Realistically I don't think you should be able to build in a region once it's been clearly stated that there's going to be a war for it.
As the dude who is more or less responsible for the latest and greatest mine war arc, it's surreal going to sleep, seeing a tower pop up, ICly telling them to tear it down and that there will be war, and the next day it's an entire city.
It's very clearly contested territory and I think there should be a delay period or a required declaration of a settlement being constructed if it's within a certain range of other cities.
Hard to measure that in a non-arbitrary way though.
As the dude who is more or less responsible for the latest and greatest mine war arc, it's surreal going to sleep, seeing a tower pop up, ICly telling them to tear it down and that there will be war, and the next day it's an entire city.
It's very clearly contested territory and I think there should be a delay period or a required declaration of a settlement being constructed if it's within a certain range of other cities.
Hard to measure that in a non-arbitrary way though.