PC Is alpha 17 hardcore, unbalanced or boring ?

[Zourin]

If you are a pro at simply avoiding the BM horde like a sissy, to where cranking up the difficulty to max doesn't do anything besides enable bragging rights: Boring.

If you are on normal difficulty on a community server tackling the BM horde head on: Boring. lots of people, lots of construction, not enough zombies to go around. Community server admins are responsible for managing the difficulty setting, so this will take some tuning.

If you are on normal difficulty with a friend or two tackling the horde head on: Pretty OK. You can hit the 'bottom' of the horde before dawn with a little bit of managed chaos. Grats, you won.

If you are on normal difficulty playing alone and tackling the horde head on: Hard and resource exhausting, but survivable. You never 'finish' the horde before dawn. You also don't get to dawn with any ammo in reserve. This isn't winning, but it's better gameplay than roof camping or 'BM Biking'.

 

[Thunderfrog]

Man, I look at so many comments about players experiences and I think I'm beginning to realize that a lot of you don't play on populated pvp servers.

Setting up in a POI without running 3000 in a random direction is suicide and basically asking to lose all your stuff, especially if you are on an established server as the new guy.

You can't dig to be safe, and running anywhere is a total pain. You have to find an area that..

1. Isn't heavily populated by players.

2. Has plenty of loot to scavenge.

3. Typically has a Working Stiffs or something with tool-drops in it.

4. Has other valuable pois like Shotgun Messiah and Pawn Shops.

5. Is within a decent trek of a trader.

6. Has the ability to sustain a base, or hide one. Underground is so easily sniffed out now thanks to diggers, you really shouldn't bother.

Getting those situations to line up is one thing, getting them to line up without being raided daily is another. Yes, there's a ton of ways to hide your loot and separate it from your base. I'm just saying that from this solo-pvpers perspective, A17 kinda sucks imo.