Scouting jobs

[Mufflamingo]

Wish we can send people to scout the surrounding area for raids.

I usually build towns and most of my games, houses and buildings fill up about the whole map with little spaces on the borders of the map.

It is very hard to defend during raids because the raiders would be almost near my buildings when they arrive at the edge of the map. And my people wouod still be walking as the raiders demolish and fire my town. I dislike killboxes.

Wish there was a scouting job like form a scouting party instead of caravan and these people will patrol the surrounding tiles and send message to the colony like "Enemies spotted at the northern side. ETA 6 hours" somethinf like that so I can prepare for my people to defend the northern area of my town.

[dogui]

It's not a bad idea, but I think should be more realistic building a turret in the higher lands of your surroundings.
A sort of military post, guarded by a pawn of yours.

[tarator]

Are you playing on the largest map (hidden in options, Extreme 400x400)? It's pretty large, you should have space even for a perimeter wall if you build in the center.

[mlzovozlm]

1 of the reason i like mountain or coastal base, you basically have your base build at 1 side of the map, leaving plenty of space at the other 3 sides no matter how big the colony is & how small the map is

[RemingtonRyder]

If your buildings are made of stone bricks they're going to be quite hard to demolish. Obviously there are things other than walls that can be set on fire, but generally by focusing on trashing the place, raiders tend to open themselves up to being picked off one by one.

[Mufflamingo]

It's not a bad idea, but I think should be more realistic building a turret in the higher lands of your surroundings.
A sort of military post, guarded by a pawn of yours.

Except there is no "higher" land because there is no zlevel in rimworld. :p

Are you playing on the largest map (hidden in options, Extreme 400x400)? It's pretty large, you should have space even for a perimeter wall if you build in the center.

I only play the second medium map. I dont play the largest because it causes lag on my laptop, I dont have a hard gaming pc, jist potato laptop. Its so sad.

1 of the reason i like mountain or coastal base, you basically have your base build at 1 side of the map, leaving plenty of space at the other 3 sides no matter how big the colony is & how small the map is

Sometimes I do that too, but I usually play on flat terrains with rivers.

If your buildings are made of stone bricks they're going to be quite hard to demolish. Obviously there are things other than walls that can be set on fire, but generally by focusing on trashing the place, raiders tend to open themselves up to being picked off one by one.

Well the main buildings in the middle are made out of stone, then sometimes I run out and just chop/buy wood for houses on the edges. I play on flat maps so no stones to mine.