No idea where to put this in...but i think it fits best in here. Stationary Weapons A weapon that you can set down, like Furniture, that you can use to shoot stuff. i have thought about a few different turrets. the first is there from the beginning: a simple Ballista. Just a huge Crossbow on a wall. The rest is unlockable through blueprints from techchests, or through defeating bosses. Some ideas: Medival: Ballista, Catapults Industrial: Cannons Modern: Gatling, Wall Mounted MG/Sniper Sci-Fi: Laser/Plasma Rifles, Electro Rifle, Railguns but...but...a Railgun does not fit onto my Medival Castle... thats why i thought about a balancing idea. Basically...they are all the same, they all start as Tier 1. Why should i use them then? New Interface: Press Shift+E to open the inventory of the turret. Put in a Starmap Upgrade to increase the Tier - and the damage. Now your turrets can level up too, your ballista can now deal with higher level enemies!
I don't like the level up idea, but I do like the idea in general. Nice way to defend against the birds would be a 50 cal machine gun.
i came to the level up idea just because of the design choice. you dont want to have a heavy machinegun in your medival castle, right? but still, all items should be equal, thats why a 1h sword can deal the same damage as a rocket launcher. and for armors, we have vanity slots
I understand the concept I guess, but why not just have them being crafted like all the other items instead of making them different with leveling up?
if you craft them normally, they would have "base values" currently, titanium weapons are stronger than steel and look more techy. durasteel even more. would be the same for stationary weapons then, but if you want a specific design, like the mentioned Medival, do you realy want it on a T10 planet, where it deals no damage? You would need to stick with a Hightier item, that would look more Sci-Fi, would not fit for the Medival design
My point is there is no reason the look needs to change much just because you are using better tech. It could stay looking the same all the way through. There is no reason to implement a new system to address a foreseen cosmetic problem.
That's something I've also thought about and I'd go even a bit further and add an autonomous turret which automatically fires on hostile mobs. Just like guards, only stationary.
