Stone walls?

[CG62]

No, not CASTLE walls, although a would like to see a stone version of the palisade (1 boulder = 3 Stone blocks, 1 Castle wall = 50 Stone blocks/ Cornerpost = 100 Stone blocks?) but that's for another time. What I'd like to see is a tier between the ridiculously easy to build/destroy wooden fence, and the significantly harder to build brick wall (damn iron shortages). My idea for this wall is that it's a pile of stones loosely organized to form a semi-permanent barricade/divider, which would take a moderate amount of strength to destroy in under an hour.

As for their composition, it seems odd that boulders can provide an unlimited amount of stone. Perhaps a limit on stone p/ boulder, or a new material that could be made from boulders (Stone blocks, as mentioned above)? This is all just the ravings of a lunatic and a relative newbie. I'd just like to see stoneworking playing a more valuable role in construction and the like.


And of course, a castle wall system would be pretty cool. But you'd have to make it ridiculously hard to build to stop uber-forts popping up all over the wilderness (perhaps quarries as rare as iron mines are now?)




Feel free to shoot me down on this. Just had some spare time and nothing better to do

[PhaedrothSP]

Problem here is that it would take a whole lot of cellars to make a decent length of wall.

[Jfloyd]

Problem here is that it would take a whole lot of cellars to make a decent length of wall.

I think that's why he mentioned things like quarries.

[PhaedrothSP]

My fault for skimming some of it. xD
Though that would require that quarries have to be prospected or maybe found on mountain tiles.

[humanalien]

(seems odd that boulders can provide an unlimited amount of stone. Perhaps a limit on stone p/ boulder, or a new material that could be made from boulders)
they would end up like trees and the game would be even harder for noobs.
you can stil make a runestone/quern of it to stop the stone suplie

but your wall idea is great
maybe let it require some clay for between the stones.

[CG62]

You know, I'm halfway thinking of making/renaming this the Quarry thread, simply because of how many new and useful items could be spawned from a quarry.

Marble for new buildings?
the odd piece of ore?
Granite for UBERWALLS?
Sandstone for polishing items?
the possibilities go on and on.

[Jackard]

As for their composition, it seems odd that boulders can provide an unlimited amount of stone.

devs have said they plan to remove unlimited resources from the game, so that shouldnt be a balance issue