Invisible Damage

[kobnach]

So, when I chopped a whole in our palisade to insert a gate, I saw red - damage I mean. Well today I got suspicious; I've repaired the loom every day for a week or so, and no palisade damage yet. I clicked repair on a random piece of the wall, and instead of being a no-op (no damage) it told me I needed repair materials. Now I guess I have to go round clicking every square of the palisade. This will get old fast.

Also, while I'm pointing out issues with repair, how about telling us how many of whatever are needed, not just _a_ block of wood or _a_ bar of iron. Last night I walked back and forth several times to a damaged cauldron, because it had claimed I needed (one) bar of cast iron. (At least its damage was visible, sort of. Though the truth is I only spotted it when I went to make wort.)

[jorb]

The amount of red is obviously related to the amount of damage sustained. The palisade can take a shitload of decay hits before it's destroyed, so it takes a while for the damage to actually show. Far from optimal, but nothing I would consider super critical either.

[Delamore]

The amount of red is obviously related to the amount of damage sustained. The palisade can take a shitload of decay hits before it's destroyed, so it takes a while for the damage to actually show. Far from optimal, but nothing I would consider super critical either.

It would be nicer if below a certain percentage of damage that is not inflicted by players, you could just repair it without any materials.
It seems that decay is in to prevent the world being flooded with abandoned stuff rather than to slow them down so this seems like a good way to get the best of both.

[kobnach]

The amount of red is obviously related to the amount of damage sustained. The palisade can take a shitload of decay hits before it's destroyed, so it takes a while for the damage to actually show. Far from optimal, but nothing I would consider super critical either.

How much damage can a palisade take anyway, and how is that related to the amount of material required for repair? I believe a palisade section costs 3 blocks to build. A not-damaged-enough-to-show section costs one block to repair. I'd have concluded from this that a section could take at most 2 repairable damage hits - the third one would destroy it. I conclude this is not so, but don't want to let a piece of palisade rot just to find out the details.

[theTrav]

It would be nicer if below a certain percentage of damage that is not inflicted by players, you could just repair it without any materials.

The decay and repair mechanism is a good resource sink to prevent inflation, I'm against changing it to a model that doesn't require maintenance spend.

[Ferinex]

It would be nicer if below a certain percentage of damage that is not inflicted by players, you could just repair it without any materials.

The decay and repair mechanism is a good resource sink to prevent inflation, I'm against changing it to a model that doesn't require maintenance spend.

I think he means that it would still cost materials if someone were to take a thwack at it. : ) Besides, are we really worried about inflation at this point? It just becomes tedious maintaining a wall. Games are supposed to be fun

[sami1337]

It would be nicer if below a certain percentage of damage that is not inflicted by players, you could just repair it without any materials.

The decay and repair mechanism is a good resource sink to prevent inflation, I'm against changing it to a model that doesn't require maintenance spend.

From now on you're on wall repair duty. All wall sections are damaged enough to be repaired.

[niltrias]

The amount of red is obviously related to the amount of damage sustained. The palisade can take a shitload of decay hits before it's destroyed, so it takes a while for the damage to actually show. Far from optimal, but nothing I would consider super critical either.

A shitload of decay, eh? How many shitloads, exactly, are in a Metric Assload?

[tp1212]

The amount of red is obviously related to the amount of damage sustained. The palisade can take a shitload of decay hits before it's destroyed, so it takes a while for the damage to actually show. Far from optimal, but nothing I would consider super critical either.

A shitload of decay, eh? How many shitloads, exactly, are in a Metric Assload?

... we should add actual value's to those on the wiki.

[sami1337]

Should not be too hard to figure out right? Just have an alt destroy a backet and remember how may phases there are.