The game really picks up when you get the bike. Obviously, the longer it goes, the more exciting it is until you reach the wall at which you just start a new game.
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The game really picks up when you get the bike. Obviously, the longer it goes, the more exciting it is until you reach the wall at which you just start a new game.
BobbyLee298
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Ya smell is that 1 think that get pushed into the next Alpha for the past 3 Alphas
Khalagar
Active member
I had tons of screamers in A18 when I used an auger, but I dunno, in A19 I run my auger right at surface level for 10 minutes (until my rock candy runs out) and rarely ever have more than 1 total screamer. Now chainsaws, THOSE attract screamers and hordes like mad for some reason, maybe auger is bugged in A19
MechanicalLens
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Maybe you just had a bugged session or something. On some worlds I'd get screamers a mile a minute when I was using an auger, but when they didn't show up I would bring up the console menu, and it usually registered it as "Spawning zombie scout failed".
Blake_
Captain Obvious
It depends on where you mine. If you mine far away and in random spots then you can avoid a constant screamer parade for a few minutes. If you mine in a workstation area or in a previously heated place without the proper "cooling" time then it's very possible to have peak heat and get constant lady attention from minute 1. Happens to me near my base, yet on a Tier 3 POI with guns (and above) and far away mining I would get just one or two fangirls in that half hour.
Worry not ! According to the OP we get a new model for the Screamer in a20, I'm sure we will learn to love it !
Diragor
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NukemDed
New member
iirc one of the devs said that the heat was generated when the auger starts so if you start and stop a lot then you wiil get more screamers than if you keep the hammer down
i love the auger, use it a lot, and get very few screamers
then again i hear that you can pick a mine up with the right mods in a wrench
i love the auger, use it a lot, and get very few screamers
then again i hear that you can pick a mine up with the right mods in a wrench
Khalagar
Active member
Ah this could be it. I have different ores flagged around the local area, and just drive out once every week or two and mine for about 10 minutes then leave for another week or two. The heat map probably cools between sessions.
I always put my junk turrets watching my back ready to kill anything that falls into my mine entrance but I usually see a max of like 1 screamer per mining session. It's usually just a random zombie or two that wander by and fall in more than screamers.
With the chainsaw thing, I've got a tree farm right next to the base so I bet it's a hot zone, so as soon as I fire it up I get swarmed
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MechanicalLens
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That explains it then. I always use the one mine for an entire game and I mine there every night. I sometimes get screamers every 15 seconds, and I never allow the heat map to cool down. It would take a simple solution - a 5x5x3 wall surrounding the entrance to my mine and guarded with SMG turrets, but I am too lazy.
NukemDed
New member
robotic turret bro.That explains it then. I always use the one mine for an entire game and I mine there every night. I sometimes get screamers every 15 seconds, and I never allow the heat map to cool down. It would take a simple solution - a 5x5x3 wall surrounding the entrance to my mine and guarded with SMG turrets, but I am too lazy.
hear them, go up, bang bang, easy xp thank you
ha ha you win
Khalagar
Active member
Yep, junk turrets are a miners best friend. I either put them on top covering the entrance to the mine with covering firing angles, or put them down in the mine itself ready to blow away and zombies that stumble in and drop down. Honestly, playing with Junk Turrets watching your back is so much harder lol
Adam the Waster
Well-known member
A29 is my vote.
is that a damn powerpoint?Correction....the last on topic post was last Tuesday. There have been plenty of posts since Tuesday but they have been re-routed.
SMH roland you never change
The Gronk
Colon Pounder
This has completely obliterated the vibe in here.Roland said:
The old system was additive, people would add to the discussion which occassionally prompted devs to add to the discussion which in turn prompted the people to add, and so on...
The current system is subtractive. Anything not within a very limited set of parameters is removed, this leads to less discussion among the people which in turn leads to less interaction from the devs which, in turn, leads to less discussion from the people, and so on...
To put it simply. We are only supposed to post as a direct response to a dev. Are we just waiting for a dev to blurt out random facts? How do the people encourage interaction from the devs?
MechanicalLens
New member
@The Gronk People like you need to learn your place on this forum. The mods will deal with you with how they see fit, but if I were a voice of influence around here, I would have banned you full stop from the disobedient post you made on the dev diary. The entropy that you encourage is not welcome in this environment.
beerfly
Colony Rounder
These forums will always be the same habitat we use to have fun, though, as I not disagree with you in any way, the guys out there had a tough year a bit more than us and they try to stay focused on their both professional and personal life goals. We trust in them, remember.
Let`s give them the time they need
The Gronk
Colon Pounder
You know half the staff are European right?These forums will always be the same habitat we use to have fun, though, as I not disagree with you in any way, the guys out there had a tough year a bit more than us and they try to stay focused on their both professional and personal life goals. We trust in them, remember.
Let`s give them the time they need
I don't know about you but I've been a lot more productive since the only thing I can do is sit behind a computer and piddle about with code.