[Does better barter secret stash boost break the game?]

2 hours ago, ElDudorino said:

Kinda, except at max barter you can quickly buy everything you'll ever want a couple weeks into the game and then just chug a Fergit'n Elixir that cost you almost nothing and you get back all those points to re-spec into actual gameplay skills. Probably most players won't do it this way but the game sets it up where that is the clear 'optimal' progression.

 

I recently played a game where I rushed barter and daring adventurer and it was unbelievably overpowered. It's just so much stronger than doing anything else with your points. But honestly, here's my only real problem with Better Barter: It's the only way to get solar cells and solar banks. I think that non-traders should have SOME option to get them, even if only as a super-rare end crate find.

 

I wish wrenching solar banks on POI's would give a chance to salvage cells and solar banks at higher game stages. 

[Unpopular Opinion: I Like the New Farming RNG]

On 1/29/2022 at 12:46 AM, Vaeliorin said:

Hoeing was a one time thing

 

Yeah, that is what my ex said. 

[Can you get previous tier bonus rewards from traders?]

Being able to pick any tier now is a great change. Also tier 5 quests in the wasteland are the most fun I have had in this game so far. An endless stream of Z's. 

[So I decided to track Sleeper volumes in Poi's and how many are ambushes.]

There a few rooms that you drop into from above that will not spawn until you drop into the room. This is annoying. Again went full strength and just barge on through. 

[So I decided to track Sleeper volumes in Poi's and how many are ambushes.]

Yep I have always played stealth and light armor. This alpha I went full strength, heavy armor and clubs. I clear 2-3 times faster with minimal problems. I am assuming they will swing the pendulum back some in the future. 

[Glitching motorcycle]

I haven't had the glitch since the last update. I did however hit a z so hard with a sledge today that he disappeared through the ground, lol. 

[Listen up Fun Pimps!]

If anyone played the original DayZ mod for Arma 2 they may remember the random military/bandit camps. 10-20 well armed men around a central tent. Best loot in the game if you could take them out. These would pop up randomly and last for several days or until they were killed. 

[Whomever coded this in]

Or the corn seeds in the toilet.

[Idea to fix A20 farming]

Once planted I wish seeds would remain. Let LoTL affect yield but remove the replanting. LoTL 1 = 2 yield, 2=3, 3=5 with a chance of an extra seed. 

[Zombie Apocolypse tomorrow, how many perk/skill/stat points do you have?]

Old fat @%$#....that used to own a gun store. As long as I don't have to leave the porch I am golden. 

[Has anybody else noticed an absurdly high animal spawn rate?]

It is there mea culpa for borking the new farming scheme. Don't roast me Roland, pretty please. 

[Zombie Horde Pathing - Discussion]

I think most of us are just waiting for Gold so we can get modding it to our liking. Luckily there are some really good mods every alpha. 

[A20 - Leveling is now pointless]

A20 is the first alpha in awhile that I have bought every work station before actually finding any of the schematics for them. Prior you could find them reliably in destroyed stations not so much with this alpha. However this alpha is a huge step up it terms of the gridding cities. 

[What is wrong with loot stage 222+?]

3 hours ago, longcheq said:

Sorry I don't understand the "chests static", what is "chests static"? And sure, you still can get stone tools at whatever loot stage, but only from some other specific loot containers like bags or backpacks (I might be wrong with these examples) and absolutely not from the loot chests from the loot rooms (I don't know what you guys call those chests, for me I call them the treasure chests, the treasure chests of the dungeons. Each POI dungeon only have one treasure chest (loot chest) that locates in the final room or the loot room. It's Wood Crate for tier 1 POI, Leather Trunk for tier 2 POI, Reinforced Chest for tier 3 POI and Hardened Chest for tier 4 & 5 POI).

 

 

I believe that they sort steel weapons like steel sledgehammer and steel club, steel armors and military armors into tier 2 gears. That's why at high enough loot stages like 222+, when tier 2 gears are removed from the loot list of the treasure chests (loot chests in the loot rooms of any POI dungeons), you will never get steel weapons, steel armors and military armors from those chests anymore. This is absolutely ridiculous. Are steel weapons not endgame weapons? Are steel armors not endgame heavy armors? Are military armors not endgame light armors? Then why the hell am I not supposed to get those endgame gears from the treasure chests of the dungeons at high level or late game?

 

Static as in the loot is determined at the start of the game and does not change with loot score. It will drop the same loot at level 1 and level 100. 

[What is wrong with loot stage 222+?]

Along those lines are some chests static? I can be well above loot level 100 and still find stone tools. 

[What changes do you make to the game for personal enjoyment?]

I run a bigger backpack mod. I am a hoarder. I know I have a problem when I have to edit the contents of a 96 space backpack during daily runs. 

I also use the E for plant pickup mod. 

[are there cities in alpha 20, or just towns]

I am hoping that Kingen gets updated so I can create more megacities. 

[A20 i'm disappointed]

About the only glitch I see is my ride teleporting around. It is inconvenient to run out of a building chased by irradiated hordes and discover my bike has moved 3 city blocks over.  

[Really Enjoying A20]

Loving it so far. I will like it better if I did not have to dig my bike up every few days when it glitches out. 

[A20: how can this happen twice??]

57 minutes ago, pApA^LeGBa said:

The spawn points are the same on the same map for me aswell. And it´s always close to the trader.

 

The really weird thing that i have is that i always find the schematic for the vehicle offroad lights mod on day one as the first recipe, even when i joined  in a MP game that was on day 3 this was the first schematic i found on my first day. Same after a new clean install for A20 stable.

 

I more and more fear that we wouldn´t have stable if it wasn´t for christmas. Downtown is still a hardware hog (pretty sure this is unplayable with minimum requirements as listed on steam) Quests suddenly are finished and the last orange dot for the last enemy simply dissappears. Feels like a sale release for me.

 

Funny on my current world that I have restarted 3 times now I get the semi auto mod schematic everytime out of the 1st trashbag. 

[Arrows not colliding torso?]

I have noticed a few times too. I just assumed I missed but body shots do seem to miss more than usual. 

[A20 City Only Map Option?]

Mega-city One boyz. Spanning all biomes. 

[Sneaking and its problems (and how to fix it)]

I have run stealth builds in every alpha since 12. I gave up on it this time around for a fort run and gun build. I can clear twice as fast with less risk. The downside is ammo usage but its not that big a deal. Too many POI's where all the z's are framed into the ceiling and walls. 

[My stockade base design isn't viable anymore, as of Alpha 20 :(]

They never make it to the door. The few that get past the turrets and don't fall down get hung up on the 1st wedge block. Easy shots then. Have to have 10 into Int though. The turrets are taking more damage so I will upgrade the base to be able to get to the turrets to repair. 

[The weird implementation of stealth and its counter measures.]

I have gone from a stealth pistol/bow build to a straight up Fortitude build with an AK. I can do twice as many POI's now with my run and gun vs stealth builds. Speed was always the balancing factor with stealth.