Clear out your city

Moreal · 2013-07-07T11:04:19.000Z

i usually lure some of them and go stay behind broken window frame so i can hit single target with some first hit. with this i can easily clear them out. XD

Lainge · 2013-07-07T11:13:10.000Z

Stroll right into the middle of the town with a fusion blaster arm and start firing away, eating pants and whatnot to replenish my fuel with my internal furnace as I go.
Generally sticking to choke points and carrying molotovs/cocaine with me if the situations turns bad.

Mdnthrvst · 2013-07-07T12:20:21.000Z

“Clearing out a city” really depends on the timetable, mostly.

Within the first week, it’s pretty touch-and-go, and I usually just look for a car or a liquor store to get as much easy destructive power as quickly as possible.

But after a month or so, you can pretty much walk into a town with just a sword and Raiden your way through the whole place. Skill and equipment are inordinately important in such calculations.

Sonny · 2013-07-07T21:22:21.000Z

I usually kill everything with bow/firearm, switching to knife spear/machete to put them to sleep forever while they’re down. Chop chop! My last and best guy was a maniac - kill count got up to 1600, with 600 just green Z’s, rest was a mix of squirrels, brutes, and god knows what, after having high enough skill in firearms I just openly declared a war, running around howling (mutation, meheh) through town and killing everything in my sight. Next time I’ll probably build allegorical truck and stand on top of it while shooting everything, crawling through town at 10km/h with crazy music playing from speakers.

KA101 · 2013-07-07T22:04:17.000Z

pingpong:

[quote=“SKiPPY, post:4, topic:2122”]My suggestion is to not use the missile silo idea, save that for the fungal blooms and triffid groves. you know, the shit that’s impossible raid without a debug console…or power armor.

Probably also doable if you don’t forget to light the molotovs.[/quote]

Tear gas jacks up Triffids quite well. Flamethrowing & jackhammers work well too. Fungal spires apparently die against any significant firearm; haven’t had the opportunity to try it out just yet.

Flare · 2013-07-07T22:07:34.000Z

You just need AP ammo, and enough skill to reliably hit the spire at the edge of the firestorm. It’s best to go at night I find.

Belteshazzar · 2013-07-07T22:49:35.000Z

Killed an entire town with only a combat knife… after that I got on a working motorbike and was headed to the next town in search of a welder. Was flung from my bike by a beartrap and spent the night in a nearby mansion.

The next two towns I cleared (STILL ON FOOT) with a Katana. Those things are ridiculous, felt a bit like this:

SKiPPY · 2013-07-08T20:00:21.000Z

KravSlayer:

So, am I doing things wrong, or am I bugged that I just hit them with my fists? Is it wrong that they die in two or 3 hits? I like to let a swarm surround me and then just melee them in one area so that I do not have to run far for loot and then I just punch them all a couple of times until they die. And of course I butcher them now that I know they, makes it easy to see an area I have cleared since there will be a pile of remains in the center of town…

With the right character, this is not a bad idea as long as you’re facing only classic zombies. This tactic would probably get your killed against monster types such as spitters, shockers, smokers, and hulks.

Labtop_215 · 2013-07-10T01:36:18.000Z

I cleared a town out with a rock, a glock, and 50 9 mm shots.

It was a small town though.

Accursed91 · 2013-07-10T13:48:10.000Z

Well now that i have turned everything dynamic “ON”, it is a lot harder (but also a whole lot more fun! :D) to try to clear a town.

I am right now in the middle of an attempt to clear a town and i have started to divide the town into sections, i do this by digging a set of 2-3 moats between buildings so that zombies can’t move around as easily (note: this, of course, means that it will be harder for you to move around as well but as long as you have some 2x4s on you you will be fine). These also makes a great choke point in case you are being chased by a horde. Just lure em in and watch them fall. You can even burn the bodies in the pits when you are done to make sure they don’t get back up again.

If i, for some reason, need to stay in the town for the night i usually place some traps in the room i am staying in so i don’t need to worry about unwanted night time visitors.

Sonny · 2013-07-10T13:59:34.000Z

[quote=“Accursed91, post:16, topic:2122”]Well now that i have turned everything dynamic “ON”, it is a lot harder (but also a whole lot more fun! :D) to try to clear a town.

I am right now in the middle of an attempt to clear a town and i have started to divide the town into sections, i do this by digging a set of 2-3 moats between buildings so that zombies can’t move around as easily (note: this, of course, means that it will be harder for you to move around as well but as long as you have some 2x4s on you you will be fine). These also makes a great choke point in case you are being chased by a horde. Just lure em in and watch them fall. You can even burn the bodies in the pits when you are done to make sure they don’t get back up again.

