Roland

In this context flat is very very very very good. The random worlds look unbelievably good now--Especially cities and their surrounding environs. When you come out of the mountains and into the flats it is basically like a biome change. There is now meadowy forest and mountain forest that as far as I'm concerned count as two separate biomes as far as look and feel. As you can see in the recent screenshots, the urban pois tile together extremely well to create natural and well decorated intersections and city blocks. There are main city streets as well as back alleys and...more. Wasteland cities are especially getting a big upgrade with all the wasteland themed POI's and features they've done. There are many new places to explore and quite a few of them will be for when you've progressed enough in the game to be able to survive in the wasteland biome so you won't be devouring the new content within the first couple hours of playing. (unless you fly around in Godmode like a turd blossom)

There is a pipe machine gun. Crossbows are unchanged I believe. The pipe rifle is single shot and uses the same caliber as the hunting rifle. It is less powerful than the hunting rifle and can be scavenged Day 1 whereas the hunting rifle won't show up until later.

@Adam the Waster, your Mom has found her way into the forum again...

I'm up to date on all help desk tickets and don't see yours so I'm not sure where you submitted a help ticket. Just to add to what Unholy Joe said, the two most common reasons why a peripheral stops working is because A) there is another peripheral that is causing a conflict so unplug/disconnect anything else and B) You need to update Steam or Windows or both. Given that the controller is Microsoft try initiating a Windows update and see if it clears up.

I wouldn't go so far as to call the current system divine but if you want to, I'll not disagree.

I made a mod for this where you gain skill points after a 24 hour timer during which you survived. If you died then the timer reset. However, I did not update it for A19 and it lies broken by changes made to A19 code. I'm just not enough of a masochistic modder to be interested in fixing the mod with each alpha release. I'm happy to just wait for the 1.0 and then update it-- unless someone wants to take it over. I'm down with that too. It does really change the feel of the game. though, when nothing earns any xp and you can do anything you want and you still progress as long as you don't die. Running away or fighting is equally valid and there definitely is no incentive to hunt and feast by farming zombie hordes.

We are already on 19.4 and 19.5 is in experimental so 19.5 going stable will be next. At some point that will be followed by weekly developer streams showing off the new features for A20. The streamer weekend will then happen to lead into the general Monday release of A20 experimental.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of the A17 streamer weekend was watching all of the oh @%$# moments when spiders unexpectedly jumped on and over everyone's walls. I think the jump distance was toned down a bit from the initial A17 settings. Come to think of it....everything was toned down from A17 settings...

Yes. No. But most likely just before they were turned and then released. Maybe....or possibly a maniacal Duke. But probably not after they were zombies. Probably before they were zombies....right before they were zombies. Wut? It's totally logical!!

These thoughts were supposed to be distracted by the lens flares

Some people won't touch a weapon they haven't enhanced with perks despite the fact zombies are just as dead from bullets that came from an unperked weapon as they are from a perked weapon. It would still be a really fun tool that could allow players to re-organize the perks and attributes but you are correct about calling out the fact that there really is nothing to stop us from using any combinations of weapons that we wish as long as we are willing to shoot, swipe, or thrust those filthy unperked guns, clubs, and spears.

Lol...I even answered that thread in close to the same way. Weird. Definitely a bot so we will keep an eye on this account.

It would be cool if someone created a nitrogen-esque tool for remapping the perks before starting a new game. Even a random shuffle could prove to be an interesting experience.

@bachgaman I like your avatar!

I brought this to Lathan's attention and he said: So the fix is essentially that you can get used to anything.

social hysteria due to ongoing contradictions from health officials and government authorities everywhere throughout the globe? That game has no replay value.

You can also play the game and buy the perk and notice the difference...

It’s not that we are happy with everything that’s being done. It’s that the particular items on YOUR list of grievances just don’t register as being priority concerns for some of us. Just different viewpoints and desires.

Can’t happen. Historically, the even numbered alphas have always been more popular than the odd numbered Alphas. There’s really nothing A17 could’ve done....

This is my pet peeve but.....I'll allow it, I guess.

Pretty much everyone BUT Snowdog got a good one and that goes for more than just warm welcomes. Don't feel too sorry.

Lathan (the developer who created it) is a streamer as well as a game developer so it was something he wanted for himself and created for himself and after he pitched it, the team felt it was good enough to go into the game so as to be natively available to all streamers. When a developer wants to mod the game it often becomes a feature...

because they like twitch and this will enhance their entertainment. but those that do will be happy and it may increase the reach of the game on Twitch itself and bring in additional viewers. It was developed by one of the developers in his spare time so it did not supplant any other part of the game. Most people will also never use Insane Difficulty but there it is.

But how to contact them....?

Even if the metric is correct, I think that the assumptions, conclusions, and speculations about what it all means can safely be ignored anyway. There is no downside to attracting 16-24 y.0. gamers to this game through them watching Twitch. It is all upside.