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Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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Day 28 horde night was easy peasy (24 alive). I felt like there was less zombies, but it could be pipe bombs and molotovs exhausting horde super fast ("price": 500 rounds 7.62, 24 molotovs and 37 pipe bombs). I tested a modified platform and it worked really well: 16 reinforced concrete pillars with plates to increased protection, so in theory each pillar has 25k hit points. Sure, I will need steel in order to avoid demolishers, but I will build a perimeter defense with electric fences and inside barbed wire fences. On top I will have a iron bars cage so I can sniper them.

 
Day 28 horde night was easy peasy (24 alive). I felt like there was less zombies, but it could be pipe bombs and molotovs exhausting horde super fast ("price": 500 rounds 7.62, 24 molotovs and 37 pipe bombs). I tested a modified platform and it worked really well: 16 reinforced concrete pillars with plates to increased protection, so in theory each pillar has 25k hit points. Sure, I will need steel in order to avoid demolishers, but I will build a perimeter defense with electric fences and inside barbed wire fences. On top I will have a iron bars cage so I can sniper them.
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24 molotovs and 37 pipe bombs will defo make an early game horde night easy peasy lol

 
Yeah, by Day 7 I have about 100 spare duct tape and I don't use repair kits for tools (just use until broken, then scrap). I like that Duke Tape is such a strategic resource, makes the game more interesting.
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Yeah duck tape is tricky, I can never find any ducks in my game.

 
Madmole, when/if you eventually add a dead is dead option I have a fun idea. Imagine if we had a dead is dead hardcore setting that was hard coded so everyone was on the same playing field? We could have a leaderboard for days survived.

 
I was testing a blade trap and came across a bug where I get an error message if I walk into it. Looks like the error happens every time a blade hits me. I take no damage, and no sound other than the blade spinning.

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

 
4 GB will probably only be OK for a few years. I can see our next game being 3-4 GB minimum requirements.
Save the money on something cheaper now and have that money for later, or spend more now and use the card longer. Both have their merits.
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"3-4 GB minimum requirements to die" Coming on 2020

 
LOL and more LOL.
Here is a secret tip for all you pro players out there. The 9V battery in the land mine could be dead, so touch your tongue to the mine. If you don't get a shock, then feel free to pick it up. If you feel a shock, then don't mess with it. If you you died trying this, then blame Roland, since he made me think of land mines.
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Funny you mention this. I know a guy who swears by the 9v battery tongue test...lol

 
Day 28 horde night was easy peasy (24 alive). I felt like there was less zombies, but it could be pipe bombs and molotovs exhausting horde super fast ("price": 500 rounds 7.62, 24 molotovs and 37 pipe bombs). I tested a modified platform and it worked really well: 16 reinforced concrete pillars with plates to increased protection, so in theory each pillar has 25k hit points. Sure, I will need steel in order to avoid demolishers, but I will build a perimeter defense with electric fences and inside barbed wire fences. On top I will have a iron bars cage so I can sniper them.
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Explosives of all sorts are ludicrously powerful for their cost in A16 so far. With gunpowder being so easy to get and the only limited on higher explosives being duct tape you can pretty much just LOL through a horde if you depend mainly on explosives. My pure agility build was killing day 40+ hordes just by spamming explosive arrows for the most part, and I was actually stockpiling more than I was using.

 
Does the From The Shadows (sneaking perk) include gun sounds as well when it says muffles all actions?
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Speaking of sounds, was is always intended for sound to get lowered when crouching (e.g. the sound of mining)? I think the game has always done this since many alphas ago. Seems more like a negative thing.

 
Speaking of sounds, was is always intended for sound to get lowered when crouching (e.g. the sound of mining)? I think the game has always done this since many alphas ago. Seems more like a negative thing.
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are you asking if crouching has always lowered volume? yes its been like that since i think stealth was introduced. I believe that if you are crouching any sounds u make will produce less heat, I still need to verify this is true.

 
Speaking of sounds, was is always intended for sound to get lowered when crouching (e.g. the sound of mining)? I think the game has always done this since many alphas ago. Seems more like a negative thing.
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I think it represents that you're mining more stealthily?

...maybe they should make it a bit slower when crouched, to simulate you being more careful. =)

 
I would love to watch a video of that. Sounds amazeballs. Sounds like alot of fun despite the gaps you've observed.
Edit: As a side note...I wish I had more play time. A18 has me so hooked....
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I really wish I had recorded the previous horde defense, I was in my bunker with everything out of ammo, my iron bars broken, and my last block between me and the zombies at 10% hp. Full brown pants mode. I nommed a fort bites, meleed, and dipped out a couple times to heal. Killed the last 50 or so zombies melee only protecting that block by tanking controlled amounts of hits.

But I do have my Day 34 defense. After the brown alert of the last horde night I went into full on farm/prep mode for the next one an I think I overprepared lol.

. I also did adapt what another forum poster was saying and used 4 junk turrets. That way while I was reloading 2 the other two would be firing. Of course, this means I'm even more of a reload $*#&$ than ever and I barely had time to fire more than a few clips of AK ammo.
Nonetheless, the 2 auto turrets + 3 shotgun turrets + 2 blade traps + 2 electrical fences are what did 90% of the work. I think the Junk turrets were there mainly to make me feel like I was useful. "I'm helping!" lol. I could have potentially AFK'd this defense since the blade traps had taken hardly any damage and the electric fences were both still healthy once the night was finished....electrical turrets still had plenty of ammo too.

This is why I say you can overcome basically any challenge in this game via controlled pulls or farm. Controlled pulls for POIs and sheer amounts of farming power for horde nights. Farm + well built base &gt; player skill lol. At least until demolishers come knocking on my door. I'm pretty scared they are gonna boom on me.

 
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