[Suggestion] Lair spawn out of player's ZOC

from Elemental Forums

To give the feeling of a living and feral world, I suggest to implement a lair spawn outside ZOC (with a minimum distance to other lair and of strengh related to season and distance from players border) like barbarian in CiV, in fog of war areas.

This will give more PvE to the players who like the rpg part of the game and more uncertainty about what you can find in a not controlled zone.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

It would have to be implemented in a way so the player doesn't feel the need to cover every single tile with an outpost.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top


Yes, maybe with a little maintenance fee for outpost... (it will prevent outpost spam too)

Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Brago, reply 2

Yes, maybe with a little maintenance fee for outpost... (it will prevent outpost spam too)
End of Brago's quote

Just make some monsters go for the outposts instead, so you have to stand ready and defend all the borders.

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Suggestion:  Try setting monsters to 'dense' in the startup options and see if you like it.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting mqpiffle, reply 5
Suggestion:  Try setting monsters to 'dense' in the startup options and see if you like it.
End of mqpiffle's quote

 

I always play on dense. It's the best setting.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting mqpiffle, reply 5
Suggestion:  Try setting monsters to 'dense' in the startup options and see if you like it.
End of mqpiffle's quote

I already always had monster to dense, but the problem is: you have more monster in the beginning, the suggestion is about monster spawning during the game, not at start.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

I'd like to see monster lairs spawning sparodically a certain distance from ZOC.  I luke haveing a non-aligned player (monsters) giving me hell throughout the game :)

NB/  I also play on dense monsters all the time :D

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Brago, reply 7

Quoting mqpiffle, reply 5Suggestion:  Try setting monsters to 'dense' in the startup options and see if you like it.

I already always had monster to dense, but the problem is: you have more monster in the beginning, the suggestion is about monster spawning during the game, not at start.
End of Brago's quote

 

I think his point is that some people don't like it, and that an option for this is better than something presented after the fact as a given.

 

Personally, I have no problem with the idea of lair spawns outside the ZOCs, but it would have to be handled very carefully to seem realistic, and not as a means of throwing various ways of sapping resources from the player.  If it worked correctly, it would be a nice addition to the game, in my opinion.  If done poorly, it would only draw attention away from roleplaying, and to coded conditions.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

I like this idea and I think that this would be a good opporutunity for one of those random events.

Untamed Lands: The untamed lands seem a little less tame of late. Spawns several monster lairs.

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting yankeefox, reply 11
Yes to monster spawning in the fog.  Not sure I would go to lair spawning though.
End of yankeefox's quote
THink about it, if Lairs spawned some monsters, players (A.I. included) would be less likely to build a city/outpost on top of a lair unless they cleared it first.