^ Agreed 100%. Just the other day I went to our joint basement to get some materials, and I noticed that nearly every chest in there (and there are many) was covered with gravel - when me, mdperk2, and kperkins1982 all have been using dirt and I verified with all 3 of us that no one replaced the dirt with gravel. So clearly someone had been snooping around in all the chests.
Furthermore, because of all the chaos and our moving to a new plot, things are kinda haphazard in there, so it was difficult to tell if a chest was stolen from. We are now going to be tracking very closely what is in all the chests until we are comfortable no one is stealing from them. It is sad that we feel the need to do this, but with the recent string of thievery, we want to keep an eye on things.
I think I can speak for mdperk and kperk, when I say that if you just ask us for something, we will try to help in whatever way we can. I can't always guarantee that we'll give whatever you need for free - but we certainly want to share with the town, and depending on what it is, I don't mind to give away various materials for free or at a good discount. We also use a lot of our materials for town purposes, such as construction projects or other town work. Now that we are officially "city architects," this will be even moreso the case. So if you need any materials or need design ideas / changes to your house, etc, please just ask us and we will try to help when we can.
Currently, we are working on expanding the new town roads and making access across the town easier, and we are also working on our new house.
We will be getting one in the new plot. And yeah, I get the whole "LWC" thing as a solution to the problem of materials getting stolen, but I'm not talking about being worried about my valuables being stolen. Anything I REALLY care about is in my Zeal plot where nobody can steal from. I'm talking about the 20 double chests of other materials that aren't particularly valuable but that we still want, hehe.
Anyway, my point was not to just bitch about it or moan about something getting stolen -- my point was to say, hey, if you really need something, just ask me - please don't go rummaging through our chests. Yes, I'm not so naive as to think that posting this on the forums will convince the people actually doing the rummaging to stop - but hey - it's also a message just to say that clearly there are town members violating the rules. Not only that, but they're too stupid to even cover their tracks well, haha.
I will personally be looking into this. As I'm sure you who keep up with the general forums know, there's been a slew of thefts and betrayals in some big-name towns. I promise everyone, if I catch you stealing, whether it's one house and you never steal again or all the chests in town, I will personally beat your stupid ass everyday after we kick you out for at least a month, and bounty you everyday I can't. I may be a short-tempered asshole at times but I care about my citizens and I love my city.
Think long and hard before betraying Halvalor for a few chests of loot.
just to let you know, troll was on a griefing team with me called team 0verdose and all his bans he did