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#Post#: 2147--------------------------------------------------
Server idea
DIR By: h0tr0d
Date: September 7, 2014, 12:41 am
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Spider actually mentioned it, so I cannot take credit.
With the difficulty setting maxed, it is ostensibly impossible
to survive; more realistically it is unfeasible. He mentioned a
scenario where every player was friends on an update and we did
a co-op PVE server wide. A concerted effort when zombie spawns
are this crazy , whenever the update dictates (such as the
last).
Thoughts?
#Post#: 2148--------------------------------------------------
Re: Server idea
DIR By: Aknot
Date: September 7, 2014, 8:33 am
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Wait what?
The most vocal of us that wanted to jack these settings wants
now to huddle together for warmth?
Let me guess he didn't want this for himself he just thought it
would be better for the others.......
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Re: Server idea
DIR By: Lupa
Date: September 7, 2014, 11:11 am
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LOL Aknot, you just never gonna stop pokin' the stick at the
spider, are ya? :D
I don't think Spider has denied the new whacked out zombie
settings are making life a wee bit too much for most everyone.
It's the respawning loot he's against - and again his motives
for that are good even if many in the community disagree with
it.
Let me see if I can explain:
Spider's a misunderstood creature. People think he's just out to
bite them .... lure them into his web so-to-speak. I will say
I've seen and heard Spider be tempted by such ideas and he does
love to lurk about other's bases and occasionally poke about
inside and rearrange things a bit. He loves the challenge of
trying to get inside people's houses. Just like the real life
house spider - he may seem terrifying but he's actually just
looking for a cockroach to eat! People see him and the next
thing you know they've burn their entire house down! So
misunderstood.
Anyways, natural biology aside ... ;D
Spider (and 3rd), based on my teamspeak convos with them, would
like to find more ways to get players on the server to interact
together rather than just roaming and making little
self-sustained solo bases. Now I've told them I don't think
changing the loot is going to change the basic nature of how
people enjoy playing the game - people still gonna just do what
they do. That being said, I *do* see people slowly coming out of
their shells more and interacting, trading, even helping one
another out a bit - so the server community is growing and
evolving!
Throw a zombie monkey wrench into the picture and yes - the
stage is set for something bigger and more cohesive like this
idea hotrod's outlined from Spider.
I'm ALL FOR THIS plan - though I don't think it will be long
before they do another build / patch because right now it's
pretty obvious the new AI/pathing and zombie spawning system is
mostly broken.
The only problem I see is communicating with those who don't use
or read the forums. Can't force people to post here even if you
can make it mandatory to register here in order to play on the
server. I know the Old Farts are registered but don't post here
and keep to themselves which is certainly their rights. They
follow the server rules and are generally good sorts to have
about. I don't know if they'll want to team up in one massive
group but even if they do not, we still have enough other
players here who could band together.
I picked the WORST build ever to decide to go nomad. I've died
10 times and am really having a tough time surviving each night
in some burnt out building or barn or hole in the ground. The
old builds would have been a much better time for me to do that
and of course that's when I industriously built forts that never
got much action haha. Yer doin' it wrong Lupa!
YES. Sign me up. I'm about 12k out right now but I'm so sick of
the ridiculous invis/popping packs of dogs and z's I'll happily
eat glass and return back to GZ to band together if everyone
else wants to do that.
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Re: Server idea
DIR By: NegativeX
Date: September 7, 2014, 12:04 pm
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I'd be down to try it, if everyone else wants to give it a
whirl.
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Re: Server idea
DIR By: Aknot
Date: September 7, 2014, 1:04 pm
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Yes I do it in jest but also a little serious...
No Spider is a big PvP backer. (nothing wrong with that) So when
someone who is big into PvP suggest something like this it just
makes me chuckle.
The reason people (IMO) cant sustain themselves has a LOT to do
with the 30 day loot respawn. If you cant get
food/items/resources to make a stand and or flee you are pretty
much dead in the water. This includes antibiotics, water, food
and pain pills.
So yes the loot is a part of the reason. Maybe not the sole
reason but it is part of the reason.
#Post#: 2153--------------------------------------------------
Re: Server idea
DIR By: Spider
Date: September 7, 2014, 2:16 pm
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I think it would be fun, it would have to be a hard build kinda
like this one and settings would need to be really hard. May be
even to keep it interesting split into 2 groups and build and
survive for 2 RL weeks then have a war to completely destroy the
other teams base. Might be fun.
O and the respawn conversation is done man, with the new build
the loot setting we got now seem ok for the time being. The
Pimps thinned the loot out a lot this build as it was needed. A
lot less backpacks and alot less police stations. I'm happy for
now.
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Re: Server idea
DIR By: h0tr0d
Date: September 7, 2014, 6:23 pm
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I dig that idea Spider- have a set time to prepare for a war to
speak of. Say 50 game days, or 100 game days or whatever team
red vs team blue, or whatever then go for it.
You could also have one team that secures a swath of land, and
then on day whatever we all set out on our own every man for
himself. So HUGE coop one base, one area, one biome, one effort.
At the end of a time period, could be when the area is
unreachable by zombies that we send everyone out into the wild
with supplies.
You have your choice of one stack of ammo, one type of gun, one
stack of chosen food./drink etc.
#Post#: 2159--------------------------------------------------
Re: Server idea
DIR By: Aknot
Date: September 7, 2014, 8:15 pm
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What Spider wrote here is a lot different then how it was
portrayed by HotRod....
#Post#: 2160--------------------------------------------------
Re: Server idea
DIR By: Lupa
Date: September 7, 2014, 11:29 pm
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Well it sounds like there's two ideas happening: One for PvE to
combine forces against the very buggy / difficult zombies
(currently), and One for PvP ...
Hotrod's initial post seemed to be suggesting the PvE side of
things for this build, though I don't think this build is going
to last too long considering how buggy it is.
I'm all for making a giant server-wide community fortress build
to defend ourselves against the common enemy. I'm not really so
much interested in a huge PvP battle between two sides or
whatnot because again, this build is way too unstable and weird
- both the zombies and building / terrain. Large scale organized
pvp (arenas, contests, organized warfare, etc) really needs to
happen when we have long enough time (no wipes and stable build)
to decide on territories or fighting areas and rules of the game
for that.
#Post#: 2162--------------------------------------------------
Re: Server idea
DIR By: h0tr0d
Date: September 8, 2014, 2:31 am
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It's an idea Lupa; each update can be unique, and dictate
different playstyles.
I would daresay this 9.2 seems PVE-centric; I find it difficult
to wage PVP because we are inundated with zombies.
And how is it different Aknot? The ellipse implies one of us is
manipulating the words of the other, and I don't see that. He
was just voicing his musings,, and I found they had merit as it
was an interesting notion. There are many variations or
permutations of the idea which could exist, and I dug the
potential.
If it seems different it may be because I am taking each idea
and spinning into a myriad of others as I think, that is all.
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