Favorite base

Stelknecht · 2014-01-16T23:50:28.000Z

I’m a fan of churches, if near enough to water. Stone walls, lots of benches to disassemble, the little naves off the corners make great crafting rooms. Good even to start, with braziers for cooking. All the windows are a pain in the tuckus, but after they get boarded up it’s pretty safe. Until midnight telepathic teleporting Zombears start appearing next to your bed and gnaw your noggin.
As a side question, why Zombears, but not Zomooses?

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-01-16T23:58:50.000Z

Stelknecht:

but not Zomooses?

STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS.

ZOMBEARS ARE BAD ENOUGH

Fish · 2014-01-17T02:03:03.000Z

NUUUUUUUU NOT ZOMMOSSES!

Nopkar · 2014-01-17T09:21:44.000Z

Moose*
Zombmoose* (Or Zommoose, whichever)

Moose is plural, so it means one or more already.

I could not resist commenting on that…apologies

DG123 · 2014-01-17T21:05:59.000Z

Zombie Jabberwocks anyone?

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-01-17T21:10:47.000Z

Jabberwocks are zombies. Dur

DG123 · 2014-01-17T21:12:00.000Z

But do they rise again unless butchered?

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-01-17T21:12:47.000Z

Haven’t seen one since 0.8, so I can’t tell you in case they changed anything.

Protester · 2014-01-18T03:02:06.000Z

FunsizeNinja123:

Haven’t seen one since 0.8, so I can’t tell you in case they changed anything.

knock on wood

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-01-18T03:03:50.000Z

…

Knocks on wood desk expectantly

ChunkOfMeat · 2014-01-21T16:32:05.000Z

Garage, garage only!

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Zireael · 2014-01-21T16:49:31.000Z

I tend to keep a base until I can find/make a working electric motorcycle/tricycle. Because moving base is a PITA.

ChunkOfMeat · 2014-01-21T17:11:45.000Z

Kraft on a motorcycle, fighting off of jackals? Read books, firing zombie bears, break out the kitchen? No, it’s not my choice.

Samscale1 · 2014-01-21T18:13:17.000Z

Farm Near river - Unlimited water supply. Lots of food to start with. Free barbed wire fences. Lots of space for storage.
Starting Shelter - Easily guarded, can have extensions added on and with the furniture disassembled lots of space.
Science Lab top floor - Nice and safe. Supplies below ground. (How do you close the doors from inside? If you can)

Dominae · 2014-01-21T18:22:50.000Z

Samscale1:

3. Science Lab top floor - Nice and safe. Supplies below ground. (How do you close the doors from inside? If you can)

You can’t close the door once it is open. What I do is push furniture into the opening to close it off, or if there isn’t furniture in the top floor lab rooms, I build walls out front/in front of the door and make a little twisty path that breaks LOS so wildlife doesn’t see me and wander in.

Fish · 2014-01-23T01:57:59.000Z

Uh… Don’t rivers spawn horendus amounts of bugs? Or is it just swamps? I dunno but becareful.

aleksix · 2014-01-23T02:44:47.000Z

Fish:

Uh… Don’t rivers spawn horendus amounts of bugs? Or is it just swamps? I dunno but becareful.

NPCs spawn hordenous amounts of bugs.
Swamps spawn GIANT nasty bugs. In large quanities.

SpaniardSlayer · 2014-01-23T03:22:30.000Z

Rivers are usually safe, but it’s swamps that you have to look out for.

Anyway, here are my favorite bases

Any heavily armored vehicle with a bed. It’s nice to be able to take your home almost anywhere.
2 . Public Works. Usually nice and secluded, they can make good fortresses.
LMOE Shelter. Very easy to defend and has an unlimited supply of water.

Williham · 2014-01-24T08:23:45.000Z

Dominae:

[quote=“Samscale1, post:91, topic:2994”]3. Science Lab top floor - Nice and safe. Supplies below ground. (How do you close the doors from inside? If you can)

You can’t close the door once it is open. What I do is push furniture into the opening to close it off, or if there isn’t furniture in the top floor lab rooms, I build walls out front/in front of the door and make a little twisty path that breaks LOS so wildlife doesn’t see me and wander in.[/quote]

Won’t re-activating the terminal on the inside of the lab close the door?

Inadequate · 2014-01-24T08:53:45.000Z

Theoretically, for 100% self-sufficiency and survival, you need: Insect pheromones, Metabolic interchange, either of the water extraction bionics and Integrated Toolset. The first one allows you to live in an anthill safely, the latter three ensure that the only resource you need is ant corpses, and you’ve got an infinite supply of them without ever going above ground. Admittedly it wouldn’t make for a very interesting game, and I’ve never gotten all of those in a single run yet.