[370]"The walls of Sparta were its young men, and its borders the points of their spears."

It is nicely thinked to use spike pit with darkness. I've used to build dark spike trap in castle, and it is pretty deadly for unprudent knight.

 

Well this is interesting, good idea Beef!

Like you pointed out, it is vulnerable to bombs but not as vulnerable as you would think, the bridges effectively block a lot of the bombs' damage. I'm guessing you would also have the floor covered with stone to prevent diggers? How will you keep your team out of the spike pit? Overall it is a very nice design. :)


The only other building I can think of that has ever been specifically designed to assist knights is this one found here.

Doesn't work as good anymore, as you can't jump up through it like you could in previous builds.

 

I like this Even more than Xlayers

 

Nice, but my only problem is the time that it takes up to build. It uses up a lot of room too and other players might mess up the design since they don't know what you're building. It's great though and you'll need constant repairs IF bombs damage it too much. Well thought, A+ for you :D.

EDIT: Watch out for enemy builders messing this building up too much.

 

Bow one of the main problems you talk about are bombs, now completely forgetting pubs, this could be maximized for minimal wood in places.

No what I thought would be to get rid of a few layers if trap doors at the bottom and make the bottom row a launch pad, so this way at max you could only destroy 1-2 trap bridges, the knights could also have trouble reaching the trap bridges.

Someone also said something about xslayers wall, now this could be incorporated with the whole bottom being lit up, and you have xslayers wall to climb up swell as the trap bridges, but now the attention is diverted to the climbable wall, with insta-death at the top, this would also be better without team doors at the top, so they think it is an opening.

Nice original idea, and when I have some time (on my phone ATM) I will experiment with this, just some confronting critsicm, hope you take it, Ghozt.

Sorry about the mistakes, my phone changes words.

 

This is quite a nice idea, could be fitted between two towers, with the frontmost one a few blocks away, acting as a spikepit, and after the first tower falls acting as a knight tower!

 

thought this was interesting, sorry for outatopic, but: EXPLAIN!
I WANNA KNOW THIS!

 

I too, don't understand how it works . You said it 'eats' bombs and still kills 'them'. Could you be a bit more specific on how this works?

 

Just to inform you guys, bombs do not carry their power/damage through trap doors, so an extremely good builder can stop a bomb from above his head. I first saw this done when Strathos placed a trap door above his head, when I thought he was a goner, survived amazingly.
Also isn't this thread a bit old?

 

No, the thread states [370]. Interesting stuff, Ghozt.

 

THAT. IS. AWESOME.!

 

You might want to get rid of the tree to the left so archers can't climb over.

 

Actually trees are great. They prevent the placing of ladders and the like. If the tower is well-defended, an incoming archer can be well picked off my friendlies as well. I'd rather have an archer in our base than a builder and knight.

 

also, if you have a bugged tree,(the top hits a ladder or bridge) by cutting the lowest part the tree will go down, but the leaves will keep reapearing, and they dont dissapear! makes for wonderfull hidingspots!

 

Nice idea overall.
BUT,
As you know, when enemies are near, the trapbridge will close, thus making it impossible for anyone to stand on it.
If you are fighting an enemy knight, most of the trapbridges around him will be closed + he is probably jumping, making it hard to retreat. Since you can't stand on it while it's closed, you probably won't get another shot at an arial assualt. If a nooby knight manages to kill someone in the trapbridge part, the trapbridges won't open until everyone leaves the area. This can be incredibly annoying, especially if you are two (or more) people: One is noob(Standing still, not listening) and the other is trying to get back. (This can lead to problems with the spiketrap as well) Also, it makes it vulnerable to attacks in rapid session. However, if the trapbridge part where to be bigger, none of the above mentioned problems would occur.

Main point: It's not very effective if the building is tiny.

EDIT: I like your mustache ;)

 

I like this design. I use that vault door entrance thing. But every fucking noob ruins it by destroying the stone block and cuts down the trees. Puts trap doors over it.