Building/digging speed tied to proximity of enemies.

Basically the idea is this-

The speed at which a builder can build things or dig through blocks would be reduced depending on how many enemy team members are nearby.


Example-

A builder has 2 enemies within a 15 block distance of him, thus, his building/tunneling speed is reduced by, say, 33% for each enemy (IE 1=33%, 2=55%, 3=70%), maybe some other calculation would be better, but that is the general idea.


Why?

A. Builders can build a wall between a threat and themselves by the time the threat can cross half the distance. A breach in a wall can be plugged in literally less than 2 seconds. Limiting this ability to create obstacles this quickly would, in my opinion, make the game less frustrating when attacking.

B. Tunnelers are very annoying for the defending team. A tunneler will usually resist any attempt to kill him, and provide a major distraction from the actual fighting, requiring delicate surgery and help from other teammates to deal with one builder


Results-

1. Builders will be more encouraged to swap to knight/archer when defending their work.

2. The battles will happen above ground more often, yet still room for tunnels in case of strong turtling.

3. Less fortifications being built right in the middle of a battle

 

I will agree that, perhaps, the numbers are far too harsh, but I wanted to know if you agree with the general idea (title). 50% reduction for 3 enemies would be big enough, i'd say, but I still believe that build-speed should be reduced in the middle of a battle.

 

I think the opposite would be nice
When fight tunneler scum one mush have mats, drills and skills or just wasting ur time

 

I thought the suggestion would be the opposite to encourage builders from mine-crafting in spawn.

To your #1. - Average builder will not switch classes, they run back to spawn, neither the builder who is loaded with mats.

Your #2 & #3. If you dont want a forward builder to tunnel or make middle wall advancements., it sounds like you don't want a forward builder at all. How else can they fight their way thru? They are not Gregs, and dont fly .

Imagine 2fort gamemode where only knights and archers can leave base. Result = Super large forts, good luck penetrating without builder.

 

This seems like a terrible suggestion to me. Builders are intended to have things to contribute on the front line; you're not supposed to have your entire team convert to archers or knights the moment there's fighting nearby. That would be boring.