Re: [glob2-devel] revisiting unit conversion (and how overpowered it is)

[Ethan Tira-Thompson]

> The loyalty level could also be affected by how hungry they are (As  
> they get hungrier, they get more and more desperate and more willing  
> to convert).

Hmmm... what if the initial magnitude of this loyalty level was  
determined by the unit's age (or better yet, integral of their health  
over time)... so if you take care of your units, train them up and  
keep them healthy (e.g. make front-line hospitals so warriors can  
retreat and come back again later), then they have more loyalty.

This also helps mitigate someone who does nothing but build inns to  
drain your units and use them against you (because you'll be more  
likely to keep your 'elite' units, so the other player would still  
have motivation to invest in upgrade buildings of their own).  It  
would also make early rushing less effective, because those units  
would be relatively young and disloyal and likely to switch before  
they can do much damage. (unless the attacker can wipe out all of the  
enemy inns first ;)

-ethan