karokan wrote:So a palisade will not decay if there's a claim over it - but there are still claims held by dead characters and even characters that don't play anymore, and that's a concern.
I know there are several palisades in our village we /wanted/ to decay... because they were poorly placed, or no longer needed.
That is true but look at it this way: What is the majority, the players who are annoyed by the decay and the constant repairs it involves or the people who are waiting for one specific palisade to decay? There are battering rams for a reason.
Of course we all know that this decay system is still quite far away from being perfect, but I'd rather have it this way than the way it was before, and I bet my only pair of pants that the majority of players agree.