Useful Structures - a community effort.

Now that's pretty sweet. I see you hurt yourself on some of those gold spikes at the top there...

 

Super simple forward defense tower. 284 stone, 240 wood. The hanging pieces of rock can be detached to stop annoying knights from digging into your wall. Upkeep is simple and the team can pass through quickly.

 

Well,photos are captured whit Prt Scr,and if you don`t play on full screen whit high resolution it will always be like this.
But we can try to make some better qual. photos.

 

Next time press [F4] for screenshotting.

 

bomb net.
screenshot comming tommorow (sleep sweet sleep for now)

 

Here is a copy of my own invention: the pyramid trap. I grew mad at builders for just adding small square blocks that pretty much only work once. The enemy falls in, maybe dies, but usually they just dig out and destroy the trap. Sometimes this even lets them into your base!



So I designed this trap to avoid some of the common problems. First, I make sure there are a lot of trapdoors (A). If the enemy can't see the trap properly they won't be able to avoid falling in, and having more than one helps avoid bombs. The layered sides (B) stop the enemy from wall sliding, and even if they do wall slide each time they hit a wall it will do damage which will kill them by the second or third layer. I make sure the base is reinforced (C) with a good stone foundation that goes several blocks back. This stops them tunnelling in our out, which really helps. And finally, I make sure the trap is deep enough to kill with gravity (D) so that if they don't wall slide and fall directly down they will still die.

This is, I find, a perfect trap. Though it does take a lot of time and resources to make, so it's something that should be done at spawn rather than in-game (unless you enjoy Minecrafting). Bedrock can also ruin it, but you can otherwise make it as deep as you like (the deeper the better!)

Oh, and one last thing to all you friendlies: If you do fall into your own trap and survive, DON'T DIG OUT! Kill yourself (with the suicide key not a bomb) so the trap still kills enemies. I've seen so many friendlies dig their way out of a trap, leaving the path open for enemies. I've even seen builders put down ladders right into our base!

 

There's no such thing as a "suicide key". Suicide is F+E, which ALWAYS throws your bomb, knights cant suicide without throwing their bomb. However, great trap!

Actually, come to think of it, if you want suicide without throwing a bomb, for now, just press c to drop your bomb as loot. That way you don't throw it. Hopefully a single key will be put in for suicide soon.

 

Didn't think of that, but good suggestion about dropping the bomb with C! Once the bomb goes off, you help destroy the trap.

 

If you fill the hole with ladders it catches bombs for you better.

 

Yes I do this too! The only problem is I find builders disconnecting the links because they want the trees to grow. Trees piss me off to be honest. I wish there was like an area behind the base where all the trees were so you can just build freely. With the resource truck or whatever it is coming then it would be ideal.

 

I like to build parapets (probably the wrong word)? on top of all buildings. It makes them prettier.

 

sorry if ive read it halfly/misunderstood something but i think the only downside is.
that people eventually realize what last part is keeping a structure up and aim for it.

 

I was being facetious. The point of my post was to advertise roof decorations I like.

Here are more serious buildings:



From left to right:

1. 50 Stone. I like to build according to the terrain. Building walls on steps gives you extra height for free. A simple wall, cheap and can stall enemy knights for a decent amount of time.

2. 212 Stone 143 Wood. I've never actually built exactly like this, this is an amalgamation of starting buildings I like to build and things I build once the games begun. If I'm in tryahrd mode I generally don't build nice things once the game's started, I fill tunnels or spam meaty walls like the first but more. Generally I build with only the resources I loot on my way to spam ladders for the team, though sometimes I do sit and mine. Depends on the situation. Anyways this is a cute little tower with archer cover. Cheap to erect and fairly meaty- you could even make it a layer thinner and save ~50 stone. I don't tend to make murder holes any more as they are fairly costly and archers alternating shooting and jumping on heads works just as well. Cover made out of drawbridges is not very pretty but its easier to put up than stone and stops arrows just as well. I also try to build on bedrock, but that's a no brainer.

3. 10 Wood 2 Dirt Tiles Dug. Little archer cover. Cheap and invincible to attacks by sword, unusable by enemy archers. If you have any competent marksmen on your team they will love you for it. Generally not needed though as often the terrain naturally gives good cover spots- but when there isn't quickly throwing up stuff like this makes it easy to essentially neutralize bunches of enemy archers. What little damage they were doing to your team is mitigated when they have to deal with one pesky enemy archer just waiting for them to switch targets.

 

I love me a good merlon, yes I do. It not only looks good, it also sounds like an obscure french varietal.

(The term in french is créneau)
(i call it parapet too)