Due to the nature of the game, it is important that buildings and bases be made siegeproof. This is possible to do while still retaining the integrity of the build through a variety of methods – using siegeproof blocks, and making a siegeproof layer then using non siegeproof blocks as a cladding, are two examples of this enabling a building to be built really from any block in the game. There is however one aspect of building I’ve noticed that is left with no way to create siegeproofed and retaining the integrity of the build – the windows. At the moment there are a few options available for the construction of windows in a build. You can use iron bars, glass with a layer of iron bars, trapdoors, fences or ice, however none of these methods provide a real window experience – there are problems with each one.

Iron bars can be looked through however are not very transparent and look out of place in a lot of build styles.

Glass with the layer of iron bars can look good from the outside however are difficult to see out of.

Trapdoors can look nice as shutters however are difficult to see out of.

Fences are hard to see out of and dont look very nice as windows. (Credit to Chailey for reminding me about fences, I’d forgotten about them.)

Ice provides a large layer of clear trasnparency however tint everything you see out of it blue and dont look very nice as windows. There is also no way of using ice as panes.

So this leaves the builder with no way to make windows that work with the build and are siegeproof. Although you could argue that you should just leave out the windows if you want a protected base, following this strategy results only in buildings that look awful which detracts from the character of the world and makes it a boring place to explore.

To fix this problem I’d like to suggest picking a certain type of stained glass (my suggestion for that being light gray as it is very similar to normal glass)  and making it siegeproof. Although it is not very realistic for the golden age of piracy it is not outside the realm of possibility as hardened glass exists, and there are many innacurate details already in the game which dont cause any problems from their innacuracy. This would not impact siege gameplay in my opinion as at the moment people just tend to use the siegeproof window methods I have described above, so it wouldnt make any difference to a pvper whether the windows are made of iron bars or a type of siegeproof glass. The only change I can see to gameplay is that this would fix the problem of windows and allow players to create builds that look nicer than they would when having to compromise on windows.

Thanks for reading, and could anyone who sees a problem with this please post what negative impact this would have on gameplay as me being only one person cannot of course consider everything.