Buffer Zones Design Issues and Concerns

[majorvex]

@james

everyone will know that as they expand their beacon and prestige there will always be a zone around their beacon that can’t be claimed by others. They would still need to place plots in the protected perimeter if they wanted to build within it.

If there are 2 beacons close to each other then:

• Instead of plotting up to each other’s beacons, they would only be able to plot up to each other’s protection perimeters.
• Beacon protected perimeters can overlap with others. When this happens neither beacon owner would be able to claim plot in the overlapped region without permission.

HELP! Give us your opinion on automatic protection zones around beacons?

We’ve been thinking about the Beacon system and the conflicts that can arise when plotting near others. Plotting close to another player can cause tension. Often this is resolved by players directly. But sometimes it falls onto the devs to review reports against the Code of Conduct. In general simply building near someone isn’t against the code - but it doesn’t mean other players like it. Ideally we’d like to find a system that feels fair to all players, is determined automatically in game (rat…