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'''Pros''' | '''Pros''' | ||
− | * Cheap -- Wall materials are the only thing required to build a basic bunker, allowing for quick construction. | + | *Cheap -- Wall materials are the only thing required to build a basic bunker, allowing for quick construction. |
− | * Simple -- Four walls and a few | + | *Simple -- Four walls and a few embrasures is all it takes to build an effective early-game defensive structure. |
− | * Upgrade-able and modular: Additional walls/rooms & defensive structures like turrets can improve the bunker’s capability. | + | *Upgrade-able and modular: Additional walls/rooms & defensive structures like turrets can improve the bunker’s capability. |
− | * Full cover provides high defence for colonists. | + | *Full cover provides high defence for colonists. |
− | ** Full cover negates damage | + | **Full cover negates external explosive damage, internal walls can negate explosives that enter the bunker. |
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'''Cons''' | '''Cons''' | ||
− | * Risk of encirclement: Enemies can surround your bunker and cut it off from your main base, overwhelming | + | *Risk of encirclement: Enemies can surround your bunker and cut it off from your main base, overwhelming them. |
− | * Static position: If not placed well, the bunker’s utility will be greatly decreased, and not all map types suit bunkers,. | + | *Static position: If not placed well, the bunker’s utility will be greatly decreased, and not all map types suit bunkers, particularly open fields with many possible angles of attack. |
− | * Continuous investment: In order for the bunker to remain useful into the mid and late-game, | + | *Continuous investment: In order for the bunker to remain useful into the mid and late-game, pereodical upgrades will be required and will sap your resources unless you decide to abandon or repurpose the building. |
− | * Hostile takeover: Enemies gaining control of your bunker(s) can prove dangerous as they can utilize the effective cover. | + | *Hostile takeover: Enemies gaining control of your bunker(s) can prove dangerous as they can utilize the effective cover. |
Pillboxes can be incorporated into perimeter walls, but make sure that there is no direct entry from there, such as by building a durable door. | Pillboxes can be incorporated into perimeter walls, but make sure that there is no direct entry from there, such as by building a durable door. |