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You can do this, nobody is forcing you to use the traders. Using or ignorng traders is player choice.

That is not true. I am doing 1 hour days and able to clear out the zombies before nightfall in T5 POIs. The tactic I employ is that I just clear out the zombies. I do literally zero looting until afterwards. Then I use the night to loot everything and start stashing away the loot in chests I have left at the stairwells or at the doors. Once I loot everything, I then carry everything back to the 4X4, starting from the top and making my way downwards (stopping at chests to finish filling stacks). The only POI I could not clear and loot in one day (24 hours) are the skyscrapers, but I plan for those going into 2 days.

That’s what i did. Same situation as you but I think I had a slightly better video card.

Didnt really say that I needed to know that. 😄

TBH, I saw a wall of text and I just went. 🤔

🤔 says getting breakfast and some coffee, but lives close by as I am cleaning up dishes from dinner......proof that ST lives in a different dimension

To be honest, I never stopped during horde night to figure out who is a normal zombie and who is a feral. I would have never noticed this if you hadn’t done some digging and posted about it. 😁

I typically decide before hand what melee weapon I am going to specialized in and how I am going to approach my gameplay (i.e. where am I going to build a base, is it going to be also a horde base or will that be separate, am I going to wait for my character to find recipes or do I have a time when I use perk points to get things like vehicles or crafting stations). I normally don't specialized in any of the attributes as I typically spread them around to unlock various perks. I usually go to 7 in a single attribute (I typically play Jack of all, master of none) but if I survive long enough, I may raise some of the attributes up to 10 to unlock all

Unfortunately I can’t. The last time this happened was on my old computer back in 2020 and I already recycled it. If it happens again, I will try to get as much information as I can.

I should have also noted on my post that I play strictly vanilla. No mods, no custom POIs, using the games RWG. Though, I did have the phantom block issue on my old computer under the same vanilla conditions.

The game is balanced for the lower difficulties. In addition, this is a sandbox game. The developers have built us the sandbox. Now it is up to us to define how we are going to play inside the sandbox. There are a lot of options out there (in the vanilla game) that makes it harder, especially at the higher difficulties: Loot abundance set at 50% Increasing the zombie speeds (I do this by default now, no more default zombies walking) No air drops Loot doesn't respawn My options / restrictions I been adding to increase the challenge: Using crafted only items Not using traders or limiting their use greatly Only using POIs for BM bases Not mining (only mining surface boulders) Food expires I got over 2000 hours playing this game and not once have I used a mod. My last playthrough I got to 125 days before I lost interest. Move onto another game under development to play it a bit (less survival, more casual play) but I am getting ready to generate a new map in 7D2D to start over again. Setting up some rules to make it more of a challenge and will probably start playing again this week if work allows me to start up again.

Master Chef rank 1 unlocks a lot of basic recipes for cooking items. You don't have to max it out unless you want the higher tier food items or the special brews. Living off the land unlocks the seeds. You can get by just 2 levels of it to unlock most seeds. Good alternative if you don't want to track down the recipes or seeds in loot.

Do a crafting challenge then. Only things you can use or sell are items you crafted. Loot and trader purchases can only be used for parts and raw materials.

I can support this. My previos computer (>10 years old) had this issue all the time; my new computer haven’t had this issue at all.

Actually, you can setup a garage door to open by switches or cameras on both sides. You have to wire it like this: Power Source - Switch 1 - Switch 2 - Door. I did it on my last playthrough (Power source - Trigger plate - Camera - Door).

Hmmm, I must be confusing this with another game then. Now I am curious what game has this mechanic I am thinking of. Ahh, the joy of getting older. 😆

Also every time you die, it affects your game stage level. The game stage is calculated based on the max number of days alive since your last death. If you had zero deaths, you would have a higher game stage at Day 25.

