Remove or nerf over-claiming and faction power loss
Submitted by cschwingg
Suggestion
Right now, it appears that a small number of deaths can significantly reduce a factions power, and that power takes an extremely long time to regenerate. Over-claiming is a large risk, since 1 single chunk claim can completely destroy a faction, possibly risking hundreds of real dollars worth of gear and permanently turning players away from a server.
At the very least, factions should not lose power (or be exposed to an over-claim) from any deaths not from PvP. Deaths from fall damage should not increase risk of getting over claimed. Deaths from optional PvE experiences (that already require buy-in and risk kit loss) should not also reduce faction power.
Even if that were set up, newer/smaller factions would hardly stand a chance. A faction with 1 alt (20 power) could essentially delete fresh players off of the server with no push back, even if over-claiming were perfectly implemented.
TL;DR
- Power loss is too harsh and takes far too long to regenerate
- One overclaimed chunk will most likely permanently destroy a faction
- Factions should absolutely not lose power for non-pvp deaths, especially deaths from fall damage or PvE events.
- Regardless of any of this, tuning over-claiming and power loss is incredibly time consuming and still destroys new players in its best case. Its a 1 line YAML config to disable it and spend that time where it is much more needed
- Domination is a far simpler approach, and even still, neither system is necessary as they do not solve problems but simply introduce more of them
I don't know yet if it is on and how harsh it is, but this is something that could hurt new players, disincentivize other players from doing PvE, and cause a disproportionate level of risk for no real reason.
Because over-claiming is difficult to calibrate, and at best is still detrimental to everyone, I believe it should be disabled
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