[469] Both Defensive and Offensive Fortress

So,I have worked on a Fortress that would have Nice defenses and some offensive stuff.I came up with this:



I forgot to add the bomb pits but you can add them :D

So,unfortunately,this thing costs A LOT of resources but you can build it with some help in the building time.I have added workshops on either sides of the fortress and also 2 Catapults.The spikes are used for flying Knights that want to enter the fortress.I have also added that tower at the top so the archers can shoot from there too and have a good angle for shooting.That place is not very well defended but if a knight manages to get in he's attack will be "Delayed" by those doors I have placed so the other knight would be able to Attack him.At the bottom of the castle I have added spike traps so enemies will fall in and get some damage or even die.And yes,as I have told you with those doors,those are made to make the capturing even harder so the enemy will have to wait till they break those doors to get up and because of the doors they can all get killed and the fortress would be repaired.

 

i wish i was in that tower firing rocks at the enemy. needs an arrow shop though.

 

I would put another row of doors at the top 2 blocks above the ones you already have. Since the area above is 4 blocks higher than that, the knight still won't be able to jump back out, but your team will have more time to gather around before he comes in.

I would not have those floor doors, because once knights actually get in, it only takes one bomb to clear out that spike pit. Also, make sure the fortress is actually on level ground like the right side, because I'm pretty sure I can throw a bomb into that catapult area from the left side, since it is higher up.

It has 2, they are just kind of covered up and harder to see. Maybe damage one of the stone backwalls behind each to light them up?

And while we are on the subject of archers, you may as well turn the lower of the two side stone walls on the exits (those 2x2 areas with a door and ladder beneath them) into doors too, so that archers can shoot out sideways at mid-range targets. They can shoot at those below (close-range) from that area already, at far away (long-range) from that top area of the fortress, but there is still a fairly big blind spot there.

 

I'll be honest that 1/2 of the fortress's symmetry would be a great tower. However, it seems that archers who want to get a better shot would most likely fall in the spikes especially when they're sniping on the roof.

 

Looks nice, but I think the bottom part is very easy to destroy (I marked them :D). Just one stone block to break down and to get inside. The rest is a matter of time.

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I think that symmetry is not important. Nobody except the griefers will not attack the other side. If the enemy take over the tower, it would be hard to recapture it.

Besides every building has to be adapted to the terrain. It is not always equal.
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+ cool design (looks great)
+ workshops inside
- No shooting positions >:(
- weak lower walls

 

I think its good but whats the point of the second cata facing your base? If red take over they have a cata already in a great spot facing your base.

 

The other side being defended is for smart tunneling. That way you can begin the tunnel entrance behind it and not have to worry about the enemy overrunning it. Yeah, some of it isn't fully necessary on the other side, but having an actual defense there is nice.

I considered changing the fort to make the walls on the sides 2-3 thick, removing the spike pits, and maybe setting up knee-cappers at the bottom level, but that might be beyond this guy. That, and I couldn't really find a good spot to put a full archer nest on this fort.

 

Well, I made it like this so you would see how it would look if you are Blue/Red and build only a half of it :D

 

Ohhh, Haha I get it now. :D

 

I think this is a very nice tower but it does look VERY heavy in resorses and could take up most the game trying to build it. Try and avoid using spikes above doors, it is very easy to kill your self on them. When placing spikes, try to make them as team friendly as posible.

 

Probably already said, but symmetric towers are unneccesary.
Build one side for offense, then either dont build the other side or make it usefull too.
No point in putting a cata pointing your own base.

 

The Spikes on the top , is what i say aren't Very neccesary , you could use the stone from thoose spikes to builder a lower defense

 

I think I'd leave the spikes there, the tower is just high enough for people to bomb jump onto.

 

:3 Yes. But Some lazy knights could be staying their as guards.

 

I don't think I know of any knights that would do that. ;3

 

Knights could die from the bomb jump
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Theirs all kinds of possibilities but you could update this with archer shooting points.
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This base also makes me want to play Terraria xD

 

Way too expensive.... That's all.

 

This building while maybe a bit too resource costly, would be effective simply because you would scare the enemy off with the impressive look of the tower...

 

Ten smaller towers would be much more effective for the same price, but bonus points for intimidation. Consider giving it angry eyes.

 

the samurai tower? it looks like one, if you ask me.