canadianbluebeer

um, when the #boost_melee is active for 5 min, I will get screamers. (they sqwak, fall into the pit, get kilt, then back to mining. repeat. hee)

I hate the auger sound. Q6 steel shovel one shots the dirt, so I use that. Doesn't take that long to do the quests. Rewards are ... iffy though. Still worth doing though. I don't bother with the tresure hunter. Sorry TFP but it just isn't worth the points. (have it increase the odds of finding maps, or much better rewards, particularly for MP.) (starting to see solar panels now, and they are still hideously expensive so gonna need the dukes)

Fergittin Elixir is much cheaper now. 5k instead of 30k Makes it much better for that "oops" thing. (or yanking point out of something you don't need anymore) (unless it wipes out all the books too, that would be insanely bad) but yeah, check mailboxes and the newspaper things. don't forget to loot the ATMs as well. moneymoneymoney! (money for nothing, but the chicks are zombies) 😛

duct tape 75 dukes. water 120 steel 51 (something like that) I've been finding enough repair kits, that I have had to make all that many. (unlike A20 where I'd be swimming in them, same for lockpicks.) I always save the bones for glue. The dead flesh (aka braaaiinnsss), I don't have much use for anymore. 140+ farm plots

Do a LOT of quests. I've got Q6 steel tools from the rewards, before I could make them. I just finally got enough parts to make the Q5 nailgun. (motor tool parts are scarce) 90min days, and on day 23 I'm going T5 quests. (I love machine guns and headshots) I just finally got the last 2 books to make a motorcyle on day 22, and the last trader in the route of course... had a motorcycle for sale. mumble. (had the handlebars and 11 tires, just needed the chassis. nobody had one at all. then the full bike! mumble) RNG is RNG. still. 😛

I'm staving the smoothies. Pure Mineral Water. LOTS of it. 60 water, cure dysentry, 15% digestion. (makes the food last longer) I've got 4 collectors going, Have 90 PMW, 88 clear water, forget on stinkwater. Almost time to do a batch of glue (125) Yeah, first few days are tense, but once you get 2 collectors going, you won't die of thirst. 3 and 4 let to start stockpiling. (make red tea asap though, that little extra water is good, but the digestion bonus is better) (and pray that RNG gives you the mineral water book)

Q6 Steel pick, iron/stone mods, ergo grip, and the don't wear out one, and stone goes in 1 hit. Ores in 2. I would like to see something that let's us get the ores in 1 hit though. (aside from the twitch #boost_melee . which I've modded to 300 seconds instead of 30) I'll have to see if a better Q6 pick would get to the 1 shot of ore. oh, in 20 it took 11 hits to break a wall/desk safe. Now it is 9 hits. So the axes are doing more. Derp! I've only got 4/5 in mining. gotta see if that last point would do the trick. I'm gonna need at couple boatloads of iron before long to feed the dart traps. (60 traps, do the math)

Dogs are just annoying. Yes, in the first few days they can also be fatal. Guns! Look for'em, or make them. (pipe guns) Save yer ammo for them. Vultures now, the stupid things get right in your face so you CAN'T hit them! Gotta wait until they lift up a bit. (and yeah, you get contusions, concussions, infected, bleeding all from one damned bird! This is in the mid 40s, in Q3 steel armor. hrmph) Get some padded armor asap though. even Q1 helps against them. I don't panic on them anymore. Just "Bad Dog! you got a nibble" (a Q1 pipe shotgun to the face of the dog... heh. Vultures, just gotta do some batting practice. oh, there is one POI where you get into the attic and a couple dogs come charging at you.... and trigger the mines that are in the way. hee-hee) Rooftops: I ALWAYS assume there is a vulture up there! That way any surprises are pleasant.

None from the traders so far. Rarely from the machines there. I get mine mostly from the random ones scattered about.

don't forget about the book to increase chance to find honey when chopping trees. early on, buy honey/anti bio from the traders. This playthrough, I've been lucky. got lots of honey. Other times, nope, running about watching the infection get worse and worse, and finding ... not enough. (and sometimes there just are not enough (read, any) stumps nearby to even try to loot. They do seem more plentiful now. er, more common. honey is still RNG hates you.

checkpoint one quest, clear all. the locked room in the middle, the zed inside didn't count. (think the Butchers room from Diablo 1)

used to be dogs AND a bear. this is why I have machine guns. (and lots of bullets!)

