What's the first thing you got rid of with V3?

Other notable options:

Jar return off
Dew collector... I mean jar fabricator input 0%.
This gives the dew collector a purpose, whereas otherwise its useless in the game vs just filling your jars at any water source.

Rage Mode 0%: No more cheapshots from zombies attacking with 0 animation. Makes melee viable. Previously could keep enough distance with spear or staying at the very edge of range with sledge / club / baton, but would still get hit once in a while. Now only get hit facing multiple zombies which happens a lot more because of:

Zombie density very high: man, they just keep on coming. I love being able to change this in vanilla without having to try to do it in the xml. You have to have eyes in the back of your head as they will sneak up on you constantly especially when fighting 1 in front of you. As much I'm loving this I may actually turn it down to high as its safer inside tier 1 and 2 POIs than it is out in the wild.
 
Removed Trader POI quests, kicking Rekt out into the burnt forest, Digging got disabled by necessity.
I don't mind the idea of digging. But execution was terrible when zombies dug down from the surface straight down though 40-50 meters of stone just because I made a noise 50 meters below ground. Or they tunneled from a basement a few blocks away and dug a 100meters one block high tunnel just below the surface because they somehow sensed the base from the basement they were in...
 
I enabled enemy health bar and XP gain during combat. Pretty cool option to see just how tanky some enemies are and how much actual damage you're doing. Friggin Dire Wolf sittin at 2900+ hp!
 
Scyris said:
Yeah they should have left it where chance for screamer to spawn is at 100% heat, not 25% like they changed it to. Its why you can get them after 2 dozen shots or so with most guns. I was fine when it was at 100% heat, as it was manageable, but 25% heat as it is now? Its far to easy to hit that. Wonder where that setting can be changed, when the screamer spawn roll chance takes place, as I've really disliked it since it was made 25% heat. Most overhaul mods set it back to 100% heat as otherwise they are nearly unplayable with how often screamers would show up. Might just shut it off entirely for now, as I wanna have fun with the guns, not be punished for using them.
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As Sapient6 said, heat map governs the chance to spawn. What it doesn't cover to the best of my knowledge is how many spawn. It used to be one, it was changed to two at a time somewhere around 1.0, I think. So, if you want to govern that, you'll have to change the XML manually for now.

No idea if they're planning or would consider adding an option to govern how many spawn at once. All I know is that I turned them off completely when that change was made, they were such a nuisance. Incessant combat (and headaches) is not for everyone and I'm testing mostly "not for everyone" kind of gameplay.

I'm sure they want as many people to lease and play it as possible and I think 3.0 is pretty good at catering to the more strongly felt preferences in the community. RyanX's comment warms my heart, in fact.
RyanX said:
I would love any suggestions you think would bring a more apocalyptic/classic zombie feel to the game.
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Did you set backpack crafting to limited? I personally think primitive weapons, at least, should be included in the recipes, but what's great about it is that it puts the quietus on some of the cheese, e.g. building temporary fight windows on the fly. You're going to have to get high (no, not like that) in the beginning to be relatively safe because hatches and doors and such can't be made in the backpack, so you can't just plug holes expecting to last the night and/or do your thing in relative peace and quiet.

Also, I know some people like those World War Z zombies that can outrun the wind. It presents more of a challenge in their sight for zombies to sprint; be "feral"; etc. But if you're going for a more classic zombie experience, you can turn feral sense off and not suffer the cost of zombies possibly not overwhelming you because every zombie in the neighborhood acts like feral sense is on now. (Don't know if that's a bug or what.) So, setting them to walk and at a higher spawn volume almost captures that classic zombie movie/Walking Dead feel.

PS. Setting them to walk doesn't prevent them from jogging and running on occasion for some reason -- not smell or rage mode. Not sure it shouldn't be left like that, "bug" or no. It almost feels like they have a mind of their own. If they're far behind, they'll jog or run a while, almost like they're trying to catch up with you. They won't keep it up. When it seems they're close enough to present a challenge, especially to your stamina, they'll revert back to walking. It's kind of strange, but also kind of awesome at the same time.
 
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Everything trader related.
Starting challenges puff 4 skill points.
Raised x 10 zombies manually through spawning document.
Reduced car damage to 35% so they dont break like piece of paper.
Set jar refund 100%(Why break jars m8)

Immediatly made mod for extending rifle magazines
and mod for starting with 2 honey jars per player
 
-Holo- said:
Removed Trader POI quests, kicking Rekt out into the burnt forest, Digging got disabled by necessity.
I don't mind the idea of digging. But execution was terrible when zombies dug down from the surface straight down though 40-50 meters of stone just because I made a noise 50 meters below ground. Or they tunneled from a basement a few blocks away and dug a 100meters one block high tunnel just below the surface because they somehow sensed the base from the basement they were in...
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Just be aware that, as I understand it, turning off digging will stop your first scenario but not your second.

The no digging setting turns off zombies' ability to attack directly above and below them, so if you're underground and there are zombies that have detected you at the same elevation, they'll still dig horizontally to get to you.

This is why underground bases need to be built on flat land. If you dig down into a hill, zombies will tunnel sideways through the hill to get to you, even if digging is turned off.
 
Uncle Al said:
Just be aware that, as I understand it, turning off digging will stop your first scenario but not your second.

The no digging setting turns off zombies' ability to attack directly above and below them, so if you're underground and there are zombies that have detected you at the same elevation, they'll still dig horizontally to get to you.

This is why underground bases need to be built on flat land. If you dig down into a hill, zombies will tunnel sideways through the hill to get to you, even if digging is turned off.
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Yeah I know, had to use mods for that in A2.x so glad it's in base game.
Wouldn't mind digging zombies at all if they'd atleast be tuned and/or have options to decide how far away they can notice and start dig.
 
Sapient6 said:
Digging.

I never minded zombies being able to dig, but I like making elaborate, fancy underground bunkers and I do kind of hate the way that zombies dig. They create these giant pockets and meandering paths and then get lost in them. I end up having to go find the last little snarling ■■■■■■■ and then try to fill it all in.
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Just adding: I'm really happy with this decision. I've made Wright Residence my main base and I'm really enjoying being left entirely alone when I'm down in my laboratory.
 
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