Realism cuts the other way on this one. It's a basic part of fencing footwork to move backwards, and quickly at that. I'm guessing they removed it to make melee more dangerous but that jousting back and forth in and out of range is what you actually do when you have a weapon in your hand in real life.
Perhaps a perk to allow better backpedaling or better footwork would be useful
That is what makes any FPS enjoyable?! Damn. I guess I've been enjoying them for the wrong reasons.
If they had left player movement alone, the zombies still would not be lethal. I have zero trouble with the A17 zombies.
I know right? I get the feeling he really strongly dislikes A17 but I just can't be sure since he is so subtle about it. He needs to just stop holding back and tell us how he really feels.
Yeah, for when you blow your hidden shot (or the hidden shot wasn't enough for the kill) then the extra damage from perception helps, even at low levels it can mean 1 shot less for the kill, which can be a lifesaver at times. Of course the synergy with hidden and headshot is just awesome. Even though the archery perk doesn't increase damage directly, faster draw & aim does translate to more DPS, so I feel it is worthwhile having put points there. As stated salvage is solid, looter - a16 I considered it critical, a17 meh, but it is something.
Have you ever tried finding a 7 Days to Die zombie in real life?
For guns I really like the smg now personallty. My go to in A16 was the sniper rifle, but all of the 7.62mm round using guns are now pretty much trash, the magnum is still good, and the smg is good, shotgun has been garbage for many alphas in a row, and this continues into a17e as mods don't seem to up its damage much. The Marksman rifle should have damage matching the magnum, while the ak47 should be around 45-50 dmg. No gun should hit for less than the ammo's base dmg, like 9mm ammo base dmg is 25, yet the smg hits for.. 20 somehow?
Maybe nobody commented because they are wondering what the problem is. I just started 7d2d, kept the 'd' key pressed and I was moving sideways, and moving, and moving.
This game is also a survival horror game. They tend to have slower pace. Ideally the extra time should be used by the player to make long-term survival decisions and experience the ambience of the moment. If you want the game to be faster-paced, I suggest decreasing the time scale using commands, which makes EVERYTHING faster.
interesting, maybe i'm bugged then, although it's in every game, and all versions of a17 so far.
Yea. It didn't have a slower pace for the last 5 years. Making it slow as of A17 makes it feel like I'm on a set of railroad tracks.
This clip of Serious Sam looks like a ton of fun. I agree it's arcadey looking, but it was made 17 years ago. It has an appropriate mix of flying, stealth, ranged attacking, suicidal exploding, line-of-sight attacks, and randomized circle spawning that makes the player have to rely on a mix of different guns and defensive maneuvers to adequately defend himself and progress in the game. If you look past the graphics, I would say it does a better job at creating a threat for an FPS PVE than 7DTD.
Breaking the character's agility, dividing it into components, and giving some of it back via grind-a-perk to unlock is not interesting.
You'll just have to make them throw eggs.
A16 did have stamina problems, and you had to perk out of them too. The only difference was that you only need 2 points in cost reduction and 2 points in regen rate to completely eliminate the problem, ignoring the rest of the perk progressions. A16 also had the same grind-a-perk functionality, in case you forgot about the stone-axe grinding thing.
