7 Days To Die Dev Tracker

Originally posted by Macdallan:

Originally posted by OzHawkeye: Yeah, not needed. As others have noted, Shale is massively over-abundant. A very short sting of mining Shale (half a game day or so) secured what turned out to be about 100,000 gas cans. I'm day 70ish now and might have used a third of that.

So they took out another recipe that made sense (boiling water in a tin can is also gone...), one you'd likely need in a survival situation. *sigh* What the frick are they doi...

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Originally posted by Shurenai: Yep. 1 shale = 10 gas. Even with a crappy pickaxe you can easily harvest immense amounts of it.

The only thing is that I don't think it can appear anwhere -but- in the desert.. And sometimes RWG produces very little or even no desert to speak of. In a situation like this, or in similar ones where you just cant find the desert, the bio fuel would be a nice option. Farming is nowehre near as quick and easy as it used to be, so it's decently balanced in that regard (Plus you have to consider your more limited amount of corn for food, and corn for medical supplies too, not just for fuel)

Fair point, if you had a map without deserts, you could be in trouble, though I've find the normal loo... Read more

Originally posted by OzHawkeye: Yeah, note needed. As others have noted, Shale is massively over-abundant. A very short sting of mining Shale (half a game day or so) secured what turned out to be about 100,000 gas cans. I'm day 70ish now and might have used a third of that.

Yep. 1 shale = 10 gas. Even with a crappy pickaxe you can easily harvest immense amounts of it.

The only thing is that I don't think it can appear anwhere -but- in the desert.. And sometimes RWG produces very little or even no desert to speak of. In a situation like this, or in similar ones where you just cant find the desert, the bio fuel would be a nice option. Farming is nowehre near as quick and easy as it used to be, so it's decently balan... Read more

Yeah, not needed. As others have noted, Shale is massively over-abundant. A very short sting of mining Shale (half a game day or so) secured what turned out to be about 100,000 gas cans. I'm day 70ish now and might have used a third of that.

Originally posted by John:

Originally posted by Shryce: No free XP please.

Killing a zombie with a trap is not free exp because that trap did not spawn out of nowhere. You mined the ressources, you built it, you placed it, you lead the zombie into the trap. Deserves exp in my eyes.

It's completely resource-free once placed. The other traps that do give exp require constant maintenance and effort outside of simple repairs.

It's about game balance, and free exp for sittin... Read more

This again?

I don't think you're going to get more AFK exp than they've already granted you in a18.

You got large quantities of experience both from digging the trench -and- from harvesting the wood to make the spikes in the first place. Plus, The reward of not having to kill every single zombie by hand, and having a barrier of safety wherever you've placed them.

It's unlikely they'll ever make spikes give the player kill exp. It took so many alphas for electrical traps to give some kill exp and only via an intellect perk..And it was only made possible due to recent changes to the electrical objects enabled by the addition of junk turrets; So that the electrical entities are basically functioning as part of your own personal 'party' and can so share to you their exp.

Spike traps on the other hand are just plain blocks; Not entities. There's no real way to make it so they grant you exp that doesnt also make it so -any- zombie death will grant you exp, whether you were involved in any way or not.

Basically what they all said; But also with this added on: If you can't feed the beast you shouldn't be using the beast yet.

The M60 is the top tier machine gun type weapon, and has the requirements to go with it.. If you can't feed the ammo requirements, or consistently fire a single bullet per tap of the left click, then don't use it until you have the excess ammo to use.

It's not a sniper rifle; It's not an assault rifle: It is a light machine gun. firing hundreds of bullets downwind rapidly is its forte; The semi mod and the 2x scope have no place on an LMG..Though the reflex sight would be nice, since it's really just an alternative sight to the main one. The reason it was disallowed though is likely because it increases aimed accuracy along with giving that alternative sight-style.

Generating new maps will pretty much always take ages to do. Loading a map after it is generated is much quicker.

