Exactly that. The higher difficulties, the zeds just eat more bullets. Which makes the challenge about obtaining said bullets; if the game just gives them for free, did anything actually change?
I think the bullet rewards are good,crafting more ammo is still a challenge because you can never have enough,I keep having to break doors and radiators to craft more despite the rewards,yesterday I had to kill an entire neighborhood in the snowy biome just to loot a crack a book,it was fun.
It's a not a perfect solution, but it definitely gives you more of a Romero-type experience.
It is, absolutely; but with the engine having been what it has been, I'm not surprised this is what we have. And I don't really blame TFP for it, it was a novel challenge, the type of world they went for; getting it to work flawlessly for entertainingly difficult combat is Hard.
New attacks/patterns but that would require time and based on how long it took us to get storms, smoothies and color swapped zombies I don't think it's in the cards.
I would prefer more zombies but less bullet sponges,but here comes into play the problem of performance,the new zombies although I am not a big fan of the yeti modeling add something new and different,they are not hard to kill but they are dangerous.People wanting more of a challenge can always play with the headshots-only mod.
I kinda wish TFP would borrow some ideas from other games in the genre. Take the Smoker from L4D, for example. Doesn't have a lot of hitpoints and doesn't directly do a huge amount of damage, but its tongue attack makes it a lot easier for other zombies to ruin your day.
Like, it is possible to make combat challenging without turning everything into bullet sponges.
On the subject of Infestation rewards, it would be nice if POI designers could flag rewards (extra chests and such) as Infested-only spawns, just like the Infested lootbox.
Why you complaining that it got a perk book series? It was the only weapon that never got one. AND you’re seriously joshing me that you think it was the best especially before the update. The sledgehammer finally feels like it’s one equal footing at least with the other melees. I maintain the spear is stupid as long you have a singular wall next to you and when are you ever not going to? Literally line them up and get the slow down and you can take your time with all the zombies.
That's a question of playstyle. Insane/nightmare players seem to prefer Sledges for their massive single hit damage. Highest decap chance, and if you use the 5-sec pain mechanic, improved attack speed doesn't help, so the slower the better.
No it really wasn’t at least before the update and you are deluding yourself to an absurd degree if you think that. I love the sledge but you, you’ve some kind of hate ■■■■■ for it? What’s wrong with something being good? It’s not like it invalidates the other melees so what’s the problem? I maintain that the sledge is finally on par with the other melees and also you know for a fact that it has the highest decap chance? Higher than the machete? Can you cite where in the xml’s it specifically says this?
What? It was the best _per swing damage_ before and after. If you play around the "5 sec rule", that's all you'll care about.
Does that take into account damage per swing as a factor?
Yeah your wrong
This is not a discussion. You feel too important. My opinion is my opinion and can per definition not be wrong. Nice try though.
Well, since That was my point, what do I do with the rest..?
Oh my god just because it had the best damage per one swing didn’t even make it get close to having the best dps of any melee weapon. And it lacked sustainability on account of the stamina. And I did test this multiple times on a zombie bear, something that couldn’t be dismembered and the steel club and steel spear both out classed the sledge in dps. They had a way lower time to kill that bear and yes I tried to equalize the health values.
Could you read what I said, and argue something related to that?
Thank you I was just about to go into the xml’s and check for myself
I literally did, what you on about? It was not the best, and saying that it was the best based on the damage of a single swing holds no weight here because they didn’t buff the damage in 2.0. And again you keep trying to tell me it was the best on insane/ nightmare when it also wasn’t because it lacked sustainability. You would be wailing on a rad biker forever and gas yourself.
How much sta you regen in a 5 sec gap? How is the 5 secs relevant to my point?