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In the first few weeks of EA, with my shiny new (unoptimized) Lancaster pistol, I one-shotted the foundation under a crafting station and several chests. I was disconnected during the cleanup and lost everything that was still on the ground, so I didn’t realize then how much you lose when a container is destroyed.
In the several hundred hours between then and this week I’ve only had a few, less dire, accidents. But this is just luck, because now any attack from any weapon can destroy anything I have built in a lower level realm.
The close call that brought me here was a scythe toss that luckily just destroyed my enchanting station, a legged chest half full of enchanting materials, and the Tudor foundation they called home.
An eighth-turn to the right, and it would have destroyed three or four chests/dressers filled with all of my cooking ingredients and seeds. That would have been bad enough that I’d probably have to set the game down for a few weeks at least.
The "make sure you only equip the hammer, watering can, or spyglass while at home" system is not foolproof, and a lot of us are fools.
| Category Tags | Building, Respite Realm |
| Mode | Both Online & Offline |
| Sentiment | Critical |
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There is the key binding H, which puts away everything in your hands. So we've been given the tools to, quite easily, not blow our own stuff up. I think destroyable buildings is suitable for both the game and the genre, and that people should use the tools already provided, rather than asking the devs to spend time implementing a feature that I feel takes even more away from a sense of realistic consequences to ones actions.
If you blew your stuff up, the only one to blame is yourself. The game shouldn't need to hold your hand every step of the way, at some point, the responsibility for your own stuff needs to rest on your shoulders.