What's the deal with false walls being impenetrable?

[Crab_Spider]

Recently, I found out false walls are immune to projectiles including lethal acid spit, bullets, explosions, and crusher charges (Ill be testing this when I get the time). Meaning, yes, Marines can make defenses that can never be tarnished from a distance, racking up xeno kills effortlessly. False walls couldve been reduced to girders and then slashed by Elite T2s but this isn't the case anymore.

What was the intention of this feature?

[coroneljones]

You sure crusher charges dont break them?

If so, thats new

[Crab_Spider]

You sure crusher charges dont break them?

If so, thats new

Don't know, because if bullets aren't working I don't know what will

[Boltersam]

False walls can't be damaged by bullets, but I'm pretty sure a max crusher charge can break them.

[Crab_Spider]

False walls can't be damaged by bullets, but I'm pretty sure a max crusher charge can break them.

That's kind of a gamebreaker

[Feweh]

That's kind of a gamebreaker

How is that a game-breaker?

How many walls have you seen destroyed by bullets, even stone walls wouldn't be destroyed by bullets?
It's more ridiculous that 3 marines can line up and destroy the hull of a ship by shooting bullets at it.

[Renomaki]

Honestly, this isn't really a big deal.

False walls are good for nothing more than providing marines an easier alternative to a door that can't be pried open by xenos. You can't shoot through it, nor see through it, and in some cases people might not even be able to tell a fake wall from a real wall, getting people killed in the confusion.

Really, the only benefits it has is how easy it is to make compared to normal doors and the fact that xenos can't just click it open. Other than that, I doubt marines will rush to make FoBs out of nothing but fake walls.

[Crab_Spider]

Honestly, this isn't really a big deal.

False walls are good for nothing more than providing marines an easier alternative to a door that can't be pried open by xenos. You can't shoot through it, nor see through it, and in some cases people might not even be able to tell a fake wall from a real wall, getting people killed in the confusion.

Really, the only benefits it has is how easy it is to make compared to normal doors and the fact that xenos can't just click it open. Other than that, I doubt marines will rush to make FoBs out of nothing but fake walls.

Screw it. Going Engineer to prove you wrong

[Karmac]

When I'm making my FOB's I find False Walls to be more of a liability than a help, marines always leave them open in the worst spots, so I just cut them out of the pre-existing nexus walls, so there's almost no way they'd be shot up, turret-baited or crusher charged in the first place. Putting things in the way of your sentry guns line of fire is almost always a bad thing. Sure it slows down marine flow by a bit, but they'll thank you for it when that defense line is backed up by a turret that can shoot down the entire hallway.

[LarryOrtega]

False walls too op, admuns pls nerf it

[Nubs]

I know for certain they can be destroyed in a crusher charge. Yes, false walls can potentially be very useful, but the number of times i've seen someone leave one open, allowing the xenos to pour through and massacre people is distressing.

I actually prefer to make airlocks as a squad engineer where possible. they open and close automatically without being clicked on, can be welded, electrified or bolted. Obviously xenos can prise them open and crusher can crush them easier, but i feel they are just more useful in most situations.

[Karmac]

I actually prefer to make airlocks as a squad engineer where possible. they open and close automatically without being clicked on, can be welded, electrified or bolted. Obviously xenos can prise them open and crusher can crush them easier, but i feel they are just more useful in most situations.

Just don't forget how handy the Nexus entrance double wide airlocks can be if you're making munchy doors

[laserdogbad]

i destroy walls with acid spit as spitter all the time and this affects me

[Swagile]

Normal airlocks can be hacked and made shockable, meaning you can station a engi with gloves on near doors to be a door opener, and xenos can't pry it open lest they get shocked and killed.

Only a crusher charge would be able to do anything.

[laserdogbad]

Normal airlocks can be hacked and made shockable, meaning you can station a engi with gloves on near doors to be a door opener, and xenos can't pry it open lest they get shocked and killed.

Only a crusher charge would be able to do anything.

if that was true then how come ive never seen anyone do it

[Swagile]

if that was true then how come ive never seen anyone do it

Takes longer and more resources (you have to carry around airlock electronics in a storage device) to do it than a fake wall.