Resources should not be buildings

Psyclone suggests that resource buildings like Iron Mine, Forest, Quarry etc. should no longer be buildings, but its own major card type: Resource (its only a tag right now).

This concept would have a major impact. I will discuss the various issues in the next posts here.

I would like to know, what you think of it.

The problem is that the type building doesn’t fit cards like Forest very well. With a new card type Resource this wouldn’t be an issue any longer. Since cards can have multiple types, a mine can still be a building too. But a Forest or a Magic Rock wouldn’t.

This would also mean, that most Resources wouldn’t be affected by “attack bonus vs. building”-cards any more. This would, however, make them very strong “wall”-replacements. So we have to reduce their health (Magic Rock have maybe already too much).

Now there is the problem: if resources have to much health – they can be used as walls (rendering real walls useless and stopping rush as an available strategy type)
If their health is, however, too low, an early rush could take out a whole economy – which isn’t great gameplay either.

IMHO,
every change must be a improvement for the gameplay.

I dont see a improvement here, it is just another concept but not really a “higher” step.

If res-buildings are not more buildings they are immune vs rams and so on.
But i think it is better if we can destroy res-buildings with a ram.
ok, maybe it is unrealistic to destroy with a ram a forest, but a mountain wolf cant destroy a forest, too.
And the ram would be another card, not a building-destroyer any more. It would be a ONLY-building destroyer and so really useless. I mean, if the res-builidngs cards are no building cards any more what should the ram attack?
Ok, the castle. some towers, walls and? hmm…
The ram is a allround-card for every deck, if the res-cards are res-buildings i can only use the ram as a anti-victory-deck card. Dont like this.

But on the other side, it is really better to have more card types, we have then more possibilities for balance-changes.

to sum up:
I think it is ok,
but i dont think that it isnt worth to code/change.

and im not a bagman of rams or siege weapons ;)