diamond Marchant

I don't need to drive on Stilt Piers. There are plenty of roads elsewhere and attachable (e.g. SLegWay) or no-wheels (e.g. D-Lab Air Truck) vehicles do operate on piers. Here's the thing. In this virtual world, we have grown to expect that surfaces that appear drivable are actually drivable. This is the case for Houseboat docks and Sakura sidewalks. Even the Victorian Community Center sidewalks are drivable. LDPW has been very good about putting up visual indicators such as steps or bollards to discourage road vehicles, while possibly allowing vehicles such as bicycles and skateboards. However, the Stilt Piers employ mesh-based transparent blockers located on the 90-degree bends. Years ago when my bike hit one, I thought it had to be a bug. In places where a pier intersects a road, there are visual indications that road traffic should not enter. But for the new resident, they see no such indicators when they rez a bike in their new parcel and attempt to go for a bike ride. I would have constructed the piers in a fashion similar to the Houseboat docks. When Linden Lab policy is to allow no vehicles of any type, I would have simply said that on a sign in addition to steps and bollards.

Not the suggestion. Was saying that it is possible to not get dinged because one is having to do a purchase without the benefit of the 10% group bonus. Once the transaction is complete and the land is deeded to group, one must have sufficient tier allocated to group. So do the math first.

I hate that. But... There is a thing called the "borrowed tier loophole" that can be attempted. Say you are buying 1024sqm at auction and only have 950sqm of tier currently unallocated. You can borrow 74sqm of tier from group... make the purchase... deed the 1024 to group (getting 102sqm returned) and then reallocate the 74sqm back to group. This is possible ONLY if you have a group to borrow from. You could also borrow tier from another resident. Linden Lab lets you get away with borrowing for short periods of time without reclaiming your land. Your mileage may vary.

Exactly. I have been able to use a hover bike on a pier but that is flying. Here I am, ready for a pleasant cruise in my Krazy Kart. The end of the line....

The stilt piers have never been driveable. Supposedly, this is intentional. Of course, it makes no sense.

Only the Moles know. Region bumpers are removed prior to region release so THAT is useful info. The colors are a mystery to residents. There are also blue parcel bumpers and a green region center marker that appear during construction. Also there may be large transparent colored cubes. Those things are assumed to be construction or alignment aids.

Stilt-on-Water adjacent to a spit of land in Sandcastle Narrows

We in the forum can only speculate what will happen. On the things you suggest... 1. Sansara and Bellisseria are expected to be connected at Bleaberry Tarn. Initially this would support air travel. Later, the ranch NW coastline may be completed to support a protected water connection. It seems unlikely that a road will ever be built. 2. Satori and Bellisseria are already connected for air and protected water travel in two places. It seems extremely unlikely that a road will ever be built. In general, road connections to Bellisseria are challenging because resident owned parcels on mainland would need to be reclaimed and there is a mismatch between the residential style of Bellisserian roads and the highway style of mainland.

People get stilt-on-water and stilt-on-pier (or a houseboat) because they want rezzable water on their parcel for various reasons, the obvious one being a boat. (Some stilt-on-lands have a bit of rezzable water but this is not guaranteed.) Once they have a parcel with rezzable water, they build it out according to their own aesthetic preferences. That's just the way it works.

That's one of my big worries about getting a stilt - that a neighbor might do that. Guilty as charged. Of course, the Belli covenant allows this. The general problem for many Linden Homes is how to visually connect the front door to a passing road or a spit of Linden Land. This requires building beyond parcel boundaries and this is ordinarily allowed if the connection blends in. Some stilt-on-waters (like the one above) have a front door that leads to open water... so the tendency is to build a porch and/or a dock. The sand under the house helps as it allows you to also landscape a bit. The key thing is to keep all of this WITHIN parcel boundaries. The horrors I see is when builders poach upon surrounding waters and present a hazard to navigation.

Clearly they could change the algorithm. However, there appears to be a financial incentive to keep things as they are, as the only guaranteed way of getting a preferred home is to upgrade to Premium Plus. There is a new feedback system ... perhaps they might respond there. Too bad the month-long 4-region Belli 5th Anniversary Celebration has no Meet the Lindens/Moles event where questions could be posed. We were encouraged to submit questions to Patch a few months ago... but it remains to be seen if those will be addressed.

The probability of completing the swaginator hunt unaided by additional clues, info or advice from others is close to zero.

I only assimilate accept those who add to my perfection.

To add to Daniel's narrative, the first Bellisseria regions to appear in March, 2019 were a two region wide strip of open water running north and south, from Whitecap to (what is now called) Ashirra, then east to Sanchon in Jeoget. Sailors tend to be the first to explore new open water regions, hence, on March 26, 2019 the Leeward Cruising Club sailed these waters.

I believe that Second Life appeals to very few people. If you look at the only concurrency data I know about, you will see the number of concurrent users in Second Life would easily fit into many outdoor sports arenas. I have been in SL since 2009 and I talk about it A LOT with real life friends and family. No one I know is interested in being here. None of them "get it". The fact that you have stuck with SL as long as you have means you might be one of the weirdos on this bus. As others have said, keep trying new things and you may find something that gives you joy.