DannyC96 wrote:I think the idea of finding a new village and being able to trash it is part of Minecraft, should you want to do that. However, to say it's unfair that a claimed village cannot be altered is silly. It would come under the bracket of greifing, which is a bannable offence. I was always one for keeping villages intact as possible, or on some survival games, I would use the village as my base. I'd save the testificates from Zombies, despite friends constantly wanting to kill them. Should I find a village, I would want it intact. I wouldn't want to find one, just to have someone walk up to it and trash it. I'd be rather annoyed... I would see it as greifing as this is something that I have found, and want to keep intact. I wouldn't need to ask for a claimed village, unless I thought they were all going to be altered. I think having an original village is cool.
The whole thing about admins finding villages is that it means there are some that are claimed instantly and need permission for use. It's a bit like when Russia went from Communist to Capitalist overnight. A couple of people who were ready for it ran around and took everything for themselves, whilst some were left to have nothing. Having admins claim some would stop this, as it means that there are villages owned by the server, who can then control what they want to do. Obviously, villages that are in use by a player, such as using it as a base or having it for some other reason wouldn't have it claimed, or if it was it would be given to that player very quickly. I know of a structure used as an entrance to a base, and should the admins claim it, they would have no issue giving it back to the player, who has altered it slightly to adapt to his base design.
Claiming it takes away from playability is rubbish. If you found a player house, would you plunder it? No, you leave it for the player. If you greif it, you get banned. Same will go for villages. Admins aren't stupid. They won't just give them all to one person. Plus, if you go off adventuring and find a village that hasn't been claimed, plunder away. Take everything, kill the villagers, it's your right. But a claimed village is someones property, and they have plans for it. Destroying it is ruining their plans and is greifing.
I can agree. I actually do leave them intact and do put blocks on the doors to protect the villagers when I move on. I just felt that shouldn't be forced on anyone. I do feel sad to come across a village where someone trashed it though so overall i guess I can agree with the idea of claims.