PC Fix the RNG. Almost want to quit game it's that bad

[Psychodabble]

It's still fun, but what I want is MORE FREEDOM to do MORE THINGS.

Not less, or have it be "easier".

This makes no sense - at least not coming from someone on your settings. The flaw is not in the argument. The argument is good...freedom is good in a sandbox game. More things = more engagement and more fun. The argument is good.

But it doesn't make a bit of sense playing on the most extreme settings the game has to offer without modding. You've CHOSEN the MOST RESTRICTIVE settings and complain about lack of freedom.

Why don't you do horde every other day instead of every day? That gives you DOUBLE THE FREEDOM! Why not step the difficulty one down from insane? I bet you'll suddenly feel way more free to loot high intensity locations like kitchens and toilets.

Better still, play on default settings and THEN judge the freedom of activity in the game. The reality is, we're free as birds, the game just doesn't have that much content yet. If you want to complain about that too, you can, but you're going to get hit over the head with the word ALPHA a lot, so be prepared.

 

[Star69]

Also, you can get a guaranteed cooking pot without entering a poi. Go to the wasteland, the small bump of a hill with the horizontal pipe on it....cooking pot sitting next to the pipe on the ground. Those are usually a few feet from road/path.
 

As for glue/duct tape, I have anywhere from 8-12 by the end of Day 1 just by searching garbage piles and trashcans without entering a poi. I make bicycles by Day 2 and need a bunch of duct tape since I’m making 2-4 bicycles so duct tape is a priority. I don’t enter poi’s until I have a decent weapon and in every playthrough, I’ve never had a problem getting duct tape. /shrugs

 

[Roland]

What? Explore along a road outside in the wasteland?  Goodbye Sandbox!!!!

 

[hiemfire]

Go to the wasteland, the small bump of a hill with the horizontal pipe on it....cooking pot sitting next to the pipe on the ground. Those are usually a few feet from road/path.

Also a good chance of it being a mine instead of a plain pot.

 

[Vaeliorin]

If you're super lucky, there will be a friendly cop or cute fuzzy zombie bear on the other side of the hill!

(No idea if this is still possible, but I remember back in the day wandering down a road on day 1 trying to find a town, the road going through the wasteland and me being terrified that the cops or zombie bears I could see in the distance would notice me.  Might have been due to a mod, though...)

 

[hiemfire]

(No idea if this is still possible, but I remember back in the day wandering down a road on day 1 trying to find a town, the road going through the wasteland and me being terrified that the cops or zombie bears I could see in the distance would notice me.  Might have been due to a mod, though...)

Definitely wouldn't be surprised if that was unmodded since I was having Feral Wights spawn there night 1 in A18. Still happens in A19 with the added benefit of the Wasteland at night now always spawning up to spawn cap regardless of how long it has been since the last time a zombie spawned there.