost in the
woods?  I just don't buy the idea that "being there" = defending the
place.  It might -- then again, it might not.

>Second, when Dr Pains troops storm the city
>they are not going to recognize you (you are a spy - as in secret -
>after all) and are going to attack you. Are you not going to defend
>yourself ?

Not necessarily true.  I think if your spy is the attackers right hand
man, he will be recognized.  This is at least CINEMATICALLY realistic.

>And, btw, Dr Pain always gives his spies ample warning and time to
>leave cities he is about to attack. :-)

Leaving a city just before an attack is generally a dead give-away and
since unit-numbers stick with you like a tatoo, it would render the
unit unusable in the future.

John Morrow - Varian [856]

References

Re: OLYMPIA: Stacking Reform Concepts (was Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha')
morrow@romulus.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)
Fri, 12 Jun 1992 22:13:10 +0000
Re: OLYMPIA: Stacking Reform Concepts (was Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha')
cedman@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Fri, 12 Jun 1992 23:14:35 +0000