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[–] donuts@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

An MMO (that sadly got cancelled) introduced base decay in where, if you hadn't been in your base for a week, it started breaking down. This way, the world cleaned up itself. Was a cool idea

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Makes sense in the dune world with all the sandstorms and worms too....

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If someone builds a base on freaking sand instead of rock they deserve to be eaten by a worm.

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

hammer nails without rhythm

[–] Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Uuughh, isn't this standard in most online games that have base building? Rust, Dayz and Scum has same mechanic built in very similar ways.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You're reminding me of MUDs and having to pay rent on digital rooms. Ugh.

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't this even made by the same company?

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup, so they know how to fix this! Makes me wonder why they didn't. Not enough time? Or does the base decay mechanic also have downsides that would work poorly with Dune?

[–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Iirc you can tinker with the decay timer in CE of you're the server admin. Not sure what else you'd want to change. Maybe the vocal minority that always hated server wipes and decay timers won out?