House Stark [Stark] recently announced that it has abandoned its strict land claim policy in Almenly, putting in place a new designation called a “Declaration of Homeland.”
The announcement was officially made in the Illyriad Forums on July 14th, when Stark Leader PhoenixFire noted that the alliance’s land claim in the southeastern quadrant of Almenly, which originally prohibited new settlement of players outside of Stark, was being replaced with the more lenient “DoH.” The first version of the DoH policy mandated a 13-square no-settlement radius around Stark cities — an expansion of the widely-held “10-square rule” that generally governs the game.
However, a litany of negative feedback from other players over the new policy persuaded PF to amend the Stark policy. What appears to be the final policy for the time being was posted in the forums, and reads:
As of July 14th east of x:-100 and south of y: -2625 in Almenly as their Homeland. We will treat it like Trivium’s Zone 2 claim meaning we will not adhere to any land claims within this area.Edited: We as Stark will adhere to a 13 square rule inside this area and encourage others to do so, however you may still follow the 10sq rule if you wish. Do expect for us to be harvesting and skinning 6 squares away from our cities though.However we do not suggest settling here as this is where Stark will be settling most of its cities and does not wish to push anyone out just because we may outgrow you.
The new version of the policy appears to only enforce the 10-square rule and prohibition of any other alliance land claim within the alliance’s original land claim borders.
The land claim map made note of the change as well (pictured above). The new map rendering features a dashed border, which the map legend indicates as “claim free zones.”
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