Thingwalls Explained

[Phaen]

I like this a lot more than Charter stones thank you

Is there some historical reference going on when you named them thingwalls? It seems like a placeholder name to me

I don't get it

[jorb]

I like this a lot more than Charter stones thank you

Is there some historical reference going on when you named them thingwalls? It seems like a placeholder name to me

I don't get it

From the Old Norse þing vollr, meaning 'assembly field', the name indicates that it was once the site of a Germanic thing (or þing). Similar place names in the British Isles include Tynwald, Dingwall, and Tingwall; see also Thingvellir in Iceland and Tingvoll in Norway.

[Ysh]

I like this a lot more than Charter stones thank you

Is there some historical reference going on when you named them thingwalls? It seems like a placeholder name to me

I don't get it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thingwall

From the Old Norse þing vollr, meaning 'assembly field', the name indicates that it was once the site of a Germanic thing (or þing). Similar place names in the British Isles include Tynwald, Dingwall, and Tingwall; see also Thingvellir in Iceland and Tingvoll in Norway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(assembly)

A thing was a governing assembly in early Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by lawspeakers.

[Ysh]

Have you considered making some of them a fixed schedule? In this way, it would give villages with restricted schedules a chance to control a small bit of territory. Perhaps the coronation stone could allow you to control the window for only the province it resides in. This would give a bit of a defensive advantage for realms on their home turf and possibly promote a more fragmented, diverse realm map.

I have suggested this before and it works quite well in games like EVE online.
Window that defendant can choose, with some cooldown and delay to how often you can change it, visible publicly.

There is maybe some argument that difficulty to defend territory does imply higher turnover and therefore interest.

[Phaen]

Oooooh neat thanks

[bmjclark]

[*] When traveling to a Thingwall, a character will land within a 15 tile radius from the Thingwall traveled to. The Thingwalls do not care if they, by landing characters, perform wall jumps, so do not build anything you want secure that close to them. Our way of counting 15 tiles may differ from your conception of how 15 tiles should be counted, so use a good margin of safety.

Mentioning these things before most of the playerbase builds their village might be a good idea in the future

[springyb]

During these windows, or when a flag is active, will players who are not involved with a realm fast traveling to a thingwall get a warning that the location is or could potentially be in conflict?

[jorb]

During these windows, or when a flag is active, will players who are not involved with a realm fast traveling to a thingwall get a warning that the location is or could potentially be in conflict?

A War Flag and perhaps a group of people guarding it could tip them off. Could perhaps be expanded upon. Could perhaps even be interesting if you couldn't travel to it when its challenged. Not sure what the PvP implications of that would be.

Presently the status of being challenged changes nothing for Fast Travel.

[Phaen]

• Thingwalls are all located by a body of water, making them, in our theory, impossible to wall in.
• Should some quirk of the map generator allow a Thingwall to be walled in, that will be corrected by divine fiat.

Might want to pre-empively move Sasnes a bit then. She's wallable.

[jorb]

• Thingwalls are all located by a body of water, making them, in our theory, impossible to wall in.
• Should some quirk of the map generator allow a Thingwall to be walled in, that will be corrected by divine fiat.

Might want to pre-empively move Sasnes a bit then. She's wallable.

Not over those skargard tiles I don't think?