Be careful with IED's

[Mrred1]

I had a row of IEDS set up outside my base  near my turrets(very bad mistake). Visitors came by and stepped on my traps, leaving a colonist dead and the rest wounded after a chain reaction explosion.

[hyperkiller]

lol, I always have animals trip my traps seems like

[Jamini]

I've stopped using IEDs pretty much for that very reason. IEDs and Traps have this distressing tendency to trigger on visitors, eventually making everyone hate you because they cannot watch their own feet.

Nowadays I seed the mountainous walls of my colony with IEDs inside. That way when a sapper tries to dig in they often get a nice present for their efforts.

[Facepunch]

I tried to trap the entrance to my base, once. Never again. I had IEDs 'nd shit, big raid, they stepped on an IED, blew it up. My marksman was caught in the blast, lost an eye, a arm, almost lost his head, and general damages to several organs. They stepped on a second IED, and the explosion from that also took out one of my colonists. Shrapnel hit him in the head, and brained him. I sent a third colonist around to flank the raiders, while I had a few more basically just pinning them around the entrance, and he stepped on a beartrap and had his head cut off. I won that raid, but wasn't even worth it. Now I just have 3 or 4 snipers sit in a nest, and blast them from a distance.
I use combat realism, too.

[NuclearStudent]

I tried to trap the entrance to my base, once. Never again. I had IEDs 'nd shit, big raid, they stepped on an IED, blew it up. My marksman was caught in the blast, lost an eye, a arm, almost lost his head, and general damages to several organs. They stepped on a second IED, and the explosion from that also took out one of my colonists. Shrapnel hit him in the head, and brained him. I sent a third colonist around to flank the raiders, while I had a few more basically just pinning them around the entrance, and he stepped on a beartrap and had his head cut off. I won that raid, but wasn't even worth it. Now I just have 3 or 4 snipers sit in a nest, and blast them from a distance.
I use combat realism, too.

I guess you couldn't BEAR the heartache. 

[silenced]

Now I just have 3 or 4 snipers sit in a nest, and blast them from a distance.
I use combat realism, too.

3 - 4 snipers with 20 in shooting are ... WORTH it.

I lost my fully augmented sniper (both eyes, arms, legs bionic) to a disease, because I always forgot to give him a new 2nd kidney. And without it, it took too long to get immunity, even with proper medication. I felt ... sad ... after that.

Always have spare Organs!

[Facepunch]

Now I just have 3 or 4 snipers sit in a nest, and blast them from a distance.
I use combat realism, too.

3 - 4 snipers with 20 in shooting are ... WORTH it.

I lost my fully augmented sniper (both eyes, arms, legs bionic) to a disease, because I always forgot to give him a new 2nd kidney. And without it, it took too long to get immunity, even with proper medication. I felt ... sad ... after that.

Always have spare Organs!

Always have at least 1 prisoner, in case you need an organ or something. They're good for that.

[catter]

Always have at least 1 prisoner, in case you need an organ or something. They're good for that.

Ok, I have a saying in my colonies, "Don't hurt the prisoners in any way", I have that saying because prisoners are good for recruitment or for good will. If they break we kill or hurt them, however we don't harvest them because it keeps them from feeling like a spare parts bin. Less chance of breakdown or saying no to a recruitment.

[Mrred1]

II hope the all mighty Tynan adds different traps and security measures for A13.The only time I use IDS are when sappers are trying to break in. Otherwise, not worth the risk.

[mumblemumble]

Actually,  giving ieds a radio controlled passive / active toggle used from the comms console would help.

[Mrred1]

That would actually be really helpful! Like if I put some IED's by my main entrance I could turn them on during a raid and off if my colonists need to get through.