Re: Olympia combat

From: eebonar@sn01.sncc.lsu.edu (DAVID BONAR)

Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 05:30:30 +0000

In article <1992May15.013548.7623@aero.org>, srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) writes...
>It's been mentioned before, but I think if Olympia had an option for
>taxing or pillaging a region, it would add a good dimension to the
>game, and would likely answer many of Russell's concerns.  My own
>suggestion is that anyone controlling the first castle in a region can
>tax that region.  Overly high taxes would have bad side-effects like
>lowering the loyalty of units in the region, reducing taxes, make it
>difficult to recruit or impress, empty out the markets, and eventually
>lead to armed revolt.  There might also be a command "PILLAGE" with
>similar effects, except more dangerous to use.  And anyone pillaging
>in a region with a castle would be automatically attacked by the
>forces in the castle.

I like the idea but I'm unsure about some of the implications.
Combat and the combat skills already have a number of uses.  Adding commands
that basically turn combat units into money makers also seems to limit the
utility of the skills that are mainly geared towards earning money.  Why
learn entertaining if you can learn combat and support yourself as well as
protect yourself.

And of course there is the minor quibble.  If Pillage worked as
you suggest above (with defenders coming forth to drive off the pillagers)
the best way to attack a castle would be to go in a abuse some peasents.
Leaving the castle walls to stop the rampaging might score brownie points but
I'd hate to be forced to give up my defenses in all cases.

Dave
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Dave Bonar
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References

Re: Olympia combat
M22367@mwvm.mitre.org
Wed, 13 May 1992 15:57:24 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 13 May 1992 20:27:36 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
nicholso@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Melvin H. Nicholson YBH)
Thu, 14 May 1992 21:05:24 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Fri, 15 May 1992 01:35:48 +0000