PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

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@MM.    You guys have made my favorite melee weapon, the stun baton, crazy better and close to being over powered with the candy and taser mod. I have a blast taking on decent sized hordes and rarely taking damage if my timing is right. Totally enjoy it, intellect is definitely my favorite.

Hunting is a major improvement. We have a dedicated server with usually 6 playing and so far have not had to make a separate box for raw meat. Chickens & rabbits are plentiful, maybe too plentiful but I need to play longer to give an adequate opinion. So far loving it. Thanks for a great job!

 
Star69 said:
@MM.    You guys have made my favorite melee weapon, the stun baton, crazy better and close to being over powered with the candy and taser mod. I have a blast taking on decent sized hordes and rarely taking damage if my timing is right. Totally enjoy it, intellect is definitely my favorite.

Hunting is a major improvement. We have a dedicated server with usually 6 playing and so far have not had to make a separate box for raw meat. Chickens & rabbits are plentiful, maybe too plentiful but I need to play longer to give an adequate opinion. So far loving it. Thanks for a great job!
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all we need is the Baton tiers and my Intellect build will be set!

 
Im really enjoying b169 so far. Early game loot feels now more rewardable for me because there is more schematics in chests.

The only thing I don’t like is that I’m swimming in food. It might be nice for people who are playing with friends in coop etc. but not for singleplayer. But it’s just my opinion, I know there are others who don’t like food scarcity.

Im on day 4 right now (60 min, nomad) and this is how my food chest looks:

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Besides the fist wraps. I highly recommend the knife. Like the stone ax it has a duel function.   Used to fight even as your gathering when a zombie who just can't wait decides to attack you while your harvesting meat. 

It has a quick thrust which is good for hunting down rabbits and chickens and vultures. 

Besides, you never know when you will see a wild animal out there. 

 
rivle said:
Im really enjoying b169 so far. Early game loot feels now more rewardable for me because there is more schematics in chests.

The only thing I don’t like is that I’m swimming in food. It might be nice for people who are playing with friends in coop etc. but not for singleplayer. But it’s just my opinion, I know there are others who don’t like food scarcity.

Im on day 4 right now (60 min, nomad) and this is how my food chest looks:

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What day are u on with all that food?

 
sillls said:
Besides the fist wraps. I highly recommend the knife. Like the stone ax it has a duel function.   Used to fight even as your gathering when a zombie who just can't wait decides to attack you while your harvesting meat. 

It has a quick thrust which is good for hunting down rabbits and chickens and vultures. 

Besides, you never know when you will see a wild animal out there. 
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Yeah a pure short blader is a really viable character choice now. Build up the speed, agility and blade in your character and you can make a very fun build.

 
Doctor3D said:
Yeah a pure short blader is a really viable character choice now. Build up the speed, agility and blade in your character and you can make a very fun build.
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I haven't even invested any points in knives and I am doing really good but that's a good idea to.  

 
Doctor3D said:
Even on an SSD with a GPU that has GDDR6 with 396* GBps memory bandwidth - I get those chugs. Can't imagine how the changes would have helped the potatoes..
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SATA SSD and a 4GB VRAM card and I get them pretty badly too.

That no preloading thing needs to go, and we need some texture size options for the TERRAIN if it's that much of a concern.

 
rivle said:
Im really enjoying b169 so far. Early game loot feels now more rewardable for me because there is more schematics in chests.

The only thing I don’t like is that I’m swimming in food. It might be nice for people who are playing with friends in coop etc. but not for singleplayer. But it’s just my opinion, I know there are others who don’t like food scarcity.

Im on day 4 right now (60 min, nomad) and this is how my food chest looks:

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That sound crazy not gonna lie. As a 3-man party in MP, end of day 3 doesn't look like this at all. It used to with lions / direwolves / bears everywhere in the previous build. We're not dying by any means but we get by without feeling large at all. Are you blasting through POIs with a gun you bought ?

 
rivle said:
Im really enjoying b169 so far. Early game loot feels now more rewardable for me because there is more schematics in chests.

The only thing I don’t like is that I’m swimming in food. It might be nice for people who are playing with friends in coop etc. but not for singleplayer. But it’s just my opinion, I know there are others who don’t like food scarcity.

Im on day 4 right now (60 min, nomad) and this is how my food chest looks:

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I noticed you have alot of corn.  Did you hit up some of those OP POIs like Bob's Boar and/or the huge corn field in Navezgane?

 
Laz Man said:
I noticed you have alot of corn.  Did you hit up some of those OP POIs like Bob's Boar and/or the huge corn field in Navezgane?
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huge corn field and bought some from trader.

