Changes to Pillar Structure Decay

[Jat]

Hey guys,

Lone Pillars that are connected to non-spawn blocking structures will be destroyed on Official Servers after 12 hours.Decay time is otherwise unaffected for all other types of structures. Our intent is for players who claim land to make use of the land, and not just hold it. We'll be monitoring this change to see whether it has an effect on pillar claiming and make changes as necessary. This change is only on our Official Servers, but Unofficial Servers will soon gain the functionality to make this change.

Thanks,

Jat

[Bain]

awesome, very hot topic currently, id even lower it to a few hours tbh. anyone who cant build an actual base in a few hours shouldnt be pillaring all of the land :D

[pixelrobot]

How about spiked walls and other structures that never decay?

[Kisston]

I think the main thing is that pillars block building like a foundation does, while i do not believe spiked walls do so, nor do fence foundations, so making them decay faster would make no sense.

[Dedulka_DED]

Hm...

devs you should do same (auto demolish after 4 days later timer) to these structures:

1) water pipes
2) crop plots
3) pike walls
4) stand torches
5) lone gate-ways
6) foundations

and tell us HOW should we claim farming zones to prevent other players block it?


and @Jat
did you read patchnotes for 247 patch??
* PvE Greenhouse auto-demolish timers are now 25% more than Stone

stone has 12 days decay time
NOW greenhouse has 5 days (258 patch)
but 12+25%=15 days devs! (not 5 but 15)

[us271934-Слава Україн]

that's great - if only you would define "non-spawn blocking structures" since I couldn't find it in Websters

[say999]

so ppl will spam foundations with whatever attached to it.
foundations = spawn blocking structure.

in many cases pillars are the only way to protect resource spawns and not to claim land

[say999]

Originally posted by Dedulka_DED:

Hm...

devs you should do same to:

1) water pipes (auto demolish after 4 days later timer)
2) crop plots
3) pike walls
4) stand torches

2) non irrigated crop plots

[Mybeers]

You need fast decay on single thatch foundations aswell, alot of those on ragnaros server, and double pillars. Foundations will block every dino on Ragnaros serves now instead of pillars. not good

[Boonedale]

This only helps large tribes and will squeze the smaller tribes/solo players that play the game. It will also open areas with resources for development, going to see all those resources get paved over. Some servers use pillers to prevent people from doing that and now this may kill that making resources harder to get.

[say999]

Originally posted by Mybeers:

You need fast decay on single thatch foundations aswell, alot of those on ragnaros server

this is going to be a bottomless pit.
thatch is so damn cheap that ppl will just build 1-4 walls with the foundation - so what ?

fast decay for all buildings ?

[say999]

Originally posted by Boonedale:

This only helps large tribes and will squeze the smaller tribes/solo players that play the game. It will also open areas with resources for development, going to see all those resources get paved over. Some servers use pillers to prevent people from doing that and now this may kill that making resources harder to get.

+1

[g00b3rb0y]

What is meant by this. Will bases that use pillars be destroyed?

[daddy’s pet]

Originally posted by g00b3rb0y:

What is meant by this. Will bases that use pillars be destroyed?

Lone pillars. Meaning if a base is built on them, no.

[Boonedale]

Originally posted by Aiko:

Originally posted by g00b3rb0y:

What is meant by this. Will bases that use pillars be destroyed?

Lone pillars. Meaning if a base is built on them, no.

No, it means that all those lone pillers that you always see on all the official servers will decay in 12 hours of placement opeing vast tracts of land/space for people to use.

[say999]

that's the end to a lot of ramps ppl build on mountain sides as walls and ceilings are non-spawn blocking.