Recent content by Dazrael21

I agree with these sentiments. This is close to my playstyle, and I'm still using it in A17. I build an underground crafting/storage base (just above bedrock), and build a Horde-fighting base above it. I never avoid fighting the horde - it's fun, and it's a good source of XP. I like to have all...

I go through most of them in a single horde night :)

I've been doing ok with something similar, though the bottom part of my base is solid reinforced concrete and I have a catwalk mostly shielded from the sides and above (vultures) . I just did Day 28 and got away without dying, but the vultures & cops make it interesting. The most interesting...

Yeah, I have always used underground bases. But not to hide from the horde - I love fighting the horde, and it's a good source of XP. I have never hidden from a BM horde underground, and I would usually emerge to fight a wandering horde when it hit my surface fortress even in end game. The only...

Good point. Superman started off by making big jumps originally, now look at him.

I have a video to prove just how easy Day 7 was with a basic horde night base. Obviously later hordes would require more than this but it is intended to be modular so expandable easily and upgradeable etc. Molotov's and clumping are the key, plus enough spikes. They didn't lay a glove on me...

I'm afraid it doesn't work. Here's a screenie: I was digging the end point of the stairway - the final flight, which was underneath the area shown above. There were no traps or anything else between the start and end of the path at this point. The zombie you can see wandered down the first...

A completely clear path? You wouldn't have any doors or walls between you and them? Interesting approach. Have you seen how they focus their damage when they group? It's making things very interesting. I've had a look at your experiment, and I'm building the inverted version underground in...

Yeah, I think it may need tuning a little. I'm not sure why (1) exists at all, as it's got no physical basis - it's like the Z's form some sort of Captain Planet gestalt entity. I had to kite the BM horde around my base to spread them out and and dilute the damage. Irrelevant comment: is your...

It does feel like in the starting stages the difficulty got a lot steeper. Personally, I loved it, 'cos it was a real challenge. But I can see how it would put a casual off. They'd maybe invest just enough time to reach Day 7, and then get absolutely smashed. We're starting a private server next...

Another thought I just had: Maybe I was digging too deep, assuming they couldn't see me through the many layers. Instead, I think I might try a storage room just a few layers under my defensive tower, encased in concrete and with a concrete apron at ground level. I love this part of each Alpha...

The short version: 1. They choose to dig too readily - digging through 30 layers of solid earth and rock is preferable to the AI than going through just two scrap and wood walls to reach an open shaft. 2. They dig too quickly. It took me ages to dig that deep with pick and shovel. They did it...

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but that's what I did. I had a defensive bunker which was 5 X 5 blocks with a shooting platform on top, with spikes around it. There was a 1 X 1 shaft in the middle where I was digging down to make a store room that might surivive if the base fell on a horde...

Yeah, I think it's a shame. I wasn't avoiding the horde down there - I would even come up for wandering hordes if I heard them hit the walls in Alpha 16 and below. I just wanted somewhere safe to keep my stuff, to decorate with all the fancy furniture and paints, and to wile away the night...

My experiences so far - Navezgane, nomad difficulty, solo. Defending with a bow and arrows, mostly. Zombies smash through early walls pretty quickly (a little too quickly, I feel), and spikes don't last long (iron or wood). I figured doors would be a magnet and would focus the power of the...