Region-unique materials

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I think I'd prefer these to be in biomes or 'bands', so that geographically, multiple nodes have it, but in terms of overall trade flows, you still need to do it as a whole (given the layout of the map)

I think this would also lead to an interesting useful outcome on the map sometimes where people strive to build a metropolis 'between two biome bands' to create a trade hub instead of a monopoly hub.

Would also make the World Manager a little easier to write I would bet.

This is definitely going to happen for certain types of rare trees if the itemization team is pushing for more resource types.

I'm okay with certain items being very specific, basically 'Node only', but I'd prefer those to be tied to elemental stuff (resistances, etc) rather than 'products that might become meta'. Even considering the 'interesting' outcome of 'a group being able to monopolize a meta product to shift said meta', I would prefer this to happen differently, as it feels a little too forced relative to the build/expression options and early choices of the game.

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I don't see how this would matter for most resources, honestly.

Maybe for very specific mined ones or animals, but I think, if anything, having a Node destroyed would make it easier to GATHER the materials, just harder to transport them. Is that what you meant?

It would be more likely to turn into a free-for-all 'gold rush' that would result in the Node getting rebuilt.

This is actually the reason I prefer 'biomes'. If 'important materials' always cause certain nodes to rise, it might be a bit disappointing.

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I agree, I just don't see it as necessary to cause SPECIFIC nodes to be like this (I know Nerror said region, but politics added to it will cause it to be 'Nodes')

I personally expect it. They went away from the scarcity of resources in favor of "NW did it and people liked it", so I at least expect them to limit the locations of resources. It will create friction, it will create pvp, it will make people rich, it will make caravans more meaningful and useful, etc etc etc.

NiKr wrote: »

I personally expect it. They went away from the scarcity of resources in favor of "NW did it and people liked it", so I at least expect them to limit the locations of resources. It will create friction, it will create pvp, it will make people rich, it will make caravans more meaningful and useful, etc etc etc.

NiKr we're taking over the Sujoma Sulfur mines.

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NiKr we're taking over the Sujoma Sulfur mines.

Hell yeah let's gooo

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Yeah you're also in the 'insane' category of craft requirements, but it IS absolutely true that the closer you get to this style, particularly in a Fantasy game, the easier it would actually be to create a lot more regional resources.

I say 'easier' but I'm sure Steven already has a massive number of them in mind, this game's been taking shape for years now, and it has such a strong worldbuild already that I wouldn't be surprised if those were all done. Probably the only reason we got that 'Materials' Dev Discussion was so they could figure out how much they need to rein Steven in from his NoteBook Of Three Thousand Items.