When there's a collapse after several days of being stable, historically it's usually been a rooftop garden at fault. The plants grow, which adds weight and causes the collapse. I'm not sure if that's still a thing in A18, but it's what immediately comes to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hq_HxCqgyU

Originally posted by Dragorin: If you can't find the shape with Wood Frame, try a cobblestone block, there are a few options(3) for Rebar as well. To build a incline ramp you'll need both wood and cobblestone blocks. One part is in wood and the other in cobblestone.

Of note here, some shapes can only be crafted at a table saw- Wood wedge can be shape menu'd; Wood wedge tip requires a table saw.

Originally posted by Bdawg977:

Originally posted by SylenThunder: When you think about a faction of NPC's that is determined to make your life difficult, the idea of them strapping some bombs on zeds that they know are headed your way is simple.

Also note, if you don't shoot the body, you can usually kill them well before they get close enough to do any core damage. Just keep a constant eye for them, and pop em in the head a few times. They aren't easy to drop, but they aren't much harder than...

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Originally posted by Capt. Q. Schwartz:

Originally posted by SylenThunder: I'm sure that this particular zombie will tie in with the storyline on the bandits.

Seriously? They added an IEZ?

When you think about a faction of NPC's that is determined to make your life difficult, the idea of them strapping some bombs on zeds that they know are headed your way is simple.

Also note, if you don't shoot the body, you can usually kill them well before they get close enough... Read more

I'm sure that this particular zombie will tie in with the storyline on the bandits.

Originally posted by Olaf_Sand™:

Originally posted by WhiteLight:
Didn't know that, bought the game a few months ago. Jesus it's not like they are 25 working on that game and updates are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ slow, they should stop wanking a bit and start working on their game.

Game is great but still buggy asf. Also tired of waiting a year to see a game going forward.

Another clueless rantpost..
That's what i'm tired of.

It's like they don't pay any attention to t... Read more

In a game where there is a cost to running, auto-run does not make sense.

It has to do with you comparing apples to oranges. Rust was designed from the ground up to be PvP. 7 Days was designed from the ground up to be PvE. If you try to balance a PvE game for PvP you end up ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ all the PvE content up. This has been proven many times over in several games.

SO sure, the devs could give the PvE players the middle finger and develop the game more for PvP, but why exactly would they? They are designing the game they want, and their desing is for PvE.

Hell, players damaging other players was a bug. They only decided to leave it in to placate the few, and have barely expanded it past adding a toggle to the settings. They have stated that after the game is completed, they may consider looking into some balance for PvP, but it's not something they're going to worry about.

Also, the game is still in Alpha. Core features and content are still broken. They are really way more concerned with taking care of that than adding a featu... Read more

Originally posted by South Park Flag:

Originally posted by JimmyIowa: First, the game isn't really designed or balanced around PvP and probably never will be. With that said, PvP is viable if you find a server that is starting on week 1, where everyone is equal. Yes if you start new on a PvP server where people (enemies) already have high skills, armor, vehicles, etc, it won't end well.

Yeah, I meant to add that in my original post about this game being primarily PvE. Guess I forgot. It's ...

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The big thing is, that, by being 'so good at base building', you're not gaining any experience to just stand around; You as a person do not improve by sitting there doing nothing. You dont get better at a task without doing a task.

If anything, the trap itself should gain exp; But not you the player.. You built the machines so that you didnt have to do the work, Now you're not the one doing the work so you dont get the benefits of doing the work.

Edit: and yes, Perhaps it may seem a bit 'punishing' to do things, But, You're putting in the effort and while you lose in exp, you gain in protection and reassurance. Once you set up your traps and your base, you can mine with impunity, craft with no fear, pick off zombies from afar from your tower, all without EVER putting yourself in harms way.

"If you want more reward, you expose yourself ot more danger" is just as much a common thing among gaming as "the better you are, the better reward you recieve".
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