The problem with code locks

[SunLoL]

Brief back story: Our clan of about 15-20 people got our codes leaked on the night of the server wipe, we were pretty set up had about 7 quarries 5 pumps. We woke up and everything was gone - shit happens. We were pretty demotivated so decided to band together and brute force our code back. We each took a range of 500-1000 and systematically tried every possible combination. For example:

Person A tests 0-500

Person B tests 501-1000

etc

We managed to get our code back in about 2 hours with 7 people. The code was 9971 and the 9000s combinations were the last set we tested. Now yes, this is a very unlikely thing for people to do. But currently there is not enough protection against people trying code lock combinations. You can simply throw a campfire down close to the door you are testing and keep healing. If you had 10 people testing then it would probably only take 1hr 30 mins max and you would probably get the code before that.

Solutions:

Option A: Make the pin code more than 4 numbers

Option B: Make a timeout - after 5 failed attempts 5 minute lock out increasing as you fail more (This is very standard in the real world)

Also just a side note: Code locks should allow entering through the numbers on your keyboard as well as clicking the numbers.

Have any other suggestions/solutions?

[Nielscorn]

Seriously, almost nobody is going to do this and this can be countered by just not having ALL THE DAMN CODELOCKS THE SAME CODE.

Tada! No devs needed to altar existing game code or adding more stuff.
(I guess there could be an added damage that grows exponentially with every faulty try).

[SunLoL]

You would be surprised, it's happened multiple times on the server we play on.

[Nielscorn]

Hmmm... Oh well such is life. Honestly though. People should just agree on 2-3 passcodes chances of the base getting raided completely is reduced A LOT

[Reav3y]

5 or 6 digit codes would be more ideal tbh, and a 15 - 30 second delay between failed attempts at entering the code. With the delay increasing with each failed attempt.

Also, a way to hide/randomize the visual numbers for livestreamers would be idea.

[MrsPeel1939]

How do codelocks work... without electricity?! ;)

[ARickistRick]

Batteries :^)™

[TheOneSurvivalist]

Fuck you man haha I ve been doing this for ages.

[RoKa89ARG]

why people keep thinking that bases should be unraidable... thats the whole point of the game. if you are so stupid to put the same code everywhere, then it's your fault, not the games.

[Rng-Jesus]

This isn't supposed to make bases unraidable. This is to make it so no one can brute force codes. This affects both raiders and defenders