Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-37305002-20181112144445/@comment-37105233-20181114170955

Great suggestion, well thought out. I think this could improve server health in the long term and reduce the need to restart servers (outside version updates). Definitely one of the better suggestions for shaking up server politics.

Obviously this would need to be carefully balanced and some details need to be ironed out, like what happens to the banner after it expires? Does it despawn? I think it should still be there but not give protection until someone breaks it or the original owner comes along and starts paying upkeep again. I don't know if that is possible to code though.

In terms of how do you pay the upkeep, I think to start off it should only be payable in the same metal the banner is placed on or in coins. More variety in payment methods could be added further down the line.

A notification for banner upkeep is a good suggestion. The notification should also give the coordinates of the banner and how much needs to be paid. How much time you have could be fixed (eg 2 days after you recieve the notification). I think making the banner glow on screen would only work if the owning faction/players can see it, but it's unlikely that's possible.

Having a minimum number of protected banners could work, but would they be handpicked or just the last ones to expire? If they're handpicked, how?

Like I said, great suggestion, I'd love to see this in game someday.