Building only weapons/modules/capabilities that would make static defences more viable

[fallow oracle]

and interesting in an extended vanilla campaign.

Example: Perhaps a foundation module for durability but limiting placement, or a weapon designed to deal with airships at a longer range using torpedoes/similar weapons.

foundations could also be more interesting by incorporating small amounts of storage or some other function

[boreal mauve]

An additional function of foundations or the soldier bunk/barracks could also be buffing non stone armor types

As to make them more viable for buildings without effecting performance on airships

[fallow oracle]

not steel

steel armour shouldn't really be buffed for buildings

@ashen osprey

[ashen osprey]

yeah, buffing armour isn't really something needed for buildings

again, the main issue for building is not their durability (big buildings can be horrifyingly durable), but entirely their lacking firepower

I don't think that change would really do much

[fallow oracle]

the problem with big buildings is that they aren't viable in a different way though

[ashen osprey]

well their main issue is the build cost

[fallow oracle]

because they can't move, so investing in a big building is not very good

exactly

[ashen osprey]

but other than that, buildings like these are horrifyingly durable (orang's large buildings in this case)

lots of weapons scattered everywhere, mostly empty volume

[fallow oracle]

Big buildings look cool too

but they should still have an USP IMO

[ashen osprey]

they kinda do

they're a bitch to take down

the problem is
again
little firepower

the one real problem of buildings

[boreal mauve]

Its needed for wooden buildings imo

Since stone is really just better wood in most cases

At least for a building

Wooden buildings being viable would be cool

[ashen osprey]

I mean yeah no shit

[boreal mauve]

That's partly down to being immobile to be fair

[ashen osprey]

wooden buildings are only really a thing for the aesthetics and that's it

buildings mostly suffer from blast weapons

so wood is obviously not ideal

[boreal mauve]

Yeah but the issue is stone supersedes wood in all aspects

I want wooden castle larp SMH

[boreal mauve]

Since if buildings built like land or airships in the sense of having all weapons be able to face one side and no need for support

They'd be much much stronger conceptually

[ashen osprey]

well duh

[boreal mauve]

iirc buildings currently sit at 0.5 airship cost

So essentially for build price your only advantage is durability really

[weary wraith]

"hmm yes, i want cheap american suburbia to defend my land, what do you mean a light breeze is enough to blow it all into the air?"

[boreal mauve]

Wooden castles were a real thing my man

[ashen osprey]

yeah but they kinda stopped appearing as often when cannons started dominating

and airships also bring the issue of mass bombardment

so wooden castles are kinda just bad by that point

[boreal mauve]

I mean they were a thing in Japan even after cannons

[ashen osprey]

they do look fun, though

well yeah but japan was weird

[boreal mauve]

Tbh maybe just a buff that makes wood cheaper on buildings

Like half off

[ashen osprey]

japan is also like 50% hills and mountains, so bringing in big cannons wasn't as big of a thing for them

[boreal mauve]

It would still be weak but cheap

[ashen osprey]

idk, I don't want like three billion different random buffs that won't get explained anywhere

I like when things are consistent across the board

[boreal mauve]

That's fair but it could be explained in the description of wooden armor

[ashen osprey]

idk, I think it's a bit dumb

also feels like a useless change

building top priority is making them have actual usable weapons

the rest is basically cosmetic

[boreal mauve]

Yeah

The only ones that seem properly nice to me are turrets just because they have good firing angles anyways but their not spectacular

[coral sparrow]

Larp grindset always been about sacirfice practicality for style

[fallow oracle]

vanity costs pain

[coral sparrow]

Ye wooden on like some cost part not the whole thing and that more like fortification to stall than just made to counter cannons
That what earth work for

[timber python]

I wish we could put suspendium in buildings so i can have floating static structures

I often will buy ships that are bulidngs, put them where they go then never move them

[boreal mauve]

Yeah that'd be great

You can always have a pillar

[fallow oracle]

floating castles or towers on sky islands would be really cool too