I've been playing quite a bit of SF lately, and I've been getting more and more pissed seeing newbies, and careless people building absolutely shite front wall defense, so I whipped up this specification for what I call a "WDP". Team leaders/Clan leaders, use this spec, or make your own spec when directing your team mates in construction of your base.

WDP(Wall Defense Platform) Specification 1.0

NOTE: This defense is to be used EXPLICITLY by rocketeer or soldier classes. Using other classes will most likely not give you the firepower required.

For a given perimeter:
1> Place a 2d 1x5 block of 1 to 3 parts extending from the ground at a 30~35 degree angle up and over the perimeter.



2> Place a 2d 2x3 platform extending from the top of the ramp, with the 3 length edge closest to you. This block should be very close to flush height-wise with the top of the ramp.



3> Place another 2d 2x3 guard block vertically, opposite the ramp side of the platform. This block will have the same orientation as the platform block, but it will be vertical. Note that it should not be directly atop the platform block, but to the far side of it just enough that it may fall down if unfrozen.



4> Now that your guard block is in position, let's make it more useful (you will be able to shoot over it) by dropping it bit by bit using quick 2 shots of your freeze toggle key. Looking at the block and hitting the key quickly in succession twice, will let the block fall by a few inches until we get it to fall about 1/3 of it's height. This will allow just enough room for a player to shoot over it, and duck down for cover.



The finished form should look like this:



Benefits of a WDP:
* Sniper/Rocket guard piece protects player from incoming fire.
* Very difficult to nade a player sitting on one of these, grenade has to land just right to not roll off.
* Minimal block usage, using any more blocks would just hinder player view of the perimeter.
* Excellent "counter-cover"(being able to fire back into one's own base) means enhanced flag defense.
* High ground for players defending front wall.
* Full defense of front wall perimeter with 1 dedicated player per WDP(or however many your perimeter requires) playing as some combination of rocketeer/soldier.
* Easily pick engineers off as they attempt to hack through your front wall.

NOTE: When building a WDP, take into consideration the space required for it. Don't build directly on the territoy dividing wall, give some space for the 2d 2x3 block.
NOTE: Ideally, a WDP will handle about 50 feet of the perimeter, provided there are no blind spots from it. sf_tallgrass for example would only require 2 WDP's.

that provides now defense what so ever. tbh this is a waste.

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Been done before, but a fairly good idea nonetheless
ps billeh as a basic platform for viewing around walls it isn't that bad :p

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Erm, hate to say, but i've seen it used a lot

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That's more a 40 degree angle, I don't get this thread though? Since when is doing that anything special lol :P? I may be over-estimating peoples intelligence in general I guess :P

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Argh My Eyessssss

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quoted for weasels

With the wdp, try adding side protection too, and maybe a little roof thing.

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lmao, you're all idiots so far who have tried to say this is a waste of time...

adding a roof thing would be useless, that's a small amount of of protection for a piece, all the pieces as they are are the most bang for the buck sotospeak

for those of you who say you've seen it before, look carefully, this is a spec for the lowest piece/highest benefit setup, if you don't like it, fine, but you'll regret it if you throw this into the random platform idea "bucket" because I made this as specific as possible so that there is a said desired form to be had, instead of the random crap that people make which may or may not be completely useful, and may or may not use the least amount of blocks for the best benefit.

provides plenty of defense, one only needs to go to the left or right side to avoid fire from below
player should always be ducking when using this platform

the angle might be off a bit, i was just guestimating, you're free to double check if you want, but the reason it's special, is because if you tell someone "make a wdp", someone will know what to expect when it's made, again, this is to add some better form to peoples builds, rather than getting the random crap people make