PC Alpha 19 Dev Diary

[meganoth]

<rant>

And that's my rant on the magnum over.

While damage IS a bit too low, the problem can't be reduced to only this if we want really distinct weapons

I have a problem with handling the magnum. I don't know why but I can do headshots with a pistol no problem, but I often fail with the magnum. The magnum feels overly clumsy. Is it because the magnun takes too much screen space? Is it the crosshair? Don't know, I'll have to test that again.

For me "winning" a horde night is not about killing as much zombies as possible, it is stopping the zombies from doing damage until morning. There are lots of guns for the kill-em-all strategy in the game but not really much in the crowd-control category.

I could imagine the magnum filling the role of a weapon to keep the zombies simply away from the base by throwing them down on the ground or far back. And in normal POI clearance the AGI player could use the magnum as an Oh-@%$*#! weapon when surrounded. But for that it would need stopping power³

 

[SnowDog1942]

Serious question, why are we adding demolishers and bandits since those are most likely a 5% feature ? Is it only marketing, to show "the game has bandits" so that people buy the game ? Because if not, something's fishy about the logic of not adding stuff that concerns a minority.

Who says a Low level solo bandit cant show up on day 4  using a wrench as weapon?

 

[Ouch Quit It]

Coughs * Airport POI * Coughs

 

[Gazz]

I read this as:

It's too hard to polish up the gun mechanics so it's not going to be changed

I'll only point out that you made that up. I said nothing of the sort.

 

[beerfly]

Who says a Low level solo bandit cant show up on day 4  using a wrench as weapon?

We could sell them landmines and watch fireworks from distance.

Man, I can`t wait for bandits, zeds are cool to be aware from, but bandits ? I wonder in what sort of events they will spawn eventually... 

 

[madmole]

Would it be possible to make something spawn in after opening them just like how buried supplies quests work?  

Of course, but it takes time. We want to do something like that at some point.

 

[beerfly]

Of course, but it takes time. We want to do something like that at some point.

Sounds awesome, you may include wildlife, too. The smell/sound/activity from something new in the surrounding habitat could attract wolfs, boars, rabbits. And vultures, of course. 

 

[madmole]

Another blow struck against us poor scavengers by the tyrannical pro-mining lobby!

Well it won't work. You'll have to press those mining tools into my cold dead hands.

I'm sure you won't mind the gunpowder you find though instead of coal.

 

[MechanicalLens]

deleted

 

[KuriousTurtle]

I haven’t seen anybody post about it here on the forums yet, unless I’m mistaken, but I’ve noticed in MadMoles screenshots of A19 that the red dot sight is clear now and doesn’t have the blurred screen. I’m really happy about this

 

[Annihilatorza]

Glad to hear that gunpowder is sticking through.  Finding 40+ gunpowder in a medical supply loot container is never anything to complain about.

I really love that fact that the ones and twos are been removed of raw materials, as most people just dump them to make space anyway.

The Magnum does need work but they have said its gotten a whole model in A19 so maybe they have reworked the stats.

For me the Magnum should a step below the Desert Eagle now in stopping power, you get shot with it and you know you have been kissed.

 

[Khalagar]

Elevator still a possibility

Pls pls pls pls

As someone who lives at Bedrock, add Elevators or just undo the fix to the Hatch Frame Elevator. I dunno why that one was even patched, it was so useful. It literally takes me like 40 seconds to reach the top of the ladder to get out of my base, and uses my entire stamina bar even at level 40+. Elevators, or teleporters, just some way to yeet myself to the surface quickly.

Rest in peace, janky as sin Hatchframe Elevator Exploit™

 

[Gazz]

I dunno why that one was even patched

Because glitching into the game geometry through doors, ceilings or walls is not a good thing.

 

[Khalagar]

It was hilarious to watch though, and so useful =(

I kind of like the idea of just having a Junk Teleporter honestly. Would also let you make late game bases that *aren't* just right beside a Trader

 

[Gazz]

A catapult. Completely safe, I'm certain.

 

[EclipsingDeity]

Pls pls pls pls

As someone who lives at Bedrock, add Elevators or just undo the fix to the Hatch Frame Elevator. I dunno why that one was even patched, it was so useful. It literally takes me like 40 seconds to reach the top of the ladder to get out of my base, and uses my entire stamina bar even at level 40+. Elevators, or teleporters, just some way to yeet myself to the surface quickly.

Rest in peace, janky as sin Hatchframe Elevator Exploit™

I am with you 100%  I personally feel like they have already thought of this as an idea and that its something on there mind just not something that there giving there full attention too however i am with you on the whole wanting an elevator and maybe a variety of sizes for them as well with that being said ill take what i can get as it comes 

 

[JCrook1028]

I personally believe the marksman rifle and the hunting rifle are fine the way they are, especially since a new T3 sniper rifle is coming in A19, but we'll have to wait and see. But I completely agree with you on the magnum. My current build is agility-based, and after finding a T5 magnum recently, I crafted 500 AP magnum ammo and about the equivalent amount of regular ammo for it. Huge waste. The magnum cannot take a silencer (to my knowledge), making it pointless for any and all stealth scavenge raids. Unless you're playing on, like, 16 max alive during blood moons, the magnum can never hold its own. It has a terribly slow reload, it only has a half-dozen shots in the cylinder (nothing you can do about that), and worse still, even on Nomad difficulty, it takes several shots to drop the average radiated... and those are headshots! I bet you that the upcoming Desert Vulture will replace it outright unless some serious rework is done to the magnum, which is just a glorified hunting rifle in my eyes.

Maybe giving the magnum a high decapitation chance would be the balance change it needs.

IMPORTANT: Giving these trying times right now, perhaps it would be for the best if we now use a synonym for "looting" such as "scavenging", out of moral respect. Maybe; you do you, but maybe it's a good idea right now to abandon that word, like for example we have abandoned clowns due to many incidents a few years back.

Wait, you're suggesting changing your language use so as to not offend Looters? WTF are you even talking about? Moral respect? For looters??????

Now I also have to ask, do you not know difference of a rifle and assault rifle?

Do you? Cause..the in game marksmen rifle is NOT an assault rifle. Assault Rifle by definition has to have full auto or burst fire capability.  DO not confuse yourself with the media created category of "assault weapon".

 

[technoDaleks]

IMPORTANT: Giving these trying times right now, perhaps it would be for the best if we now use a synonym for "looting" such as "scavenging", out of moral respect. Maybe; you do you, but maybe it's a good idea right now to abandon that word, like for example we have abandoned clowns due to many incidents a few years back.

You are ridiculous.

Unless you're saying it's ok for people to "scavenge" your store/home.

 

[hiemfire]

Wait, you're suggesting changing your language use so as to not offend Looters? WTF are you even talking about? Moral respect? For looters??????

Take what you think they suggested, flip it on its head and you'll be closer to what they had actually suggested before they dropped the subject...

 

[beerfly]

A catapult. Completely safe, I'm certain.

But, with a random chance to land on the proper location, or survive. 

You are ridiculous.

Unless you're saying it's ok for me to "scavenge" your store/home.

Let`s don`t play with words here, A19 is on its way and THAT is what this thread is about.