Just add a couple of thoughts.
Part of the reason peoples experience varies so much on their 7th day horde is day length. A player using 60 min days is going to be a lower level at horde night then a player playing 120 min days. You can't really compare the 2 players experience because the massive difference in play time before experiencing a blood moon. This also makes balancing the difficulty algorithm more problematic.
The settings are there so a player can tailor their game experience. Too many players are forgetting to factor in their chosen game settings and looking to the developers to adapt to the players specific game style. Too hard or too easy? Adjust the settings. Investigate and experiment to find better strategies.
As far as game styles go solo wise. Horde night can be circumvented with minimum risk through good tactics and choice of location. If not dying is your goal, then I certainly wouldn't be expecting to fight the blood moon horde in a majorly meaningful way. That said, I've managed to weather without death both the irradiated spiders and cops using ruined buildings as a base, compound bow for regular zombies and AK47 for the irradiated cops and spiders. Sneaky and avoidance tactics are going to give you the best chance for survival. It's not easy but its doable. Just don't expect to be doing many missions. The new POI are major death traps at higher tiers!
Part of the reason peoples experience varies so much on their 7th day horde is day length. A player using 60 min days is going to be a lower level at horde night then a player playing 120 min days. You can't really compare the 2 players experience because the massive difference in play time before experiencing a blood moon. This also makes balancing the difficulty algorithm more problematic.
The settings are there so a player can tailor their game experience. Too many players are forgetting to factor in their chosen game settings and looking to the developers to adapt to the players specific game style. Too hard or too easy? Adjust the settings. Investigate and experiment to find better strategies.
As far as game styles go solo wise. Horde night can be circumvented with minimum risk through good tactics and choice of location. If not dying is your goal, then I certainly wouldn't be expecting to fight the blood moon horde in a majorly meaningful way. That said, I've managed to weather without death both the irradiated spiders and cops using ruined buildings as a base, compound bow for regular zombies and AK47 for the irradiated cops and spiders. Sneaky and avoidance tactics are going to give you the best chance for survival. It's not easy but its doable. Just don't expect to be doing many missions. The new POI are major death traps at higher tiers!
