# We make TERRIBLE suggestions and come up with horrible ideas (Round II)

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [November 13, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444 "2018-11-13T23:03:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Vastin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vastin/32/9912_2.png) [@Vastin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vastin)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/661 "2019-04-06T03:37:00Z")

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Dealing with major threats by ramming them with large vehicles is traditional in CDDA, so I don’t see why not?

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**Author:** ![EricAlvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ericalvin/32/5009_2.png) [@EricAlvin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EricAlvin)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/662 "2019-04-06T10:17:28Z")

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- All guns have a 50% chance to backfire and insta-kill the player, and only the player can backfire.

- When running, accidents can occur with items in your inventory (Containers spill, Weapons fire off, Explosives Detonate, etc.)

- Zombies resurrection time is changed to thirty seconds.

- All zombies eventually evolve into thrillers

- A cure is added and can be found at the starting shelter. If you activate it, a victory message plays, the game ends and credits roll.

- Global Warming is added. After using enough fuel, everything starts randomly catching fire and it becomes summer permanently.

- Copywright Bots are added, and appear everywhere. They don’t do anything on their own, but if a reference to another game appears in the reality bubble (such as a manhack or a boomer), you die instantly and the world is deleted for infringement.

- Multiplayer is added, but only as a $60 battle royale dlc.

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**Author:** ![Turtleoverlord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/turtleoverlord/32/5193_2.png) [@Turtleoverlord](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Turtleoverlord)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/663 "2019-04-07T17:16:07Z")

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In call of cthulhu some Danish Fishermen rammed a boat into Cthulhu’s face and made him enter a coma/get knocked out and sink into relthyg

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**Author:** ![QuietCoyote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/quietcoyote/32/6451_2.png) [@QuietCoyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/QuietCoyote)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/664 "2019-04-09T21:05:51Z")

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All 9mm defense turrets in labs are replaced with  
Depleted Uranium Slug Automated Defense Emplacements (DUSADE) that fire 10 rounds of uranium slugs at anyone in a 25 tile radius with almost no chance to miss, and have 2,500 health.

(If you want context of some DU, a article mentions it as “…makes hardened steel shatter like glass…” “…it simply just melts metal like putty…”

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**Author:** ![TheZoneWizard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thezonewizard/32/1397_2.png) [@TheZoneWizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheZoneWizard)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/665 "2019-04-10T23:42:49Z")

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Have “Escort” quests with um…“_Escorts_”. You trade goods for the value. You find a bed someplace and the area gets a “Censored” black bar over the business at hand. You get a positive morale buff. If you have a sound pack it plays _BOW CHICka Wow WOW!_ music lol

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**Author:** ![QuietCoyote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/quietcoyote/32/6451_2.png) [@QuietCoyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/QuietCoyote)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/666 "2019-04-11T02:40:56Z")

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Everything becomes “The Thing”

(High hit points, high armor, very competent fighter, and worst of all- no crits). Met a friendly dog in a cave and should’ve known better to just blast the the thing into space, ended up almost dying once the tentacle dog turned into the thing as my attacks we’re doing 7 -8 damage on a crit, with hooves, fangs, and a ironshod quarterstaff, with a martial art stance meant for stunlocking and very high damage output…

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**Author:** ![Invalid\_Username](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/667 "2019-04-11T02:42:04Z")

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Huh. I just shot the piss out of it with a longbow.

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**Author:** ![QuietCoyote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/quietcoyote/32/6451_2.png) [@QuietCoyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/QuietCoyote)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/668 "2019-04-11T02:43:55Z")

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Probably would’ve been a good idea, but my UPS ended up breaking after some antics in a lab (nanofabricator with skeletal jug and tripods… not fun) and didn’t have a replacement, so it was basically just wading through hell to fight the beast.

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**Author:** ![Invalid\_Username](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/669 "2019-04-11T02:46:13Z")

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Actual longbow, not the magic one I have now. Should’ve specified.

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**Author:** ![QuietCoyote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/quietcoyote/32/6451_2.png) [@QuietCoyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/QuietCoyote)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/670 "2019-04-11T02:56:58Z")

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Oh yeah, I figured, I just got into a lab early game and basically found a laser sniper and fusion launcher, along with a pistol. Kinda have a big reliance on the whole UPS thing, and it suck it only has 1000 charges if battery.

Anesthetic kits & UPS cbm are on my wishlist rn…

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**Author:** ![Blightbug](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/blightbug/32/5323_2.png) [@Blightbug](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blightbug)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/671 "2019-04-11T03:10:56Z")

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More realistic breathing mechanics.  
Press a button to breath in and another to breath out. Forget to do this for too many turns and you suffocate!

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**Author:** ![Bobdole44](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bobdole44/32/3977_2.png) [@Bobdole44](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bobdole44)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/672 "2019-04-11T10:38:19Z")

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Tin cans require a can opener to open, and specifically a can opener

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**Author:** ![TheMurderUnicorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/themurderunicorn/32/5706_2.png) [@TheMurderUnicorn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheMurderUnicorn)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/673 "2019-04-11T10:56:14Z")

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> [@Blightbug](#):
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> Press a button to breath in and another to breath out. Forget to do this for too many turns and you suffocate!

Shout outs to Manual Samuel.

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**Author:** ![Wondabarappa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/wondabarappa/32/9565_2.png) [@Wondabarappa](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wondabarappa)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/674 "2019-04-11T13:55:13Z")

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Boomers now exclusively drop energy drinks and make loud sipping noises every few rounds

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**Author:** ![Slax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/slax/32/5385_2.png) [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/675 "2019-04-11T16:33:51Z")

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Ye Scots Beuk o Cuikery.  
Learning a single recipe from that book will give all in-game messages a heavy Scottish accent for a week. You just… can’t get it out of your head.

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**Author:** ![TheZoneWizard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thezonewizard/32/1397_2.png) [@TheZoneWizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheZoneWizard)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/676 "2019-04-11T22:05:24Z")

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Or a multi-tool.

There was a bit of discussion about this a long while ago. I think I brought it up I can’t remember. But anyway. It would be great to have this feature. Lotta canned goods do not have pull tabs. Especially vegetables.

Most canned veg would require a tool. 99% of tomato stuff in a can requires one too(not just peas, potatoes etc.). B&M Brown Bread with or without raisins(although the raisin one is great). Toasted it tastes even better + butter 😉

Only canned crap that use pull tabs are meal/entree pre-made stuff. So any type of soup. Lasagna Chef boyardee stuff.

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**Author:** ![yunzhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/46a35a/32.png) [@yunzhang](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/yunzhang)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/677 "2019-04-12T03:18:49Z")

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Zombie pheromone causing nearby zombies to become neutral, but not friendly.

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/678 "2019-04-12T17:18:14Z")

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There was a fair bit of discussion about can openers, but I recall someone also posted a video of a guy successfully opening a can by scraping it back and forth on concrete.

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**Author:** ![crazykiddeath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crazykiddeath/32/5709_2.png) [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/679 "2019-04-12T17:25:02Z")

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You can also use pretty much anything relatively sharp and slender, I cut a can of corned beef open with a pretty blunt carving knife once after the bit you attach the key to snapped off, not sure I’d want to try it with a can holding liquids though 🤔

edit: you can do liquids by punching two holes in the top and widening them with a spoon or something though.

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/we-make-terrible-suggestions-and-come-up-with-horrible-ideas-round-ii/17444/680 "2019-04-12T17:39:59Z")

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The concrete guy did a can of soup, and just stopped scraping when liquid began to seep out, then he flipped it over and pried the top off. It worked surprisingly well.

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