PC Speaking of air drops
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NekoPawtato
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I've always wondered if farther drops mean better rewards in them? 
(assuming it lands in the same biome and that the air drop picked your location and not another player's location)
(assuming it lands in the same biome and that the air drop picked your location and not another player's location)
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Orclover
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Yea bout 700m-1000m things only exist up until that boundry in a square around "a" player. If players are spread out then of course more area can be covered (and probably drives the server nuts). If you fly up in a gyrocopter and out at a high rate of speed you will actually see that boundry around you at times. You will see the wall around you that the game is making "exist" as you move through the map, its pretty obvious. If you are pushing the servers llmits...hilariously....you can even HIT that wall and it will stop you in your tracks as the server loads up what is in existence gamewise and what is just a image. I think I slammed into it like a wall a few times in the old days, pretty funny when it happened.
So when the drop happens I doubt it can "manifest" beyond that border wall and still have us watch it fall. Thats probably the limit. If 3 players are spread out over a few KM's then one of them would have to tell the others where they see it if they are far enough away, it may not even render for them.
So when the drop happens I doubt it can "manifest" beyond that border wall and still have us watch it fall. Thats probably the limit. If 3 players are spread out over a few KM's then one of them would have to tell the others where they see it if they are far enough away, it may not even render for them.
Crater Creator
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At risk of breaking suspension of disbelief… the crate is empty until you open it, and then the game decides what’s inside based on your loot stage. So if you stumble on a three month old crate, it won’t still have e.g. a stone axe and a jar of water.I've always wondered if farther drops mean better rewards in them?
Melange
Active member
That could well be something the devs consider as an end game scenario. But where would they be taking you? Some top secret poke and prod lab? And you won't be the one who's doing the poking and prodding that's for sure...District 9 comes to mind. The devil you know may be better than the devil you don't know. Don't get on the plane
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zztong
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My friend and I are always wondering why, when the pilot obviously knows where you are, the plane won't simply land and pick you up
The good news for survivors is that I'm pretty sure there's some semblance of civilization left somewhere within a few hundred miles. The bad news is I think they gave up on "the lawless lands" years ago to focus on their own issues. That is, everyone except a few folks who stage missions to drop 35 shotgun shells, 5 yucca juice, hops seeds, a can of peas, and the accessories to an old Jeep CJ.
Why? I think it is somehow related to the plot of "Lost."
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Crater Creator
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Well, since you ask...
It should be a helicopter, not a plane, so that it can land in a small area without needing a runway. During the Blood Moon, zombies may drop notes on the location of this rescue helicopter, like treasure maps. The helicopter waits until noon the day after horde night, and then any player characters within a radius of the helicopter at that time are picked up (if necessary, all others perish). The helicopter takes off, only to crash 'one county over', which is a new randomly generated map.
So you start over, with no base and a new world to explore. Only your skills and your toolbelt items carry over, so you have to think carefully about what's most valuable to bring. The new world can be radically different: maybe this one is all snow biome, or a tiny island in the ocean. Can you adapt to survive a Blood Moon there, until the next helicopter comes?
That's my vision for how one could reach an endgame in a repeating, episodic style. It would be particularly fun for those that enjoy building and exploration of random worlds, without requiring much actual story. In PvP environments, it would press opponents into a final showdown with a time limit.
RipClaw
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Because the pilot is not crazy enough to land in a zombie infested area.My friend and I are always wondering why, when the pilot obviously knows where you are, the plane won't simply land and pick you up
Because the pilot is not crazy enough to land in a zombie infested area.
And we can assume that the plane has a higher max altitude than vultures.
Rotor
Well-known member
And the helicopter can only land during a blood moon, because well the mission planers had bad Intel
. So you have to fight your way into the LZ, hold them off while the hello gets there, then load up before taking too much damage, but you still get damaged ergo you crash-land new map, sole survivor.
Ramethzer0
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My theory is that similar to the treasure maps, these things pop at a random location within a certain radius of your actual physical location, or in some cases a member of your group if you're playing MP.
warmer
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This makes me think of a question that popped up recently while playing. I was in the Forest biome, and the air drop landed a hundred yards into the wasteland. Will the biome it lands in influence the loot table?I've always wondered if farther drops mean better rewards in them?
I died trying to get it. Soldiers and Zombie Bears were all over it.
just want to know how worth it it truly is given the added danger.
BFT2020
Well-known member
This makes me think of a question that popped up recently while playing. I was in the Forest biome, and the air drop landed a hundred yards into the wasteland. Will the biome it lands in influence the loot table?
I died trying to get it. Soldiers and Zombie Bears were all over it.
Yes, your loot stage is updated first to reflect being in the wasteland before you open the crate
Orclover
New member
So when day three rolls around you try to get everyone to the wasteland at 12 o'clock and get the highest level and highest game stage person with the highest lucky looter skill to open it when it lands.
It would be hilarious if they doubled that loot stage number again during an active blood moon and encourage people to take insane risk to finish quest or have the airdrop opened during a blood moon. Hide out in a kill tower during a bloodmoon? Nah thats a waste, go do a Tier 5 POI during a bloodmoon for the extra loot bonus when you open the loot boxes.