Trader Jen. Trader Jill. Trader Julie. Trader Juggs... wait... Make each current trader a class, and have a few of each (use the same model for all I care) Then you can have different progression at each trader, different inventory, but the same type of inventory. smiple.

mine never degraded in A20, but then again, they were hidden behind the 2 high stack of dart traps. (15 rows of 4 (2 high on each side)) fixing the traps now.... (never mind reloading the silly things)

I likes to AXE them questions. (flaming clubs are fun too though. heh.)

Day 10: (90 min days) 4 collectors. 23 water 16 murky 40 red tea. Don't need to use the water much right now, have enough tape/glue for the moment (1000 bones). No beaker so holding off on making glue unless I NEED to. so yeah, with many players, yer gonna need a LOT of collectors. (really gonna want/need that purified water book in MP)

Ergonomic Grip for the wrench helps. (a lot) ok, I try and get one of those into all the tools. (even with trex, it was useful for mining)

I always used to place the wires 1 block down. eg: main level: dart trap(s) behind them, the tripwires posts behind that, but 1 block down, the electric posts. that caught the spiders and everything else. perhaps 2 connect points for the posts, or 2 types of posts? high and low? (probably easier to make 2 types of posts)

sg landclaimcount 10 in the console gives you 10 per person. (what I do) I believe there is an option in the server config file as well.

put a point into master chef asap. run down chickens and club them. loot. (make a knife asap) buy a pot if you don't find 1 pick the red flowers to make tea. save up for a water filter. loot every single birdnest. eggs are much more plentiful. (yer still gonna have a boatload of feathers) canned food: if it doesn't have a recipe, go ahead and eat it. get/make a pipe rifle for shooting deer. snakes. there are lots of snakes. 1 hit with a lvl 1 stone sledge and they're lunch. oh, you are going to want 2 campfires with pots/grills. cooking takes soooo long. Day 6 (almost 7), 90 min days, and I've got 3 dew collectors, 30 bacon and eggs, 30 tea and just started making tacos. Have a forge, (found an anvil), and finally got book 10 so making a workbench. (yay) oh, there are bags of feed you can shovel and get corn seed. a LOT of corn seed.

I do have to decide what to use the water for. Glue? How much do I NEED today? Drinks? How much do I NEED today? Food? How much can I make today? (not many) Now finding glue/duct tape is much more rewarding in that "one less water to use" Mind you, finding that book to make pure mineral water is gonna be a priority. 60 hydrate vs 24. much better. Want that as early as possible. (RNG is RNG) I'm actually starting to like this way for solo. Dunno how it's gonna go for MP tho. (a lot more buying drinks methinks)

Getting the books is one thing, getting the PARTS, well.... Day 9 (90min days), and the books while plentiful, you do need a bunch to get to the GOOD stuff. Agonizing over taking the bullets or books as quest reward. Grinding a bunch to spend 15k on a crucible to make steel. (Jen had one. got to 15,036 dukes...) Finally got to where I could cook tacos/chilidogs and now shepards pie. That took a LOT of cocckery books. (psgetti is next.. my fav) Can't make many of the good foods, but have over 200 meat and 78 eggs. (yes, eggs are plentiful, and chickens/wabbits and bambi...) Still can't get motorized transport yet, and GAS is miserly. Have a couple hundred shale that A) don't know how to make gas, B) can't make chemstation yet. So, yeah, some books climb fast, but doesn't mean you can DO much with it. However, since you CAN make lower tier stuff out of what you do have.... Oh, water for making glue -> duct tape -> stuff is still slow. Gonna buy a buncha tape soon. 75 per tape, yet 120 for 1 water. umm... I'm a fan of the books now.

Dismemberment. WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! slicing of hands, feets, etc are nice, BUT Slicking off HALF a head, and have it spin like a top? Best fun since shootin the arms and legs off a zed and watch the body roll down hill, still alive (for values of alive) in A16. popping off the full head is rather easy, even in A20 (shoot the neck), but half?

stone hit flesh sounds ungood. (like the old metalhitmetal.) what's with the grunting noise using an iron shovel?

Well, they ain't gittin' anymore of my chickens (or any other meats)... Was quite the surprise though. hrmm... wonder if I can drop meat as bait for them... hrmm...