How did you last die?

pisskop · March 17, 2016, 3:40pm

Dont think this is directed you you particularly, but its always cute to see people wanting strong weapons with good movesets like rapid strike or bashback or w.e.

And then they run into bandits and NPCs who spawn with actual skills and they die horribly because they were ill prepared for it.

Coolthulhu · March 18, 2016, 8:08pm

I got gunned down by a security bot in pitch black darkness, from beyond my sight range (with night vision).
Security bots have no night vision. I had no light on me.

Something must be afoot with line of sight calculations, possibly only below 0 z-level.

hobophobic · March 18, 2016, 8:37pm

[quote=“Coolthulhu, post:2002, topic:339”]I got gunned down by a security bot in pitch black darkness, from beyond my sight range (with night vision).
Security bots have no night vision. I had no light on me.

Something must be afoot with line of sight calculations, possibly only below 0 z-level.[/quote]

Yeah, I would save-scum on that one.

MrQwerty · March 22, 2016, 1:16pm

trying to run from a zombie brute - my plan was to lure the thing into a forest, and then set it on fire(it was a starting character so i didn’t even have a gun). Even though zombie brute kept helping me get closer to the forest by punching me a dozen tiles in it’s direction, i died before reaching it .-.

pisskop · March 22, 2016, 7:56pm

Spawned in a garage with a working buggy. Took said buggy outside and saw a hell spire nearby. Imps and revenants were running armok, killing zombies all over the place. I got greedy and kept trying to loot while having no ability to kill more than a single zombie at a time.

MrQwerty · March 23, 2016, 6:23pm

My first try at surrounded spawn - the npc in the shelter apparently had explosives since i was immeadietly stuck in a clusterfuck of fire and debris .-.

Litppunk · March 23, 2016, 6:32pm

Well. Now you just need an action hero perk so you can walk calmly away from explosion without dying/getting blown off your feet.

_k1 · March 27, 2016, 3:23pm

I saw a mini-flamethrower CBM in a glass box, so I bashed the console to it. A secubot spawned in the glass box.

To know whether the secubot spawned in the box by accident or not, I bashed the console again. A secubot spawned outside the box, and shot me.

I did stun the bot for a few turns with my machete though.

MrQwerty · April 1, 2016, 4:18pm

Tried to make a new character… on the left from my shelter, there were bandits, quite close was a road connecting to the city, so i started going down it. What did i meet? Mi-go, fungaloids, zombies and animals trying to kill each other, there were even some mil-spec turrets sitting around doing nothing. When a RATTLESNAKE poisoned me so much i wasn’t able to hit him, i just commited suicide. I don’t remember ever spawning in a worse place than this…

hw3patch · April 2, 2016, 11:53pm

On 0.C stable, I decided to make a world named New York City, with max city size, 0.8 monster spawn, hordes, static and dynamic NPCs. The first day (Scoundrel, Missed scenario) was very eventful (as were the several false starts). I started in the middle of a city, with no end in sight. I encountered a shocker brute, so I trapped it in a coffee shop and put my lighter to use. It went down in flames, as did the coffee shop next to it, and the garage next to that (thankfully I was able to scavenge an acetylene torch and welding goggles first). I also killed a hulk, some brutes, and some more shocker brutes this way (all on Day 1!)

At the end of Day 1, I did a fruitful night raid. I found Under the Hood, a 9mm submachine gun with plenty of ammo (which was useful for disposing of an angry shotgun-wielding NPC), and lots of food. A few days later, the former Ambulance and current Inner City Resilience was born. It was 9x5, featured 3 cargo carriers, a kitchen unit, minifridge, V8 engine, and a private bed surrounded by shutter doors.

From there it was smooth sailing. Eventually I found a katana, and, to deal with shockers, a wooden katana. I also found a road map, and saw some roads that looked like they might lead to labs. Alas, they led to an apartment tower and a cathedral. As I was checking the next road, I found what appeared to be the epicenter of the cataclysm. The screenshot I took is blank, so to describe it using words, on the overmap, there was a solid square of Z’s that must’ve been at least 10x10, maybe even 10x20 or 20x20. I decided to test my strength, so I drove to the hordes, got out of the Inner City Resilience, and fought them on foot.

Everything was fine until I got the burnt simple flamethrower (got it from an NPC) and the moltov cocktail out. I stayed a safe distance away (2 tiles) from the flames and the wall-to-wall Z’s beyond the flames, but I became paralyzed by a shocker (or shocker brute?), which was enough time for the fire to spread to me, killing me instantly.