If i, for some reason, need to stay in the town for the night i usually place some traps in the room i am staying in so i don’t need to worry about unwanted night time visitors. :)[/quote]

Cataclysm - where masochism is on both sides of screen. I love dynamic spawn. Turns city from easy shopping into deathtrap.

SKiPPY · 2013-07-10T23:08:23.000Z

Labtop_215:

I cleared a town out with a rock, a glock, and 50 9 mm shots.

That would made a good signature.

woflsipder · 2013-07-10T23:13:49.000Z

Well i cleared out a town with my fists.

But I’ve had enough practice and i already have a survivor with dynamic on , he i living in a public works building , literally one square from the town wich is already half cleaned out. The zombies just keep coming and coming , it’s kinda getting boring after the 100th zombie.

ClaytonRISING · 2013-07-10T23:23:34.000Z

Sonny:

Cataclysm - where masochism is on both sides of screen. I love dynamic spawn. Turns city from easy shopping into deathtrap.

Yeah, having a couple hours of free “easy shopping” before magical zombie spawns isn’t easy…

KA101 · 2013-07-11T03:59:49.000Z

Clayton:

[quote=“Sonny, post:17, topic:2122”]Cataclysm - where masochism is on both sides of screen. I love dynamic spawn. Turns city from easy shopping into deathtrap.

Yeah, having a couple hours of free “easy shopping” before magical zombie spawns isn’t easy…[/quote]

Go-time is 0930 default start is 0800. Most all new buildings with spawns associated (apartments, office towers, PARKS, etc) ignore the 90-minute startup period. Further, that time includes travel from the evac shelter–a safely located wilderness shelter is going to cost you at least 10-15 minutes onsite.

You ask me, it’s a nice rush, gets the game off to a bit better start than grinding out survivalcraft everything, and (especially with the new focus system) may give the player a crash course in zed survival.

And if you’re a gun fan…fae help you! dynamic zeds are very good at punishing loud fighters.

ClaytonRISING · 2013-07-11T04:03:38.000Z

I just don’t like the idea of magically spawning zombies. Even on static, suppressors are essential on firearms.

darth_servo · 2013-07-11T14:06:49.000Z

Clayton:

I just don’t like the idea of magically spawning zombies. Even on static, suppressors are essential on firearms.

Me neither. It bugs me that non-Zombie creatures are spawned dynamically even in static spawn mode. I once spent an hour of real time mowing down hundreds – literally hundreds – of fungaloids in my pedal-powered riding lawnmower of death before I realized I forgot to add a muffler and the dang things were just showing up out of thin air.

Static Spawn could be improved, though. Currently, if you are on static spawn, you are almost 100% guaranteed to be safe around the evac shelter for as long as you care to stay. The only threat is if you are unfortunate enough to start in a shelter near one of the afformetioned dynamic spawn mobs.

I’d love to occasionally see even just one single Zombie out the window of the evac shelter on startup. What a way to start the day.

youtoo · 2013-07-11T14:55:05.000Z

@darth: first time i tried .6 a flaming eye spawned next to my shelter and destroyed part of the wall. but yeah zombies dont really come to your shelter. its a good first base. the only hassle is running back and forth with supplies from town. but its safe and the basement makes it safe to stay in a lightning storm.

Zireael · 2013-07-11T16:33:21.000Z

darth_servo:

[quote=“Clayton, post:22, topic:2122”]I just don’t like the idea of magically spawning zombies. Even on static, suppressors are essential on firearms.

Me neither. It bugs me that non-Zombie creatures are spawned dynamically even in static spawn mode. I once spent an hour of real time mowing down hundreds – literally hundreds – of fungaloids in my pedal-powered riding lawnmower of death before I realized I forgot to add a muffler and the dang things were just showing up out of thin air.

Static Spawn could be improved, though. Currently, if you are on static spawn, you are almost 100% guaranteed to be safe around the evac shelter for as long as you care to stay. The only threat is if you are unfortunate enough to start in a shelter near one of the afformetioned dynamic spawn mobs.

I’d love to occasionally see even just one single Zombie out the window of the evac shelter on startup. What a way to start the day.[/quote]

The fungaloids could be shifted to static spawn. If everything was on static spawn, you’d starve.

Sonny · 2013-07-11T20:27:52.000Z

Clayton:

I just don’t like the idea of magically spawning zombies. Even on static, suppressors are essential on firearms.

I never needed suppressor on static spawn… Then later I literally walked into town shooting everything, and cleared half of town in hour or so, which wasn’t fun