Who are those pirates?

[red_jon]

You know how in the city view you have happy, content, unhappy, scientists, etc? Who are the black-clad people? I've only seen them in my city once before and couldn't work out why they were there. Are they pirates or something?

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Actually, those are supposed to be very unhappy people. You get them as a result of too many cities. It's supposed to discourage ICS (IIRC), but it doesn't as much as it should.

[red_jon]

Do they have a different effect to the regular unhappy people? They seem quite rare.

[War4ever]

yes they are double unhappies.......you need to convert them to unhappy then to content....

with HG this isn't a problem ....without a happy wonder you may need temples instead of troops.....

[Dictatress]

Sounds like I need to watch out for those very unhappy people. Their CTP equivalent nearly killed me several times. Which leads to a question.

Is there a fixed limit to the number of cities each government can rule without the very unhappy citizens? Or does it depend upon difficulty level, technological advancement, etc.? In CTP, there's a fixed limit of cities for each government, and if you pass it beware.

[Smash]

3 factors:
difficulty level
government
map size

[Jay Bee]

What level do you play at, R_J? It's strange that you have not noticed these black fellows long ago.

[Odin]

Light blue: Happy
Blue: Content
Red: too many=riot
Black: too many=revolution

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by Odin
Light blue: Happy
Blue: Content
Red: too many=riot
Black: too many=revolution

I'm not sure what this means ... as a confirmed ICSer (at Deity) I normally have black faces to contend with - they are very difficult/impossible to control with martial law, but happy wonders/improvements keep them satisfied without too much difficulty.
I am intrigued by the concept of a 'revolution' I have certainly never had one - what is it?

[KrazyHorse]

Don't think so, Odin;

Revolution happens in democracy (maybe republic too?) when a riot lasts for more than one turn.

[Jaguar]

The cat in your avatar cracks me up, KH