getting benefits from two carpets bad must fix. your base defence killing you, no thats intended.

Originally posted by The Wayfarer:

When I saw they'd released a patch this morning, the first thought I had was 'oh, they probably fixed the ballista.' *slaps forehead*

SAME

What I think it is from a design standpoint is they dont want you to build to many of these and make defense to easy for your base. If thats the case make the resource need higher, or limit the number you can spawn in area, but attacking the player is not a balanced approach to fixing turrets being OP.

Valheim is not a tower defense game.

Valheim is not a self torture game either but you still play it like one.

Originally posted by The Wayfarer:

When I saw they'd released a patch this morning, the first thought I had was 'oh, they probably fixed the ballista.' *slaps forehead*

Yeah I did this as well and was instantly let down when it shot at me. What a dumb concept, glad i wasted material on springs.

Originally posted by DREWSKI263:

glad i wasted material on springs.

They can still be used for the new traps IIRC.

Or, well, if you're expecting claw traps to also ignore "friendlies", then I guess it's a waste no matter which device you use them on.

Originally posted by John:

Basically they act like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q57BhKcbXHo

It's not a bug, they shoot on sight... everything, like portal turrets.

In Portal, turrets are an enemy... In Valhiem they are a base defense option, that for no real reason attacks the player. Its dumb and if intended no one will build it...

I totally agree that they shouldn't attack the player to actually be useful as a defense option.
Meanwhile they still have a few fun uses:
- help to train block with a shield
- to harrass the wildlife out of boredome
- can also be used to attack fuling villages; make a tower from where u ll shoot the fulings with a bow and add some ballistas to enjoy the show (dont expect them to hit all the time though)

The devs have made it pretty clear that it's intended to work this way. Is it dumb? Yeah, very much so, but it's not a bug.

Thankfully there's a mod for this: https://valheim.thunderstore.io/package/Azumatt/ImFRIENDLY_DAMMIT/

Originally posted by LizardLikeWizard:

Originally posted by John:

Basically they act like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q57BhKcbXHo

It's not a bug, they shoot on sight... everything, like portal turrets.

In Portal, turrets are an enemy... In Valhiem they are a base defense option, that for no real reason attacks the player. Its dumb and if intended no one will build it...

How would that turret know you aren't an enemy, it's an attack on sight device, it's like stepping on a landmine and expect it to do nothing when you step on it just cause you're the one who planted it.

Originally posted by John:

Originally posted by LizardLikeWizard:

In Portal, turrets are an enemy... In Valhiem they are a base defense option, that for no real reason attacks the player. Its dumb and if intended no one will build it...

How would that turret know you aren't an enemy, it's an attack on sight device, it's like stepping on a landmine and expect it to do nothing when you step on it just cause you're the one who planted it.

Keep shilling for a dumb idea. Explain to me how a defense turret intended to protect your base attacking you is fun?

Yeah...not making something that can kill me. Friendly fire? Sure, I get that. You stand in front of something shooting you get what's coming. Shoot literally anything or one? Forget it. That's a liability, not a weapon.

When I saw they'd released a patch this morning, the first thought I had was 'oh, they probably fixed the ballista.' *slaps forehead*

Basically they act like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q57BhKcbXHo

It's not a bug, they shoot on sight... everything, like portal turrets.