gunpowder weapons and better walls/gates

[DrwHem]

its odd that we go from making spears and bows straight to energy weapons. some kind of in between option would be nice. like basic gunpowder weaponry.
also, let us upgrade our log palisade to stone, brick, concrete, chainlink ect

[Wotannatow]

You want brick or concrete walls to defend you, just place them with the building walls and there you go.

[MisusedPower]

concrete is the best defensive wall brick is ok but less hp than the palisade walls .. Id do a concrete wall with the wood palisades around it to soak some damage before they get to the concrete.. makes repairs cheaper since you can grow trees.. not rocks.. lol

[Bloodcup]

yeah....i'm pretty disappointed that poles are the best fortifications possible. i did the whole cement wall thing...but i don't see why we can't research "stone/brick/cement fortifications"

[tunaris76]

Also think there should be some inbetween for wepaons, after Spears and bows, some flintlock maybe, then "modern" firearms, before you hit the lazers

[mflem920]

I mean you have machine gun, missile, and flamethrower TURRETS, so why not hand-helds?

[MisusedPower]

Originally posted by tunaris76:

Also think there should be some inbetween for wepaons, after Spears and bows, some flintlock maybe, then "modern" firearms, before you hit the lazers

I mean technically the crossbow is that in-between adding gunpowder weapons would mean setting back the roadmap a bit due to needing to add more materials and resources..
if a flintlock was added you would need stuff like this for it..
1.wood
2.metal ingots
3.paper + wax = paper wadding
4.coal + sulfer = black powder
5.more metal ingots for rifled balls "ammo"
6.and finally more metal ingots + workbench = mechanical parts

dont sound or look like alot but when you factor in the time it takes to make these its alot more...

1.character use animations
2.weapon animations
3.particle effects
4.weapon textures
5.sound effects
6.coding for damage types
7.coding for usage
8.coding to disable the weapon when it rains
9.100-300 cups of coffee
and finally...
10.12-30+ hours or so to do all of these above..