Recent content by Uncle Al

There are night only and day only spawns that die automatically on reaching dusk/dawn. They used to occasionally drop loot bags when they 'died of old age', which pretty clearly wasn't intended.

Over here in the UK we had Dr Harold Shipman, who I believe is often held to be the most prolific serial killer of all time. He murdered over 300 people, totally undetected, over many years. Was also a very good doctor, it's said. Apart from the killing patients thing, obviously. I think the...

I love perception and it's my most commonly taken spec. I didn't realise Demo Expert buffs timed charges damage, so thanks for that info! Even just going off the numbers I see, without knowing they were buffed, I've never once crafted a timed charge. I'll use the ones I find in loot but that's...

It is worth noting that the instructions for pasting a log don't actually work. Logs are too big for pastebin. There is a note on the report form saying 'if this happens use justpaste.it' but that site just freezes/hangs, at least when I try and access it. Could be it doesn't play nice with a...

That's interesting. Certainly the firing position on the real world version doesn't trash your peripheral vision like the game one does. H&K are impeccable gunsmiths, but at the risk of being lynched by angry gun fetishists, I don't think staying true to real world firearms is a necessary nor...

All of the drawbacks of a scope with none of the advantages? Why would you possibly hate it... It would annoy me a lot more except for the fact that agility builds can now have pinpoint hipfire accuracy with an SMG, so you never actually need to aim down the sights. As a random aside, I always...

Crucibles show up on day 1 pretty regularly. Buying one tier ahead doesn't strike me as a problem. That's what traders are for, as well as filling in gaps for stuff you just can't find or hate acquiring. Being able to completely invalidate 25 magazines, and thus the benefit of perking into...

I love rifles but they are a trade off. They are frequently almost useless in POIs, although they do shine in the new open Tier 5s like the Rockworks and Hybrid Mining, but they're far and away the gun of choice for horde night. The additional headshot bonus damage that rifles get is...

The day I worry is when they learn to jump and catch a ladder.

It's good! OK that was the short answer. The long answer turned into an essay, so apologies for that. New enemies and POIs are always great. Perk changes are generally very good. Even fairly minor things that are personal peeves of mine have been addressed, like shotgun slugs now being great...

If you select the middle page of player stats, the one that shows loot stage, then a large message appears in the centre of the screen if you've reached the loot cap. I believe the cap starts at 40 for the pine forest, although it goes up a bit when you obtain the biome badge for the burned forest.

Spoilage does have some issues with overhead involved in tracking and how to stack multiple items with different spoilage. Plus it's been a stated design intent by TFP that food is meant to be a solveable issue in late game. That said, Madmole did once say he had considered implementing a...

Food just seems to be a missed opportunity all round. Partly that system really suffers because, assuming I understand the mechanics right, increasing your maximum stamina doesn't increase stamina regen proportionally. And all high end foods do, really, is buff stamina. Stamina regen is much...

There's a very distinctive 'thonk' when you dodge a hit with the agility mastery perk, so if you're perked in agility it'll be that.

It is stacking. You're getting caught up in semantics. Look at the basic attribute bonuses: Rank 1, 200% headshot damage and a 5% chance to dismember. Rank 2, 210% headshot damage and a 10% chance to dismember. They're not additive. You don't actually have 410% headshot damage at rank 2...