Base Defense.

[Johnnie Concrete]

Do the AI characters man the guns you set up in your base? What do they actually do because I put some in base defense but they didnt seem to do anything, unless i just didnt see them doing it.

Thanks.

[Scripter]

They only increase the level of your base defense team, which alters the math behind the numbers.

They do not actually DO anything. Only the numbers matter if you are not there defending your base.

[Deathraven13]

Nope, but if you are here to defend you can use them to defend your base.

[R!SK]

Originally posted by Deathraven13:

Nope, but if you are here to defend you can use them to defend your base.

You can use the A.I. to help you defending the base? How?

[Scripter]

Originally posted by MGSFC R1SK:

Originally posted by Deathraven13:

Nope, but if you are here to defend you can use them to defend your base.

You can use the A.I. to help you defending the base? How?

By NOT being logged in when the defense is.
The A.I. DOES NOT take part in the battle if you are there.

[Drackmore]

Originally posted by MGSFC R1SK:

Originally posted by Deathraven13:

Nope, but if you are here to defend you can use them to defend your base.

You can use the A.I. to help you defending the base? How?

The AI help you defend in one of two ways.

If you actively take part in the fight they supposedly reduce the strength of the incoming waves making the fight easier (they do not actively take part in the combat).

If you are not actively defending the base then the game throws your base defense scores up against the incoming wave's attack score and with WAY to much RNG calculates the damage your base takes and whether you win the wave or not.

To have your survivors defend your base you'll need to assign crew members to the Base Defense squad. I find it quite easy to reach C rank with Reeves and like three or four trash crew members. C rank more than triples the defensive capabilities of your placed traps, fences, and other defense structures and is more than enough to deal with whatever will attack you from Base Dig Plank 5 or lower.

[Deathraven13]

Originally posted by MGSFC R1SK:

Originally posted by Deathraven13:

Nope, but if you are here to defend you can use them to defend your base.

You can use the A.I. to help you defending the base? How?

Not the IA, the turrets he put in his base (not IA turrets).

[Unleashed3k]

Originally posted by Drackmore:

Originally posted by MGSFC R1SK:

You can use the A.I. to help you defending the base? How?

The AI help you defend in one of two ways.

If you actively take part in the fight they supposedly reduce the strength of the incoming waves making the fight easier (they do not actively take part in the combat).

If you are not actively defending the base then the game throws your base defense scores up against the incoming wave's attack score and with WAY to much RNG calculates the damage your base takes and whether you win the wave or not.

To have your survivors defend your base you'll need to assign crew members to the Base Defense squad. I find it quite easy to reach C rank with Reeves and like three or four trash crew members. C rank more than triples the defensive capabilities of your placed traps, fences, and other defense structures and is more than enough to deal with whatever will attack you from Base Dig Plank 5 or lower.

Did dig6 wave2 yesterday, (all numbers are ~) 13.800/4.300/27.500/46.900 from the 4 sides, so around 90k, dunno what crewlevel you would need if you have 12 grenadeturrets + shock-fences on each side.
But I would rather try to defend the last digs yourself, I'll face the 3rd wave later and I am not really looking forward to it, as wave 2 was already annoying with mortars and elementals on every side at the same time + jumperspam at the end...

[Drackmore]

Originally posted by c0dex Unleashed3k:

dunno what crewlevel you would need if you have 12 grenadeturrets + shock-fences on each side.

Well the specific auto turret doesn't really matter. Auto, Gatling, Grenade all payout the same Defensive points (1800 at Rank C). The only turret that doesn't pay out the same is the Air Cannon. I'm still trying to figure out if I can switch out Automatic Turrets with Machine Guns since they payout the same amount of points in terms of automatic base defense

Originally posted by c0dex Unleashed3k:

Did dig6 wave2 yesterday, (all numbers are ~) 13.800/4.300/27.500/46.900 from the 4 sides, so around 90k, dunno what crewlevel you would need if you have 12 grenadeturrets + shock-fences on each side.

Don't think the total matters but the scores per side, though it is still a stupid amount but you could always dump all your people in to base defense right before the attack and get up to rank B base defense.

Originally posted by c0dex Unleashed3k:

But I would rather try to defend the last digs yourself, I'll face the 3rd wave later and I am not really looking forward to it, as wave 2 was already annoying with mortars and elementals on every side at the same time + jumperspam at the end...

Yeah defending yourself is safer if you know you're able to do the defense. Those Mortars can be annoying but at least they're easily done in with explosive sniper ammo to the legs. But those Trackers man are an absolute pain in the ass. Best way to deal with them I find is a few gatling turrets around the digger to intercept them mid jump

[Scripter]

Trackers are relatively easy to deal with. One or two automated turrets aiming at the digger usually takes care of them. The mortars behind obstacle X are the real pain.

[Unleashed3k]

Originally posted by Scripter:

Trackers are relatively easy to deal with. One or two automated turrets aiming at the digger usually takes care of them. The mortars behind obstacle X are the real pain.

that's what I use as well, few gatlings facing towards the digger saved my ass last wave ^^
I placed 2 reinforced towers close to the center of my base so I can often intercept all 4 mortars with with 1 mag from the Bambetov.

[Johnnie Concrete]

Where do yoy get these gatling cannons and air cannons?

[Drackmore]

Originally posted by Johnnie Concrete:

Where do yoy get these gatling cannons and air cannons?

Base defense missions, keep doing them and you'll get the recipes sooner or later. However neither are needed for defense scores for your base as the Air Cannon has the same capacity requirements as a normal cannon with less points and the Gatline Turret has the same capacity cost and point score as normal Auto Turrets.