Picking up cores when going offline/being raided - Part 1, why a faction would do this
Submitted by redstoneisgreat
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This suggestion is written with the assumption that faction core coordinates are no longer shown
There are two downsides to having a Faction Core placed.
1. Faction cores glow through walls
2. Faction cores grant "Core Domination" if destroyed (and then spawners glow)
For this reason, a faction may want to pick up their core, either every time they go offline, or if someone is attempting to raid them. I think this goes against the idea of wanting to incentivize faction core placement, and I know some other players aren't a fan of this, so wanted to go into detail.
One thing that I considered is if either of these features should be removed. I think they both serve important functions, so for that reason it may be best to either leave them as is, or if they are removed, implement some other feature to accomplish similar goals.
In the case of cores glowing through walls, this serves two functions. First, it avoids the issue of using either hacks (xray, ESP, etc) or vanilla tricks/exploits that a less experienced player won't know (Pieray, Entity counter, etc) to find a core. Second, it prevents "needle in a haystack" strategies, where you claim a large area and place a core in a random place underground.
In the case of Core Domination, this does render certain strategies (that experienced Factions players I think tend to dislike) ineffective. First, the strategy of covering spawners in obsidian/water, which can make them harder to raid. Second, the strategy of separating your spawners into separate watered boxes within your base (a common strategy on other factions servers with more experienced playerbases). Third, the strategy of hiding spawners in your claim in a "needle in a haystacK" way (although not sure exactly how the spawner glow feature works). If you destroy the core, you can mine the spawners, even if they are spread out, so long as you have enough time. (if a faction has 2+ bases, that could be an issue).
Continued in part 2
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