Another Kingdom Idea

[dchow002]

Hi all, saw some ideas for kingdoms, so thought I would add my two cents / suggestion...

Premise, I'm personally in favor of Kingdoms.

As a player my concerns are:
1. Possibility of losing everything in one go.
2. Inability to be able to defend at 'x predetermined' hour because of timezone / work / IRL

I also believe that there should be more and better incentives, opportunities, rewards for combat

My suggestion:
Sovereignty mechanic. Before attacking and laying waste to a Kingdom, attackers must diminish a Kingdom's sovereignty (from those who played EVE online, this is a bit of a hybrid idea from that).

Sovereignty can be reinforced by having "Keeps" or other point of interest, which can only be placed outside of the main capitol village claim.

Sovereignty units provide "buffs" to personal claims within the kingdom territory, which could include:
1. A bonus +10 to all attributes
2. Providing AC or combat boost within the territory
3. Maybe even an LP gain boost
(Or maybe, these can be decided based on what type of territory point of interest is built. For example, an Armory structure may provide the military boost. A granary may improve harvest time).

Attacking
The attacking kingdom declares war and any one units are vulnerable to attack (via siege mechanic). An alert (maybe a flag on your window) goes to everyone in the defenders territory that a siege weapon has been dropped and which control point is being targeted (with advance warning).

The rewards for destroying the control point could be:
1. A fraction of the resources required to build said structure (in example of Armory, maybe it requires x number of B12s, Steel swords, etc).
2. Removing the "buff" to the defending nation.

What this accomplishes:
Defenders
1. A benefit to be in a kingdom - you get a territory buff.
2. You won't lose anything overnight. It's no longer all or nothing. You have a time to rebuild, reinforce, respond, or GTFO.

Attackers
1. Gets obvious loot for attacking and raiding your enemy.
2. For PvPers it allows for a real ongoing war (depends on how you look at it)

Thoughts? Thanks for reading!