For added flavor, we fire up all our forges, chem stations, and campfires. That brings in a couple screamers and bam, we have a real crowd of runners trying to kill us. Much more fun that way.
Hey man.....I am with you.
Play with a timer and you can mostly avoid that ever happening again.
We are on day 496 and lost all our stuff 5 times.
We now play with timers:
1-2 ppl - The host restarts every 60 mins
3 ppl - The host restarts every 45 mins
4 ppl - The host restarts every 30...
That is so far from the truth it isn't even funny. We are missing out advanced rotations, the expanded skills/perks, compound bow, all of the electrical options, the locked down workbench/forge/chem station (B.S. - because I think it is B.S. you can't move your own stuff anymore, but...