Duke Island Castle

Images just released in the latest updated and it looks great in my opinion. Tied about whether taking a water lot or a land lot.









It looks like this water lot has extra space. The island itself is larger than the lot, so while you can't place items there it is essentially "part" of the lot.

Hard to have a lot of foot traffic if you are on an island detached from the rest of a town! There needs to be an appeal to make people go there. Otherwise it is just a cool house to have.

 

Maybe if you had a set of semaphore flags that spelled out "come to the duke isle, we have cookies!"

 

All that space around the island is for your pet dragon. You know, the one you can ride back and forth to the mainland.

 

I'm happy they finally updated it. Not real thrilled out a tropical island. Wish they would have gone with a more northern theme. Would love tree's but more of the more forestry type.

 

Yes!

Hmmm. Good idea!

My guess is that it won't need to be on a tropical island. I don't see the devs putting a tropical island in an ice area. Doesn't seem their style.

 

Captain Jack thinks you'll need a bouncer at the docks.

*oh no - not with those moccasins pal - only pure vortex llama leather touches these castle floors*

 

I love the idea of being able to swap out a Galleon with an island.
It would be a pretty big shock if there were an intense pirate battle going on and then all of the sudden a Galleon turned into a castle Island and unloaded on the other ship with all its castle defenses.

 

The duke island lot looks great. True, it would be isolated from foot traffic, which is bad for vendors. What are some ideas to get people to visit a duke keep on an island? But if dukes also have a village lot, they will still could have a place in town for better reveled public vending.

 

Exactly there needs to be a hook. Something to entice them to visit. If the location is moderately central or near a strategic POI then it might also work. A well decorated shop, inn or tavern could be that necessary hook.

 

The shore of duke islands are the only place where you can catch the extremely rare duke grouper. Fur seal pups can also be found amongst the rocks.

 

Well I'm hoping we can put our vendor on the dock.

 

It does look nice.

 

Very awesome.

 

It's just perfect. I really like it a lot & can't wait to have one in game!

 

OMG I CANT SEE ANY MORE DUKE ISLAND CASTLE IMAGES !!

Please keep me from upgrading my pledge!!!

 

BALLIN!

 

Upgrade

 

One idea for the Duke Island Keep -- and all houses - is having an ability to fly a banner or some sort over the building. This would make your keep a little more distinct from the next keep that may be just down the road. An I bet that applies to all houses. I have seen screenshots with house banners, will there be many of those or could the y be customizable?

 

The castle walls need to go or be moved down further around the island. The beautiful views from the first few floors are obstructed by it.

 

Well let's face it, the Duke Keep was made prior to the walls, and the two were not really made for each other. This is a marriage of assets for the sake of convenience. It still works great, but it could've been much better.

Ideally, I think you'd build the walls first, then design the "castle" around that. The courtyard would probably be slightly larger too. Perhaps the compromise would be to set the keep on a raised hill that sits above the walls?

Whatever, being a Duke and having that keep is not a bad problem to have.