Again, who is the one attacking whom? You started out fine but then instantly claimed that I am only "surviving" by building some weird structures. Do I just stand there and let zombies pound on me while I poke them with my knife? No, I don't (and why would someone do that anyways?). What do I do? Let me give you a recent example of what I did. I had a wandering horde come across me (I believe it was about 8 zombies). Some were in the front, none of them were ferals so I quickly took stock of my surroundings. I was in an open area, outside. There was a large rock behind me. I engaged the zombies. First two in front, I power attack both of them once each. This caused them to stagger and get bleeding effects applied to them. I backed up, keeping myself aware if any other zombies are out there besides the wandering horde that is coming after me. I keep an eye on my stamina, only engaging enough to cause bleeding affects via power attack (if they are not already) or simple attacks to cause damage. The entire time I am backing up. If they are starting to get too close, I disengage. Put the rock between me and them, let my stamina recharge. And then go back into attack mode, power attacks and regular attacks. The horde numbers thin as I either take them out with my attacks or the DOT finishes them. So how do I survive? By taking into account the weapon I am using, what I am facing, where I am at, and above all, maintaining situational awareness of everything around me. I understand myself fine. And I think my original statement that you have an issue with is fine on its own, I don't need to add anything to it. Thumbs up from me, you have a lot more patience that I would probably have 😁

No judgment from me; I caught myself saying "Poke Poke" at times when I am kiting a wandering horde with my knife 😉

I never attacked you, and I never stated that you suggested all melee weapons should be removed. What I been arguing against was your belief that: Melee weapons were useless at any difficulty higher than adventurer, that the perks for melee weapons are useless, and that melee weapons and bows are worthless after the first week of gameplay. Remember when you posted " Deep Cuts Is someone really fighting with a bone knife instead of a club? or with a hunting knife instead of a grenade launcher?" I replied "Yes, I do fight with a bone knife at the beginning until I can get my hands on a higher quality knife. Yes, I do perk into Deep Cuts. Combine with Flurry of blows and parkour, I can handle anything outside of a 64 Z bloodmoon horde" And what exactly was your response? "I repeat, you can tell any stories from the Adventurer difficulty level, this will in no way change the fact that these perks are worthless" Which I found interesting since I been playing Survivalist difficulty for some time now. Who exactly is attacking whom? The person who stated that they can play with other melee weapons than just the club and using those perks to their advantage, or the person that just assumes that the author is only playing at the lowest difficulty so their opinion doesn't count. So please stop acting like you're a victim. I was never attacking you, just arguing against your broad comments that melee weapons and the perks for them are useless. Do you ever say that when you are playing? Jab Jab Throw Smash? 😆

Real players are anyone that plays the game and has fun doing so. It doesn’t matter if they play at the easiest settings or turn all the settings up to the max. It doesn’t matter if they build a huge, complex base or take over a POI to defend themselves against the hordes. It doesn’t matter if they go in guns blazing all the time, or use melee weapons a majority of the time. It doesn’t matter if they spread their perks across multiple trees or specialize in one or two. Real players are players that play the game; it is not defined by your playstyle.

It's obvious that you are trolling me. If you been paying any attention to my posts, I have clearly stated that I play survivalist which is the second highest difficulty level in the game. Throw in increasing the speed of daytime zombies above their default, maxing out zombies in BM hordes, and lowering loot levels, I am clearly not paying this game at lower difficulty levels. But hey, believe whatever you want to believe to justify your opinion; just don't expect others to believe the same as you.

Again, this is simply based on your playstyle. For those that don't abuse the death exploit or use settings where loot is a rarity, these perks are very useful. Yes, I do fight with a bone knife at the beginning until I can get my hands on a higher quality knife. Yes, I do perk into Deep Cuts. Combine with Flurry of blows and parkour, I can handle anything outside of a 64 Z bloodmoon horde Late game I am still using either a compound bow or crossbow with steel arrows / bolts. With perks in both archery and Hidden strike, I can do a ton of damage to a sleeper every time I come across one. And yes, stealth still works in quests and POI for the majority of the time. (there will be cases where stealth won't work). The other times I trigger and then retreat to see if I can get the Z's to get bored trying to find me. My last playthrough I ended at Day 123. I was still using the steel club.

Fast travel is really only necessary for games that only have walking / running to your next location as your only options (i.e. Fallout 3 / Fallout 4 - though 4 you can get smoke grenades and align yourself with the BoS to travel via flight between locations). 7D2D has vehicles that allow you to travel between locations. Since the game provides multiple modes of transport, fast travel is not necessary

I think Meganoth stated it well. Just because you think a perk is useless doesn't mean it is useless overall. I play Survivalist (2nd highest level) and I use melee until the end. Since I use melee, I spec' into the weapon I am using (clubs, sledges, knives) so that I can still use them at the end. Never once thought that putting points in those perks was a waste. I do take guns with me, but I use those as a last option if I am getting overwhelmed. I want to save my ammo for BM night as I typically have a lot of turrets to restock and need to have a good supply on me since I play with max zombies (64).