Surviving in the wild - balancing, direction etc

[Derpular]

[quote=“Derpular, post:16, topic:9288”][quote=“KA101, post:14, topic:9288”]Sheltered Survivor is well-off for a reason: we expect you to need every advantage we’ve given in that start.

You might want to glance at the loadouts again. Sheltered Survivor is somewhat less well-off than the Survivor, trading good winter gear and four points for a multitool and a mess of low skills pottage.[/quote]
Not sure if you’re aware, but sheltered survivor starts at an LMOE in winter.[/quote]
Yes. I’m aware. That’s why it was brought up.

[Coolthulhu]

From the answers I assume that here gameplay > realism
Nothing wrong with that, it’s just that most of the game goes in the other direction, so I didn’t expect that.

As for the LMOE start: with the extra points it’s not actually hard by itself (because you can just grab guns and rush into nearest city), the difficulty comes from the decision to stay in the shelter. And sometimes from bad RNG giving no usable guns to safely reach the city without combat skills (zombears, zoose and zolves can be tough early on).

[KA101]

[quote=“vache, post:20, topic:9288”][quote=“Derpular, post:16, topic:9288”][quote=“KA101, post:14, topic:9288”]Sheltered Survivor is well-off for a reason: we expect you to need every advantage we’ve given in that start.

You might want to glance at the loadouts again. Sheltered Survivor is somewhat less well-off than the Survivor, trading good winter gear and four points for a multitool and a mess of low skills pottage.[/quote]
Not sure if you’re aware, but sheltered survivor starts at an LMOE in winter.[/quote]
Yes. I’m aware. That’s why it was brought up.[/quote]

OK, since the evac-LMOE could be presumed to have some stock for that & the evac took place in March, I’m OK with giving the Sheltered Survivor a winter coat/hat/gloves.

[kevin.granade]

[quote=“Turtlicious, post:15, topic:9288”]An oak tree can, on average, produce anywhere from 70k ~ 150k acorns a year, one tree should set you for life if we’re going to be honest.

E: IRL I mean.[/quote]
Is that harvestable, or total? Aren’t most of those going to be eaten before they even drop, and most of the rest are going to be snatched up by squirrels or something soon afterwards? Kind of a side issue, the most compelling point I’ve seen was that the conversion rate from acorns to flour is probably way out of whack.

[Derpular]

[quote=“Kevin Granade, post:24, topic:9288”][quote=“Turtlicious, post:15, topic:9288”]An oak tree can, on average, produce anywhere from 70k ~ 150k acorns a year, one tree should set you for life if we’re going to be honest.

E: IRL I mean.[/quote]
Is that harvestable, or total? Aren’t most of those going to be eaten before they even drop, and most of the rest are going to be snatched up by squirrels or something soon afterwards? Kind of a side issue, the most compelling point I’ve seen was that the conversion rate from acorns to flour is probably way out of whack.[/quote]
They’re not that far out of whack, they just seem that way because every single food item follows its own twisted logic for how big one “unit” is.

Double the weight of raw acorns and you’re close to real life numbers, and that’d even give a plausible explanation for what happens to the acorn husks and… shells? The non-edible acorn bits.

[Turtlicious]

[quote=“Kevin Granade, post:24, topic:9288”][quote=“Turtlicious, post:15, topic:9288”]An oak tree can, on average, produce anywhere from 70k ~ 150k acorns a year, one tree should set you for life if we’re going to be honest.

E: IRL I mean.[/quote]
Is that harvestable, or total? Aren’t most of those going to be eaten before they even drop, and most of the rest are going to be snatched up by squirrels or something soon afterwards? Kind of a side issue, the most compelling point I’ve seen was that the conversion rate from acorns to flour is probably way out of whack.[/quote]

harvestable in an orchard, IDK in the wild.