[2020] Alpha 19 looting and weapons/armour/tools degradation..

Originally posted by Kyle: I’d like to point out that just because loot was random in the past doesn’t mean the devs have ever intended to leave it that way. It is far easier to get player feedback on all the game’s items by allowing access to every item.

Leaving it random with assigned tables was also much less work than assigning tier groups in those loot tables as well. Those would need to be changed for every update that added a new tool/gun. It was simpler to leave it random for most of development.

They have decided it is time to focus on the loot progression, which means it is time for the system to be introduced. I wouldn’t expect random loot to ever come back. I do hope they change the pacing to please as many people as possible.

With all that said, You actually CAN still find higher tier equipment even with a low gamestage- It's just actually Rare now. You won't always find something great before you get to the gamestage where you would start finding it now.

With that said as well, The current system is in it's infancy and will be expanded. For example, New low tier pipe gun weapons like a pipe rifle and pipe pistol will be introduced to flesh out the early game loot pool so you dont find ONLY blunderbusses. And maybe the length of each loot tier will be shortened or lengthened; MAybe certain things will be moved down or up a tier.. It is very much going to change as we move forward in development.

Originally posted by Zergit: Now, you don't even need a base. You just spawn, do the beginner quests, take quests from traders while giving yourself loot/trader perks, so you can amass so much money you don't need to worry about gear because you can just buy the best of everything, you buy every vehicle, and then go building a structure because you're sick of looting, then realise 7 days has one of the most lacklustre building simulators out there.

This only works because the traders are currently ignoring loot progression. That's not going to be the case for much longer.

Remember, this game is still in development, and core things like this are still subject to change.