PC Screamer question

zombiehunter said:
I've had screamers (3) show up when the only thing I had running was two dew collectors, and I was not doing any building/scrapping, or anything.  So that doesn't seem all too challenging.  Granted, that has only happened once, so it doesn't seem too common, but overall, in my opinion, the screamer mechanic needs to change.
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You had 2 dew collectors running on day 1?

 
certainly for me now, i can easily create between 1 to 3 dew collectors very early on; i forget what is needed to be able to get the ability to craft them. but once you can, i am able to as i mass-collect polymers from everywhere, not just tyres on the ground but the squished plastic on the ground too, they're extremely plentiful; - i don't recall seeing any of the main youtube content creators every harvest the squished plastic so maybe it's not a well-known thing

p.s. i rarely bother with the 3 mods that you install in the new dew collectors, to me there's just no point, murky water for me is fine, i just boil any on a campfire as soon as i have any. plus a great trick i now employ is to put a campfire on a storage box when out raiding, so i can boil any murkies out-and-about, if i'm far from home and lacking drinkable water/tea's

 
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Riamus said:
Just wondering why someone would.
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Having effectively unlimited water access solves your food supply too, early game, as things like grilled corn become usable as a main food source. 

Lootable water also become incredibly unreliably if you play with a loot setting lower than 100%.

 
The lower loot setting makes sense. Food is rarely a problem at normal loot rates.  I will usually have one set up by day 2-3 for two players, but not sooner.  And by then, I have the money for the mods for one so that it makes more than enough.  But at lower loot settings, it makes sense.  Or, I suppose if someone isn't scavenging on day 1.

 
Day one never happened to me so far. But i don´t use a torch in my first POI, i don´t mine during the first few nights. Neither do i cook and smelt in the forge at the same time. And ofc no dew collector on day one. That´s the 101 of the apocalypse to be careful when you have nothing.

Stay elevated, keep the noise down, run away if needed. It´s manageable.

 
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pApA^LeGBa said:
Day one never happened to me so far. But i don´t use a torch in my first POI, i don´t mine during the first few nights. Neither do i cook and smelt in the forge at the same time. And ofc no dew collector on day one. That´s the 101 of the apocalypse to be careful when you have nothing.
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And what do you do at night for the first few nights? Do you hide in a dark corner and wait until the sun rises again ? Sounds pretty boring.

 
first two or three nights, yes. i cower. until i have a decent bow , then i go out hunting food.

The screamers have brought back the two base build for me. One base to live in  and another base a chunk or three away for the forge,chem station , cooking setup when cooking large ammounts of food or making 30 red teas... 

 
RipClaw said:
And what do you do at night for the first few nights? Do you hide in a dark corner and wait until the sun rises again ? Sounds pretty boring.
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Mostly hunting, a short walk away from my base, a few sneaky kitchen and garage loots, mailboxes and organizing a bit. It´s really just the first two nights, after that you have some points already and can deal with them better.

There is enough to do.

 
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