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Just watched Prime's stream - Thanks Prime! Sounds like some exciting stuff coming along and it is cool to see MP getting some love even though I mainly play SP.

Progressive backpack sizes (I think) is a great way to go and a good compromise. What would be even better is if it was tied in to making different backpack types as your strength goes up and maybe another skill like clothing/armor making. I think it would be awesome to see your player start off with a school bag, upgrade to a 2 strap duffel bag, then hiking backpack, then a military pack.

It would almost be a badge of honor in MP and would be easy to get an idea of how long someone has been on a server for. Just spitballing what's going through my mind on the topic.

Oh... and no smell for A-17 confirmed... I have no opinion on the topic as I started 7DTD in A-16, but I know it has been a talked about feature with a lot of curiosity surrounding its return.

 
I've been steady watching people play medieval and what they pick up... People don't NEED 80% of the junk they get... They just have a need to pick it up, which isn't the same thing.
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I need all of this loot, though. It's my emotional support loot.

 
Primes stream:

- Backpack size dependent on player strength from 27-45 slots.

- Airships are not planned.

- Tier 1-6 item are basically the same stats except durability. So a Tier 6 item is only potentially better than a Tier 1. Mods are everything.

-(*) Some(?) perks require preconditions before you can use them. Some level of skill was mentioned.

-(*) Water replenishes the rate of stamina gain, max 10 per second so if your water is 75%, the rate will be 7.5.

Food % caps stamina % and both water and food are used replacing stamina.

-(KS) An Amazing party/team system! On the HUD, you now know where everyone is, their health AND you share in EXP if you are within 100(?) meters!

- Small talk.

Did I miss anything important?

* = Added after drinking coffee :)

KS = KingSlayer reminder.

 
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Primes stream:
- Backpack size dependent on player strength from 27-45 slots.

- Airships are not planned.

- Tier 1-6 item are basically the same stats except durability. So a Tier 6 item is only potentially better than a Tier 1. Mods are everything.

-(*) Some(?) perks require preconditions before you can use them. Some level of skill was mentioned.

- Small talk.

Did I miss anything important?
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This is a good recap. Just one thing in relation to tier 1-6, they essentially have the same stats (damage) as Aldranon mentioned. Mods AND skills are everything. You can increase the undeadliness (see what I did there?) of a weapon by skills, not by having a higher tiered weapon. Similar to the skills now, but more important than ever.

A bit more detail on skills - skills are going to be much harder to decide which ones you want to focus on. It wasn't discussed how it will work exactly, but Prime mentioned you cannot "max out" on all skills so you have to decide which ones you really want to specalize in, but that may mean you have to do without in other areas... I think this one was hinted towards in the past as well, but worth mentioning from the stream.

 
Primes stream:
- Backpack size dependent on player strength from 27-45 slots.

- Airships are not planned.

- Tier 1-6 item are basically the same stats except durability. So a Tier 6 item is only potentially better than a Tier 1. Mods are everything.

-(*) Some(?) perks require preconditions before you can use them. Some level of skill was mentioned.

-(*) Water replenishes the rate of stamina gain, max 10 per second so if your water is 75%, the rate will be 7.5.

Food % caps stamina % and both water and food are used replacing stamina.

- Small talk.

Did I miss anything important?

* = Added after drinking coffee :)
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The party stuff?

 
Primes stream:
- Backpack size dependent on player strength from 27-45 slots.

- Airships are not planned.

- Tier 1-6 item are basically the same stats except durability. So a Tier 6 item is only potentially better than a Tier 1. Mods are everything.

-(*) Some(?) perks require preconditions before you can use them. Some level of skill was mentioned.

-(*) Water replenishes the rate of stamina gain, max 10 per second so if your water is 75%, the rate will be 7.5.

Food % caps stamina % and both water and food are used replacing stamina.

-(KS) An Amazing party/team system! On the HUD, you now know where everyone is, their health AND you share in EXP if you are within 100(?) meters!

- Small talk.

Did I miss anything important?

* = Added after drinking coffee :)

KS = KingSlayer reminder.
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The interior lighting will not have the calculated darkness levels.

The textures will look less muddy, but the lighting will look more flat.

(And less atmospheric in my opinion, as seen in an earlier video).

 
Why was the Q&A with Prime and Kinyajuu not advertised here in the forum?



He even literally said that there wasn't much participation! WTF?

@Prime @Roland @TFP when this kind of things are organized, I would really like to know it here on the forum... maybe I missed it?
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Lol, wtf.. Nope it was not advertised here.

Fits the trend allright..

 
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Lol, wtf.. Nope it was not advertised here.
Fits the trend allright..
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Probably because it was a play through of another game. The "quick" chit-chat before he played, evolved in to a full blown discussion basically against Primes initial intentions.

 
Primes stream:
- Backpack size dependent on player strength from 27-45 slots.

- Airships are not planned.

- Tier 1-6 item are basically the same stats except durability. So a Tier 6 item is only potentially better than a Tier 1. Mods are everything.

-(*) Some(?) perks require preconditions before you can use them. Some level of skill was mentioned.

-(*) Water replenishes the rate of stamina gain, max 10 per second so if your water is 75%, the rate will be 7.5.

Food % caps stamina % and both water and food are used replacing stamina.

-(KS) An Amazing party/team system! On the HUD, you now know where everyone is, their health AND you share in EXP if you are within 100(?) meters!

- Small talk.

Did I miss anything important?

* = Added after drinking coffee :)

KS = KingSlayer reminder.
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You missed that the blimp and CB flying Berry will not be put into the vanilla game :( ... :)

 
Probably because it was a play through of another game. The "quick" chit-chat before he played, evolved in to a full blown discussion basically against Primes initial intentions.
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Yep. And more info was released during this unintentional discussion than what we received over the past 2 months.

 
And when the "A17 Team" rolls out their changes how do you think those changes get into the current A18 build? Development does NOT work the way you think it does. Two completely separate teams can't work on the same code base. Your idea of two teams would only work if A17 and A18 were completely separate games. They are not. Any changes made to A17 after the development of A18 started would have to be incorporated into A18 by someone. That would actually make the whole process take longer than it does now. Not to mention the fact you are paying an entire team to do nothing but code for an Alpha that, from a development standpoint, is a dead end.
Early Access is letting us get a look into the dev process. We get to play a game years before we would normally and see some of the decisions that were made along the way. We even get to make suggestions on what we think works and what doesn't. The developers get money to finish their game. You are watching the dev process. Complaining that it is slow won't help. Making completely unworkable suggestions won't help. Sit back and enjoy the process. If a particular alpha phase takes a while maybe find another game to tide you over.
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So when Microsoft Release Windows 10 April Update, and releasing bug fixes they are not developing the next Build to release ? From last 15 yrs I am releasing mobile apps, desktop software, website release their bug fix while a separate branch add a new module is all hoax. Damn I was in sleep for 10 yrs and doing all those programming in my sleep and I didn't know it. Thanks for waking me up.

Also, A16.4 was released when A17 was already in few month of development, so does this mean all fixes of A16.4 will be gone from a17? or A16.4 contain a17 broken/in development features in them.

 
Yep. And more info was released during this unintentional discussion than what we received over the past 2 months.
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Well, yes. But a lot of the info he released was suppose to be secrets. MM might be talking to him.

 
Hey everyone, I completely dropped the ball on this one and I apologize. It's definitely not Roland's fault. I announced it during a few of my streams that I was doing it and forgot to have Roland post it here. I even forgot to post it on twitter that I was streaming that night. Next one I will make sure everyone has plenty of notice before it happens.
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+1

No ones perfect.

 
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