DaviddesJ
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I'm not sure we need so much more resources. Perhaps saltpeter indeed is interesting.
Instead of directly affecting the hammer or food production, allow the growth threshold and total building cost of units and/or buildings to shift dynamically, depending of available (food/strategic) resources per empire size! The change in growth threshold / production cost would be a fixed amount for all cities, though.
Let me give you an example: in case of the food instance, say, the normal threshold for growing from a one size city to a two size city is 20 (whatever, it's just an example). In case of having four cows and four wheat for six cities, that threshold can be lowered to, say, 16, simulating empire-wide food excess and increasing growth by 20%. If you only have one cow and one wheat for those cities, the threshold is increased to 24 (and a red, transparant bar as an indicator), simulating a moderate food shortage. Low food resources compared with the number of cities (or large empires with not enough resources hooked up) would make you grow just a few turns slower to reach the next pop levels each time, and this for every city in your empire. It also sounds like a doable calculation: so many pop requires so many food resources in total. You have less, you get penalized, you have more, you get a bonus.
The same can apply for military unit production as Aussie_Lurker points out. The more units, the higher the total hammer production cost of the unit (an Axe would cost more if you have lots of them and only one copper resource). I would keep the benefit/penalty absolute per city (say four extra food required to reach the next pop threshold no matter what pop the city has at that moment).
Extra benefits I see:
+ It's less dramatic then immediately influencing the food or hammer production in a city and allows more tweaking, IMHO.
+ All this actually simulates internal trade within your empire a bit -- as your food gets spread out over your cities -- and you don't get stuck with all that excess food resources you can't sell to anyone anyways.
+ There's always a choice to sell them for a slightly lower growth rate, if the deal would seem good.
Mind also that a diverse diet still benefits you. Say, one wheat and one cow are about the same for empire growth rate effects as two cows, but you do get an additional +1 health in the former case.
Imediate probs I see:
- What about luxury resources?
- How would the AI handle this? Will he prefer grow for external trade?
Realistical? Other drawbacks? Other thoughts? Perhaps we should discuss this in another thread. Aussie, what thread would that be? I can't find the other one about this.
Jaca
Agreeing with the idea in principle. I belief there may be an alternate way of implementing your ideas. Do give me your feedback on this!Aussie_Lurker said:
Instead of directly affecting the hammer or food production, allow the growth threshold and total building cost of units and/or buildings to shift dynamically, depending of available (food/strategic) resources per empire size! The change in growth threshold / production cost would be a fixed amount for all cities, though.
Let me give you an example: in case of the food instance, say, the normal threshold for growing from a one size city to a two size city is 20 (whatever, it's just an example). In case of having four cows and four wheat for six cities, that threshold can be lowered to, say, 16, simulating empire-wide food excess and increasing growth by 20%. If you only have one cow and one wheat for those cities, the threshold is increased to 24 (and a red, transparant bar as an indicator), simulating a moderate food shortage. Low food resources compared with the number of cities (or large empires with not enough resources hooked up) would make you grow just a few turns slower to reach the next pop levels each time, and this for every city in your empire. It also sounds like a doable calculation: so many pop requires so many food resources in total. You have less, you get penalized, you have more, you get a bonus.
The same can apply for military unit production as Aussie_Lurker points out. The more units, the higher the total hammer production cost of the unit (an Axe would cost more if you have lots of them and only one copper resource). I would keep the benefit/penalty absolute per city (say four extra food required to reach the next pop threshold no matter what pop the city has at that moment).
Extra benefits I see:
+ It's less dramatic then immediately influencing the food or hammer production in a city and allows more tweaking, IMHO.
+ All this actually simulates internal trade within your empire a bit -- as your food gets spread out over your cities -- and you don't get stuck with all that excess food resources you can't sell to anyone anyways.
+ There's always a choice to sell them for a slightly lower growth rate, if the deal would seem good.
Mind also that a diverse diet still benefits you. Say, one wheat and one cow are about the same for empire growth rate effects as two cows, but you do get an additional +1 health in the former case.
Imediate probs I see:
- What about luxury resources?
- How would the AI handle this? Will he prefer grow for external trade?
Realistical? Other drawbacks? Other thoughts? Perhaps we should discuss this in another thread. Aussie, what thread would that be? I can't find the other one about this.
Jaca
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