[Discuss] Theoretical realistic messaging

[Thomas Dalton]

> > Just came to me as I was about to click send - scout reports should
> > take a few hours.  You send the scout out and a few hours later you
> > get the report.  It would make it far harder to know exactly where
> > everyone was all the time, which is far more realistic.
>
> Some things should travel fast than others, especially say if you send a
> single direct message as opposed to 140 messages, for that takes but one
> messenger instead of at least a score of messengers.

Very true.  Scouting is slower than sending messages, though - it's a
2 way journey, so it should take the length of time for sending a
message 2 regions away plus the time it takes to count all those men.


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