# I just can't catch a break

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [February 14, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076 "2014-02-14T23:22:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![Mad\_Jackal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mad_jackal/32/253_2.png) [@Mad\_Jackal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mad_Jackal)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/1 "2014-02-14T23:22:13Z")

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Recap:

Started a new game as a Maid named Natasha.  
Spawned (sort of) close to an apartment complex.  
Went there.  
Got trapped in a closet. Thanks, zombies.  
In a last ditch effort to escape, set fire to the zombie directly in front of me.  
Ran through the smoke and flames.  
Took what I could, and got out.  
Night had fallen, with no buildings close to me.  
Had to sleep in a bush.  
Woke up freezing.  
Began to drizzle acid.  
Oh, look! A house.  
Eagerly headed in that direction.  
Swamped by zombies the moment I entered.  
Killed them. Thought it was safe, so I unpacked my stuff.  
Saw a Wasp in the doorway. Killed it.  
Saw another.  
Then another.  
…And another.  
Looked out the window, only to see a Hive embedded into the building across the street.

I guess it’s time to move.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/2 "2014-02-15T00:18:06Z")

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Normal stuff. 😕

Maybe having more breaks would be something better for gameplay? When i play Neo Scavenger and no one is following me, the looting and survival feeling is really high and satisfying.

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**Author:** ![Mad\_Jackal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mad_jackal/32/253_2.png) [@Mad\_Jackal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mad_Jackal)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/3 "2014-02-15T00:47:22Z")

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This is my first time playing on normal as opposed to classic, and I find it much more exciting. The hive came as a total surprise to me. Pretty tough though, lol. Nearly died multiple times, but I love it.

By “break” I’m assuming you mean a break from the game itself, or the current world?

EDIT: Ah, wait, never mind. I think I get what you mean now. You were implying that having parts of the game that let you catch your breath would be a good design choice, yes? Correct if I’m wrong.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/4 "2014-02-15T01:22:16Z")

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Perhaps at dawn the zombies lose smell and hearing? Like a lul in zombie activity when they stop attacking you so harshly.

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**Author:** ![Protester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/protester/32/39_2.png) [@Protester](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Protester)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/5 "2014-02-15T06:54:45Z")

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I enjoy those houses covered in webs, with piles of black widows with paralyzing poison in each bite and very high speed… i remember back in the day trying to find a dog for some guy in a quest, and the dog was in the house next door to one of those… they poured out the window like a flood, and the dog drowned in them.

TLDR Hive/Nest houses are super fun and you should enter them with great haste

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**Author:** ![WaffleEggnog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/waffleeggnog/32/256_2.png) [@WaffleEggnog](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/WaffleEggnog)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/6 "2014-02-15T07:04:26Z")

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Yo I just burn them down I’m not a pyromaniac I swear

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/7 "2014-02-15T07:07:30Z")

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> [@WaffleEggnog](#):
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> Yo I just burn them down I’m not a pyromaniac I swear

Some pretty awesome loot spawns in those houses, but this is by far the safest solution to a giant-bug problem.

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**Author:** ![storm1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@storm1911](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/storm1911)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/8 "2014-02-15T13:19:06Z")

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> [@Rivet](#):
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> [quote=“WaffleEggnog, post:6, topic:5076”]Yo I just burn them down I’m not a pyromaniac I swear

Some pretty awesome loot spawns in those houses, but this is by far the safest solution to a giant-bug problem.[/quote]

Who needs fire when you have lightnings shooting out of your head and enough explosives to blow up an aircraft carrier

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/9 "2014-02-15T17:04:30Z")

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you should head out into the country. find yourself a sewage treatment plant, make a stone pot, and you’re set with your home base.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/10 "2014-02-17T04:52:34Z")

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> [@WaffleEggnog](#):
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> Yo I just burn them down I’m not a pyromaniac I swear

This is me in a nutshell, only i openly admit to being a pyromaniac…

[size=4pt]by which i mean i burn down every house i don’t see as being useful in the long term after looting. hehehe[/size]

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**Author:** ![Mad\_Jackal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mad_jackal/32/253_2.png) [@Mad\_Jackal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mad_Jackal)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/11 "2014-02-19T19:17:16Z")

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Well, I managed to clear out the hive. Didn’t find anything good. :c

Now I just have t- AHGF8USH sPIDERS

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/12 "2014-02-19T19:20:00Z")

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Well there’s the royal jelly, that one is pretty useful, it completely cures you of any disease.

