Game Update 8 was the first major renovation for player cities. Since there are so many returning mayors; and people wanting a look inside what city tools are available for mayors/militia; I made this peek available on the blog - classified as a "sneak peek" at the time.
^ Storage increase cubes increase work on Cantina, Hospital, Merchant Tent, and Theater structures.
^ The /grantStoryteller command lets the mayor flag a character with the rights to set up a Storyteller Event within their city. This allows a city to have activities and events planned - even allowing aligned guilds to host events - but no worry of full blown zoning which could mess up city design.
^ The Structures Report List will be revamped to show all the structures that your city has as well as being able to get a waypoint to them from the List. Want an example?
^ Recycling Stations available for player cities: junk dealer terminals.
^ A Citizen Report update will also be made - so mayors can stay more in touch with the citizens. As the structure report, this will be very similar.
This lets mayors set a Citizen Message which all citizens can see when they log in. This will help make things much more interactive - as well as offer up reminders for galactic events or city news even.
This is a CITY MESSAGE mayors can set; which anyone entering the city will see. This could alert people of events happening or even direct them to a structure such as a mall.
^ City decorations and gardens increase by 50%. This means a Rank 5 Metropolis could support a cap of 46 civic structures and 75 total decorations. City Banners also take up one decoration space, but it hasn't been an issue yet.
^ On top of that, mayors have new gardens to place...
^ There are also "factional" gardens...
Full Friday Feature ("We Built This City") here:
http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/players/news_archive.vm?id=68220&month=022009
Full Friday Feature ("Living with the Land") here:
http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/players/news_archive.vm?id=68225&month=022009
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