[spoiler=“Memorial File”]Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead version 0.C memorial file

In memory of: Rigoberto Main
"Don’t play with fire"

He was a Scoundrel when the apocalypse began.
He died on Summer of year 1, day 8, at 1:49:36 PM.
He was killed in a field in the wilderness.

Cash on hand: $0

Final HP:
Head: 0/96
Torso: 51/96
L Arm: 66/96
R Arm: 63/96
L Leg: 0/96
R Leg: 0/96

Final Stats:
Str 12 Dex 12 Int 9 Per 9
Base Stats:
Str 12 Dex 12 Int 9 Per 9

Final Messages:
1:49:36 PM Your |. pair of flame-resistant socks (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM You’re burning up!1
1:49:36 PM Your |\ pair of flame-resistant socks (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your . pair of flame-resistant socks (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your |\ light survivor suit (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your |. cargo shorts (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your whole body is burning!1
1:49:36 PM Your || tool belt (fits) is sliced!1
1:49:36 PM Your || filter mask is gouged!1
1:49:36 PM Your |. light survivor suit (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM You’re on fire!1
1:49:36 PM Your || pair of light survivor gloves (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your … pair of flame-resistant socks (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your |. pair of flame-resistant socks (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your ?? pair of flame-resistant socks (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your pair of flame-resistant socks (fits) is completely destroyed!1
1:49:36 PM Your whole body is burning!1
1:49:36 PM Your || tank top (fits) is cut!1
1:49:36 PM Your || pair of sunglasses is scratched!1
1:49:36 PM You’re blinded!1

Kills:
Z - 18 boomers
d - 11 skeletal dogs
d - 4 Z-9s
d - 3 rot-weilers
M - 2 mooses
r - 1 sewer rat
Z - 28 skeletons
s - 58 giant black widows
c - 16 giant black widow spiderlings
^ - 1 jawed terror
Z - 362 zombies
Z - 9 zombie brutes
z - 82 zombie children
Z - 23 zombie cops
Z - 14 crawling zombies
d - 32 zombie dogs
Z - 13 shocker zombies
Z - 75 fat zombies
Z - 7 firefighter zombies
Z - 14 grabber zombies
Z - 8 hazmat zombies
Z - 1 zombie hulk
Z - 19 feral hunters
Z - 1 zombie master
Z - 3 zombie necromancers
Z - 36 decayed zombies
Z - 33 shrieker zombies
Z - 18 smoker zombies
Z - 6 zombie soldiers
Z - 22 spitter zombies
Z - 7 survivor zombies
Z - 10 swimmer zombies
Z - 50 tough zombies
Total kills: 987

Skills:
bartering: 3 (0%)
computers: 3 (18%)
construction: 1 (0%)
cooking: 6 (0%)
driving: 4 (16%)
electronics: 1 (0%)
fabrication: 4 (0%)
first aid: 3 (0%)
mechanics: 9 (13%)
speaking: 6 (0%)
survival: 3 (40%)
swimming: 1 (87%)
tailoring: 6 (17%)
trapping: 4 (0%)
archery: 2 (0%)
bashing weapons: 12 (40%)
cutting weapons: 6 (47%)
dodging: 4 (17%)
marksmanship: 3 (1%)
launchers: 0 (3%)
melee: 12 (63%)
piercing weapons: 5 (0%)
throwing: 0 (50%)
unarmed combat: 3 (0%)
handguns: 3 (0%)
rifles: 1 (0%)
shotguns: 0 (0%)
submachine guns: 0 (13%)

Traits:
Animal Discord
Fast Metabolism
Light Step
Thin-Skinned
Trigger Happy
Ugly
Weak Scent

Ongoing Effects:
Pain (197) Stimulant

Bionics:
No bionics were installed.
Power: 0/0

Weapon:
w - katana

Equipment:
r - helmet netting
H - cargo shorts (fits)
b - tank top (fits)
j - sleeveless trenchcoat (fits)
L - pair of elbow pads (fits)
a - chest rig (fits)
m - chest rig (fits)
C - pair of flame-resistant socks (fits)
h - shoulder holster with Glock 19 (fits) (15)
k - pair of drop leg pouches (fits)
i - diver’s watch
T - army helmet (fits)
n - pair of drop leg pouches (fits)
x - tool belt (fits)
p - tool belt (fits)
c - light survivor suit (fits)
v - pair of light survivor gloves (fits)
! - pair of sunglasses
y - filter mask

