How far have you gone this playthrough?

[bobrpggamer]

all classic movie walkers, no WWZ, I'm a purist lol

Well at least George A. Romero would be proud of you. For me, I can headshot almost all walking zombies too easily so at higher levels I like to take on feral or radiated zombies once in a while. My biggest challenge is when I get caught by 2 radiated screamers and then about 8 more feral or radiated zombies come at me. Sometimes the screamers attract other screamers and I really get overwhelmed. I have to admit I do like to use my flaming steel axe on walking zombies though, just because I enjoy it (maybe too much).

Of course I get sprint zombies at my base on bloodmoon. Last time I had 10 demolishers and 2 of them exploded. They will never get too far on my base though as its like a impenetrable castle, by design, not because I needed such a base, I just like building that kind of a base.

I am happy that so many of you guys are using this tread to share their take on playing the game.

 

[Suxar]

Edit 2: Never mind. it isn't made in the workbench, but the cement mixer, lol.

If you look at a recipe in your inventory, there is a small workstation icon to the right of the name.

 

[Suxar]

I learned to put two full stone stacks in the smelting part of the forges

Why? The forge can only hold 30,000 molten stone, which is 6,000 regular stone. I usually put one stack of stone split into two parts (3,000 + 3,000), 101 planks, and start producing 3,000 cement. The firewood runs out once all the stone is melted, and the cement is produced a little earlier.

 

[Suxar]

After last night, I had so much ammo, I made 4 additional workbenches, just to make scrapping it all a faster process, because the 4 I already have did all the armor/weapon scrapping, got loaded with ammo, and I still has 36 stack of ammo to scrap.

Why disassemble the cartridges? What do you do with the brass you get out of them? I already have more than half a box of brass, and it's not wasted at all.

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How does everyone else use their workbenches/forges/cement mixers?

Three workbenches, which I use to craft grenade launcher ammunition, cotton cloth, and duct tape.
Two concrete mixers.
Two forges for stone, one for lead, one for brass, three for steel, and one for everything else.
Two chemistry stations, which I use to make glue and fuel, and occasionally gunpowder.
On the second floor of the base, there's a 140-tile garden, planted mostly with cotton and some supercorn.

 

[Suxar]

How did you go up in levels so fast? I am at day 215 and am only level 267. Kills are at 21782. Of course I don't do many quests for the most part and am only on level 3 quests. Plus I spend most of time working on my base and collecting resources for working on my base and getting things to sell to the traders so I can buy solar things.

Do you search all containers? Searching containers also grants experience, and that experience depends on the biome. Searching a pile of trash in the wasteland will net you more experience than killing zombies with glowing eyes.

 

[WarMongerian]

If you look at a recipe in your inventory, there is a small workstation icon to the right of the name.

My eyesight is really bad, so I only made the discovery when I clicked on my cement mixer, and there it was, lol. Mine tunnels repaired.

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Why? The forge can only hold 30,000 molten stone, which is 6,000 regular stone. I usually put one stack of stone split into two parts (3,000 + 3,000), 101 planks, and start producing 3,000 cement. The firewood runs out once all the stone is melted, and the cement is produced a little earlier.

I never seem to get any resources in mine, I tend to use them up as they melt down. Putting two stacks in, and just topping them off, helps me maintain a ready to smelt reserve. When I don't do this, I always run out. Since doing this, I can see my stone usage, and can maintain my production.

 

[WarMongerian]

Why disassemble the cartridges? What do you do with the brass you get out of them? I already have more than half a box of brass, and it's not wasted at all.

I cannot see/hold my fingers steady enough to use guns at all, so I just save myself the frustration and melt them all down.

 

[Suxar]

I never seem to get any resources in mine, I tend to use them up as they melt down. Putting two stacks in, and just topping them off, helps me maintain a ready to smelt reserve. When I don't do this, I always run out. Since doing this, I can see my stone usage, and can maintain my production.

Stone is the easiest thing. A stack of stone equals a full forge. And 101 planks as fuel is a sure sign of whether it's full or not. If the forges are out, they're full. I usually start cement production in batches of 3,000, which consumes the forge's entire supply. It's convenient. I take 3,000 cement from two forges, add a full stack of stone and a stack of sand, and make a 6,000-concrete batch in the concrete mixer.
For the other furnaces, I also base my fuel consumption on fuel. Smelting a stack of iron or lead requires 81 planks, and a stack of brass requires 33. Since everything is produced much faster than it's melted, I focus primarily on smelting.