great point. The newbie area is restricted to certain levels. What if there were several other “galebrook” type places for varying level or weapon/armor skill ranges?

Copy paste from balance thread in Mystera forum:

A base is essentially defined by the amount of walls and gates / counters built. These create the barriers that define public and private and I’ll refer to these as walls from here on for simplicity. Assessing the land inside I deemed overly complicated considering the prevalence of irregular structures, especially with tower defence mechanics playing a large role. My first thought went to dust earned being a factor but for better balance and to allow dying to have greater impact tying it into a skill promised the best return for the least amount of work. Construction stands out as the most applicable here.

I’ll toss out a bit of the math behind my conclusions before getting to them:

The basic formula is a bit complicated so prepare yourself for it now …

20 + Construction Level

Whooooa. Heavy math. Okay. Well-earned breather taken we can get back into it.

That 120 cap means that at max level a single player can have a 29×29 tile base ringed by a single thickness wall. As a gsme screen is I believe 13 tiles wide this seems an adequate amount – without having communal bases come into it which I personally would prefer – although thst would make that first equation even more complicated. Perhaps 20+(CL/4). Ooh. Heady stuff.

As a quick rundown, with x equal to the side of a regular square tile floor plan these equations show us how many walls are required.

1 tile thick: 4x+4
Protecting a 3×3 area requires 16 walls
2 tiles thick: 8x+16
Protecting a 3×3 area requires 40 walls
3 tiles thick: 12x+36
Protecting a 3×3 tile area requires 72 walls
4 tiles thick: 16x+64
Protecting a 3×3 tile area requires 112 walls

You should get the picture and be able to expand from that but if not the formula for [W]alls using [f]ickness and [t]ile space (regular square remember) is w=f(4f+2t)+t(2f). It can be condensed but I think it makes it more accessible this way ?

So 120 was our speculative cap for a single player. 4-tile walls just slip in with a cramped 3×3 area but the more practical 3-tile walls fill up the allotment perfectly and allow over double the space with a 7×7 floor-plan. And even the unskilled have enough for a single tile 4×4 base allowing newbies to have security from the get-go.

Depending on if this idea appeals it can tie into tribes and be tweaked for perhaps a durability increase rather than a gross expansion of available space. Each player in the tribe adds the base 20 stat and thrice their Construction level in HP to the tribe walls perhaps if the wall is connected to a Tribe Gate which can flag those walls to trigger their own adjacent structures.

And the crux of the security, and to add more of an impact to death – duels excluded – when a player or tribe’s Construction dips below that required by the walls then a random / the most damaged wall suffers accelerated decay – or my own personal preference of all of the walls take increased damage skewed by the difference in Construction required and currently held. If wished there are a few more factors that could accompany this.

1 tile thick: 4x+4
Protecting a 3×3 area requires 16 walls
2 tiles thick: 8x+16
Protecting a 3×3 area requires 40 walls
3 tiles thick: 12x+36
Protecting a 3×3 tile area requires 72 walls
4 tiles thick: 16x+64
Protecting a 3×3 tile area requires 112 walls

Nice Formula,AsylumDreams.
Do you have another formula for to count how much tiles/floors needed to fill that entire space ? (tile under walls count)

+1 on expanding galebrook

Take tiriolls advice. I don’t believe the game needs safe zones. It takes away from the freedom of the game, makes things dull and not as rewarding. Plus a lot of players enjoying pking we shouldnt take away. Its not hard atm to get to where only a hand full of people on server can kill u. I know dying is harsh but its a game, you get better as you play. Dev just made ungerground liveable. Also if you need more space use a HAMMER!

+1 on expanding gb and more market houses.

That’s the worst idea I’ve ever heard. You spend all day crying and trying to change the game so that it resembles a completely new one. If you spent half the time actually playing and enjoying the game instead of on the forums you wouldn’t need to keep trying so hard for your precious safe zones. Ive seen enough of your suggestions and trolling of the EU server. Please find a new game or learn to actually enjoy this one. I will not respond to your replies.