Dumb stuff harms the game

[Karst]

Everyone thinks their POB is a pillar of the community once it's under siege. POBs come and go. Whether they last two weeks or four years is all chance and circumstance.

Goldgeist's number has been called.

Pretty much this. There are unfortunately players that are so invested in the POB system that they see managing their POB as the main or even only draw to the game, and are in denial about a very simple fact: POBs are destructible. The possibility of an enemy gathering sufficient forces to destroy it is always there, and an owner must always be prepared to lose it and move on with their lives.

That having been said, I do think there are some balance issues with them. In the vaguest terms, I think Core 1's have too much HP, and Core 4+ too little repair rate. The immense difference in effort required to reach those points isn't adequately reflected by their defensiveness.

But no matter how it's balanced, they will never be 100% safe, nor should they be.

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