Civic Effect: Improvements can slow enemy movement about medieval_tech HOT 3 OPEN

Unit movement is already quite CPU heavy and it is the main contributor to late game slowness (AI movements, that is). This mean the slowdown should be stored in the plot itself to reduce the amount of plots needed to be examined when moving.

The demand for a unit on the plot (military unit I assume) would only make this even slower.

Proposal for this concept:
Plots will cache if owner has a "slowdown" improvement on plot or a plot next to it.
If plot has a slowdown improvement, then enemy units starting the turn will have just one movement point. We can also increase movement costs on the plot if we like.

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One of the Civ versions had an option I do believe called Zone of Control, or ZOC. This could be added as well as it is along the same idea. Can't remember if Civ4 had this but I know people would have modded it in. If the code is sound it could be an easy port. Someone may have already coded this in for Col.

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I'll probably wait and add this effect during the planned Combat Enhancement update.

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