Architect Archive

I wanted to give my opinion on player cities and some of the things I would like changed, maybe if I am lucky Plinka will read this. I know some of my opinions are probably the same as others so do bear with me.

1) /citywarn is a big topic right now for obvious reasons. I, for one, do not see a problem with it and I wish it would stay. Though there are some immature people out there, not everyone is like that. Completely deleting an option just because of some people is a bit too much. However, if it goes, it goes, I do not care too much because the chances of you actually using it (not misusing it) is very unlikely.

2) I like to see some sort of template for the ground of the city. Just having grass and dirt doesn't make the city seem to be like one, more like a big outpost. It would be nice to have clear indications of roads as well. I get many citizens that ask me where are the roads in our city. I believe I am not the only one that would like to have a different ground.

3) The world map is clustered with cities here and there. When the new cap is raised, there will be way too many cities on the world map. I think that only level 3 cities and up should be able to register. Actually if I had my way only level 4 cities and up could register because a level 4 is actually called a city. Also I believe pushing the city cap to 50 on dantooine, lok and talus is just a tad crazy. Having 30 is enough for the planets, anymore there will be just countless outpost with no chance of growing. But meh, whatever doesn't bother me too much.

4) My biggest problem I see in the game is decorations, mainly street lamps, trainers and terminals. First of all I do not think there should be a limit on the number of street lamps placed. In a level 4 or 5 city, there are so many places that would need light that street lamps could fill up quite alot of space on the amount of decorations we can place. It be nice if that would change. Also I do not think there should be a 1k fee everytime we place something. Statues, fountains and lamps are fine because you can rotate them, but what about trainers and terminals? We can not view what the trainer will look like and it took me 5k or more to get a good looking trainer. Either let us choose what the trainer looks like or take the fee away, it be nice. Also terminals are very difficult to be aligned. Maybe if you allowed an align option like the lamps and statues it might be better. Just that only allowing 50 decorations in a city is not enough to make the city look great and though I can go around it, it be nice if it would be pushed up.

These are the only things that I can really think of that I like to see changed in player cities. I love how player cities are and if none of these are changed, fine. I think the devs did a great job with them just need some minor changes. Any comments on my thoughts are welcomed, I like to see what other politicians think, especially with 3 and 4.