Originally posted by Who Dat:

Alot of people are focusing too much on the fact they target the player, theres no need to be outside of your base when there are portals, ballista is just raid/event defense, build a bunch of alcoves around ur base with a doorway or window shutter to reload them from the inside of ur base while still being able to shoot outside, pretty simple.

my issue with that is that me and my friends are making a very large village with several layers. some people are inside the first layer of defense and some are inside the second layer. you could say that we should just put it outside the outer wall except the place is big enough that enemies spawn inside the outer defenses.

putting that aside it is just annoying because it limits what you can do with your structures if you want to use those. the short answer is on a practical level you are correct but on a fun building level you are incorrect.