Koi Pond Base

[Gomer]

Question, my group built a base on the water lilies floating on the koi pond and I've been starting to wonder if we're cheesing the game by doing this. One of the features of the game, or so I've read on the store page, is that bugs will occasionally attack your base. That has yet to happen to us although admittedly we aren't very far into the storyline.

Are we missing out on gameplay by building a relatively unassailable base on the water?

[Jaggid Edje]

There's no bugs that raid you on the lily pads, except maybe mosquitos...but there's not enough of them throughout the game that having them trigger as a raid is much of a risk I don't think.

All you're missing out on is the raid mechanic, and that's assuming you never build any smaller outposts anywhere else on the map, as the raids trigger on whatever 'base' you are closest to, not just only your main base.

I personally have built smaller outposts with zipline towers at several locations around the game (Sandbox, Birdbath/Hedge, Woodpile, Oak Tree, and a few others) and have had raids trigger at those, so if you eventually add more such locations in your game you'll still see the raid part of the game.

I have a outpost built on a lily pad right above the Pond Lab hatch as well, it's a really good location and very safe.

[Prince Ian]

I feel like a genius for building on the pond. That was the first area I picked when the game first launched in preview. My thinking at the time was that ants can't get to my stuff and it's good to be near the water in case i need to drink it. I know the water is dirty but at that time its how i thought.

[blackphoenixx]

It's not like killing bugs during a raid is much different from killing them otherwise.
You're not really missing out on much.

Even leaving that aside you can get all the raids you want doing mix.r's and using the waft emitter, so there's really no point putting your base somewhere easily raidable.

You'll probably be glad you did it after you've done a couple raids, they're mostly just tedious.

[Tiz]

I always have built my base next to the first field station. Played the whole game and beat every bug. I think I only was attacked 4 or 5 times and the waves were not that hard. They will only attack you if you attack them a lot.

If you want to have the experience, build a mini base on the shoreline, nothing to fancy, the bugs just need to attack some walls and maybe a chest lol.