Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-32352572-20180315005205

Gates: Aesthetically nice but practically useless. If a player wants to attack a city (lets say he's mordor and the city in gondor) he'll have no trouble getting thorugh the gate. He simply right clicks and the city is open to invasion. now of course there are banners but let's assume this is in singleplayer. So. I propose that a gate function similarly to a banner. They can be broken however unlike a banner. But it's not so easy. When they're implemented, battering rams will be used. Till then, I say let the mod team come up with another way because otherwise Im stumped. Maybe orc bombs or digging underneath. Sorry for the lack of ideas. Now if you're just a player who wants to enter the city to trade, this becomes a problem. So I propose 2 possible solution (both of which could be implemented.) The first is that unless they're invaded, a city keeps the gates open. The second is that if the gates are closed, a small dialogue occurs between you and the gatekeeper. But before I go more into detail on that, lets describe the gatekeeper.       Gatekeepers: These would be new mobs that exist for all factions (save perhaps the hobbits, morwaith, fangorn, and rangers) that so what their name suggests: guard the gates. They'd be similar to soldiers just they stayed atop gatehouses. Ok now back to Gates. Back to Gates: If you had enough alignment with the faction, say for example 10, they'd let you in. Otherwise they'd turn you away.

Walls: Ok so you cant get through the gates. Eh. Time to bust out the pickaxe! However now that wouldn't be possible. The walls would have a similar protection to the gates. You couldn't just break through them. The only way to break through them would be catapults when they're added and till then, you could dig under the walls, blow them up, or climb them with ropes.

Players Owning Gates: Ok so how would this add up with players using gates? When a gate is placed down by a player, it is just like a door. So there'd be a new claiming system. Placing down a banner of your faction on some other block, whatever that may end up being. It protects gates from enemy players but no gatekeeper is required for you or your troops. The walls are a bit trickier. The only thing I can think of is that you'd have to designate walls to be protected. Banners wouldn't protect gates.

Ok that's pretty much all I got to say. I know it's very unorganized and kinda hard to understand and I left a lot of it pretty vague. But either way Constructive Criticism is always welcome!

Signing Off Now - Arcen 