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I kinda like that idea, as long as houses as they are aren't lost. Each town hall should give enough room for, say, 10 playerhouses minimum plus the minimum requirements of crafting houses. A weaponery should only be allowed in the capitol. Maybe towns could make contracts about furniture for example, town a does the carpets while town b does the actual furniture. Instead of shipyards there should be a docking station on either side of the actual dock, where players can place ships which then only citicens of the same town can enter.
All this would require quite a lot of gfx (unless you build a mill using the playerhousebuilding-gani - and I think it'd be nice to bring cloth for the actuall millwheel etc), rescripting and re-leveling. Also, building a castle sounds like a gargantuan task, maybe one island in in the middle already has it, it works as townhall and the king can decide where to build what. He can also accept towns in his kingdoms as allys, and towns can either join the kingdom they're adjectant to, or remain neutral. No joining enemies.
A town wall would be nice, too, craftable only in the castle and very heavy, say 1000kg a piece, requires more rescources than the stone fence, and, most important, can't get destroyed by any spell or weapon except siege weapons when there will be some. And only members from a town can place them, with a few having the right to move (the local leader I'd say) to avoid abuse. Towngates would be a nice addition, and every citicen could open or close them.
In my opinion this whole idea gives room for a bunch of new possibilities... and what about this: towns can be attacked, not by destroying the walls but by hitting the door often enough so it'll crack (can be repaired with boards), and everyone who attacks it goes to battle mode for a few minutes, so the defenders can fight back. Once inside, lamps, crafting houses and the well can be attacked and destroyed, yet houses remain safe. Defenders might get a bonus though. This way, the stronger citizens can fight while the weaker hide in their houses or the town hall. After the attack they come out and help do rebuild the destroyed buildings - maybe using the ruins of them, so they need less material for a full mill or so. |