CoolJ Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 So day 21, comes around. No problem here. I have a stout base with an iron kill cage on top of a monolith of concrete and steel. Hundreds of spikes, barbed wire, etc. I was worried about being able to kill them before they undermined the structure. I made myself a nice marksman rifle and a shotgun. For the shotgun I made about 80 slugs. At around 15:00 I decided to head back to my base a little early so I could make sure all the defenses were ready and to do any last minute repairs. There wasn't much to shore up around the place since I had done most of it already during the night before. I looked in my ammo crate to take stock of my reserves and I noticed I had picked up a little over 30 of the flaming arrows somewhere. What the hell, I had some time so I made about 50 more to see if they would be any good. Let me tell you friends. That was 84 guaranteed dead zombies that I got XP for. Not wasting arrows doing a ton of damage only to lose XP to the spikes. No sir! Now to devise a plan on how to get 6000 metric tons of animal fat. I need one of those dog hordes that everyone talks about to show up. Preferably, not while I am in a hole digging for clay. I guess beggars can't be choosers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InSanity Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Haven't tested those yet but considering how effective molotovs are I can only imagine how much those would do to a horde, and actually getting a decent amount of kills instead of the spikes taking them would certainly be a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katitof Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Flame based weapons are amazing now in A17 now that flame kills actually do grant exp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SickPuppy Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Yer glad a lot of redundant items now have a use. Only thing is the flame blocking the aim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halz Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 And how can u aim with flaming arrows? I can't see ♥♥♥♥ because of the fire effect... Or did they fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyris Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Flame based weapons are amazing now in A17 now that flame kills actually do grant exp. Oh really? They finally fixed that? Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinothepony Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Is this a recipe you have to get now to make? Or a mod to the bow? I would like to get back to making flaming arrows and explosive bolts! I have not made a molotov yet. I did make a couple of pipebombs and their explosive range didn't seem all that great. Also before I get enough materials to really set up traps, I do the poor man's trap routine haha. I make sure I build my doors with the invisible block facing inside so I can lay campfires right on the outside of them. Then feed them a couple hundred wood and turn them on in time for the Blood Moon horde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SickPuppy Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Level 2 Yeah Science unlocks Advanced Bolts & Arrows. I think ingredients are: + Steel arrows + tallow + cloth + gunpowder I found over a hundred steel arrows in my travels so it was a nice surprise it did decent damage. Curious, do u get the xp from yr campfire kills? Molotovs are OP, I'd be surprised if it wasn't balanced, they make horde night a joke and u get the xp, just make sure to carry a lot of water lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinothepony Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Thank you! OMG I have a lot of animal fat just laying around. Time to make tallow. Steel is also very accessible for me now. I also notice even the regular steel arrows to be more of a dramatic upgrade from iron than the previous alphas. I used to just stick to those. I will watch my campfire kills and report back. But unfortunately, I'm thinking not. Hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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