Hamfest wrote:
Trees already reproduce on their own. Other ressources don't, and shouldn't. It makes trade or conquest compulsory, and that's very good. How are rocks supposed to regrow ? same goes for ore, it would be far too easy.
A small island will eventually run out of iron, rocks, and a bunch of other important resource. It's only a matter of time before they do and force players to remake a new server which is terrible for a game like this. While metals and rock don't regrow, they also don't magically vanish from the world like they do in the game. Items dropped on the ground, vanish. Structure that break or decay, vanish. Recycling items, some non-renewable resources, vanish.
Also I'm not asking for these metals and rocks to replenish in a short period of time, but in a longer period of time. Much longer than trees and so on. I don't believe resources should replenish on claims, because some people break down rock just so they can have it cave-in and eventually be flattened once it turns to dirt.