dan
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So I started out not very happy about the gamestage determining the loot of items, but I've learned to live with it. It's actually kinda nice that the weapons and items scale with the difficulty of the zombies.
The new graphics and zombie models are very nice, the RWG seems much better, more poi's and different poi's are great. I like the fact that you don't see the same buildings in every town, or multiples of the same house down every street. Having traders in or on the outskirts of town is also a great improvement.
When out looting or on the endless quest for food and you see a zombie, no problem, headshot or two and it's down. But when you see a bear or mountain lion, oh $h&#, it's gonna be a pain, but it's also going to be food.
Starting a farm right away is key. Getting as much rotten meat as possible is also very important now so you can keep building farming plots. I'm not really sure how farming worked in a18 as food was never an issue so I didn't farm. But you plant a seed, wait till it fully grows, harvest it and it turns back into an already planted seed that starts growing again and you also get the crop in your inventory. No more replanting of seeds once you have a good sized farm going. Just harvest and come back later and harvest again. It's the best farming I've seen yet in any alpha. But as I said, I didn't farm at all in a18, so it could have been the same there too. So if you want to fix your hunger issues, get a good farm going and make veggie stew, doesn't take a lot. And seeds are usually found in trash bags, cans, and dumpsters. Or you might find a farm half dead somewhere with a few live plants you can grab and turn into seeds. Farming is basically required, so put the 3 points into it if you want to really survive the hunger issues. Also don't drink water, make red tea. Very easy to make and reduces your hunger and thirst degradation by I think 15% for about 5 minutes. Spend 30 minutes chopping down those red flowers and you'll have hundreds.
Meat is useless unless you craft something like bacon and eggs, or meat stew, just cooked meat gives very little food. Bird nests are your friend again, grab all the eggs you find and make bacon and eggs. They give around 35 food I believe where as just charred meat gives I think 5.
The new sledge turrets are not great, but are great to watch them smack zombies. The dog, bear, and wolf packs are a nice addition, even though my only in game deaths have come from them.
Just finished the day 21 horde, had a few radiated and a ton of military zombies. The birds are no longer just a nuisance, they are actually a real threat now. I have horde night set to 32 I believe and there was just me and my 7 year old, so we had a ton of zombies. The electric fence seems a lot more useful now by holding them in place for a while so you can take them out with bullets. My power usage on my generator is running at 200w, it holds 1000 gas, but used less than 100 for a full horde night. So it's very efficient. Although I'd much prefer to use a battery bank and solar panels. But I'm sure solar panels are a much higher game stage.
I managed to get a 4X4, but when logging out everything in it's storage gets deleted. Probably a known bug.
Anyway, this has been the most fun I've had playing 7d2d in a long time.
The new graphics and zombie models are very nice, the RWG seems much better, more poi's and different poi's are great. I like the fact that you don't see the same buildings in every town, or multiples of the same house down every street. Having traders in or on the outskirts of town is also a great improvement.
When out looting or on the endless quest for food and you see a zombie, no problem, headshot or two and it's down. But when you see a bear or mountain lion, oh $h&#, it's gonna be a pain, but it's also going to be food.
Starting a farm right away is key. Getting as much rotten meat as possible is also very important now so you can keep building farming plots. I'm not really sure how farming worked in a18 as food was never an issue so I didn't farm. But you plant a seed, wait till it fully grows, harvest it and it turns back into an already planted seed that starts growing again and you also get the crop in your inventory. No more replanting of seeds once you have a good sized farm going. Just harvest and come back later and harvest again. It's the best farming I've seen yet in any alpha. But as I said, I didn't farm at all in a18, so it could have been the same there too. So if you want to fix your hunger issues, get a good farm going and make veggie stew, doesn't take a lot. And seeds are usually found in trash bags, cans, and dumpsters. Or you might find a farm half dead somewhere with a few live plants you can grab and turn into seeds. Farming is basically required, so put the 3 points into it if you want to really survive the hunger issues. Also don't drink water, make red tea. Very easy to make and reduces your hunger and thirst degradation by I think 15% for about 5 minutes. Spend 30 minutes chopping down those red flowers and you'll have hundreds.
Meat is useless unless you craft something like bacon and eggs, or meat stew, just cooked meat gives very little food. Bird nests are your friend again, grab all the eggs you find and make bacon and eggs. They give around 35 food I believe where as just charred meat gives I think 5.
The new sledge turrets are not great, but are great to watch them smack zombies. The dog, bear, and wolf packs are a nice addition, even though my only in game deaths have come from them.
Just finished the day 21 horde, had a few radiated and a ton of military zombies. The birds are no longer just a nuisance, they are actually a real threat now. I have horde night set to 32 I believe and there was just me and my 7 year old, so we had a ton of zombies. The electric fence seems a lot more useful now by holding them in place for a while so you can take them out with bullets. My power usage on my generator is running at 200w, it holds 1000 gas, but used less than 100 for a full horde night. So it's very efficient. Although I'd much prefer to use a battery bank and solar panels. But I'm sure solar panels are a much higher game stage.
I managed to get a 4X4, but when logging out everything in it's storage gets deleted. Probably a known bug.
Anyway, this has been the most fun I've had playing 7d2d in a long time.
