Bug or feature?

[apoc254]

So I have had these dirt stockpiles sitting in the same spot for a while now... maybe 36 real life hours. Suddenly today they look like this.


Bug or feature?

[Halbertz]

So I have had these dirt stockpiles sitting in the same spot for a while now... maybe 36 real life hours. Suddenly today they look like this.


Bug or feature?

They catched decay hit and all dirt dropped on the ground. It shouldn't happen if piles on claim, but sometimes it is "feature".

[meus]

This happens on a village claim, not sure if intended.
On a personal claim, I never saw it happen.

[MagicManICT]

In case your curious, here's the update with this change. viewtopic.php?f=39&t=67677&hilit=dirt+stockpile#p852672

[valeriesusanne]

I had this problem with dirt, too, thinking that stockpiles shouldn't decay on claims.
Another player told me that dirt stockpiles will fall apart on a claim if they are placed on bare (dirt) tiles.
Not sure if this is a thing? Haven't tested it - I've been taking care of dirt right away to avoid a mess, or
making sure they're on tile.

[meus]

More probably if it's in a village, the village is below the 50k authority (or somewhere near that) threshold and that possibly disables the village as such, allowing decay to hit even on paved tiles.

[MagicManICT]

I'd have to dig, but pretty sure that dirt stockpiles is one of the things that will decay no matter where it's at. Was a lot of complaints about it shortly after this feature was added to the game.

[vatas]

My claimed soil piles have never decayed this world.

[MagicManICT]

I think there's something about it with people leaving it half on-half off a claim or half on-half off tiled land. I've never had an issue myself, but I don't leave dirt laying around out doors, either. It either goes to the garden, or gets dumped outside of the village. I also don't completely flatten my villages, either.

[meus]

Just to add some observations, in case someone is still facing this and getting OCD triggers:

Decay hits the dirt, when in village (only village - not a claim) and the village is with low authority:
- when on ground (not paved)
- when on paved/ground combination
- when on the inside edge of a paved area
- when entirely inside a paved area, and surrounded by pavement
Furthermore, the dirt is spilt away and may reach 1-2 tiles outside the pile.

Decay doesn't hit anymore if the village is active (auth >50k) - in all cases; at least I haven't observed it since I took care of authority.

Can't confirm it yet for a Claim, but claims seem not to be affected.