PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!
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GGNecronWP
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hi there. im new here and my english sucks. so pls dont flame me for that. thank you 
i realy like this game so far (my start was with a17 release)
there is only one thing i will miss in a18
to craft q6 items. i can understand why this decision was made, but still.
maybe u can use any of this ideas for a18.x or for a19
kumquat sayd in one of his streams, i can tell ideas and something in this forum. so i give it a try
my first idea was: make a buff which u get after bloodmoon horde without a death. this buff give you +1 crafting tier for your next craftet item. if you craft one, you lose the buff immediately and u dont get the buff back if you stop the craftingprocess
the second idea is: for your first readed schematic u get +1 craftingtier or unlock the item, for the first perk too. so you can craft with all perks and the schematic q6 items
the third idea i had is my favourite one: bring back the magazines. every magazine can give you a +1 craftingtier buff for a specific weapon, tool or armor. same as the bloodmoon one, it last only for one craftingprocess and disappears. so u have another way to get q6 items. but you need luck too. if you want one selfmade ak, you need the maxed out perk and the ak magazine. and for a self made q6 steel pickaxe u need the steel pickaxe magazine and the perks too.
with the random stats of found items and the scaling crafting costs it should not be overpowered. there will be always better ones out there. and make the magazines buy for 5k or more without perks, or/and very rare find in loot. (find in trash would be awesome)
then you can sell it for a good amount if you don't need it, but can use it for your self too if you want.
thats it, first post done. i hope it's understandable ^^
i realy like this game so far (my start was with a17 release)
there is only one thing i will miss in a18
to craft q6 items. i can understand why this decision was made, but still.
maybe u can use any of this ideas for a18.x or for a19
kumquat sayd in one of his streams, i can tell ideas and something in this forum. so i give it a try
my first idea was: make a buff which u get after bloodmoon horde without a death. this buff give you +1 crafting tier for your next craftet item. if you craft one, you lose the buff immediately and u dont get the buff back if you stop the craftingprocess
the second idea is: for your first readed schematic u get +1 craftingtier or unlock the item, for the first perk too. so you can craft with all perks and the schematic q6 items
the third idea i had is my favourite one: bring back the magazines. every magazine can give you a +1 craftingtier buff for a specific weapon, tool or armor. same as the bloodmoon one, it last only for one craftingprocess and disappears. so u have another way to get q6 items. but you need luck too. if you want one selfmade ak, you need the maxed out perk and the ak magazine. and for a self made q6 steel pickaxe u need the steel pickaxe magazine and the perks too.
with the random stats of found items and the scaling crafting costs it should not be overpowered. there will be always better ones out there. and make the magazines buy for 5k or more without perks, or/and very rare find in loot. (find in trash would be awesome)
then you can sell it for a good amount if you don't need it, but can use it for your self too if you want.
thats it, first post done. i hope it's understandable ^^
Viktoriusiii
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the only guns he's carrying around with him are those rock hard biceps muscles.
If he ever needed a weapon he'd just pick up a rock...
and craft it into a sharp stone!
As a former QA Lead in the gaming industry, it's refreshing for me to hear this sentiment from a dev. A lot of devs paid lip-service to it, but would shut you down with prejudice the second the philosophy became inconvenient for them. You say it like you actually mean it.
Roland
Moderator
Welcome to the forums!hi there. im new here and my english sucks. so pls dont flame me for that. thank you
i realy like this game so far (my start was with a17 release)
there is only one thing i will miss in a18
to craft q6 items. i can understand why this decision was made, but still.
maybe u can use any of this ideas for a18.x or for a19
kumquat sayd in one of his streams, i can tell ideas and something in this forum. so i give it a try
my first idea was: make a buff which u get after bloodmoon horde without a death. this buff give you +1 crafting tier for your next craftet item. if you craft one, you lose the buff immediately and u dont get the buff back if you stop the craftingprocess
the second idea is: for your first readed schematic u get +1 craftingtier or unlock the item, for the first perk too. so you can craft with all perks and the schematic q6 items
the third idea i had is my favourite one: bring back the magazines. every magazine can give you a +1 craftingtier buff for a specific weapon, tool or armor. same as the bloodmoon one, it last only for one craftingprocess and disappears. so u have another way to get q6 items. but you need luck too. if you want one selfmade ak, you need the maxed out perk and the ak magazine. and for a self made q6 steel pickaxe u need the steel pickaxe magazine and the perks too.
with the random stats of found items and the scaling crafting costs it should not be overpowered. there will be always better ones out there. and make the magazines buy for 5k or more without perks, or/and very rare find in loot. (find in trash would be awesome)
then you can sell it for a good amount if you don't need it, but can use it for your self too if you want.
thats it, first post done. i hope it's understandable ^^
I like your ideas. A one time bonus for the very next item you craft that will make it +1 tier above what you can currently craft so that sometimes you can craft purple quality items and that bonus comes by way of a reward for surviving horde night, and/or reading extra schematics you've already read, and/or using the A17 magazines. If Madmole doesn't go for it maybe someone could mod that in because it does sound cool.
Lonestarcanuck
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Watching the A18 TFP playtest - looks like the per zombie XP was lowered?
Lonestarcanuck
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So trader gets killed and players can go raise a fund to bring back a trader like 10K dukes.
Roland
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+1. I'd love a native option for removing trader protection. It is a lot of fun without it and even if the dude gets killed another "relative" could spawn in a couple days later to take over. There are some potentially great quests that could be done at the trader compounds without the protection getting in the way as well.
schwanz9000
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Awww shucks! That's man!
Dimpy
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@fataal
Has there been any experimentation done on tweaking the amount zombies prioritize certain material types/shapes? The only block I know that doesn't have an AI-cost proportional to it's durability is doors.
It's been brought up that the explanation for the zombie X-Ray pathing is the amount of heat and smell that leaks through, but does the team actually plan to use that principle to inform the design on the AI-block prioritization(like more drafty materials get a lower AI-cost multiplier)?
Has there been any experimentation done on tweaking the amount zombies prioritize certain material types/shapes? The only block I know that doesn't have an AI-cost proportional to it's durability is doors.
It's been brought up that the explanation for the zombie X-Ray pathing is the amount of heat and smell that leaks through, but does the team actually plan to use that principle to inform the design on the AI-block prioritization(like more drafty materials get a lower AI-cost multiplier)?
Blake_
Captain Obvious
I believe he knows all that, but that he personally as a player would enjoy traders being vulnerable to thieving and, by extension, to being destroyed.
I remember madmole saying that the desired design goal of the trader posts is to be relatively safe but destroyable, with settlements with pay-to-be-protected kind of stuff.
When wandering traders are in, we shall hope and trust them to be wreckable.
Edit: answered by faatal already lul.
GGNecronWP
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thank youWelcome to the forums!
hey thats right. if you get the one time bonus from the schematics after you unlock the recipe, there is no need for magazines.
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