Let's Discuss the 10 sq rule with settlers

That sort of goes against what the developers are trying to accomplish -- although it might be fun.

My example below .. I am LEGAL in the circle correct?  I can't  build a city over by any of those 7's around me after I exodus, tenaril, settle in on that ? But I have created my own 10 sq circumference.. do I need to ask anyone? can I build ALL over my 10 if I want to cluster? Of course building in someplace too close is friction, I understand that.. but I would choose to build (send settlers) to the outskirts of my neighbors. And I certainly would sov up to level 5 on one of the two sovs north, to get the benefit of the dolman, and exodus to it

Edited by Diva - 07 Apr 2014 at 17:51

Diva wrote: There is ONE more thing I'd like to ask...

i'm not sure i understand the example; an image might help.

the effect of the 10-square rule properly executed (and i exclude Epidemic from this comment because he has geometrically peculiar ideas about the rule itself) is that each town has a five square radius in which is closer to it than to any other settlement. in concept, this allows each city involved to hunt or sov in a defined area around itself without fear of overlap with neighbours.

where that potential overlap is allowed by agreement (i.e., where a player has agreed to allow settlement within ten squares of an existing town), i (personally and as an eCrow rook) encourage players to agree in writing to the bounds of potential sov. lacking that, one falls back on the respective alliance policies (generally either first-claim or closest-town), but those policies can be in conflict and land agreements are invariably more difficult to conclude after they become disputes. this is one of the beneficial effects of the ten square rule--a request for settlement allows the established player to state the conditions under which s/he could live in harmony with a new neighbour, and the new neighbour has the opportunity to digest those conditions and determine if the target square is as advantageous as first imagined.

No, Epidemic, I don't know anything about Illy.  I've not even been playing it for three years yet.  I have no experience hunting animals, killing stuff, harvesting, or anything like that.  I don't have any experience being part of a large alliance that engages in all of those activities.

I wonder if the players most vocal for getting rid of the 10 sq rule even know there are things on the map that others harvest, like minerals, herbs, animal parts and such. Do they know there are npcs on the map that players can attack? Do they know factions will become a feature soon? Do they know there is this research called 'Serjeanty' that allows for 150 sovs per town that may be useful at one point? Do they know that congestion will only lead to more violence and abandonments?