No-Claim Land Claims

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   Yesterday, the TRIVIUM alliance went live with an alliance land claim in the Broken Lands. While alliance land claims are not new, this current initiative is involving a larger number of alliances, all of which are experimenting with new and different claim models and policies. I've said all along that the idea is an evolving one, and the more participation in the evolution of the model, the better the end result will be.
TVM's claim model is unique in that it enforces two "zones" -- the inner "Zone 1" is a traditional alliance claim that, with noted exceptions, puts a freeze on the influx of new, non-aligned cities. However, "Zone 2" is what TVM calls a "claim-free zone." This outer ring remains open to non-aligned accounts for settlement, but discourages other alliances from making claims within the zone:

"Any land claim attempted within the borders of this exclusionary zone will be considered null and void. Any land claim enforcement attempted within the borders of this exclusionary zone will be countered by the full force of TRIVIUM."

I suggest that TVM has put into play a potentially interesting alternative to the traditional claim. It allows alliances who are ideologically opposed to land claims because of their restrictions on allowing free, non-aligned settlements to enforce a region around their clusters that would discourage rival claims.

There are pros and cons to this claim model:

Pros:
It gives land claim opponents an official mechanism for curtailing player-restrictive claims from being established around or near their PACs (Prominent Alliance Clusters).
It allows non-aligned players to settle in areas near a PAC, potentially opening up future recruitment opportunities.
It gives the claiming alliance a softer, more iterative step toward expanding a claim in the future.
Cons:
The "no-claim" land claim allows rival alliances to freely position hostile cities near or in a PAC.
There is little to no recourse in dealing with the establishment of a PAC with no official claim in a "no-claim" zone.
As with claims of all types, its veracity is only as strong as the alliance's ability and willingness to enforce it.
I would encourage BL alliances to consider this new model. Assuming that a no-claim alliance land claim has foundation (i.e. not claiming the entire BL or wide swaths of lands with no alliance presence as no-claim) and is sufficiently reasonable, I will be more than happy to include the demarcation on the map. 

In the event that a no-claim land claim (or traditional one for that matter) is broached by a competing claim, I plan to demarcate these disputed areas on the map as well when and as needed.

If you have additional questions about how to implement the no-claim land claim, please don't ask me here -- feel free to get in contact with me via IGM. I'm sure Bonfyr Verboo would be happy to help as well.

Thanks!