Is there anyway to get the guards to patrol the area of the box or move around a bit. They simply spawn and huddle around the box. Players simply snipe the guards off at a distance without any challenge at all.

I've improved this in the next update

looking forward to it then ... thanks nivex

I'm following this thought. On my pve server it's tooo easy to just camp there and snipe them away. I feel like it would be great to have an option that you can't harm the scientists until you're in a range they will follow you and hunt you down... ?!

Ill add that as an option but really it's just part of the game where players can snipe npcs or players regardless of how cheesy it is :p