3x2 steel garage door (powered)

[Geordy]

Can you upgrade above mentioned door any further?

[KippenKaasBaas]

No, not that I know of.

[Geordy]

Hmm 10000 HP is not that much for a double door to live through a bloodmoon.

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by Geordy:

Hmm 10000 HP is not that much for a double door to live through a bloodmoon.

This is why you (or at least "I") never put a door anywhere a zombie can get to it. They're also, from what I've seen codded to go for the doors over the walls as they "see" them as having half the health they really do (I'm working on a way I hope will trick them into going into a trap with this, not seen if it works yet though).

If you want to keep them out I would say to build a wall and then make a way for you to get over the wall. Doors are best for blocking line-of-sight and decoration, not so much for keeping zombies out.

[Geordy]

The doors are there to "hide" a small room with turrets. I power the door and the turrets at the same time (and a light and a speaker hehe) when I think it's time to let the turrets loose.

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by Geordy:

The doors are there to "hide" a small room with turrets. I power the door and the turrets at the same time (and a light and a speaker hehe) when I think it's time to let the turrets loose.

Nice touch.
If you're worried about the door failing you could always give the turrets some extra protection. The arrow slits you can make will still let turrets shoot through them and can be upgraded all the way to steel.
Iron bars can also work, but don't last nearly as long.
Spikes (both sorts) can also be shot though though again they don't tend to live for long if the zombies want to go that way.

All that said, most of that protection is only if the zombies want to get to the other side of the traps as they won't normally attack them directly.

[Geordy]

The Zs are falling into a pit below me which the powered door is one complete side of (at the bottom). It seems they want to claw their way out of it to all sides randomly. Maybe I can do something to dissuade them to try to get out to the side where the door is?

I do have iron bars behind the door for further protection. But they fall quickly as you said. Hmm, the wall behind the turrets is still dirt. maybe I should put some proper blocks there too. Didnt know about the arrow slit blocks working with turrets. Should try that too. Or a second layer of bars.

I have two blade traps covering the whole area of the pit. So Zs in front of the door will be dealt with as long as the blades are operational.

[KippenKaasBaas]

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

They're also, from what I've seen codded to go for the doors over the walls as they "see" them as having half the health they really do

I always wondered about this!!!!
My doors are stronger then my walls, yet the zombies attack my doors instead of my walls. Never understood why.
I like it very much. It keeps the attacks nice and focused.

Thanks for the explanation.