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Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!

  • A18 Stable is Out!

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Personally I'd really like to see either a semi-automatic shotgun with 8-10 rounds for base capacity (Such as an M4 Semi-Automatic) or even a magazine-fed automatic shotgun (such as a USAS-12.) This would allow for 10 rounds in a magazine, which could be further expanded with a drum magazine. It would make for a great end game weapon for people who like to specialize in shotguns, and a good alternative to, say, the M-60, the trade-off of course being that they are more meant for close combat and become less and less useful at a distance. That, and the fact that such a level of firepower would encourage spraying ammo, which depending on the situation could be either really good, or really bad if you're playing on higher difficulties and looking to conserve your resources (or trying to avoid drastically raising the heatmap, for that matter.) The double barrel shotgun is cool and all, but in my limited use of it I find it to be a bit of a nuisance when you have several enemies charging at you. It's a good starter though, since at least in my experience it seems to spawn in gun safes rather frequently, giving easy access early game.
On a side note, I feel like the pistol tiers could use some work as well. The jump from the basic pistol to the magnum is nice and all, but its basically a side-grade due to the lower fire rate and the smaller ammo capacity. It would be nice to see maybe, say, a Desert Eagle which would give you a higher fire rate, and significantly increased base damage, making it more desirable for an endgame weapon, the trade-off being a very scarce ammo type and also expensive to craft, resource-wise, as well as significant recoil and heatmap advancement.
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Those are some very good ideas.

 
Yes there is. Your "stay within" starts flashing and changes colors.
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Yeah, but the oversight here is that you never notice that because if you start getting out of the area is usually because ♥♥♥♥ happens. It needs a semi invasive warning. Flashing red Arial red size 48 tipe of warning. Maybe on top of the belt like any other information?

Just my dollar and 7 cents.

Otherwise, good stuff.

 
Day 23, still haven't found an m60. I am very disappointed (cos I got one in my previous experimental game, love it and can't wait to get another one). Making do with my tier 5 sawn off, tier 2 hunting rifle, and all the thrown explosives I've found.

 
Are there any plans for a feature regarding the electricity that would allow electrical items to have multiple inputs? Would be nice to be able to have a powered door with switches on either side of the door.

 
Those are some very good ideas.
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Thanks :smile-new: I'm a long time lurker but finally decided to voice my opinion, I'm glad at least someone appreciates my input. I think the weapons should really be tiered similarly to accommodate any play style just like armor does. For example, the assault/automatic category has the MP5, the AK-47, and the M60. that's a three tier scale each with increasingly better overall stats. The game is really built around progression, so I feel that all weapon specialties should reflect that.

 
Day 23, still haven't found an m60. I am very disappointed (cos I got one in my previous experimental game, love it and can't wait to get another one). Making do with my tier 5 sawn off, tier 2 hunting rifle, and all the thrown explosives I've found.
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Day 25 (gs ~50-60)and no m60 yet for me. Altho I've only been lightly doing quests (only on tier 2 quests) and moderate POI looting.

 
Day 25 (gs ~50-60)and no m60 yet for me. Altho I've only been lightly doing quests (only on tier 2 quests) and moderate POI looting.
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I don't use traders/quests. Last man on earth style. So I know I only have myself to blame, but...

 
I don't use traders/quests. Last man on earth style. So I know I only have myself to blame, but...
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What difficulty you running? I'm doing default but with 10 alive and staying ahead of the horde nights....so far lol.

 
yeah, honestly even if they made the cost of slugs more in line with AP 7.62's and made them significantly less powerful (because they are insanely powerful, they are expensive for a reason you get what you pay for). I'd be happy with that. as is Switching needs to be easier or faster or we need to drop the blunderbuss, move the Double barrel to T1 the pump to T2 and put in a proper semi-auto combat shotgun for t3.
Also don't think i've seen slugs in the trader this playthrough.
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https://www.usa-gun-shop.com/best-semi-auto-tactical-shotguns/

For inspiration. o//

 
Day 40 on my server and only found the initial trader. So, I have a couple of requests:

1. Ensure that when doing random gen that multiple traders will spawn.

2. At the end of the 2nd and 4th tier quests, i.e. when you have completed those tiers and the trader gives you the extra reward, have the trader give you a quest for one of the other traders on the map. Possibly make it a choice you have to make, i.e. make it one of the rewards he gives for the completion of the last tier quest.

Sometimes there are multiple traders and sometimes, like in my current world, they seem to be non-existent. Now, granted I have not explored all of the world yet but I think it would still be a good thing to add. How this would work with factions, I don't know, so maybe it doesn't fit in with TFP's plans, so that would have to be determined.

 
I don’t understand the issue with paint, if someone could explain to me in plain English, it would be great.

I don’t see how paint is cluttering anything. If anything, dye is cluttering inventory. All these different dye colors do not stack together. You can scrap them all into paint which does stack together. If any change should be made for the sake of eliminating clutter, it should be that dye is dye and when you use it, you select the color you want.

 
Also, for the tier 3 turret, something like an M134 Minigun would be awesome. (One that you'd have to manually operate.)
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Ooo yeah I think it's about time for turrets for our bases. Something immobile for sure. It may be a bit overpowered atm, but here soon with bandits and such it'll be a nice addition to the tower-defense aspect.

 
I think we covered the basic use case, beyond that, always proceed with caution in the apocalypse.
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OK, but is anyone interested in hearing about the non-basic use cases? Is there still an ongoing effort to eliminate cheap deaths, or no? I thought there was, and I will gladly point out any I might find if it's going to be helpful. If it has gone back to a "just deal with it" attitude, I'll make a note of that and I won't point them out.

 
I accidentally scrapped my fully modded blue junk turret today, during a loot run. When I figured out what I did, I wanted to puke. There really should be a warning that asks if you want to junk high value items.

 
Just sitting on a roof for the night when a wandering horde came by..Doing the electric slide....1 out of the nine or so was moving their legs....the tank top guy. I thought all this was fixed??

FAATAL!!!!

Coughs * Airpot POI * Coughs

 
I accidentally scrapped my fully modded blue junk turret today, during a loot run. When I figured out what I did, I wanted to puke. There really should be a warning that asks if you want to junk high value items.
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normally wont let you scrap something with a mod in it. has that changed, or are some items different?

 
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