Private island or mainland

[Liam Foxpaws]

So out of curiosity if money wasn't an issue would you rather have a private SL island or a full region of mainland? (your welcome to go into detail behind your thought process, this thread is more of a discussion)

[Ineffable Mote]

If money wasn't an issue I'd rather have my own grid, so I choose neither.

[Starberry Passion]

Full region, make sims for more communities to meet and feel like they are apart of something. Probably would make an rp sim as well. would make it an Adult sim for security purposes.

[Alwin Alcott]

full private region, a mainand region, even a full one, doesn't give any adjustable rights as a private region does, it stays at the same level as parcel control.

[Sid Nagy]

Maybe a homestead, to fiddle a bit with landscaping.
But most likely not for long, I'm not into living in Second Life and certainly not want to become a landlord.
so I would simply rent one for a short while from one of the big landlords. Hassle free.

Edited Saturday at 05:46 PM by Sid Nagy

[WereBeast Alpha]

Full private region is better Mainland i always have issues with heavy lag. 

[SarahThe Wanderer]

If you want a full region then it's better having a private Island, full region in mainland is not worth it, but if it's small parcels from 10k sqm and down I prefer mainland, becauese it's more lively, I love mainland because of that! 

I have both so if i want solitude or to build big like a city for exaple; i go to my private island, and if I want people around I go to mainland.

[Marianne Little]

If money wasn't an issue, I would have a full private region with upgrade to 30 000 land impact. You can't have that upgrade on mainland, it is fixed on 22 500 li.

Private land has also full control over terrain textures. And terraforming. Where 2 mainland regions meet, it is often ugly differences in landscaping. Regular mainland only have terraforming 4 m up and down from the default setting. (Some regions have more.) On private islands, it is always 20 m up or down.

It could be so ugly things on the other side of the mainland border, that I would need layers of mountains and trees to hide it from my view.

On a private island, is it possible to use sim surrounds and other off region decor like islands, reefs and waves. You can't have things out in protected water on Mainland, and the regions are connected.

If I could have one region, it would be private for the reasons over.

I like mainland, and for small parcels, it is the most affordable I find. But if I won the lottery....

Edited Saturday at 06:57 PM by Marianne Little

[Jase Devin]

Mainland only 40 av's are allowed, also you will get tall buildings and strange builds where they don't belong. I think mainland sims are 1/3 or 1/2 cpu (my opinion) vs private 1 full cpu.

[AmeliaJ08]

Mainland with 9 adjoining mainland regions that I'd turn into giant mountains to block out any chance of ugliness/fullbright terrorism.

Edited Saturday at 10:37 PM by AmeliaJ08

[Sid Nagy]

30 minutes ago, AmeliaJ08 said:

Mainland with 6 adjoining mainland regions that I'd turn into giant mountains to block out any chance of ugliness/fullbright terrorism.

Why mainland, if you want to block out and don't want to see your neighbors?

[Ceka Cianci]

Private region, because you are surrounded with water and not butted up against someone elses land and can put down  huge sim surrounds that really make your world huge.

Plus you can have one of these as well, which takes up like, 9 sim slots of room.. hehehe

That's my old sim below it, and those checkers lines in the water is how big it covers.

It is so huge on the inside..

I had a half sphere also that was as big and I sat it on the ground..I had so many amazing skies I could cycle through..

Oh ya, and you can terraform the heck out of a private region, where mainland you are more restricted..

 

[AmeliaJ08]

1 hour ago, Sid Nagy said:

Why mainland, if you want to block out and don't want to see your neighbors?

So I can surround it with a giant national park, hiking trails, spooky caves, beautiful lakes etc and people can hike in. Maybe even take a pretty winding mountain road

Edited Saturday at 10:36 PM by AmeliaJ08
caves not saves

[Extrude Ragu]

Mmm, it's not so much that I don't want neighbors so much as I'd like like-minded neighbors with shared interests, and also just a nice looking environment.

There's no real themed mainland and zero attempt at beautifying empty parcels. LL don't build footpaths between parcels so it's not like you can even walk out of your mainland home and explore unless you buy roadside.

Because of that I'll stick with my private region.

What would be interesting I think is if we had a way where two agreeing region owners could join their regions for free (and just as easily leave) - This would open up opportunities for larger private communities. Friends don't tend to intentionally spoil each others view.