Inventory:
D - simple flamethrower (1300)
g - H&K MP5 (30)
z - 9mm (59)
S - bokken
& - pair of binoculars
) - cash card (254431)
d - flashlight (off) (100)
I - lighter (1)
B - lighters [3] (10)
; - lighter (11)
X - lighter (13)
N - matchbook (2)
Z - mp3 player (on) (75)
l - picklock kits [2]
/ - plastic bag of Necco wafers (6)
A - first aid kit (2)
O - aspirin (20)
s - bandage (2)
F - codeine (30)
f - saline eye drop (8)
K - saline eye drops [10] (10)
U - gummy vitamin (20)
V - Ambien (10)
" - tramadol (29)
W - vitamin (96)
= - aluminum can
u - science ID cards [6]
R - USB drive with hackPRO

Lifetime Stats
Distance walked: 358 squares
Damage taken: 344 damage
Damage healed: 0 damage
Headshots: 1

Wally-kun · April 3, 2016, 2:15am

So I’m 1 day from winter and my NPC friend just got murdered by a surprise pack of zombie maulers (advanced skeletons), and my character just realized how complacent she’d been getting. She had been out getting wood when they struck and she didn’t even have her armor on. If not for her spear’s reach that could have been extremely messy.

So she sets out and is ready to quit stalling and do shit she has been considering but had been putting off. She finished the last roof of her new base, and set off in her RV to gather up supplies, food, and the materials necessary for indoor lights, perimeter defense turrets, and a solar panel recharging station for all the random constructs she’d be peppering the area with. A storage battery complex sounded nice. Saves tape, ect. And I’m thinking crossbow turrets, nothing loud and bullet-consuming.

Found two anti-personal vehicles and a security van. Stripped some armor and the turret mounts, the controls from basically everything, and kept driving. She’s looking for solar panels at this point because everything else is either set or will do for a while.

Rather than turning and making a long detour to some places I know I’ve seen solar panel cars before, I make the unwise choice to explore some new territory in the dead of night, traveling faster than I ought to. I clipped a car and the damage bypassed my steel armored RV’s front - something that should have been a wake-up call to chill out.

New area means area choked with zombies. I plow through a bunch and it ALL looks fine, until I realize that my RV just stopped and I can’t get it to move again.

A wheel broke off. RV’s dead in the water, and everything knows exactly where I am. And being in a rush to go out, I didn’t bring any kind of medical supplies with me for what is going to be a very hectic night.

It was all going pretty good - spear + survivor suit means I’m pretty much invulnerable to all the small fry, and even some scary stuff - but then the shocker brute shows up. Shit went downhill fast.

Got kicked across the street, and shocked plenty of times. That wasn’t so bad at first, I thought I could backpedal, but he caught me as I’m chipping away with this spear (that is all steel, by the way) and he kicked me again, straight through the open door of my RV and directly into the one on the driver’s side. That hurt. My pain’s in the high 60’s by now and he’s got a buddy behind him. He’s only half dead. I am beyond half dead.

Then I remembered that special little device I kept on me for just this kind of emergency - I drop my spear and whip out the MP5 on my harness and fire full auto into the thing clammering across the seat to beat my face in. Shocker brute melts, and the guy behind him goes down eventually too.

60 pain, somehow no broken limbs, unknown amounts of enemies around me, and what do I do? I put my fucking gun away and get my spear again. Overconfidence kills me.

I mop up a couple randoms that waddle in, and a spitter wrecks my shit. Legs broken, one arm broke. I manage to finish it off, and then, to my horror, comes a normal Brute. I’m at the corner of the RV’s light, so I only get 1 tile of warning.

You whip out your gun from your harness pretty fast, so Idk, maybe I could have pulled it up fast enough to fire an auto-burst into him. I don’t know for sure though. Either way, I somehow thought I could keep my distance with 70+ pain, and opted to tickle him with my now damaged steel spear.

He punts me across the street. My head cracks open against the inside of my helmet.

92 days of taking it easy and some mistakes do me in randomly. Always how it seems to go.

Excaliber · April 3, 2016, 9:51pm

I got a little ballsy and thought I could drive past these turrets really fast. Not knowing what their firing range was I skirted as best as the trees would allow and hit the gas pedal. I was wrong. The worst part was I really did know better then to try that with an already damaged vehicle.

pisskop · April 3, 2016, 11:00pm

My body tore itself apart from the inside as I forget that sometimes the game expects a percent value and sometimes it wants a ‘1 in n’ value.

