Alpha 19 Dev Diary

[Laz Man]

22 minutes ago, XCOUNTRY said:

On the topic of weapons...I hope the burst mod got a little bit of love in A19. It is wonky IMO. The burst just stops the gun from shooting more than three rounds while holding down fire. If I tap fire, it'll still shoot just one round. About the only useful thing they do is up the damage at the cost of a mod slot. At the least, the fire rate needs to be increased when installed so that all three rounds are sent per click. Even with all the fire rate perks and stuff maxed out, it's still too slow between rounds and doesn't feel right. The other two work as intended IMO.

Funny you mention this.  The auto trigger mod had the same problem.  All it did was allow you to hold down your fire button and increase damage alittle (tested on sniper rifle)  I had to create a mod to increase RPM to make it feel more worthwhile to use.

 

[Adam the Waster]

6 minutes ago, Laz Man said:

Funny you mention this.  The auto trigger mod had the same problem.  All it did was allow you to hold down your fire button and increase damage alittle (tested on sniper rifle)  I had to create a mod to increase RPM to make it feel more worthwhile to use.

 

 

28 minutes ago, XCOUNTRY said:

On the topic of weapons...I hope the burst mod got a little bit of love in A19. It is wonky IMO. The burst just stops the gun from shooting more than three rounds while holding down fire. If I tap fire, it'll still shoot just one round. About the only useful thing they do is up the damage at the cost of a mod slot. At the least, the fire rate needs to be increased when installed so that all three rounds are sent per click. Even with all the fire rate perks and stuff maxed out, it's still too slow between rounds and doesn't feel right. The other two work as intended IMO.

i hope that the new Tier 2 AR (the Tactical Assault Rifle)  has burst, and yes i do wish that they upped it, what if i wanted to turn my pistol into a B23R? and turn my Marksman rifle into a auto Combat rifle? 

[Xtrakicking]

1 hour ago, Jugom said:

I completely forgot the Bone knife existed.

Does anyone even use it as a weapon?

[Adam the Waster]

Just now, Xtrakicking said:

Does anyone even use it as a weapon?

i do but maybe it could be better, maybe a new look kinda like a Knife rather then a sharpen bone, but its still good!

[Jugom]

good Point, it shouldn't be considered a T1 weapon… just a tool. same as the Stone axe.

[sillls]

 While I like the new features in this forum I miss the appearance of the old one. This one is rather plain looking.

[Adam the Waster]

16 minutes ago, sillls said:

 While I like the new features in this forum I miss the appearance of the old one. This one is rather plain looking.

well its still kinda being worked on...

[TSBX]

Function over form, as I sometimes always say.

 

[Dethar]

I like burst mode, full auto just wastes ammo for me. Typically it only takes 3 shots to kill regular zombies. So shoot one and immediately switch to next one.

[DaVegaNL]

3 hours ago, SnowDog1942 said:

you should have two of them (at least), open up that zipper and give yourself a closer look!

Ah didn't I tell you about this accident I once had with a can-opener?

[DaVegaNL]

50 minutes ago, TSBX said:

Function over form, as I sometimes always say.

 

Yeah but they will always laugh behind your back.. 😞

[Adam the Waster]

me Waiting for something for Alpha 19 on twitter

Spoiler

 

[TSBX]

13 minutes ago, DaVegaNL said:

Yeah but they will always laugh behind your back.. 😞

Come again?

[Ouch Quit It]

When do those faster updates start? Asking for a friend?

 

[unholyjoe]

5 minutes ago, Ouch Quit It said:

When do those faster updates start? Asking for a friend?

 

a friend told me to tell you....

Spoiler

When it's done.

 

[dcsobral]

3 hours ago, Xtrakicking said:

Does anyone even use it as a weapon?

Almost same stats as the hunting knife, but does not require repair kits to repair, and it's very cheap to make.

[unholyjoe]

it's almost as good as using a torch that doesn't require repair at all and can set them on fire at times.

[dcsobral]

11 minutes ago, unholyjoe said:

it's almost as good as using a torch that doesn't require repair at all and can set them on fire at times.

The torch is slow and uses a lot of stamina. No, the shiv, whatever it is called these days, does truly have stats rather similar to the hunting knife, at least on alpha 18.

[Xtrakicking]

28 minutes ago, dcsobral said:

Almost same stats as the hunting knife, but does not require repair kits to repair, and it's very cheap to make.

Problem is, the hunting knife is crap as a weapon too, at least in warrior dificulty.

[dcsobral]

1 minute ago, Xtrakicking said:

Problem is, the hunting knife is crap as a weapon too, at least in warrior dificulty.

What, you don't power attack with it once and then go on to the next zombie, leaving the previous one to die of bleeding?

[faatal]

1 minute ago, dcsobral said:

What, you don't power attack with it once and then go on to the next zombie, leaving the previous one to die of bleeding?

That is how I use it. Stab and move on if more than one target reachable.

[Xtrakicking]

6 minutes ago, dcsobral said:

What, you don't power attack with it once and then go on to the next zombie, leaving the previous one to die of bleeding?

Ahh, I guess that's my problem. The fact that zombies die of bleeding is ludicrous to me... 😅

[dcsobral]

1 minute ago, Xtrakicking said:

Ahh, I guess that's my problem. The fact that zombies die of bleeding is ludicrous to me... 😅

They are not undead zombies. They are bio-chemical warfare zombies, but otherwise alive. At least, that was the explanation at one point. Aren't they called "infected"? Though "zombie" is used everywhere internally, I think the game tries to avoid calling them zombies.

[Xtrakicking]

8 minutes ago, dcsobral said:

They are not undead zombies. They are bio-chemical warfare zombies, but otherwise alive. At least, that was the explanation at one point. Aren't they called "infected"? Though "zombie" is used everywhere internally, I think the game tries to avoid calling them zombies.

Oh God... here we go.

So, one of my little nitpicks with this game is that there's little to no lore at all, and the devs haven't really defined what type of zombies they want at all either. Madmole has said many times in previous posts that these zombies are undead zombies, not infected (he said it recently when arguing about zombies not drowning). You can clearly see that zombies are injured with mortal wounds, such as having their faces torn apart and their skulls split open, showing their brains. You can also dismember all their limbs, yet they don't die of bleeding then, and can stay alive with no problem. Also, now with the new zombies it's even more clear that they're rotting corpses that walk, and that's the way the devs seemed to refer to the zombies. Clearly, they'd be the "undead" type, right?

Then how come they die of bleeding from a knife? 

Part of me hopes that the bleeding bonus is applied on zombies as a placeholder for when bandits and NPCs show up... Cause no aspect of the game hints at zombies being infected people that are still alive.

[sillls]

3 hours ago, Adam the Waster said:

well its still kinda being worked on...

Well then in that case it's kind of ok.