Bodin
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Well, in a sense, Funcom did have that. It was called the Convergence Trap.
The first design was to gather rare resources so the player’s didn’t have to go find them. But that wasn’t fun.
The second design was “Purge” control. It was designed for players ON SIPTAH to be able to “turn off” the Purge meter (if they wanted to skip a ‘soon to spawn’ purge) or force the “Purge” to come early. It was the “toggle” for each player.
But Funcom never made it available on the Exiled Lands. It originally required Eldarium which did not spawn on the Exiles Lands.
With Age of War, chapter 2, they changed the construction requirements so it could be built on the Exiled Lands, but with their new Purge mechanic (which activates a Purge by the Treasure Coffer), instead turned it into just some fancy storage device. So they had it, but fumbled it, and nerfed it into dust (metaphorically speaking).
Now Purges are “activate only” and there is no threat of a random Purge against the player’s base. Now players can lay about their bases, safe and secure, knowing that nothing will bother them… ever… The threatening, savage world of Conan has been tamed and domesticated.
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