It really isn’t. This has been more about, if you have easier settings, it should be possible with easy means (running, vehicles). If you have harder settings, then it shouldn’t be possible with the same means... because that is what is desired by that player.
Because the problem is not "players avoiding hordes". If that was the problem, people would ask TFP to remove the option to disable the hordes in the first place. Do you see anyone asking for that? No. The problem is "give us a practical/actual reason to defend/use the game's TD elements", which is a problem that is irrelevant to what other people are doing.
Ok.
I suggest pretending that you are playing a completely different game that requires you to have too many weapons in early game. It's more immersive that way.
That's reasonable. I'm all for a setting to stop zombie digging. I'm all for being able to run away on lower settings. I'm not against these things just because I feel that they are "non-existent problems". Sound familiar? I know it is a problem for others, so I respect that opinion. I can only hope to get the same respect for what I feel is a problem in the way I want to play.
Or do like I do and scrap them because I won't need them yet and materials are more useful than a bunch of weapons sitting around in a chest unused.
Yeah, that's a good thing to do. As a plus, it's a faster way to pull the ammo out. I'm guessing with the new system to come, doing this will be a no-brainer.
So on one hand we're being level-gated to prevent us from advancing from the stone age too quickly and at the same time weapon loot has been made so good I've got a box of composite bows, an AK47 and 300 rounds of rifle ammo by day 5.
Everything is a mindset - we don't need hunger, diseases, debuffs, health, stamina blah blah blah... anything. Why "force" the player to, like, you know, engage in game mechanics? They will engage in them, if they have the willpower to do so! Oh and also your problem belongs to the minority and is hypothetical and will cause the game to become linear, dumb it down and other random negative things I have heard people say about games!
Mate, with willpower you could play the game with your own rules and play the game as a completely different game or even play it without playing it at all! Anything is possible. Don't understand why you would find that totally not sarcastic quote dumb.
I'm not that bothered by the digging, but zombies have a sort-of established mythos that does not include being able to detect you under 50 meters of dirt and dig down to you in no time at all.
Agreed. It was meant to be so for irony. Sometimes writing something dumb makes a point for the opposite of how it reads.
I would like to see "running away" become its own kind of minigame with chance of failure and of course the reward of survival if successful. Some sort of use of torch light could be fun, some sort of driving challenge added if taking a vehicle-- basically anything to make it so the choice to run away leads to interesting game play and risk instead of just hold down a button and get guaranteed safety.
