sixlip

Cheers all for the responses. To clarify I do enjoy the added zombies in all other areas, can certainly see the difference from other alphas, in the cities. i have another fairly decent city in the snowy biome which is always swarming with zombies, its just there is an end, theres eventually a break. time to enjoy the POIs, even if its only for a couple of minutes before another wave is coming around, i just found it odd in the wasteland that is basically horde 24/7 and all other aspect of the game design are thrown out the window. but hey as yall have said thats kinda the point of feral sense, heightened zombie awareness and spawns which gets super amplified in the cities to create that experience, its just one i found in the wasteland to be a bit mundane and boring, perhaps i need to put challenges on myself or build a base to try and survive there to find added enjoyment.

So I am on my first alpha 20 playthrough from last month, mostly generic settings but feral sense on, random blood moons and no warnings. I am pretty much at endgame now, great equipment, tons of resources, solid bases, tons of dukes etc. I've been doing tier 5 quests for the trader near a wasteland biome that has my worlds largest city and I gotta say, the wasteland is kinda trash with feral sense on. Don't get me wrong, I love a good challenge and it certainly is that but its endless wave of zombie spawns ruins the dungeon style layouts of the city POIs since zombies are always breaking doors and walls and exposing (in some cases) the main stash. Now when I say endless I mean, its never ending, if I am in the city its constant waves of zombies which at endgame just amounts to "ways to get rid of ammo" there is no real difficulty in dispatching them (gets a bit dicer at night, but I'm kitted out) I enjoy feral sense in every other area of the game, its been a lot of fun for me but in the wasteland I end up just missing out on the great POIs because I have no time to get immersed into them as I am forever killing the zombies inside and out, also seems to tank my FPS which makes its super laggy, the lag effects the zombies ability as well they will just run right past me or go into break everything mode even if I'm 3ft away from them (doesn't seem to happen elsewhere) I've wondered am I missing the point of the wasteland biome and this is just how it is now? or is the added feral sense breaking the game a bit causing endless waves of zombies to spawn in and chase me?

i actually really enjoy the new farming mechanics. I never usually bother with a farm because it feels so easy with no reward, plant a seed, get infinite crops, have chest fulls of crops in a week or two, it really killed me investing time into it. However with the new farming now I enjoy having a farm with 5 of each seed and just slowly harvesting and replanting, with LOTL level 3 im running at a moderate net gain every harvest. Its something i look forward to though when i return to my base, the simple act of taking care of the farm, its just super chill and i find it rewarding. I like your idea of being able to change the AI level though, but overall i enjoy the fact the devs change things up, there are still many ways to easily cheese horde nights and its always exciting when they nerf something you rely on, it leads to you finding new tricks to handling hordes and different base designs. I do agree that part of the game is having a great horde base and seeing it take down a challenging horde tho so the devs need to somehow give players the freedom to have that option and enjoy their success.