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@Roland @Laz Man i want to here your opinion because you maybe will know how this works on steam ( this could be use for 7dtd too )  :  

Total wars have "blood and gore" paid DLC right? this sounds stupid but it is working that way. A lot of people who play in Total war think this can be connected with PEGI (and similiar systems) and to avoid be banned in some countries because dlc don't count into this system ( this can explain gore dlc for L4D2)?

Because if this is true controversial things like : teens zombies, even more gore and more "controversial" stuff can be added in DLC  full version release because if it is true people from "conservative" countries will not lose access to 7dtd and if someone don't want to have this can just not download dlc

 
Roland said:
Keep in mind that reputation was never listed as a goal or stretch goal in the original kickstarter but has been talked about by Madmole several times in the past. That means it could change or even be cut.

So there is the Duke of Navezgane with his minions and Noah with his followers. Through quests and interactions you can build or lose reputation with these factions. Some or all of the traders will  be aligned with one of the two factions meaning your ability to trade may be affected depending on your reputation with a particular faction and who that trader is allied with.

There was also talk about reputation being something like the heat map where it builds and then hits a trigger where the bandits become aware of you and so come visiting.
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There is reputation in A20. Do enough quests for the trader and he gives you a large gift basket.

Sure, there could be more ways you could benefit from it, but in essence we already have a basic reputation mechanic

 
Roland said:
They are. Which is why I said don't expect it as a guaranteed future feature for this game. They are interested in reputation systems but they could easily punt it to a future game.
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Hey @Roland, I noticed they misspelled "sneak peek" on Twitter.

Right now it reads "sneak peak", unless they're talking about adding stealth for mountains!  :confused2:

 
Blake_ said:
Throwing good and proved rpg formulas into the gameplay to enrich it is always a definitely for me. I thought the team was edgy about wrapping up the tent, but it seems the player will keep enjoying unbelievable beefy alphas for some time yet. Yes, please. No sarcasm. This is the top 1 on many a steam library. And if cash ever runs low, as Matt would say, shut up and take my monkey [in the form of pre-release dlcs (new quests,special zds, POIs, rwg stamps, etc)].
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That would be a good way to collect negative reputation in a different reputation system

 
I am very unhappy with the ability to repair electric fence posts through arrow slits being removed.I typically place arrow slits above the electric fence line in my horde base walls. it was a tight design allowing for fence posts to be placed side by side down a hallway ant to be repaired from above. not being able to repair or use a wiring tool through the arrow slit will mean having to pick them up to repair them all and then place them back down again. more tedium of this nature = less fun.

The rest of the changes seem good. this is my only complaint so far.

 
Matt115 said:
@Roland @Laz Man i want to here your opinion because you maybe will know how this works on steam ( this could be use for 7dtd too )  :  

Total wars have "blood and gore" paid DLC right? this sounds stupid but it is working that way. A lot of people who play in Total war think this can be connected with PEGI (and similiar systems) and to avoid be banned in some countries because dlc don't count into this system ( this can explain gore dlc for L4D2)?

Because if this is true controversial things like : teens zombies, even more gore and more "controversial" stuff can be added in DLC  full version release because if it is true people from "conservative" countries will not lose access to 7dtd and if someone don't want to have this can just not download dlc
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I don't think the owners particularly want to do child zombies. There's a good chance they wouldn't be in the game even if every country on earth said, "Killing infected children in a video game is perfectly fine by us". You would have to get an answer from Mr Mole directly on whether they would want to use such a loophole to put child zombies in the game once they turn to DLCs.

 
This ain't right - still.

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On the right the Cabinet is empty, get to the top of the stairs and there's a Zed in it.

There are far worse examples than this.

This has been going on for years.

 
There should be a timer for when you walk outside the quest area zone like for 15secs to return to the quest area otherwise the quest will fail.

A bit frustrating when you fail it by accident just because you were outside fighting zeds.

 
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Roland said:
I don't think the owners particularly want to do child zombies. There's a good chance they wouldn't be in the game even if every country on earth said, "Killing infected children in a video game is perfectly fine by us". You would have to get an answer from Mr Mole directly on whether they would want to use such a loophole to put child zombies in the game once they turn to DLCs.
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I have said it before...instead of "child" zombies...just do little people zombies...fast , small little @%$#s that can hide in so many F'd up places and sneak up on you...

Most people wouldnt have any problems shooting Infected Peter Dinkleberry in the face! ;)

 
Demonoid74 said:
I have said it before...instead of "child" zombies...just do little people zombies...fast , small little @%$#s that can hide in so many F'd up places and sneak up on you...

Most people wouldnt have any problems shooting Infected Peter Dinkleberry in the face! ;)
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Solving a problem not many people see at all. We already have animals and a zombie variant of height 1.

 
Blake_ said:
Tell that to some eastern titles and their crossover oufits and pikachu faceswaps. Also, nobody would resist to buy the soundtrack. Or a silver skin for customizing your soundtrack. Sweet.
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Eastern titles also often have much much more grind and some cultures there don't even have a problem with pay-to-win. The success of such titles in the western hemisphere is limited. A pre-release DLC could maybe work there but will definitetly create bad blood in our parts. Whether that makes a big dent in the long-term financial success is a question not even the ark-developers really know though they could have an idea.

For the soundtrack to be a DLC worth the name it would have to be *C*ontent added to the game, not something you install in your mp3 player. I would call that merchandise.

If you want to support TFP, there is already merchandise available, coasters and t-shirts.

 
LostBoy said:
On the right the Cabinet is empty, get to the top of the stairs and there's a Zed in it.

This has been going on for years.
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This has to do with how zombie volumes are defined and when Z's are placed. I think you have to be within either 1 vertical block or something like 10 horizontal blocks of the volume for the game to place the Z's. If it were a larger number for the vertical block you could/would see many more Z's get placed. I gather there's a performance issue related to that, probably affecting multiplayer more noticeably than single player games.

POI designers can try to take this into account in places where this is most likely to be noticed, such as stairways. You could have one volume cover the stairway at all heights. Alas, it really depends on the POI.

I wonder if perhaps TFP could make those distances configurable? That is, if you're running a single player game, maybe you could get away with a higher vertical distance?

 


Devs please make a CLEAR statement.

What does the Land Claim Block do
What does the sleeping bag do
Which one protects against zombie respawn

There are no clear statements about it and there are two opinions in the 7D2D community. What's right now? One side says the LCB protects against respawn the other side says ONLY the sleeping bag does that. Are there differences between single and multiplayer?

Please enlighten us. The wikis are so outdated that nothing fits anymore

And please, only an official dev answer. We have more than enough player responses and in the end nobody knows what is going on because everyone has different opinions

Thanks Sixx :)

 
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