Horizons: Shard Consolidation Effect on Structures

I'm here to make sure everyone has a clear picture of what will be occurring with the new plots, and what to expect once you get your new plot. There have been many ideas, rumors, and perceptions of what will happen, or what you can do - I'm going to try to give you all of the facts you need so you know exactly what you will be able to do.

Smeglor has been explaining what will happen during the consolidation to your current plots and structures, so I will not be touching anything related to those topics. - This thread will be about what you can do with your plot once you own it.

Grandfathering of Structures
All structures that existed before the consolidation will be an available choice in the new system. These structures will have the exact same resource requirements after the shard consolidation as they did before the consolidation, so you will be able to instantly build this back using your resource vouchers. If you get the same plot you had before consolidation - you will be able to rebuild everything you had on that plot instantly.

*These buildings will be available for at least a month, but will be removed as a selection of the structures a player may build in the future.*

These structures will either be identical to what they are right now, or they will become better (ie. additional functionality) Guild Manors, and Houses from the pre-consolidation selection of buildings will be evaluated by their footprint size, and the resources used to build that structure and storage functionality will be added to them.

Tiering of Plots
I know many of you may be confused by the term 'Tiering of Plots'. When we refer to the Tier of a plot, we are referring to a general size and price of the plot, as well as the resources, and the monsters that surround the area nearby. There is no real in-game feature to show you the Tier of a plot. When shopping for a plot, the characteristics you will want to shop for are the following.

Location
Resources nearby
Size of the Plot
Zoning
Price

These are the things that will impact your decision, and what you can do with your plot. The size of the plot is what will affect what you are able to build. You may build any structure on your plot as long as your plot is large enough to hold it, and has the appropriate zoning.

All new plots have been zoned as RCI, and all previous plots have remained untouched.

Upgrading Structures
We are planning on implementing a way for players to upgrade their structures, once they have been built. The way this would occur is the following:

Player tears down existing finished structure on their plot, and receives a certain % of the resources that were in that structure. These would be awarded as resource vouchers that would be similar to the resources players will be getting during the consolidation - they will be able to instantly apply it, for no experience. All the player will need to do is plan out the new structure they wish to build, and apply the resource vouchers to it to help the progress of the new structure along.

The new structure will be under construction and will provide no benefits until it has been completed.

Structure Information
Once we get the new community website, I will have a page put together that will list in detail all the statistics of the new structures.

This will include their dimensions, resources required to build, and all the functionality that goes with each structure.

If you have any further questions or confusions about how the consolidation will effect what you can do with your plot, feel free to post. I will try my best to provide clarity on this subject.

Please keep all questions related to what you can do with a plot once you own it, or how the consolidation may affect your plot.