Destroying Resources a Legitimate Tactic?

[Larsa]

... I generally don't like to point out a problem unless I have a solution, but in this case I'm not very adept at making balanced game systems.

In which case perhaps the community has some ideas that would allow PvP without leaving non-aggressive players ripe for the abuse which will happen if no checks are in play. ...

Of course posters are right when they write that trees shouldn't be so easy to destroy. However, if it would be more difficult and would take longer, people would still do it. Just because they can.

In the long run you have no other option than to relocate to a nicer neighbourhood. Even then, the same might happen again and you might have to relocate again. It's the nature of the beast.

The devs made this game with FFA PvP mechanic, thus FFA PvP-er came to play the game. Thus the trees will go down.

[Delvie]

While you can't stop this type of PVP it definitely needs to be slowed down. To completely destroy logs should take a while that's why we have mills in real life - it ain't easy to reduce even a small piece of firewood to sawdust (especially without electricity). Stumps (as mentioned above) should be a royal pain in the butt to destroy - for that matter same with boulders.

Hopefully when agriculture comes in the ability to plant trees also comes in. Though was reading the other day about garden terrorists (in real life) who go around and stealth plant empty lots in big cities. So if you can cut down trees anywhere should you be able to plant trees anywhere?

[Sirius]

Stumps (as mentioned above) should be a royal pain in the butt to destroy

Hey, looky here. I scavenged myself up a case of beer and a case of dynamite. Fun afternoon INC!

[mgilbrtsn]

I think its a valid tactic. It sucks, but valid. Makes you defend what is yours. This is the apocalypse and there should be some 'danger' involved.

[anden147]

It's a unfair tactic but if ppl want to do it let them. but i think i sould take longer time to destroy something

[caldrin]

i agree somthing should be done about this.

If we all played during the same time then sure maybe we could police this but we dont, some of us play in the EU others in the states and others in different parts fo the world.
Because of this there will be times when hole clans are sleeping and yet another caln could all be logged in so could do what they wanted to all the resources.. and of course this works when the sleeping tibe is on and the other ones now sleeping.. So waht will robalyl happen as a result of all this is that every tree stump will eventually be destroyed and no one wil have any wood..

LOL

anyway stumps should take a very long time to remove (10 mins or somthing like that). For stumps in tribe land the tribe could remove it at the current speed but no one else could remove it.

[coca]

I would think that you should be able to forage for a seed...

Push it into the dirt and few real days later a tree pops up.

Problem solved.

A seed shouldn't be super rare, but shouldn't be a top 10 drop either.

Simple solutions are sometimes the best answers.

[Jadzia]

I would think that you should be able to forage for a seed...

Push it into the dirt and few real days later a tree pops up.

Problem solved.

A seed shouldn't be super rare, but shouldn't be a top 10 drop either.

Simple solutions are sometimes the best answers.

This would be a good solution in the long term, but it needs programming and we need a quick fix for now.