This is consistent with my recording footage. I did a YouTube series that ended last month with 60 minute days. Each 2 day footage was 2 hours and 16 minutes.
@faatalJust to clarify, if I build an enclosed structure, the game will detect that I'm inside? Or it has a be a game produced POI with a defined inside area?
Balance should be the same. Finding armor is not difficult, but T5 primitive armor has more damage resistance than T1 light armor or even medium armor. And since T1 armor has very little for a bonus, I just stick with primitive to get more damage resistance until I get to T3 or 4 armor.
I stay in T5 primitive for quite a long time for the same reason. I may make a set of preacher gloves when I unlock T3 or T4, but typically don't swap out T5 primitive for T1 or 2 light/medium/heavy.
An early game armor that might be useful to some is armor that significantly reduces the chance to get an infection, even if the actual armor value is low to offset the benefit. Maybe max level is full immunity to infection, but armor protection is 0. By mid game, this may not be useful as...
Seems to be like Fallout 4, where you can join either Noah's faction or the Duke although the Duke (like the Institute) are portrayed as the default bad guys.