Game Development: Sonic Youth

[Onep]

Removing claims and extending new ones over a sieged area could be used to keep an area shielded indefinitely.

You are aware that new pclaims start out with no shield?

They don't have to be new though, you can just use any claim inside your village. It'd be easy enough to put up spare claims at the corners of your village now, let them gain the shield, and then expand them if you're ever under siege.

And you wouldn't need too many on hand, simply having one nearby could prolong a siege by another 14 or so hours easily. And doubling the length of a siege is enough to deter almost anyone.

[DaniAngione]

They don't have to be new though, you can just use any claim inside your village. It'd be easy enough to put up spare claims at the corners of your village now, let them gain the shield, and then expand them if you're ever under siege.

Omg, that's actually brilliant

I love how the Haven community is so good at weaponizing every game mechanic.

[Jacobian123]

Two server crashes in one day!

[Onep]

Omg, that's actually brilliant

I love how the Haven community is so good at weaponizing every game mechanic.

Well, I've already dealt with it before. It's a pretty glaring flaw.

[jordancoles]

But what if I just declaim my pclaim after they get it down? Is my village shield still at full?

Myeah, I guess that's a thing. That assumes no other pclaims in the village, doe, and I would perhaps not be adverse to making it so that declaiming a damaged pclaim transfers damage to the vclaim, if you really want to go there.

Declaiming yes, destroying no

Otherwise you could raid the pclaim to zero, bash it and then have full reign of the village as well

Also, if you are attempting to remove an active pclaim that had been around since world start you would be required to siege and destroy it, meaning that your claim shield would hit 0 just trying to remove the old claim

[smileyguy4you]

Also, if you are attempting to remove an active pclaim that had been around since world start you would be required to siege and destroy it, meaning that your claim shield would hit 0 just trying to remove the old claim

was about to point that out thx jordan

[Pan_w_okularach]

There is now an option to dismount riders from their horses. If you are unmounted yourself, and can get close enough, you can dismount a rider by right-clicking the horse, and choosing "Dismount Rider", quite simply. You need at least half the strength of the rider to accomplish this, and if the rider is dismounted he is also stunned for a few seconds, longer depending on which angle you dismounted him from. Short stun when approaching the rider head on, medium stun from the sides, and long from behind. The horse has some chance of fleeing when a rider is dismounted in this fashion.

what was the rationale behind this? you say "gankiness" is the problem while making it even more of a problem in the same patch. explain?

Partly this is due to the damage model

that means you gonna nerf damage? bad idea
because it works both ways - would definitely make it harder to gank but at the same time make it impossible to fight back if you're outnumbered

[DDDsDD999]

There is now an option to dismount riders from their horses. If you are unmounted yourself, and can get close enough, you can dismount a rider by right-clicking the horse, and choosing "Dismount Rider", quite simply. You need at least half the strength of the rider to accomplish this, and if the rider is dismounted he is also stunned for a few seconds, longer depending on which angle you dismounted him from. Short stun when approaching the rider head on, medium stun from the sides, and long from behind. The horse has some chance of fleeing when a rider is dismounted in this fashion.

what was the rationale behind this? you say "gankiness" is the problem while making it even more of a problem in the same patch. explain?

I thought the same until I realized it only works if you're off your horse, thereby making it entirely pointless in almost every practical sense.

[jordancoles]

There is now an option to dismount riders from their horses. If you are unmounted yourself, and can get close enough, you can dismount a rider by right-clicking the horse, and choosing "Dismount Rider", quite simply. You need at least half the strength of the rider to accomplish this, and if the rider is dismounted he is also stunned for a few seconds, longer depending on which angle you dismounted him from. Short stun when approaching the rider head on, medium stun from the sides, and long from behind. The horse has some chance of fleeing when a rider is dismounted in this fashion.

what was the rationale behind this? you say "gankiness" is the problem while making it even more of a problem in the same patch. explain?

I thought the same until I realized it only works if you're off your horse, thereby making it entirely pointless in almost every practical sense.

Flee on horseback or turn and fight without the op mounted advantage

[Pan_w_okularach]

I thought the same until I realized it only works if you're off your horse, thereby making it entirely pointless in almost every practical sense.

yeah i missed the "If you are unmounted yourself" part
now it makes sense