Re: Olympia - Getting Too Complex?

From: rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)

Date: Tue, 12 May 1992 19:55:52 +0000

Well it looks like people by and large don't agree with me about this,
except for two things: most people seem to agree that the months should
all be the same length, and I haven't seen many people say a good word
for the fatigue system. (Fatigue isn't exactly realistic either - think
about it; you might be tired after a tough battle, but you wouldn't stay
tired for the whole month!)

An argument that has been put forward for retaining the loyalty system
is to prevent people using IMPRESS. Why not get rid of IMPRESS (since
with the loyalty system IMPRESS is rather useless, as Zyzak discovered
to his annoyance; it is also unrealistic - historically, only national
armed forces have been doing conscription, not little groups of 10 men);
then this would eliminate a lot of the need for loyalty, which perhaps
could then also be got rid of.

If you are going to add to the game's complexity rather than subtract
from it, here's an idea: how about implementing a full market economy?
It wouldn't involve that much more code than the many separate elements
there are now (markets, entertainment, mining, catching horses, WORK,
unit maintenance costs, construction costs...). Basically the way it
would work is that each province would have an indigenous population as
well as the units there (I mean an actual population, not just a
"Population X" in the description), and certain commodities such as
food, weapons, ore, lumber etc. would be produced, bought and sold. Each
buyer would bid to buy a commodity at no more than a certain price, and
each seller would bid to sell a commodity at no less than a certain
price, and the computer would determine a market price for that
commodity for that month. Thus, market prices for goods, manual labor,
entertainment etc. would automatically fluctuate up and down according
to the laws of supply and demand. I can go into more detail on this if
anyone's interested.

--
"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie

References

Olympia - Getting Too Complex?
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Mon, 11 May 1992 19:35:33 +0000
Re: Olympia - Getting Too Complex?
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Mon, 11 May 1992 21:58:26 +0000
Re: Olympia - Getting Too Complex?
jrives@tridom.uucp (Joel Rives)
Tue, 12 May 1992 13:46:56 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia - Getting Too Complex?
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Mon, 11 May 1992 19:35:33 +0000
Re: Olympia - Getting Too Complex?
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Mon, 11 May 1992 21:58:26 +0000
Re: Olympia - Getting Too Complex?
jrives@tridom.uucp (Joel Rives)
Tue, 12 May 1992 13:46:56 +0000