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100% agreed.  Amassing water in previous alphas was trivially easy.  The only bottle-neck was finding a cooking pot.  Once that was obtained, water was no longer a concern -- which, honestly, left me wondering: why even have the water/hydration system in the game? To be fair though, I haven't...

I 100% agree.  Stealth seems to work fine in T1 -> T3 POIs, but it gets really gamey in T4+.  I can't cite specific POIs, but I've definitely run into these invisible thresholds that spawn-in awake / aggressive zeds.  It was already getting weird with "walled-in zombies" and "zombies in the...

This is the one that I simply can't wrap my head around. To me, base building is vastly more important in A18 than any prior alpha I've played (back to A8/A9 -- but note I never played A16 or A17). If you don't have a good base, you die and lose the base. It doesn't get much more important than...

To me, base building is infinitely more important in A18 than any prior alpha I've played (back to A8/A9 -- but note I never played A16 or A17). If you don't have a good base, you die and lose the base. It doesn't get much more important than that. I was utterly amazed and elated when I lost...

More zeds outside. More wandering hordes.

I still miss the huge wandering hordes of bygone alphas but you're absolutely correct. Show up in town, round up all the zeds, go into my rote pattern of killing them all via the bow or melee. Rinse and repeat.... then loot at your leisure. With the new combat mechanics, it likely would be...

For what it's worth, I think this is the best Alpha I've played (and I've been around since A8). I haven't had this much fun with 7DTD since, I dunno, A15 or A14. I really like the concept of sleepers, but having one appear in nearly every closet, or up in the rafters / false ceilings, is...

Until you get better bows and pump up the Archery skill, the bow is pretty lack luster. Indeed most of the weapons are (at the beginning). But, whatever you do, don't adapt to the new changes / challenges okay? Don't make a stone spear, or charred meat, for example.

No, but since that never happens the question is immaterial.

I think it's cool you can find a piece of top end Q5 gear that's better than "run of the mill" Q6 gear. It adds variety.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you've been able to run from the horde ever since I started (A9). You don't need a vehicle either, just some beer or coffee and run run run. To be honest I haven't tried it yet in A17, but I'm guessing it still works.

As many others have mentioned, what I want most is variability. It makes the world seem more "real". You might run into a town with little to no zeds. You might run into a town that's overrun with zeds (inside and outside). You might run into a town that has a handful of very tough zeds, or...

I haven't put a ton of time into A17, but I have to agree with the OP. Some buildings should be nearly empty, some should be crammed with zeds, some towns should have more zeds outside wandering around, while others will have zeds camped-out in buildings. Some POIs will feature zeds way...

Another simple idea is to tie farming / gardening success to a skill. Low skill = low yields. This would only be truly effective though if there weren't enough skill points to become a master of everything.

Some thoughts for reducing the effectiveness of farming / gardens: * Crops need to be periodically watered, or they perish. * Crops need to be tended / weeded, or yields drop significantly. * Crops simply / randomly fail to produce as expected. You may get a typical yield, or you may get...