Approved 6692: Erecting statues and monuments

[Duvaille]

I would think that who built a statue/monument would be recorded automatically by the game. How can it be prestigious to build it, if no one knows who did it?

Well, I suppose that is true. Still, the difference between a statue and a monument could be a simple prefix when they are listed in regional description:

- A statue of [King] Kepler of Keplerian family
- A monument of [Amazing Victory]

Where [text] is player input.

Maybe it's just me, but I find intrinsic value of instantly seeing which type it is.

[Duvaille]

Ok, here's again my suggestion for a summary. Is everyone happy now? Ready for the bugtracker? Tom?

• Pay 500 gold to erect a statue at your estate in the honor of another existing character, giving him an immediate +1 prestige, while gaining +1 prestige yourself.
• Instead of a statue, you can also build a monument, which can be about anything. Building one gains you +1 prestige.
• Statues and monuments can be also demolished.
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  When you build a statue or a monument, you get to describe its appearance and write a few lines on a plaque attached to it. The one erecting it will always be mentioned in the plaque.
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  The statues and monuments in a region can be viewed in the "descriptions tab" in the regional view.
• A realm wide message is sent when a statue or a monument is erected and demolished.

[Foundation]

There's been sufficient discussion and your description sufficiently concise.

I think it's good enough to put on the bugtracker and we'll take it from there.  No guarantees that all these will be implemented as such when we get around to it though.

Tom?

[Tom]

Good enough.

I will probably modify the price a bit, still thinking about it. But it can be put on the tracker.

[Duvaille]

Ok, it's on the tracker now. I'm locking this. Thank you all for your input.

[pcw27]

If the monument just appears in the region description will there be a rule about describing monuments in your region description that you didn't actually pay for?

Will it be in its own sub section of the description that can't be edited?

[fodder]

obviously never heard of erecting a statue so everyone get beat it to pieces, etc (and remake a new one every so often)

... yes.. there is at least 1 like that in china...

[Foundation]

It likely cannot be edited.

[Ketchum]

It likely cannot be edited.

+1

There is no point erecting statues that can be edited later on  :D

[pcw27]

One last suggestion (sorry I know you want to wrap this up). Instead of a high price tag there should be a limit of how often you can build a new monument. Say once every in game year at a price of 100 gold or so. 500 is so high that I doubt anyone will bother to build anything.

There could also be varying prices, like 100 for a small plaque, 200 for a statue, 300 for a huge statue.

[Foundation]

500 is not so unreasonable for an almost permanent statue.

[Indirik]

Until the cost goes over ~1000, it is mostly irrelevant. At 500 a pop, I would just build them a bit slower until I got them all built. Say, 1 a week instead of 3 or 4. :P

[Duvaille]

Until the cost goes over ~1000, it is mostly irrelevant. At 500 a pop, I would just build them a bit slower until I got them all built. Say, 1 a week instead of 3 or 4. :P

Assuming there will be a limited number of buildings you can construct at your estate,  a statue should occupy one of those slots, so that the cost is not merely about gold but about space as well.

I did, however, think that this feature request was completed as it was accepted and posted to the bug tracker. That is why I attempted to lock the topic and was surprised to find it unlocked. I do not mind it reopened, but I suppose I just misunderstood how things are supposed to work here.

[Foundation]

I guess I just wanted fewer thread to be locked, but you're right Duvaille.  This banter is pointless now that we won't be changing the feature anyhow.