Best place for a base?

Nopkar · 2013-05-17T11:23:27.000Z

I foresee them nerfing the amount of gas you can pull out of gas stations…limiting mobile bases ‘a bit’

protip: settling a cave is a BAD idea, as well a mansions. mansions have a nasty habit of spawning a bear party in a room while you’re away. it’s bad for your health.

TonicEngine · 2013-05-17T15:39:06.000Z

I found a gas station out of town and it couldn’t be a better base–the toilet’s a source of water, the back room and the racks are a great place to store loot, and there are trees next door. Plus: gas.

Gas pumps seem to have a % chance to break every time you use 'em, but I don’t know if that’s a new thing.

Farms, specifically barns, are great places. No zeds to bother you, and until you upgrade it into a behemoth, you can fit your vehicle in the barn. Once you’ve closed both barn doors, nothing can get to you. Plus, free food in the fields and water in the toilet.

I used to use caves, but dealing with the lack of light is a hassle, and light strips are sucky. Now I want to clean out an office block and turn it into a fortress.

DeadWeight · 2013-05-17T15:57:35.000Z

What is the best game mode for this static or dynamic? I can never remember to difference but I use the one that spawns Z’s later, but I may change it cause pretty much after 9 everytime I break a door or window there is like 10+ Z’s that show up by the time i’m out, it’s really annoying >.< I can raid a couple houses before a huge mob appears, maybe having them on the map and not spawn to noise is a better play idea?

And one other thing, I try like taking constuction, trap, archery, survival etc. so I can just live in the woods, I think this is a good plan, just cut down trees and build a cabin and arrows, hunt deer and wolfs, seems like a good idea yes?

Crisis · 2013-05-17T18:45:58.000Z

[quote=“DeadWeight, post:18, topic:1256”]What is the best game mode for this static or dynamic? I can never remember to difference but I use the one that spawns Z’s later, but I may change it cause pretty much after 9 everytime I break a door or window there is like 10+ Z’s that show up by the time i’m out, it’s really annoying >.< I can raid a couple houses before a huge mob appears, maybe having them on the map and not spawn to noise is a better play idea?

And one other thing, I try like taking constuction, trap, archery, survival etc. so I can just live in the woods, I think this is a good plan, just cut down trees and build a cabin and arrows, hunt deer and wolfs, seems like a good idea yes?[/quote]

Personally I’d say Static is the better of the two, you can clear out whole towns without worrying that Zombies will respawn, with Dynamic they’ll spawn in big groups from outta’ nowhere in areas you’ve probably cleared before.

vultures · 2013-05-20T05:03:15.000Z

Yeah, just figured out FEMA camps can be used for good fortifying purposes later in the game. One could turn it into a keep, with several obstacle layers surrounding the building. Also, those camps are often found in the clear so one could make a run for it real easy if things get fairly messy.

Miloch · 2013-05-20T05:10:34.000Z

I’ve used a house with the curtains closed quite often. On dynamic if you find a house that sticks out quite a bit then you’re good. Used begining evac shelter as starting base quite a bit. Right now I have an uber mobile home made out of a Flatbed truck that I extended to max length. You can check it out in the ‘Vehicle show and tell’ thread.

Nopkar · 2013-05-20T06:49:48.000Z

I’ve seen public works on the map but never had a need to check one out. WOW, they are AMAZING bases! at least the one I found is.

maybe an hour run to two towns, equal distance away, large highway to the south and its nestled in a cozy forest.

seriously, check out a public works when you get the chance, all kinds of lootz there as well!

Miloch · 2013-05-20T06:51:02.000Z

I’ve seen them, yes they make great bases. I can’t find one in my current game.

GunnerX · 2013-05-20T06:59:46.000Z

I don’t care for the internal layout of the PW main building, but after burning a couple of them down through stove mishaps (don’t store ammo in the lockers opposite a fire btw), I realized I could build a better house next to the road leading to it.

Nopkar · 2013-05-20T07:04:41.000Z

I’m looking for a gas station so i can fill up the half dozen steel cans I got from my PW to fuel my jackhammer. imma tear out a few of the internal walls as I agree, it’s poorly laid out but the open compound is glorious.

Moon_Dew · 2013-05-20T23:36:37.000Z

Assuming you can get there the LMOE (Last Man On Earth) shelters make great bases. They’re built in caves, they’re underground, they’re often far away from the zombie infested cities, but often near roads and are in the middle of a forest, and they have supplies, a workshop, guns and ammo, books, a toilet (good for water if you don’t mind cleaning it), and a bed, and there’s only one way in or out of the shelter, and that’s through the metal door.

system · 2013-05-21T00:05:37.000Z

I find that if I build a huge mobile base it runs out of gas quickly.
That or tires explode.

I don’t carry many spares so trap fields are terrible. Especially when your gastank gets destroyed. Out of fuel, trapped in a forest.

drake1storm · 2013-05-21T00:42:30.000Z

I just turned a gigantic apartment tower into my fortress. From up top I watch my fenced in pets slowly reanimate as my zombie belly dancers.

Or, in humanese, apartment towers make for great bases. Easy to fortify, lots of stuff you can decontruct, and, well, shit, it is a giant friggin tower that makes for an excellent fortress for your cybernetically enhanced super human to plot post apocalyptic world domination.

system · 2013-05-21T01:00:16.000Z

I once built a vehicle on one of those towers. I drove off onto a hulk.

I was scared and hiding in a corner for hours fearing the sunrise.

I fought the dawn, and the. Dawn won.

drake1storm · 2013-05-21T01:03:08.000Z

[quote=“gtaguy, post:29, topic:1256”]I once built a vehicle on one of those towers. I drove off onto a hulk.

I was scared and hiding in a corner for hours fearing the sunrise.

I fought the dawn, and the. Dawn won.[/quote]

I have a hulk in a reinforced glass and steel cage. I call him joey.

pingpong · 2013-05-21T03:55:04.000Z

I’ve had the best luck so far with a mansion on the corner of a town. Annoyingly labs are far away, but a mansion has a crapload of room, and I found lots of books there to build up skills I’d otherwise spend seasons and many, many lives trying to do.

Flare · 2013-05-21T06:30:36.000Z

[quote=“gtaguy, post:27, topic:1256”]I find that if I build a huge mobile base it runs out of gas quickly.
That or tires explode.[/quote]

More tanks and more tires tends to fix the problem I find.

Miloch · 2013-05-21T06:40:32.000Z

Remember flare, any tire can be fixed by any sized tire of the same type.
Also, you can harvest metal tanks from any broken down vehicle. My mobile home has 10 gas tanks.

Mrnocamera · 2013-05-21T07:14:01.000Z

My mobile home can go up to 685 MPH. (Its just a car with a bed, solar panel, RV kitchen unit and lots of engines. Oh, and lots of blades. SPINNING DEATH-MOBILE GO!)

Nopkar · 2013-05-21T07:43:01.000Z

working on reinforcing my public works. it’s in a Z shape of road so i’ve made a drawbridge like appearance to the pits i’m digging. the surrounding forest will do wonders for a palisade wall.

I’m in love with my compound. the only thing that saddens me is the complete lack of gas stations anywhere within an entire days run of the place.