I’ve gotten into the habit of using the lumberjack profession a LOT lately, and it is the same reason every time. The only ‘good’ weapons are random and rare finds like katanas and chainsaws. As soon as you start, your main mission is pretty much to loot up on as many guns and bullets as possible, and personally it’s a little cheap.
Maybe a game mode which starts you off on a long, straight road and a motorbike, and you just make your way down looking for guns and ammo where your kind of striving to get as far along that road as you can, maybe even make it to some sort of safe haven even, but at the moment I think guns are just a cheap answer to any zombie, well except skellies.
So, here it is - Some improvised weapons N stuff!
car door shields ~ maybe you could even push the zombies back as you walk into them with it?
crazy Clown shoes ~ clown shoes with some nails pointing out to kick the zombies and walk over spiders and squirrels. Would need a way to specifically kick, but could be worth it. Takes some rags to keep them tight on your foot, but could store things in them.
Improvised soccer boots - Some shoes or boots with nails pointing down, could make you a little faster on grass and could pulp corpses by walking over them
Taser racket ~ a tennis racket with some wire or barbed wire electrified with batteries for a little shock, would have to turn it on rather than activate and sting things like an actual taser.
Carpet cloak ~ i’m pretty sure every house has some carpet, so what if you could pry it off and sew it into a vest or something, would give lots of encumbering and warmth, but could be given some pockets on the insides with some rags and have some nails sticking out too?
Whip ~ just a little bit of string attached to a two by four
Electric whip ~ Now that’s what i’m talkin’ about!
Pepper spray ~ maybe you can only make it if you can cook a bit, but using peppers and a spray can to create something that maybe blinds zombies, melts them maybe? you guys try of think of something too!
Wolverine claws ~ just some blades or knives held to your hands with some rags, some stronger ones could be welded, maybe plastic toy ones could be found in homes?
Mop Flail ~ a mop with some rocks tied to the threads at the end to swing around like a flail.
Cardboard box clothes ~ a whole suit could be made, with leather pockets attached with a sewing and nails poking out too, very weak and very temporary though, and the nails could hurt you if the cardboard gets destroyed.
Box of shells ~ i think most people have had a box of shells lying around the house at one stage, they could be activated and it would throw the shells on their own, or you could use them for frags, or slingshot ammo, or lay them on the ground as traps to make sound and a little pain, the possibilities are endless!
So what are your ideas? hopefully we can see some of these get added into the game, and make those first few nights a little easier one people! if they are a little OP, then maybe a bit of survival skill is required to craft them, or some other skill maybe.
