Originally Posted by
MrDDT
Because once rare resources come into place, tribes will be able to drop a safe totem on it, or near it.
Also people can drop safe areas anywhere using the system you talking about causing all kinds of grief. Like killing anyone that is outside an area near your area. Totem areas are not all that large, so you have issues with getting ganked and killed by a neighbor that cant be moved or displaced.
If you are a tribe that is growing you cant grow past your boarder if I drop a safe area near it when you were much smaller. So that safe area will stay there forever.
Tribes can use safe areas to launch attacks from and mass stock pile resources/weapons/armor for the fight without the defending tribe able to stop them. Not good options.