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r/playrust•
bubbleosix

Active Base Defenses

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I was thinking about ways to defend your base while offline. How about a turret that you can place that will shoot anyone not on the build list.

  • You build the body of the turret
  • You attach your desired gun
  • Give a little variety to the types of turrets. These can range from the ebola pistol to the AK.
  • Turret only has 5 block range
  • This is to prevent people form placing them outside and just going nuts on people walking by.
  • Turret is powered by fuel, so it can not be on all the time
  • Similar to a furnace. This is so someone just doesn't stack their base and keep them on all time.
  • Turret uses ammunition
  • So eventually using some corner peaks or something the turret will run out.
  • Turret identifies players friendly/for by a craftable sensor item that is linked to the turret and lootable. Credit to u/Tuntenfisch for that idea.
  • This way someone can actually take it and use it against you if you aren't careful

Edit: I want to explain my thinking behind some of these suggestions.

Posted May 26, 2015, 4:02 PM UTC · edited

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dick_defrag•

that would be a badass start to automated base defense.

I'm thinking that to destroy a turret it would take something like one rocket or a couple grenades.

Also, I think the turret should rotate on a 45 degree angle, much like Team Fortress.

EDIT: Been a long time since I've played Team Fortress apparently.

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bubbleosixOP•

Yeah that could make placement of the turrets more of a choice and design decision. BTW the turrets in TF rotate 360, but I get what you are saying.

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Wuuz_•

how about just like beancan/f1 grenade trap for boxes, or jumping betty mine for outside? would possibly slow down the greedy raiders a bit...

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bubbleosixOP•

yeah that could work too.

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yeswecamp1•

I would really like to see this ingame :D It gives baseowners a chance to have a defended base even if they are offline and the raiders have a bigger challenge and more action in a raid even its an offline raid :)

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bubbleosixOP•

I am all for raiding. Just check my post history. I do think it is about time to give defenders some options to defend their bases while offline though.

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killbon•

sorry but same as external snap traps, easy to overcome by placing one or twenty sleeping bags and running around until all defenses are expended.

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bubbleosixOP•

Ah you bring up a good point. Maybe they should increase the respawn time on sleeping bags and limit bags to 3?

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killbon•

I regret making this comment, nerfing sleeping bags is the last thing i want

What actually got me to buy rust was a video of a guy using a sleeping bag respawn to defeat someone in a gunfight.

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bubbleosixOP•

Ah don't regret it friend. Maybe nerfing sleeping bags isn't the correct route. Maybe just limit the number you can have? I do agree that respawning in firefights is rather huge and needed.

Edit: Or how about when you are killed by a base defense you can not spawn with in 300 meters or something

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Tuntenfisch•

I think there shouldn't be more tool cupboard shenanigans than there already are. Just make the turret upgrade-able, starting off as a turret that shoots at everybody while activated and eventually only shooting at people that not wear a specific sensor or are not recognized by the facial-recognition-component which you can attach to the turret once you are able to craft it.

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bubbleosixOP•

Interesting idea. I think I like it. This way if the tool cupboard was changed, or removed or what ever, the turret is unaffected. Plus, what if the sensor was an item in your inventory that could be picked up by an enemy.

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Tuntenfisch•

That was exactly what I thought. Would offer some interesting way of counter-play.

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alclarkey•

I had a thought process where I run a server that is only up during primetime when most people can be on to defend their base. Or have the server modded so that raiding is only viable during primetime while the rest of the server stays up 24/7.

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