PC Is Stone Axe OP?

[Roland]

One of the things I like about 7 Days to Die is that weapons or tools are never grayed out or unequipable just because you aren't at the level you should use them or because they are outside your class. I wish other RPGs would allow me to use anything I want even if disadvantaged. So, yes, there is a big stamina issue when switching over to an iron tool but I see that as okay since I can drink some coffee or focus my perks in stamina mitigation if I choose to do so (or wear the right clothing in A21) in order to overcome the stamina issue earlier than I might normally be able to. And thank goodness I'm not denied using whatever I want just because my level is lower than it would be recommended for that tool.

But there is no way to overcome the fact that my fully modded T6 stone axe is going to be more damaging than my T2 iron pickaxe no matter how many steroids I take and blackstraps I slam.

 

[warmer]

Something to note, you are going to attract more zombies using a stone ax to open a safe vs a pick ax due to how many loud attacks on metal you are causing. A faster attack also means drawing in zeds quicker because your sneak meter never falls between attacks. If you don't care about being stealthy, that isn't a problem. Once I can craft picks I never open any locked container with a weapon. Way too loud.

 

[Darthjake]

I usually bypass safes until I have lockpicks or iron tools, because of yeah, more damage, and I don't feel bad about hitting it once in a while.

 

[bachgaman]

I switch tiers when the higher tier makes an improvement, not before. I never go the entire game with stone tools tho, that's just be dumb. Iron takes a few mod slots til it passes stone for one reason, stone high quality is easy to find. Notice in your comparison you're using a lvl 6 stone vs a level 3 iron. Not sure why you wouldn't compare with equal mod slots. The mod slots are what really make the difference.

I was waiting for such an answer and I'm not surprised that exactly you wrote it. In fact, I gave the iron pick a head start in this comparison, because I really had to compare a level 6 stone ax and a level 1 or 2 iron pickaxe, not 3. In the first post I wrote a gamestage. Think why I did it.

 

[n2n1]

I was half joking around when I said I proved you wrong and that there was something wrong with me since I did prove you wrong but there's definitely nothing wrong with me...

Wow, a multi-passer?

By the way, are you going to repeat YouTube's policy for dislikes taboo? 

 

[quyxkh]

I don't get it. A Q6 stone axe modded to the gills is basically magic, putting it up against a Q3 iron pickaxe is basically putting Sting up against some random Orc captain's sword: in skilled hands, it's not going to be a contest, and the Orc's gonna lose.