The developers have to know that upgrading the vault door is absolutely pointless if there is no outside defenses, the only thing it does is determine how long it takes for them to break in which isn't even needed if you have a gauntlet set up.


A fix for this?


Just add an option to build a turret outside, right above the vault door would be a perfect place. Make it upgradable just like any other building even at 1 damage per shot it would make the vault door infinity more viable to upgrade, or you could attach one of your weapons to the turret and that's how you determine the damage.


It doesn't matter how it's done it just needs to happen

I totally agree, the door is useless.

Yes its waste of money, I upgrade thought maybe there will be some turrents but nope nothing.

The door upgrade was useful before the Deathclaws since I didn't need to keep guards at the door ... I moved up 2 dwellers when raiders attacked to take them down ... with the Deathclaws you have to maintain guards and fully staffed and armed killing rooms so the value of the door is eliminated ... agree that they need something else now and an outside defense would be perfect ... they could also favor something that utilizes all the wasted resources we have now (charge 1000 power to build, 500,000 gold, and 100 weapons ... or something like that) ... it would make it more achievable for end game vaults and give us something to use our resources on

Even with just raiders I have my first room as my guard room (power plant) and equip those guys with my best stuff, that way everyone is still productive and I don't have 2 guys fiddling their thumbs at the vault door