Re: [Human-beings-discuss] primary resources

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

Yoann Padioleau <address@hidden> writes:

> > > -keep in mind the good things from age of empire : At the beginning, you 
> > > don't
> > >  have powerfull offense, good and cheap defense, and no fast and big 
> > > transport
> > >  (mainly walking). This avoid the starcraft style "I build only zealots 
> > > with no
> > >  evolution the faster I can, to destroy quicjly the poor guy spending time
> > >  evolving its city).
> > 
> > Yes, you've already told me so, and I like this idea very much.
> 
> I dont like it at all. It is not realistic. the first things to do is to 
> secure your own city, so if someone build only zealots .... and destroy you
> then it is normal, "that the way life is". 

On the opposite, it _is_ realistic. At the very beginning of a
civilization, transports are very slow, massive destruction
weapons don't exist... think of the "fire age", it's not
realistic that a small tribe from somewhere could destroy all the
other tribes on earth.


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Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/