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**Author:** ![Mad\_Jackal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mad_jackal/32/253_2.png) [@Mad\_Jackal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mad_Jackal)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/13 "2014-02-19T19:33:55Z")

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> [@John Candlebury](#):
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> Well there’s the royal jelly, that one is pretty useful, it completely cures you of any disease.

Huh. I must’ve missed it.

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**Author:** ![ramesesniblet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@ramesesniblet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ramesesniblet)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/14 "2014-02-21T17:26:59Z")

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> [@Mad Jackal](#):
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> [quote=“John Candlebury, post:12, topic:5076”]Well there’s the royal jelly, that one is pretty useful, it completely cures you of any disease.

Huh. I must’ve missed it.[/quote]

He’s thinking of BEEEEEEEEEES.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/15 "2014-02-21T18:36:54Z")

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> [@ramesesniblet](#):
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> He’s thinking of BEEEEEEEEEES.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PYtXuBN1Hvc/maxresdefault.jpg "DR. BEES") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc)

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**Author:** ![WaffleEggnog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/waffleeggnog/32/256_2.png) [@WaffleEggnog](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/WaffleEggnog)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/16 "2014-02-21T18:41:37Z")

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> [@StopSignal](#):
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> [quote=“ramesesniblet, post:14, topic:5076”]He’s thinking of BEEEEEEEEEES.

> **[DR. BEES](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc%5B%2Fquote%5D)**
>
> BEEEEEEEEEEES

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-1GadTfGFvU/hqdefault.jpg "Not the Bees") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU)

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/17 "2014-02-22T03:53:46Z")

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> [@WaffleEggnog](#):
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> [quote=“StopSignal, post:15, topic:5076”][quote=“ramesesniblet, post:14, topic:5076”]He’s thinking of BEEEEEEEEEES.

> **[DR. BEES](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc%5B%2Fquote%5D)**
>
> BEEEEEEEEEEES

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU[/quote]what](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU%5B/quote%5Dwhat) movie is that from?

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/18 "2014-02-22T04:31:30Z")

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> [@HunterAlpha1](#):
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> [quote=“WaffleEggnog, post:16, topic:5076”][quote=“StopSignal, post:15, topic:5076”][quote=“ramesesniblet, post:14, topic:5076”]He’s thinking of BEEEEEEEEEES.

> **[DR. BEES](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc%5B%2Fquote%5D)**
>
> BEEEEEEEEEEES

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU[/quote]what](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU%5B/quote%5Dwhat) movie is that from?[/quote]

From a really bad one. Seriously, i watched it.

But Cage in a bear suit made it worth it.

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**Author:** ![WaffleEggnog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/waffleeggnog/32/256_2.png) [@WaffleEggnog](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/WaffleEggnog)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-just-cant-catch-a-break/5076/19 "2014-02-22T04:44:41Z")

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> [@StopSignal](#):
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> [quote=“HunterAlpha1, post:17, topic:5076”][quote=“WaffleEggnog, post:16, topic:5076”][quote=“StopSignal, post:15, topic:5076”][quote=“ramesesniblet, post:14, topic:5076”]He’s thinking of BEEEEEEEEEES.

> **[DR. BEES](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc%5B%2Fquote%5D)**
>
> BEEEEEEEEEEES

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU[/quote]what](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU%5B/quote%5Dwhat) movie is that from?[/quote]

From a really bad one. Seriously, i watched it.

But Cage in a bear suit made it worth it.[/quote]  
The Wicker Man  
Cage made it good.