I Hate Torches

[Edymnion]

So, I build a nice looking warp gate to spawn and give it enough shields that it can't be accidentally damaged, some griefer blows it up.

Fine, I build a massive turret to protect the gate, somebody uses a damned torch to cut their way into the turret, disable it, and then blows up the gate.

I. Hate. Torches.

Going to ask the server admin if we can just disable them on this server entirely.

 

[Valck]

So, I build a nice looking warp gate to spawn and give it enough shields that it can't be accidentally damaged, some griefer blows it up.

Fine, I build a massive turret to protect the gate, somebody uses a damned torch to cut their way into the turret, disable it, and then blows up the gate.

I. Hate. Torches.

Going to ask the server admin if we can just disable them on this server entirely.

Build a turret to protect the turret that protects... ?

 

[FullMetalFox]

Who doesnt hate them?
I know people who did quit playing on servers due to them being introduced.

 

[StormWing0]

lol this is why my faction has a ton of anti-personnel traps around our things. Dang minefield of missile mine drones will ruin any griefer's day.

 

[Reilly Reese]

in all honesty torches shouldnt be able to effect turrets...

 

[Jaaskinal]

I love turrets, they add a fun counter-play with boarding. Keptick and I in another thread discussed a lot about boarding, let me find that and post that here, it'll take a moment. To summarize though; automatic systems to discourage boarding are tricky but are entirely possible.
[DOUBLEPOST=1441498930,1441498777][/DOUBLEPOST]http://starmadedock.net/threads/anti-griefing-and-or-boarding-logic-toys.20595/#post-224548

 

[Lecic]

Install some anti-astronaut turrets, dude.

 

[StormWing0]

Install some anti-astronaut turrets, dude.

This any set your faction to war on attack or whatever it is called. :P Booby Trap the dang gate with a ring of pulses. :P

 

[Edymnion]

I'm already set to declare war on attack, and the gate is within range of spawn, I can't consider neutral as hostile.

Does cutting with a torch not count as hostile action?

 

[Lecic]

Does cutting with a torch not count as hostile action?

As someone who has torched into neutral ships before, I can confirm that the torch definitely a hostile action.

 

[Edymnion]

Guess I'm going to have to make anti-personnel turrets to protect my anti-griefers turrets.

 

[aceface]

another option would be to make massive blast doors. Blast doors have 250 hp
torch does 1 dps
so 250 sec for one blast door
If you have 10 layer thick blast door it will take almost an hour lol.

 

[Lecic]

torch does 1 dps

2 DPS, actually.

 

[StormWing0]

one thing I thought of doing is making as small as possible AP turrets with rapid beam and rapid pulse combos on them and hooking them up to a ring that rotates around where the faction block is. :P Also having a few blocks like doors between the faction block and the outside area tends to help.

 

[Reilly Reese]

Have you tried a drone deployer?

 

[max stripe]

torches hate you too

 

[Parameter]

Do stop, push and pull beams work on astronauts?

A turret that pulls an astronaut into a pulse, or constantly repelled them into the horizon would be pretty funny.
Stop beams would kind of be the anti-griefer grief. Get too close and get stuck in place until you suicide.

 

[kiraen]

Catch them in a room, alternating push beams on the sides.

Intruder ping pong :p

 

[Megacrafter127]

Do stop, push and pull beams work on astronauts?

To my knowledge, no.
This is due to astronauts having no inertia.

 

[Parameter]

To my knowledge, no.
This is due to astronauts having no inertia.

Boo. So much fun defeated...
I guess you could still use area activation + gravity blocks in space