Dig a small bunker

[John Maynard 31]

On some slopes of the map the character could dig a tunnel to create a small base bunker.

 

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[Crustybastidge 1]

Or take a shovel and dig a foxhole under an improvised shelter

[lemmac 102]

At first i though this would be incredibly difficult and require a complete overhaul for deformable landscape. Then i realised you can already sink preformed structures below ground level server side so a preformed structure looking like a muddy hole created like a garden plot would actually be a piece of piss. Instead of only being placeable on flat ground it could simply be restricted to land steeper than a certain angle.

[WOLVERlNES 135]

Love this idea!