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Re: New Off-season Defenses

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Originally Posted by DareDad View Post
The Portcullis is gone. I offered up a manipulation defense that it functionally similar to the portcullis. What do you suggest? What are you willing to build in your garage to bring to off season events?
Let's tone it back a little.

While I do like your chain idea and think it would have made an interesting defense, the reason people are a little skeptical is because while similar, the chain would act vstly different than the Port. Most Port manipulators were also built with the bottom of the "door" being a solid bar. Ideally, any replacement defenses are actuated similarly to existing defenses so as to not require a completely new mechanism be built in the off season.
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