Редактирование: TGMC:Guide to resin construction (раздел)

=Picture Examples=
Just talking about hive defenses is not enough to learn, so let us go over some hive defense structures, and analyze their strengths and weaknesses so that you can make a good decision when building.

Exhibit A:

[[File:Killer_Pillars_Example.png]]             [[File:KIller_Pillars_Alt_Pattern.png]]
                                               
                                                
The classic Killer Pillars are a highly adaptable and easily replaceable defensive structure, designed to slow marine advances and absorb gunfire.

<b><big>Pros:</big></b>
 
High Adaptability: 
The Pillars main strength is that they can be quickly re-adapted to suit the current need of the hive, being able to form a wall, or a meandering funnel is a major strength of a good builder.

Non-Restrictive of Mobility:

The pillars provide a extreme advantage for the faster moving xenos such as Runners, Drones, and even the Hivelord, because they can make great use of their speed to weave through the pillars and strike the enemy from a another angle of attack.

Explosive Dampening:
The pillars provide excellent protection from explosives because of their nature, a rocket is far more likely to hit one of the pillars and have its explosion mitigated by the surrounding pillars, lowering its effectiveness and saving sisters lives.

<b><big>Cons:</big></b>

Easily Destroyed:

Being singular pillars, with not much to back them up, the killer pillars are as easily destroyed as they're replaced, and a particularly fast rolling unga ball can quickly decimate the defense.

Clear firing lanes:

Depending on the pattern in which you are building the pillars, you are either giving marines clear fire lanes through it, from the north to the south, and to the east and the west, or you are blocking one direction, but giving them clear shooting through a another. We emphesize thinking about this when building fortifications and making sure areas where marines have a large area of fire are blocked off, while not hindering sisters.

Build time:

Depending on both map and situation, the construction of multiple pillars can be daunting, especially if you are the only builder class of the hive.(Which you really really shouldn't by the way, make that Queen work!) So you must pay attention to the time needed to build fortifications and what other sisters are doing.



Exhibit B:

[[File:Thriller_Columns.png]]

The bigger cousin of the killar pillars, the Thriller Columns provide more cover for sisters to hide behind while also blocking significant line of sight for marines.



Exhibit C:

[[File:Frontline_defense_station.png]]

A structure I dub the "Defense Station", these are equipped with tightquarters for sisters to dip into, as well as fire suppression and protection in the form of multiple acid wells and a Resin Jelly Pod.