Talk:Guides/Hound Repelling/@comment-219.90.158.64-20130702135536/@comment-219.90.158.64-20130702174749

Actually I just realised that in order to be truly anal retentive, I have to mention that technically you're not "repelling" hounds, you're killing them. So "hound hunting", "Hunting the Horrific and Horrible Hounds of Hell", or simply "Hound Defense" would suffice.

Or "The Hound and You: How You Can Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones from the Deadly and Dangerous Demon Hounds of Doom".

Or "Release The Hounds: How to Defend Against Repeated Hound Attacks Without Burning Your Whole Base Down".

Oh and yeah I agree that initially the few hounds that attack you are easily repelled with a log suit alone - I just ensure all initial teeth go toward tooth traps in a tunnel.

I guess I should probably mention that technically my version of this method is a LITTLE bit different, in that I often make my tunnel two traps wide. I still only leave a 1-space gap at some point (choke point), with it wider at the entrance. Not sure if this actually provides any advantages other than it's easier to cram more traps into a shorter (but slightly wider) corridor.

Early on I experimented with a tunnel running perpendicular to the actual entrance, with the entrance in the centre of the tunnel leadig to the main base, and the two tunnel entrances being on either side. Dunno if I explained that right. Anyway, it wasn't that great since it resulted in the hounds attacking my walls a lot of the time (although if I ran toward them (in the traps that hadn't gone off), this would often get them to come and follow me, after which I'd just run back into the base and they'd get taken out. Still, this was more effort than it was worth in the end.