papal conclave impressions on new world announcements

[shubla]

Everyone knows that these days, when a new pope is chosen, there is this smoke thing.
Black smoke indicates no new pope yet, but white smoke indicates that the pope has been chosen.

I think that it would suit new world announcements in HnH to have some similar thing.
Just posting a forum thread about it is a bit boring.



We have had stonehenge in the game for many worlds. Perhaps this could be used to signal that the decision has been made a bit prematurely relative to the forum post?
The stones of the stonehenge should start levitating, and spinning rapidly, indicating that the old world is soon to be replaced.



It would be great fun for players to check the stonehenge every now and then, to see if the rocks would be levitating.
And when the word goes on about the stones levitating, many larping hearthlings would pack their things into wagons and such and start this pilgrimage to confirm the change.

Of course some effort has to be done to make sure that the stonehenge is not completely encircled within a village, perhaps having it close to a body of water.
Hopefully it will be implemented before the next world!

[Scilly_guy]

I would rather the Devs spend their time making the updates that will cause them to create a new world rather than such a mechanic. IRC They have ended some of the worlds with some flair, floods, trolls on the surface etc. Perhaps loads of meteorites would be suitable.

[vatas]

I would rather the Devs spend their time making the updates that will cause them to create a new world rather than such a mechanic. IRC They have ended some of the worlds with some flair, floods, trolls on the surface etc. Perhaps loads of meteorites would be suitable.

Those have always happened AFTER reset was announced.

Notably, in w8 they attempted to have bit player control on exact date with "Altar of Ruin" but it ended up being a fiasco as while devs had made walls lose soak, houses did not and leading faction simply blocked the Altar with Great Halls. (This led to joke that promised statue should read "you can't make of the statue, as it's surrounded by Great Halls")

[jordancoles]

Sounds like effort when the forum post is already hard enough most days