Lopatino Castle (CLF + River's Crossing prefab)

[Hofer]

As many of you already know River's Crossing and the CLF have been occupying the Lopatino Castle for some time now, and with gates/fences etc being gone from the game we'd like to introduce a prefab area where we've already established ourselves.

Group name: Chernarus Liberation Front - River's Crossing

Link to thread(s): CLF thread - River's Crossing thread

Object Count: 96

 

Why Lopatino Castle?

The castle is an important strategic and historic location for the Liberation Front. It is in South Zagoria, but close enough to Miroslavl where our other front is fighting. The castle will be used as a place to relax and rest for the soldiers of the Liberation Front. On an OOC level most of the roleplay hubs so far in this lore have been out east, so having one to the west will change things up and we don't have to do the whole Berezino game again. Changes things up.

The castle has been divided up into two sections. One section for the CLF where we got military style objects placed, and a public area where the River's Crossing will have access to medical areas, a trading area, a mechanic shop and much more. The public area will be open to people who want to visit the castle, and act as the area where people can come to roleplay. The CLF portion probably won't be used for other individuals than the CLF, and is mainly placed there for aesthetic reasons.

Weak spots

We've purposefully added a secondary weakspot on the backside of the castle where people can enter by simply breaking a door (once we add a MoreDoor), and most of the castle's defensive positions is open to snipers from the western side of the castle. If we can't be seen from the western side, we can most likely not see anyone outside ourselves. 

The outer courtyard of the castle has not been edited or blocked off, and is open for everyone to plan and get ready for attacks, or to simply roleplay.

Location:

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Screenshots:

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Overview photos:

Inside the main gate/upper courtyard:

Entrance to CLF area:

Medical bunker:

Lower courtyard/Public area: 

Middle courtyard:

Back entrance which allows for great cover for eventual intruders:

We'd like to request for approval, however we are open to any suggestions and/or issues with how it has been built we would love to hear your opinions and suggestions on how to make it better for everyone.

In the end, we're not looking for a place to sit in and hide all day. The CLF will still roam the country and be present all over the map, but also help River's Crossing defend the base if need be.

We also strongly believe that the server right now needs something new and fresh, and it's been shown multiple times in the past that prefabs attract people. Hopefully this one will attract people and more players to our servers as well  

Prefab built by @Millie go give her beanz.

Thank you.

 

[groovy blisna]

I always thought this castle was a good spot for a pre fab. I’m not much of a man of is it too op considering I doubt either of these groups would abuse it. Give it a +1.  Nice. 
 

Edited August 13, 2020 by Blisna

[DrMax]

WOW @Hofer. Doesn't this just look beautiful. I am so proud of your work. You are a hero to this community. Was that okay? 

Prefab looks good! I know your and the River people will provide great roleplay as I have encountered both of these groups. The base doesn't look bad either, very simple with some cool adds. I like your medical room. Shame I wont use it because CLF smell.  This is what the server needs too right now, a hotspot where there will nearly always be people on. Looks good and I will come visit on a character one day. Imma copy blisna's little badge and +1 this! 

[SwampyMuffinz]

Looks pretty good, I really like the little back entrance y'all put there. I know Rivers Crossing just got approved but I'm all for them having a prefab. I also like the little hospital, looks very makeshift. +1 from me, champion. 

[dan]

Gonna be a -1 from me personally

I don't agree with constructing a pre-fab just to house another group that isn't able to have one themselves

[Hofer]

3 minutes ago, Dan said:

Gonna be a -1 from me personally

I don't agree with constructing a pre-fab just to house another group that isn't able to have one themselves

Who said that?

We're the owners but we cooperate with River's Crossing and they will run the public portion serving the civillians.

[dan]

Just now, Hofer said:

Who said that?

We're the owners but we cooperate with River's Crossing and they will run the public portion serving the civillians.

From how it's worded here:

9 hours ago, Hofer said:

In the end, we're not looking for a place to sit in and hide all day. The CLF will still roam the country and be present all over the map, but also help River's Crossing defend the base if need be.

It just sounds like this will be river's crossing's base that you guys will run to for firefights

[Hofer]

2 minutes ago, Dan said:

From how it's worded here:

It just sounds like this will be river's crossing's base that you guys will run to for firefights

I understand. To be clear:

We will be there and we will run it, however I wanted to clarify in the OP that we're not looking for a hiding spot to sit in 24/7, and we will still show our presence other places on the map.

[cjackson821]

Hello everyone. Let me start off by saying that I am going to +1 this for approval. Let me go into details why... 

I would first like to address @Dan's opinion and say that I completely understand his view point. I do agree that it is unfair that River's Crossing gets to bask in the glory of being in the prefab when they have only been recently approved. However, ICly it does make sense that they are there. We have seen CLF and Rivers Crossings groups become very interconnected. In fact, I think its really the only place I will actually see CLF be open about being CLF and be in uniform. So for me, this place is heavily "CLF territory" and see no problem with them laying claim to the land.

I do love the aesthetics of the castle and believe that nothing really looks out of place like I have seen with some of the prefabs in the past. Of course, prefabs inherently come with some superiority protection, but I would like to see the inside of the castle towers and make sure that nothing unfair has been built inside those walls. Also, I am concerned with the back "weak-point" being very hard to get to because it is on a very large cliff and would like to know if it is possible to get there without falling to my death half of the time. 

Being that the castle has become somewhat of a hot spot and frequented place by many on the server, I am glad to see that this is being put up to help solidify its popularity. The CLF are a very active group on the server and don't really have a "base" (that is well known at least). So, at least people will now have a place to go to at least find some CLF members, since a lot of people are complaining that they don't see them out in the wild lands of Chernarus (which in my opinion is BS). 

[Onion]

 

 

Edit; Shit, @Blisna beat me to this... sorry for stealing your idea. I'm a real piece of shit.

Edited August 15, 2020 by Onion

[Comrade Icy]

Looks fine, roleplayed with both groups for a good bit and I know they can make great use of it and provide a good RP hub/spot. +1 from me

[Harvey]

I will +1 this, however I believe you will need to find a balance between appropriating your base and remaining active outside, as I personally believe the old lop base fell into the hoarding and isolationist mindsets. I'm sure this was simply down to the base-building but hopefully this changes.

 

Edited August 15, 2020 by HarveyLR

[Roland]

Overall positive reactions, so this will be added today to the live server