As I understand that you point out to LAVs (Killer Taxis) on choke points: Aren-¦t remote explosives and proximity explosives/mines suitable "barriers"? Construction is an interesting idea, though I see the game too fast paced. I do not want to stick around at any place for a longer time (think Orbitals). You could also think about construction vs deployment as in Domination or Ambush (OMS?) where the stuff is deployed during battle. You could request that stuff from your battlefield commander (a role that is still not available though) and point out where you need them.

you can't see remote explosives or proxy mines so they offer no detarance. as for being too fast paced, i don't think that makes a difference. people will always be trying to take over different points. sometimes they just spam vehicles or tanks to overwhelm them. being able to fortify against vehicles even for a short time would balance out defense and make it a bit more viable when the enemy is vehicle heavy. not everyone is KDR mad and decided to defend instead. buying time to send help back to a point could only be beneficial to all, more kills all around as positions are harder to take and require tactics rather than overwhelming force.

Hmm now that I think about it, where would this item go in the skill tree?

Upgrades>Core>Engineering>Dragon?

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`Sigh. Just another fun game of DUST.

actually i was thinking about this just a few hours ago and i would place these as an off chute of nano hives. it would require nano circuitry and then nano fabrication skills

so something along the lines of

nano circuitry 3 as prerequisite
nano fabrication 1 (basic)
nano fabrication 3 (advanced)
nano fabrication 5 (proto)

this or just have them available at the same level as nano hives and needle are on the nano circuitry skill.

if there was ever a time we needed this device....its now

dragons teeth - these are self assembling devices which once deployed (3B /4A /6P) assemble themselves into 2m square immovable objects. the purpose is to provide ways of defending positions from vehicles by denying them access unless they destroy the blocks with all methods at their disposal except swarms as they cant lock them.

it should only be deployable on flat ground same as any other deployable device.

damage would be equal both ways for impact damage from vehicles. if your in a lav you can ram it to destroy it but sustain damage yourself. essentially you could weaken a path through from a distance and while people are taking cover you could ram your lav through the weakened dragons teeth or just chain lav's. the first ones might blow but take the dragons teeth with them allowing the others to break through.

there should be 2 different types.

preemptive dragons teeth - high hp, take longer to construct, cpu/pg intensive looks like a block of concrete, offers complete LOS cover. on deployment the device launches a nano swarm which gathers resources from the surrounding area to form a solid block which is used to provided an obstruction to vehicles over a long duration. these are generally used to reinforce positions which are vulnerable to fast vehicle attack. these can take sustained small arms fire but are susceptible to most heavy weapon damage

reactive dragons teeth - low hp, short construction time, less cpu/pq intensive, offers limited cover as smaller than the other type and looks like a steel caltrop. on deployment the device launches a nano swarm which gathers resources from the surrounding area to form a lightweight metal caltrop which provides limited obstruction to vehicles. these are designed to be deployed as and when necessary on a situational basis such as trapping vehicle retreat routes etc. these are susceptible to most forms of damage

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keep on topic, this is not a deployable shield

shortcut to my replies and advancements on the idea:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1191041#post1191041
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1191126#post1191126
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1192075#post1192075

Then why not turrets ? (Deployable equipements for Logistics.)
Use the small turrets damage cut by half.
AI of big turrets.
High PG/CPU
Small Shield
http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090926024136/borderlands/images/2/25/Crimson_Lance.jpg
http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111116002137/borderlands/images/1/11/Turret_S02.png
The shield can be down with flux grenades or several shots from light weapons.

still want

Wow you even use your Nanite injector on forum threads ... you are a true logibro lol.

P.S: yea, still a good idea.

as long as you have to sit their and construct (basicaly the hacking animation)
and no picking up it
limited ammo even if its a lot
has shields and armor along with self regen of both

id probably let assault swarm launchers lock them so as to be able to help clear them out and offer up a secondary role to a pretty much useless item