xNatti

Ok so I haven't been on Pure for a few wipes (trying out Scourge and now Elysium), but since I spent a part of 2021 and almost all of 2022 there I'm going to add my view to this.

While I admit that loosing my base and stuff because I was careless with upkeep sucks, it hasn't been that much of an issue.
Sure it's different because of stacking, but the idea of a vanilla "versus Environment" includes decay in my mind.
(The 7 day removal affects me more, b/c sometimes I need to be away for 8-9 days due to work, and that ruins the whole wipe for me, I can't plan for that, but I can plan for upkeep.)

Having upkeep means that in many cases people will be more conscious about how they build their base, optimization, engineering and design starts to matter.
And for that reason upkeep gets my vote.

(Not having spawned boats and horses, and the miniature range of launch site sams, isn't vanilla either, but hopefully we'll get there someday.)

On 5/27/2023 at 1:19 PM, Santacruz said:

Hello guys, in case my name here is strange to you...Its Shrewd.
Well I do understand what each and every one of you is saying and i respect every opinion. Thank you Death for taking our opinions about this matter. 
Well, talking about my personal experience on this server, I guess it will affect me no doubt. Everyone in the Pure server knows that I build always for the community (western town, bandit camp, community places and so on...This is what I do...I build. So If upkeep will be implemented, I guess this will stop me from doing what I am good at. I don't know, it is just a personal opinion building it on a personal experience with the server. But of course, you do what is best for the server. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to say what we have to say.

14 minutes ago, KR6SSY said:

I agree, I build a "Brad Pad" for players to take down Bradley and also multiple community towers for those who like to fight Karen. This is what I do  I don't think I can count on donations especially since others will be needing to upkeep their own bases. I love seeing the larger prettier and imaginative builds which is why I gravitated to Pure. Every time I see someone mention lag it's about builds and never about turbines, lasers, music etc. I love the community builds and it would be sad to see them go, especially our "wipe end build" MooViper makes for us. How will community builds be handled? Donations? I think that will be a bust and too much of a hardship on those who want to make a better community!

Now, the Western Town(s) is what I thought of first when I read the poll.

But I think having the *community* participate in building material and upkeep for certain projects isn't necessarily a bad thing.
It might as well bring the "community" part closer together.
Because let's face it, a number of the "community" builds are still just solo builds, and players outside of the friends-circle of the creator stay away except for occasional fly-over to view the masterpiece.

And I'm not going to miss yet-another abandoned/empty "community hotel".

Got a bit discouraged after seeing the other submissions and houses being built.. but whatevs, here's mine

xNatti / solo / T11