RAH rules V: Attack of the Ferrets

[rah]

Then, I'm lucky I used your full name in the request instead of just CW. I'll remember that for the future.

[Hydey]

So there is a way to search through the spa, I mean conversation about the game.

[War4ever]

well it would be tough, but i think you can find some things about gardening in a thread i started

[rah]

Actually this one wasn't as bad as the last one. If you read through it there is considerable disccusion of the game.

[War4ever]

admist the rubble there is always some sort of sentence structure......

i think most of us are just disappointed that civ3 bombed and we have to vent our frustrations...

so we talk about our favorite game here

[ColdWizard]

Originally posted by rah
Then, I'm lucky I used your full name in the request instead of just CW. I'll remember that for the future.

I would've seen it sooner or later anyways

[rah]

Hmmm, back on to a real topic.
I found this cruising another forum and I didn't know this.

Originally posted by SlowThinker
I started to play my first MP game and I found out following differences:

In SP mode and in Multiplayer/Hotseat mode orders works normally (for example Settler/Engineer work lasts as described in Info: Settlers-Engineers (GL) ). But in Multiplayer/Internet mode every order to a unit is executed 2 times.

This has effect to fortifying and Settler/Engineer work:
Fortifying don't last 2 turns, but only 1 (i.e. it works immediately); Settler cumulates 2 'works' the turn the order is given (but next turns it adds only 1 'work' to his cumulated 'work'):
For example grassland is reforested in 10 turns normally. But in MP mode this is done in 9 turns if you give the order and let the Settler work without wakening (first turn 2 'works' are made, then 1 'work' is added every turn). And the same work is done in 5 turns if the Settler is wakened and reordered every turn.

Was everyone else aware of this?
And then the inevitable question, Is it a cheat, or just something to exploit.

RAH

[atawa]

I was, I think they build it into MP to speed up roadbuilding.

And yeah, just something to exploit.

[rah]

I knew it worked on the first turn but didn't realize you had to wake them to get double production every turn.

[atawa]

I usualy forget to wake them anyway, besides, the only reason I usualy mine is when I build a city on a hill or mountain.
(And yes, I did wake up a set mining a city once )

[ColdWizard]

Cheat or not, how much longer would it take for people to wake all their settlers every turn and reissue orders?

[Straybow]

Wow, learn something new… didn't think about the ramifications. Reminds me of Civ1 when waking could be done as many times as necessary to complete a task.

[War4ever]

i don't do that ...wake and reorder crap

[DrSpike]

This is new to me...........waking and reordering is always beneficial then?

Strange.

[rah]

I doubt it would add much time in our games. You rarely have more than a handful doing improvements. I'm willing to go along with the group on this one. Even if we dissallow it, people using two settlers on a single road through tough terrain would benefit.

And of course it brings up the infamous XIN transform a mountain in one turn trick. Would that be considered a cheat too?

Let's hear more opinions.