Game Development: Castles in the Sand

[jorb]

TBH, a change this huge should be a restart, not that I would like that.

Why? Again, it changes nothing in a sense. Walls and gates still work as they always have.

[MightySheep]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of jumping the gun on that claim changes. It pretty much just kills raiding entirely. I foresee so much wrong with it, it'd take me a bit just to type it out.

the only reason it kills raiding entirely is because the only way to raid was using alts

when/if proper siege mechanics are added then raiding will work fine

also I really like the combat changes, did 20% to green defence with a 1ua alt rather than the 50% before

[loftar]

edit..Also is the mechanic directional? Like if you pass through a reversed gate (normally exiting) does this still function?

No, you are flagged as a visitor whenever you pass an open gate, quite simply. Nothing more and nothing less to it.

[DaniAngione]

I love this patch so much.

Where is Em and Amanda? - you two are late for tea already!

[overtyped]

TBH, a change this huge should be a restart, not that I would like that.

Why? Again, it changes nothing in a sense. Walls and gates still work as they always have.

What I mean is, I live in brodgar, and palibashers already exist. We can't design a village around this mechanic, without risking the brickwall being destroyed. Even if we palisade first now, it could just be bashed when its dried..

[boshaw]

TBH, a change this huge should be a restart, not that I would like that.

Why? Again, it changes nothing in a sense. Walls and gates still work as they always have.

What I mean is, I live in brodgar, and palibashers already exist. We can't design a village around this mechanic, without risking the brickwall being destroyed. Even if we palisade first now, it could just be bashed when its dried..

Plan for the future.

[higherark]

its not a positive change this is v dumb jorb y wud u do this!!!!!!11

Again, nothing has changed if you were raiding "legit". You're basically complaining that a bunch of cheesy 'sploits are no more.

On one hand you claim the sacking of ryleh was fair enough, but then you say using a spy to open the gates is a cheesy exploit. Which one is it?

Furthermore this also allows a defender to have much more control over the engagement when a raid happens. Being red-handed no longer matters because claim+gate provides total safety (Which in and of itself doesn't exactly mesh well with the open pvp aspect of the game) You can expect people to pussyfoot from the safety of a claim- preventing enemies from being able to hearth while simultaneously being completely safe themselves. That reeks of bullshit to me and goes against the idea that theres a certain degree of risk/reward in the game.

If I can prevent someone from hearthing due to combat I should not be completely safe. I should have to make a decision to either engage or remain behind a closed gate.

[loftar]

What I mean is, I live in brodgar, and palibashers already exist. We can't design a village around this mechanic, without risking the brickwall being destroyed. Even if we palisade first now, it could just be bashed when its dried..

If it could now, it could just as well be before this patch.

[overtyped]

What I mean is, I live in brodgar, and palibashers already exist. We can't design a village around this mechanic, without risking the brickwall being destroyed. Even if we palisade first now, it could just be bashed when its dried..

If it could now, it could just as well be before this patch.

But, there was no reason to before this patch, hence why I say a patch this big would warrant a restart.

[Kirche]

Is it possible to extend these gate protections to unbroken walls as well, thus countering bug jumping from having any affect?

You'd still be able to break the wall and get in to raid a place, but exploiters wouldn't benefit from jumping over walls anymore