MrQwerty · April 4, 2016, 3:02pm

tried to go back to my previous base for a few things, but i got overconfident. Wolves fucked me up real good, leaving me with bleeding, badly damaged limbs and then zombies finished me. Should have gone in the car…

theepicvoid111 · April 5, 2016, 12:43am

I started up a new game recently and randomized my character. I started out as a Special Operator and started hunting for supplies. I had wander spawns on and most of the houses were surronded by zombies so I started clearing out the zombies near my base. I got a lot of them but an NPC approached me and said “Get out of here before I kill you” so I pick up my kukuri and leave his sight. This dickbag decides to follow me and open my door and fire at me. I managed to use the machine gun I spawned with to take him out. Sigh of relief after that. I think “Hey at least some human meat for later.” But that was just wishful thinking. Soon enough my doors started to cave in and windows shattered as waves of the undead poured into the evac shelter. I started hacking at them with my kukuri and watching them fall while sustaining little damage due to my armor and perhaps dodging skill. I had to escape outside otherwise I would’ve been overrun. Soon enough a zombie soldier comes along with two other dead civilians and starts attacking me. The armor on the Z Soldier was too much and between the soldier and Z’s they got a few bites on me that got infected. I had no time to run into the evac shelter to get disinfectant so I ran towards the houses despite being overrun hoping I could swoop in and out while outrunning my pursuers. But… I sustained too many injuries and was running out of stamina. I tried running through the bushes as I checked my map and run in a different direction toward a massive forest. The Z soldier passed through the bushes and started taking chunks out of my torso and arms. Suddenly a whirring sound and a manhack comes out of nowhere and cuts me up a few times. Before I even know what happened a moose comes charging out from behind the trees and finishes me off with a hoof to the torso and head. So… That is probably the most brutal way I’ve gone. My Pain level was around 146 I believe. RIP Spec OP.

Litppunk · April 5, 2016, 5:39am

hostile NPC’s that tell you to drop weapon attack if you pick it back up again. If they turn friendly after you pick it up your good, but if they tell you to leave, its goodbye weapon, or attacked by NPC. Often a difficult choice, or at least a difficult one to accept.

pisskop · April 5, 2016, 5:17pm

If you put away your weapon or take out a weak ‘tribute’ weapon (like a rag) before talking to them its a lot easier. Of course, its somewhat less safe too.

If they have a gun it might be best to stay away from them altogether.

Also, you can talk to them from farther away then when they initiate dialogue. So if you do it first you have more time to Run like hell analyse the situation

theepicvoid111 · April 6, 2016, 1:28am

Ah okay! Thank you for the tips you too. I started figuring it was something about me picking the weapon back up but I thought it was because I stayed in that location too long. And I wasn’t aware about the no equipped weapon thing. Thanks!

woofinator · April 9, 2016, 4:43pm

I like to put on mundane zombies, but put their spawn density up 3 points as well as putting random NPC’s on with a spawn rate of 7, in addition to turning off triffids and fungals and all fictional weapons. For me, that just keeps the game constantly fresh as you never know when some jerk with a simple flamethrower is gonna come by and torch your safehouse.

Typically I get killed by the NPC’s, but it’s always interesting. However this time, I was killed by the boring old mundane zombies…which I’m quite embarassed about. Had a FANTASTIC start too, had a full garden going by day 10 of spring due to a jackpot looting trip where I went by a house that had a garden on the edge of my starting city.

But then I got cocky. Day 11 of spring, I take my fireaxe, glock in holster as well as extra mag in a tactical rig (I do random character gens, this one was a bionic cop who spawned in the middle of the city in an overrun precinct, escaped in a fully functional firetruck that just happened to be right outside.) and also an MP5 with hollow point ammo just in case.

I loot a library and got some stellar books into my military rucksack, but a horde is gathering right outside. I sprint from the library to the back of a dark grocery store, thinking it would have a back door. Dumb mistake. The horde gathers at the front of the grocery store, and I’m stuck. I think, "I’ll light a fire in the corner of the building, wait for them to be drawn to the noise, and run out the gap. It WOULD have worked…had there not been another horde that came around the side of the store, blocking my planned exit.

So, I’m stuck in the burning building with no exit, roof starts crashing down, and I make a break for it. I get swarmed with zombies as the roof collapses right on top of my head. And that is why I love playing with mundane zombies. You’re worried about everything BUT them, until you make a mistake.

Substance · April 10, 2016, 3:21pm

I was cruising in my super RV, tricked out with Military Comp. Armor and Tank Treads.

Some doofus with a 9mm pipegun tries to rob me. He managed to kill me while my RV was speeding towards him at around 20-30 mph.

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