The wiki doen't actually say what a claim actually does, from the videos I'm watched, it's inferred that it prevent stuff on it from decaying. How fast is this decay? What else does it do? How fast would a simple fence, (with gate and lock) along with a hovel take to decay?
As a new person I'm trying to decide if I really want to have to keep putting silver into maintenance for a claim or, due to how I play which is rather Spartan if I could just get away with the fence and a gate with a lock, maybe a hovel and repairing that whenever it's necessary.
Yes I know people could bash my fencing, come in and take what they wanted but if I don't have anything worth taking and I purposefully keep it that way why would I need/want to cover everything with a claim?
What I truly want to keep out of my place are aggressive animals/monsters. Will a simple fence work for that?
I'm a measure twice, cut once type of person so having these questions answered before I do anything works best for me.
Again you have all been great answering my questions in the past. Thank you for any light you can shed on this one.