PC Water scarcity is game breaking

So I recently started a new playthrough and really haven't seen a scarcity of drinks or water really.  SP only, slightly mod just to give more magazines from the specialty brand crates in POIs

I did use the free 2 waters from the start on Day 1 and ended up buying a red tea and yucca juice from the trader's vending machine since I hadn't found a cooking pot yet (he did have some for sale, but I could buy two drinks for less than a cooking pot and figured I would find one on Day 2 (did in fact find it).

Since then, I got 2 dew collectors up and running (choose two filters as my T1 completion reward rather than the bike).  From looting, I have gathered a lot of drinks and murky water so once I have a comfortable supply of drinks at the moment, I been using the murky water I find for either cooking certain recipes or glue production.

I have also been crafting most of my gear so I have needed a lot of glue and duct tape (currently on Day 12).

I got lucky and found the Mineral water book around Day 3 or 4, so I was able to make mineral water fairly quickly in this playthrough.

Nothing I have seen so far is game breaking.

 
BFT2020 said:
Since then, I got 2 dew collectors up and running (choose two filters as my T1 completion reward rather than the bike).
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I believe this is the issue. A lot of players still don't do the missions that traders offer. I honestly only use them when I need something, like filters early on.

 
The_Great_Sephiroth said:
I believe this is the issue. A lot of players still don't do the missions that traders offer. I honestly only use them when I need something, like filters early on.
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With a no trader quest and pretty much no trader play though, i just sold enough looted stuff to purchase a water filter or two... (until I mod in a craftable water filter)

 
The_Great_Sephiroth said:
I believe this is the issue. A lot of players still don't do the missions that traders offer. I honestly only use them when I need something, like filters early on.
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Experiences are going to be different.  Right now, I am playing mostly vanilla (like 98%) and only doing one mission a day.  Later on, I will start playing more with my mod and won't get rewards from the traders, just dukes.  So those playthroughs will be different than this one.

 
Weazelsun said:
Wait, what? Dew collectors actually increase heat? TIL. I personally haven't expereince that yet. But, now knowing this makes me giddy.  
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oh yeah, they attract screamers like mad if you get enough.  I have to build a raised platform and use cobble 3 blocks high and 3 walls deep, surround it with wood spikes.

Build a stairway that goes high enough, but leave a space open so you can jump but unless you're up there, zeds wont jump.   I have stood on this platform for 5 minutes and just pick em off practically every thirty seconds.  My group and I have 55 dew collectors on this platform.  The only way to keep this thing safe is to murder everything that spawns and vacate the chunk as quickly as you can so the game will suppress anything while youre away.

It is wise to build this away from your tradeskill base, or you'll just be washed out by screamers.

 
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zztong said:
I'm with you. I like the flavor, and since I don't have a working refrigerator, the iced drink is really refreshing in the desert temperatures.
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Too bad TFP don't believe in cold drinks keeping you cool. They believe in cold drinks keeping you warm in cold environments *shrug*

 
FranticDan said:
Too bad TFP don't believe in cold drinks keeping you cool. They believe in cold drinks keeping you warm in cold environments *shrug*
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What's not cool about enjoying a fruit smoothy during a zombie apocalypse? I carry around the sunglasses for just those times.

 
Yuca is a root.

You either deep fry or boil it to garnish with hot dressing made of olive oil garlic and onions.

"Yuca Smoothie" can only be  gag, like the 9mm toilet pistol.

Edit: I just realized all the mistakes of gboard.

 
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TheBunz said:
1.Have you actually played this game on default settings or just with mods?

2. Have you ever went camping?

It's 7 days to dehydration while swimming through rivers, or 7 days living next to the trader. By far THE dumbest update in the last 10 patches.
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I have. Higher difficulty though. If i don´t use explosive arrows or a rocket launcher (those need a ton of duct tape)  i can da a whole playrtough without a dew collector.

It´s questing and looting all the time. It is a faulty concept. It works, but it surely isn´t what a survival crafting game should be about. Mods are a valid solution. There is several mods that bring back the old system with glass jars.

 
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