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That sound crazy not gonna lie. As a 3-man party in MP, end of day 3 doesn't look like this at all. It used to with lions / direwolves / bears everywhere in the previous build. We're not dying by any means but we get by without feeling large at all. Are you blasting through POIs with a gun you bought ?
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No im a melee player. I have a lvl 3 wooden club right now. I killed a wolf and 2 boars with my blunderbuss. On day 3 in the morning there was a bear inside the building where I have my base right now. He killed me once but I managed to get my stuff back and killed him. The rest of the meat is from 2 rabbits and a lot chickens. I just kill them when they are on my way if I go from A to B. 

I bought some eggs from trader and some canned food from vending machine. Most of my food is just from loot.

 
Yeah I guess it makes sense with all that wildlife you came across. We didn't meet any wildlife besides rabbits/chickens and 1 boar from a POI, and we have triple the foodsink all the time. That death of yours may have restored some missing food aswell. I guess food needs some love with a clever mechanic to deal with both SP and MP, maybe a slider would be the easiest way.

The situation feels very good for 3-man parties right now. You definitely have to get out of your way to sustain yourself, but it's never too punishing or oppressing either. One of us goes master chef and another goes living off the land, it's relatively cheap and it does the trick after some time. It feels rewarding when you have a dozen farm plots running, and that's usually when the ball starts rolling.

 
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It seems like it is now perfect balanced for a 3 player party. I agree with you that we need some mechanic in the future that scales with how many people you play. I only can say for myself, right now its unbalanced for singleplayer.

Some people like me like food scarcity and others don’t. At the end TFP decides in what direction we go.

 
Star69 said:
@MM.    You guys have made my favorite melee weapon, the stun baton, crazy better and close to being over powered with the candy and taser mod. I have a blast taking on decent sized hordes and rarely taking damage if my timing is right. Totally enjoy it, intellect is definitely my favorite.

Hunting is a major improvement. We have a dedicated server with usually 6 playing and so far have not had to make a separate box for raw meat. Chickens & rabbits are plentiful, maybe too plentiful but I need to play longer to give an adequate opinion. So far loving it. Thanks for a great job!
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Awesome, and everyone said INT was worthless.

rivle said:
It seems like it is now perfect balanced for a 3 player party. I agree with you that we need some mechanic in the future that scales with how many people you play. I only can say for myself, right now its unbalanced for singleplayer.

Some people like me like food scarcity and others don’t. At the end TFP decides in what direction we go.
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I barely got enough to scrape by on in single player. I didn't choose any perks to increase harvest or animal tracker though, and I didn't go hunting, I went to do quests for the trader and killed what I saw with my own eyes. Are you going out at night and hunting predators? Were you just hunting all day? I could see getting that much if all I did was hunt or I had the perks, but it hasn't been crazy. Was this with b169?

 
madmole said:
Awesome, and everyone said INT was worthless.
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INT...most valuable. :)

Definitely a lot off cool, and much different ways to play this game than when I first started. I never even thought about being some ninja badass wielding an electric baton while popping candy when I first started this game - Game is always full of innovation and cool things - I am loving where the perk system is...I can tell it's getting closer.

 
madmole said:
Awesome, and everyone said INT was worthless.
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its not its Fun! IMO its the most "unique" Perk line! 

I mean batons and robots are very unique! i just think personally just a few things are lacking! 

mostly in batons! but im sure in A20 there will be new tiers for the Batons! Range weapons would be nice but its like adding sprinkles on a Nice Sundae! 

overall keep up the work on intellect! PS i love the Junk sledge! and can't wait for the drone!

*COUGH COUGH! JUNK AND PLASMA BATON COUGH COUGH!   

 
madmole said:
I barely got enough to scrape by on in single player. I didn't choose any perks to increase harvest or animal tracker though, and I didn't go hunting, I went to do quests for the trader and killed what I saw with my own eyes. Are you going out at night and hunting predators? Were you just hunting all day? I could see getting that much if all I did was hunt or I had the perks, but it hasn't been crazy. Was this with b169?
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Same here, no perks to increase harvest or animal tracker. Was all night inside my base and never did active hunting. I just did trader quests and if I have seen chickens on my way to missions I killed them. I usually ignore rabbits because they are annoying to hunt. In my game there were 2 rabbits who had no way to escape I killed them.

It’s a new game with b169.

1 bear + 1 wolf inside the poi where I live + 2 boars + 2 rabbits and all the chickens on my way.

 
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