Now THIS actually makes more sense than a lot of theories. An oversight seems to be the more likely scenario since TFP have been pretty friendly to more pacifist playstyles in the last couple alphas. A couple of easy compensations for this would be to give an increase to the other non-kill related exp sources, and then include passive bonuses to the ranks of the corresponding tiers, such as adding a 10% exp bonus per tier to Motherlode. This still won't compare to Z-killing, but it's the safer option and therefore should take a hit on returns.
Well then tell us. Or live with the fact that people are going to hate if you don´t let them see the big picture behind it. If they keep
They have always kept some things to themselves and held some stuff back. All developers for all kinds of games do this. It would be nice to see the bigger picture but sometimes it doesn't work that way.
Trust me I understand. I also know it isn't everytime but a good portion of it comes from the way people go about it and I'm nowhere near perfect some of my post come out bad and sometimes not all
do I mean how it comes across or at least how I intended it to.I'm not complaining about that part. The loot is honestly fine. I feel like I actually get more stuff now, and often what I'm looking for since POI loot has been buffed all to hell and back. The issue at hand is the absolutely lopsided exp returns from killing zeds vs doing pretty much everything else in the game...except selling loot to a trader maybe...that was pretty lucrative. The point is that if you want to avoid the zeds and focus on stealth looting, base building, crafting, etc, be prepared to be stuck at low levels for a LONG time. I get the whole "risk vs reward" concept and I know that going out hunting down zeds can tend to be risky business and should be rewarded as such, but it can take a significant amount of time, maybe several in game hours, of chopping rocks/wood, crafting, mining, etc to get the same amount of exp a zed slayer can achieve with one well placed arrow. This is the main complaint of many in the community right now, as it pretty much pigeonholes you into actively hunting down zeds if you want to progress at any decent rate at all.
Well if people don´t insult you directly, a good businessman will just ignore it and go on talking about the importnant things. Instead of making a fuss about how people react.Trust me I understand. I also know it isn't everytime but a good portion of it comes from the way people go about it and I'm nowhere near perfect some of my post come out bad and sometimes not all
All good points. As I mentioned before, the only real workaround I see is to turn the exp sharing radius to max. That way while you are out killing, he's building your base and harvesting resources, all the while getting leveled by your kills. You kill zeds and clear POIs for loot, and he uses that stuff and the stuff he gathered to build a safe and cozy base for you to come back to and regroup. He also provides you with vehicles, ammo, armor, food, and medical supplies. Mutually beneficial arrangement.
I've been saying this all along. Don't make it as good as zed hunting to maintain risk vs reward, but at least make it viable.
Why not as good? Players doing different activities with the same intensity should be at the same level. In A16 mining xp was too much, now in A17 experimental(!) zombie xp is too much.
You mean the way it was before A17? I can't say I disagree, but zombie kills should grant some exp. Again, it's risk vs reward. I think all areas of the game should be rewarded based on risk. Killing zeds should give more exp than looting, looting should give more than mining, mining should give more than sitting in the base crafting and so on. Basically the less chance you have of having your ass chewed off, the less exp it should grant. This being a survival game at its heart, things that put your survival in jeopardy should almost always have a better payoff than sitting behind walls safely making stuff.
