Welcome to Monday's QOTW!

A couple of questions came into our attention this week that prompt us to explain a little more about our highly anticipated Siege Territory gameplay. As usual, we're happy to answer them all:
 
Q: What sorts of buildings will be buildable inside the territory allotted for a guild base?
 
Each Territory has a control building that is the central point of a base, and that has to be conquered in order for the Territory to pass into another Guild's hands. Each Territory will have a special structure that offers specific bonuses and modifications to the Territory's properties, requiring the controlling Guild to tap each territory's potential in a different way. Other than the control building, players will be able to build mining facilities to produce resources, factories that allow crafting within owned Territory and resource converters that automate production of components, different types of power plants that power the built buildings with additional energy, or teleporters that allow instant movement of troops between territories (for a price, of course). This list is no way complete and more additions are made as the feature develops further.
 
Q: How will the base be laid out? Will there be a specific grid for the buildings, build nodes, or something similar?
 
Each Territory buildable space is based on a specific template. There will be various templates offering strategic variety for both the controlling Guild and the attackers, but they will all offer same buildable space and comparable specifics. Buildings will be placed in freeform manner, which means that placement will not be restricted by slots, square grids and such. Each Building comes with surrounding area that ensures there will be enough space for movement around the building, and surrounding ears of several buildings cannot overlap. Planning of buildable space is definitely a factor, and the freeform placement method will make smart decisions crucial for success.
 
Q: What kind of defensive structures will we see in Earthrise, like turrets etc. and will they be manned or controlled by AI?
 
Defensive walls and protective turrets integrated in the walls are the basic means of passive protection. There will be others as well, but your first line of defense will be based on raining fire upon your attackers from advance. They will be automatic and not manned by players, letting your defenders focus on and be active on the battlefield.
 
As a bonus, this week we have a new screenshot for you all, the first exclusive screenshot from The Boneyard – a deserted zone on Enterra Island. It has been posted in our Facebook album so you can easily share it with your friends and post it on your wall. As always with community exclusives, please wait one week (aka Next Monday) before posting it to your private galleries or news outlets, although links are welcome at anytime to either this post, or our Facebook page location. Both would be cool, if you're feeling generous!

We look forward to hearing your thoughts on not just the screenshot itself, but the information above.

See you next week!
~ m.

I'd also be interested in a bit more information about what a template refers too, but I must say that this is great information.  I especially like the information on freeform placement of buildings and on the wall/turret defensive structure.  I anticipate quite complex fortifications as a result of this, and am really looking forward to it!  I'd also enjoy a bit more information on the turrets - are they all one type?  Are there specialized anti-personel or anti-mech platforms?  Are turrets build into walls, as in if you place a wall of x length a turret magically appears, or are they separate from walls?  Are there limits to how many turrets can be placed?

As always, each ration of information just whets my appetite for more!  Thanks for the info!

Freeform placement? Wow, that's better than what I was hoping for. Great news indeed.

About the walls, are there any limits as to how they're placed? Could an uber rich guild completely wall off a territory and depend on teleporting from another territory to gain access? Would the cost of teleporting be high enough to make this nonviable?

Thanks for the QOTW.

I am curious as well. I think it would be great to make everything upgradeable.. or let those automatic sentry's get XP when the kill someone. Something like that gives base building a whole other dimension..

Well all those buildings be accesable? Will they have a interior with different rooms? So I can claim one for example? Or will they be in-accesable?

XP for machines doesn't make much sense to me, but they have said everything will be upgradable.

http://forums.play-earthrise.com/index.php?topic=2360.msg36750#msg36750

YAAAR!!! Turrets and buildings, finally a decent QOTW :p
Thanks a lot mate, hopefully the territorial warfare will be intense.

No quite, but it ends up being similar result.
http://forums.play-earthrise.com/index.php?topic=1244.msg18875#msg18875
It doesn't specifically say in this quote that the non-control tower structures can be upgraded, but it does say that in a quote I posted above. I would venture that the upgrades for these structures are also time consuming, but not as bad as the control tower.

Ah man, this sound so sweet! I'm looking forward to some intense battles!