I was gonna simply vote no and ignore the thread. Then I read the opinions.
There are great reasons to implement upkeep. I hate the mega twig structures a football field wide that touches the stars. Those are low effort big builds, and they're an annoyance, and an eyesore.
However, there is truly amazing creativity at play on our server also that you otherwise wouldn't see with upkeep enabled.
The Viperpit being one of many, too many to name... Okay Brad's house is pretty effin' dope this wipe too but moving on.
I was gonna say a lot... like a wall of text but I'll just leave it this simple:
In my opinion as far as the PURE VANILLA experiences go these are the worst:
1. Building ultra efficient and climbing over everything you own with furnaces for floors, bags in doorways, picking up your repair benches and research tables and putting them in boxes when not in use, etc... I've built many an efficient base, and while it has a certain creativity of its own it isn't pleasant to the eye or really very fun.
2. Upkeep is a chore and it just isn't fun.
I returned to this game after many years off and tried a lot of different "pve" servers. You know... teleport, and kits, and blah bla blah, but for me this one got it juuuust right. Like that sweet spot. Hell I even started spending money on the game again, skins and such, and, on the server as well just because I enjoyed it so much.
Not an easy fix, I don't envy the folks making the decision here.
- Kill for Khorne
