City Design Ideas

I am not sure this is where to post it but I at least have the image/post here saved and can be used to give something to the design team..

There will be a dukes keep up top with the fortified walls. Also the city will have the same fortified walls surrounding it on a hill like the image below. I also want the city to have a side view from outside the walls maybe add a pve zone around it and leave 2 guards at the entrance to kills trash mobs. It will not be an island, so the pve zone will not be underwater lol.

The Order of Vengeance pre-alpha PVP island already has houses on hills.This city will probably use that mold ( one hill)with a few more tightly packed houses on the hill to give the houses the crammed look we see below, some row houses would be ideal which is what we plan for most of the plots to be anyways. Also all the houses will be facing outwards like below.

 

wow... where is that place?

 

It is Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France

 

That is exactly what I said when I saw it myself. I have a mission.

 

Just remember that row houses can be up to 4 stories tall. That could easily block the view for those behind, even hindering the duke's own view on top.
So either you need to make those hillsides much steeper than in the picture, or you would need to set up rules for your prospects - "no houses above 2 stories" or something like that. With the 5 story basement that shouldn't be an issue for most.

 

Thank you for your input and any all is appreciated. Yes the row houses are large good point. I am thinking on the keep level make a steep drop all around it . I figure I will not get many levels and it may look something more like this. Which still looks nice to me.

 

We're not planning on being an island. We're just using what we have available to us in Pre Alpha. Thanks for the great image though! COOL FIND!

 

Yes the idea is just to use the hill from the island and place it on land. Since I have no clue where Serenite will be and we may be using templates. I figured cut a piece of a hill from Vengeance pre-alpha island and use it aas the base for the city on any land we decide on using. No island needed, just a hill.

I figure in a worst case scenario I can just say give me a hill with plots like the one on the island (but on land) and make the top plot for a keep and done.

Since housing is so damn nice in this game I didn't want to bury the city behind walls. Instead use the beauty of the architecture of the housing to be the face of the city.

I changed the orig post to reflect the fact that Vengeance island is pre-alpha.

 

All the add-on plots say template... I'm not sure why people started the rumor we get anything else. I'm 99% sure we're looking at a base set of templates with minor tweaks to the template. Here's what it says:

That said, hillside is what we're aiming for but Serenite would be lower in the foothills from where vengeance is... as it's a place of serenity it was (based on our prior private conversations) supposed to have a meadow and be more of a peaceful location... no clue if we'll even get what we're aiming for so I'm going to wait until the design session with the devs to plan any of this beyond what we (you, artia, and the three guild GMs) talked about...

 

That is precisely why I choose a hill. The first template I laid eyes on was pre alpha Vengeance islands hills. The only modifying they need to add is maybe cram a few more spots onto the hill and plop a keep up top and done. Easy cheesy.

The only thing I do not want is a flat town.

 

FLAT FOR MILES!

I agree, hills and cliffs being different in the town adds a lot to it. I like how they have the three level system in Valemark too.

 

Your mom is flat!

 

lol

 

Found more interesting pics.

 

I accept your challenge.
http://photovide.com/hohenzollern-castle/


http://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/


Carcassonne


Craco, which is actually a "ghost town" so basically a player-owned-town with a MIA owner...

 

this looks like an adventure waiting to happen!

this looks cool!

 

Nicely protected!