I have to say,the towers idea is really growing on me,but I don’t see how it would keep mob out. Unless you build “Oort glyphs” on them
This would be cool for story,“The sacred stones have been protecting the city of _______ for thousands of years,against all threats that come its way.” But really we just using the Beacon.
At the moment a wall wouln´t protect us either since mobs spawn anywhere.
I think we should go with the solution we think is the best in regards of design. I´m sure in the future there will be features that protect us inside beaconed areas regardless if they are surrounded by a wall or not.
The idea that maybe magic / totems are protecting the city and not necessarily physical walls, is growing on me. Incorporating the beacon into the build and not that it just happens to be covering a cool thing that we built.
Can a beacon be any shape or does it have to be a square?
I think if we can shape the deacons, it would be a great idea to have towers instead of the wall. Plus it also gives the city a little bit of a background story.
Here’s an idea to build a residence if we ever get stuck on finding out where to build the foundations. This is to give more variety of shapes and sizes to each building.