Defensive structure skill?

[krism]

How does one get this skill? Trying to build a guard tower but it says I need that skill. Some googling suggested I needed a level 2 engineer - which I've finally managed to get but still no dice. I then got another engineer and put both level ups into construction thinking that might be it - but still no good. I have 15 people in my group now... is it simply luck of the draw and I have to keep rescuing people until someone has it by default?

How the hell do I build this damn thing. Help me please!

[Suncrash]

Some survivors can start with it, but mostly you get it by choosing "Defensive Building" when leveling up your construction skill to rank 4.

[Klarum]

Originally posted by Suncrash:

Some survivors can start with it, but mostly you get it by choosing "Defensive Building" when leveling up your construction skill to rank 4.

It would be good to include this ♥♥♥♥ when you research Colony Defense. I just wasted research points on it to get the towers only to find out I can't build them since i don't hav anyone with a single skill point in construction!

[Suncrash]

Originally posted by Klarum:

Originally posted by Suncrash:

Some survivors can start with it, but mostly you get it by choosing "Defensive Building" when leveling up your construction skill to rank 4.

It would be good to include this ♥♥♥♥ when you research Colony Defense. I just wasted research points on it to get the towers only to find out I can't build them since i don't hav anyone with a single skill point in construction!

You're right, sorry. While we don't normally show any info about the unlocked buildings from the research tool-tip except their name (you can see all the info about the buildings if you right-click the research and then the unlocked building), this piece of information is probably important enough so that we should have found a way to mention it.

[Shamrock2211]

Well this suck I have 11 people and not one even has a tree in construction.

[Fatbill]

Honestly, guard towers are not particularly helpful later in the game: a single shooter gets overwhelmed and killed easily by multiple later game mobs with ranged damage. Even with a number of towers lined up together.

Better is using barricades that do not allow ranged attacks to pass, and then force the enemies into a "fatal funnel" and mow them down with massed firepower.

Also can take away the very long range attacks from some mobs, by cutting their possible line of sight.


Cheers.