[glob2-devel] Redesigning War Flags

[Eli]

What is the purpose of a War Flag? Conceptually, it is an order to 
"Attack this stuff." Therefore, it is micromanagement to designate any 
more settings than what stuff to attack, although it may be desirable 
to determine how strong the attack should be. Furthermore, an attack by 
a group of troops should not continue as an attack by a string of 
troops, because the player may want one or the other, and the other is 
doable by guard areas and is generally not too powerful.

Currently, you can group troops properly by moving a War Flag back and 
forth between here and there, but that is more micromanagement. 
Similiarly, it becomes necessary to move a war flag at its target to 
make the globs attack what you want them to. (On a side note, guard 
areas must be constantly updated for a proper attack as well. All glob2 
warfare, currently, is impossible to win without micromanagement.)

My new design is simpler to use and more complicated to implement. Idle 
warriors will gather in an Inn (or designated building) whenever the 
number of warriors at the flag is less than half the desired number. 
When their numbers reach the number allocated by the flag, they will 
march out towards it, regardless of whether that oversupplies the flag 
with warriors. Also, when they get there, they will patrol the area 
designated, they will patrol around it by going towards unvisited 
locations within its radius until the whole circle has been covered, 
and when this is done, they will ignore previously visited locations 
and repeat this movement. This last bit should go for Explore Flags as 
well.

Now it's up to the rest of you to find the horrible flaws in that 
system. ;)