#Reimagining Laser Towers

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hidden sequoia
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I have been in charge of laser towers for three cycles now, and I believe the requirement could be reimagined.

  1. They are a tedious chore to do. It's hard to get people to do them beyond "we need to in order to win" which is not good/fun gameplay
  2. It is not inspiring to builders, because other than the Unica ones, they rarely are seen.
  3. They also do not make sense logically from a roleplay perspective (why spread them out, why not bolt lasers to ground on a mountain)

They can be so much more. Link from original discusion #white-tiger message
but should move it to here going forth.

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Input from before moved to this thread

Mysterymia: We could build fancy Computer Labs in every Town with a single Laser on it and for shootdown people in all the Labs need the push the button together! Thats a FUN Roleplay!

chaza666: Could always make the laser recipe cost more but need less. Then you only need a few towers, but they could need some harsh requirements

Epic_Null: If the problem is that the towers aren't seen... Could we turn them into more that towers to bring people closer to them?

Jnpox: Also culture victory could be revamp where building type should be built or something. Like a church, univercity, revamp Feb buildings or allow players to come up with cool ideas.

Ig technically the SoC could push this

Sirdoder: i would like anything that adds to the white tiger story. with the concept rework in the making there mighyt be more planning/preparation for these types of community stories. everyone likes to see nice buildings.

regal rover
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yes

steady merlin
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On couple differed runs I have ended up building 5-8 of the towers alone just because we need them to win but no one really wants to do them and at that point it is indeed mostly just tedious job.

hidden sequoia
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One pro is that it requires a global power grid, but it happens too late to really impact much, and having the freeways all be connected via power could just be the condition

regal rover
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Yeah, I understand the idea behind laser towers. Maybe change the requirements of 5x5x15 to also allow creative fun stuff? Like how we allowed balloons. People reading the requirements might not think of being allowed to be creative

coral peak
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"why not bolt lasers to ground on a mountain" - that sounds fun, how about if the lasers must be built on the highest mountain on the world? Would be an interesting logistics issue. For extra challenge maybe make it so they have to be crafted there, too.

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Since it's only one location, and on top of a mountain, that would offer a better opportunity for builders to build something cool.

hidden sequoia
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Before I propose alternatives, I'm mostly curious what the purpose of laser towers are? Is it to add difficulty? Is it to encourage power is spread around the world? Is it to try to get people to build cool stuff?

What is the purpose?

remote pasture
hidden sequoia
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The single aspect I dislike most about the towers is not the building. It's the travel time. If it was a centralized location but more building that's fine.

junior totem
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I built one of the Unica towers and it can be rather difficult to find a tower shape that looked nice AND fit in the single designated plot. Some width would be nice for those.

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Perhaps the requirements could also just state they need to be on a building of certain quality and height, that way we could use less tower like towers

grizzled cargo
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You can always build more. Theres just a min requirement. Just last cycle someone made a giant hot air balloon tower and I think a year ago someone else made a giant tree for a laser tower.

junior totem
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Not really true for the inner Unica towers

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I had to ask the mayor for special permission to go one block wider in each direction

grizzled cargo
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Well yea thats intended. The local authority tends to build the towers how they want. They can do the minimum needed whcih gets teh job done but doesnt offer a lot of creative input or they can spend more money and allow greated artistic expression. None the less, the requirments for towers are a minimum. People have pushed past it in the past.

hidden sequoia
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sure, but the towers that people are most likely to see happen to be the most naturally-restricted, right?

regal rover
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Lol

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Couldnt propose my idea cause censored. Just picture what you can make the tower as to protest

onyx stirrup
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yeah i built this giant thing right in the middle of the road, lol

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regal rover
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Then maybe we could have more space around the lasers around unica? I don't think thats a hard change. Keep it the same but surround it by a buffer park? Up to Governor to keep it as a park or allow bigger creation?

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I wouldn't mind making unica requirement 2-4 times more if we reduce the number of towers over all

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People always hang out in unica anyway when we shoot it down