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Watchtowers. PLEASE
Purpose - to help colonist defend against raiders/mechanoids/mad animals from a safe position and distance early in the game a snipe-off doomsday rocket/triple rocket raiders in the late-game

Pros:
- Colonist can shoot over walls
- Slight yet proportionate range-increase for ranged weapon when pawn is on watchtower

Cons:
- Colonist can be shot at (Even over walls) (Commonsense)
- Walls adjacent to watchtower only provide protection equal to that of a sandbag for colonist on the watchtower

Notes:
Doomsday and triple rocket-wielding raiders can be a hassle in the late game. A good sniper on top of a watchtower would greatly benefit from the (proportionate) range-increase and hit that raider before he can do some real damage.
Watchtowers would really just be a fun addition to the game. Seriously.

If anyone could make a watchtower mod, that would be great. Seriously, doomsday rockets and triple rockets are a real bummer. A watchtower with a decent sniper on top would give the player a better chance at winning against raiders who use rockets. I'm picturing it as something that would increase the range of any pawn that climbs on top of it just a little bit and that said pawn can shoot over a wall. However, to make it fair for raiders, they can shoot the people on top of towers even if they are behind a wall. The wall would then simply offer protection equal to that of a sandbag to pawns on top of the wall. To anyone who would consider doing this, you can claim it as your own idea and tweak it as much as you like. I don't really care. I just want a watchtower so bad.