Are Arrow Slits one way?

[Gargoyle Girl]

Or can shots be fired back through them as well? For example, could I place them in the walls of a defensive position and shoot out, yet be less likely to get shot back through them?

I'm not expecting them to be completely one way, mind. Just for shots coming back through the intended angle of fire to have less of a chance of getting through. or hoping so, at least.

[jynx]

Easy to test yourself:
Put something your height behind one.
Get on the other side at the angle you need and take a few shots.
Check to see if it took damage.

[Shurenai]

They're two way. Any slit you can shoot through could potentially have you shot back through them. But like actual arrow slits, they DO significantly reduce the chances of you being shot back.

This is due to purely to the range of angle error in an oncoming shot being significantly greater than that of the shot you're sending out.

You have close to a 90 degree angle angle of fire from which you can successfully hit enemies, but they have more like a 2-3 degree angle of fire in which to successfully hit you. through that slit.

With that said, most zombies don't have ranged attacks to begin with. Cops do- But cops also have an AoE splash so you'll still take some minor damage if they shoot at you when you're hiding in an arrow slit. But for the most part they shouldn't aim at you up there, they'll be focusing on something else...usually. Ish.

[Crater Creator]

Yeah, what Shurenai said. Unless you’re playing PvP, there are only a couple of ranged enemy types about which to worry. I used to think more about medieval castle type fortifications like arrow slits and crenellations, but they turn out to not matter so much when the vast majority of enemies only have a melee attack. More often I use ramps or wedges to customize the sight angles out of windows more than the generic arrow slit does.

[Gargoyle Girl]

Originally posted by Crater Creator:

Yeah, what Shurenai said. Unless you’re playing PvP, there are only a couple of ranged enemy types about which to worry. I used to think more about medieval castle type fortifications like arrow slits and crenellations, but they turn out to not matter so much when the vast majority of enemies only have a melee attack. More often I use ramps or wedges to customize the sight angles out of windows more than the generic arrow slit does.

I'm only asking because I recently started trying out Darkness Falls and those horde nights are *nuts*. I had a good perch set up in my base from which I was controlling the ground enemies... until I saw that the enemies come in 'type waves'. At a certain point, you keep getting the same types of enemies in a kind of set pattern, and so far, every night past the first has had a 'cop wave'. So at least 4 to 6 cops all puking in your direction. Sure their aim isn't great, but it's been making keeping the choke point covered a lot harder.

Add to this that the last horde I played through decided it would be fun to have a 'cop and puking vultures' wave, and... yeah. I was getting shot from all over where as you say usually that's not an issue. i was thinking of adding some arrow slit walls if they would still let me take shot through them while reducing the number of hits I was taking, and the main reason I was asking is that even on wave three, nothing short of concrete is gonna cut it with that amount of firepower hitting it.

I haven't even reached the stages where actual demons with fireballs start showing up...

[Jinxed]

Originally posted by Gargoyle Girl:

Originally posted by Crater Creator:

Yeah, what Shurenai said. Unless you’re playing PvP, there are only a couple of ranged enemy types about which to worry. I used to think more about medieval castle type fortifications like arrow slits and crenellations, but they turn out to not matter so much when the vast majority of enemies only have a melee attack. More often I use ramps or wedges to customize the sight angles out of windows more than the generic arrow slit does.

I'm only asking because I recently started trying out Darkness Falls and those horde nights are *nuts*. I had a good perch set up in my base from which I was controlling the ground enemies... until I saw that the enemies come in 'type waves'. At a certain point, you keep getting the same types of enemies in a kind of set pattern, and so far, every night past the first has had a 'cop wave'. So at least 4 to 6 cops all puking in your direction. Sure their aim isn't great, but it's been making keeping the choke point covered a lot harder.

Add to this that the last horde I played through decided it would be fun to have a 'cop and puking vultures' wave, and... yeah. I was getting shot from all over where as you say usually that's not an issue. i was thinking of adding some arrow slit walls if they would still let me take shot through them while reducing the number of hits I was taking, and the main reason I was asking is that even on wave three, nothing short of concrete is gonna cut it with that amount of firepower hitting it.

I haven't even reached the stages where actual demons with fireballs start showing up...

Just an FYI.... There is no block in game or out that can or will save you from those fireballs. The water purifier mod will become your new bff. Join the DF discord. Lots of great tip, tricks, and death counts. :)

[Gargoyle Girl]

Originally posted by Jinxed:

Originally posted by Gargoyle Girl:

I'm only asking because I recently started trying out Darkness Falls and those horde nights are *nuts*. I had a good perch set up in my base from which I was controlling the ground enemies... until I saw that the enemies come in 'type waves'. At a certain point, you keep getting the same types of enemies in a kind of set pattern, and so far, every night past the first has had a 'cop wave'. So at least 4 to 6 cops all puking in your direction. Sure their aim isn't great, but it's been making keeping the choke point covered a lot harder.

Add to this that the last horde I played through decided it would be fun to have a 'cop and puking vultures' wave, and... yeah. I was getting shot from all over where as you say usually that's not an issue. i was thinking of adding some arrow slit walls if they would still let me take shot through them while reducing the number of hits I was taking, and the main reason I was asking is that even on wave three, nothing short of concrete is gonna cut it with that amount of firepower hitting it.

I haven't even reached the stages where actual demons with fireballs start showing up...

Just an FYI.... There is no block in game or out that can or will save you from those fireballs. The water purifier mod will become your new bff. Join the DF discord. Lots of great tip, tricks, and death counts. :)

I'm sure there are some blocks OUTSIDE of the game that could save me, lol.