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0004781Valley 1Gameplay IdeaJan 27, 2012 12:51 pm
ReporterDizzard Assigned Tokeith.lamothe  
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.521 
Summary0004781: Give settlements the tools/training to protect themselves from mobs.
DescriptionI've been thinking and I posted something similar to this on the forums.

At the start of the game it's fine to be protecting the settlements yourself, but imagine when you have about 100+ settlements and you get a message saying settlement (304,-643) is in danger. It's not pretty is it? Not to mention you might have other plans.

So my idea is, have the option to beef up the defences of a settlement. Build guard towers, train npcs to be guards, give the guards spellgems/scrolls and other items and just in general give them the tools to take care of themselves in most situations. Of course it'll always be best if you want the job done properly to do it yourself....but if trained enough and given the right equipment most settlements could take care of normal mobs with marginal error.

There could very rarely be special boss mobs that appear that would pose an extraordinary threat to a settlement. (or perhaps a group of settlements in a surrounding area) They could send out a call to you through the illari stones because a boss mob is approaching the settlement and they have little hope of defeating it. (if you leave them alone against boss mobs there might be a very slim chance the settlement survives but it wouldn't be worth betting on)
 
If you weren't expected to take care of every settlement from mobs, that would mean more than one settlement could be attacked during the one turn too.

So overall rather than coming to every settlements aid all the time I would love to be able to develop and evolve settlements so they could protect themselves.(at least to a point) It would give a great sense of progress too for the civilization building side of the game.
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keith.lamothe

Oct 10, 2011 2:23 pm

administrator   ~0016374

This is one of those areas where we have other stuff planned; player feedback is welcome but we're probably not going to deviate much from what we've intended for the past several months :)

Toll

Oct 10, 2011 3:28 pm

reporter   ~0016377

Dare I ask for a sneak-peek at your plans? Just curious :D

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Oct 10, 2011 2:12 pm Dizzard New Issue
Oct 10, 2011 2:14 pm Dizzard Description Updated
Oct 10, 2011 2:23 pm keith.lamothe Note Added: 0016374
Oct 10, 2011 2:23 pm keith.lamothe Assigned To => keith.lamothe
Oct 10, 2011 2:23 pm keith.lamothe Status new => considering
Oct 10, 2011 3:28 pm Toll Note Added: 0016377
Jan 27, 2012 12:51 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => New
Jan 27, 2012 12:51 pm tigersfan Status considering => closed
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Suggestion - Gameplay => Gameplay Idea