Hmm, never considered the blunderbuss as a viable weapon. Used it once for fun, and it was fun. I think a muzzle loader like a brown bess or other late 1700-mid 1800 style gun/rifle would be interesting as a old school "slug" slinger to compliment the blunderbust.
I really hope this means pooping becomes an actual thing, even if only for a gag at that location.
I agree, or even a randomizer that gives each zombie that spawns a random ability... Lets see we current got: radiation healing. suicide bombs, spitting acid, running, climbing, Might be one or two more I am missing. But it'd add a sense of randomness that would be welcomed imo. Only zombie I actually worry about myself is the cops and thats only because of the suicide charge/explosion. The rest of the zombies are pretty much jokes, they are easy to kill and since they are carbon copies of each other you know what to expect and even how many hits it will take to kill them. I'd like to see zombies that can jump 3-4 blocks high, World War Z zombies would make for intersting things to fight against.
I usually don't wake up all the zombies in a poi for another reason, they are too noisy and their screeching gets on my nerves, so I usually just stealth thru.
Well , I am sure they are not going to try and implement anything "new" that we know of...but probably are very close to getting some things added in that they have been working on...so they are still working on getting them "presentable" and working so we can at least try them out when A17 launches...
I usually handle them with a hunting/sniper rifle, usually 1 shot is all it takes 2 at most. in a16.4 you always get the 2x stealth attack bonus when crouched even if the vultrue is charging at you, as they never set the hunted status on you. So you can use that to your advantage as well. Hitting them with a bow/xbow though IS a nightmare cuz of the ammo's travel time, where as guns are pretty much hitscan.
A blunderbuss can usually be made within the first few days, a sniper rifle often takes a lot longer to obtain.
I have not needed to look at any SI values for anything, but when I implement "can't reach player destroy stuff" mode, targeting nearby high SI blocks, would be rather crafty.@faatal:
I had another brilliant stroke of pure and utter genius, what if certain zombies attacked blocks that were under the heaviest SI load?
...goodbye supports, hello crashing base?
/geniusing since 1971
One way of justifying it, is the weaker blocks allow more heat (body heat, fire, breathing) to leak through, so zombies get more excited by those. Doors would attract, since they usually aren't sealed that well, and zombies have a dim recollection of the doors purpose.
Fair point on the doors. I'm not really convinced by weaker blocks being less sealed though, a drywall is less sealed than iron bars? A zombie can see you through armored glass but attacks a wooden pillar in the opposite direction to the player?
It will be interesting to see how they react to something like that. I would think that on horde night, since they know your exact location, they would ignore those traps and head directly for the structure you're in. Perhaps if you put up a perimeter "fence" of this style that forces the zombies to attack it first I can see that working once until a hole is made and they pour in. But again you spent that effort to build and it is only a one shot deal. Additionally, in my experience collapsing structures don't always hit what's underneith 100% of the time.