I got my sister to play Cataclysm today and she had a good set up to at a LMOE shelter but she went on a food run a got eaten by zombie kids. So she quit and I got back on a few hours latter started my game and I found her corpse filled with meds and various survival gear hotplates and first aid then after some searching I found the LMOE shelter she was at. LIFE IS GOOD!!!
Cataclysm: the only game where finding the gnawed remains of your deceased family members is cause for celebration.
LOL yep it is sadly though my fate was sealed as the Cataclysm gods frowned upon me and sent hordes of zombies and made it rain acid.
i’ve karated my way through a whole town ( a medium one ) in less than 4 days, a hotel, a school and i’m heading to a hospital. Only thing i miss is a pot. Karate is way OP :). First day i had something like 100 zeds on my killed list 
I modified a flatbed with a 5 liter V8 engine found in a semi truck and welded blades and spikes on the front. I took it it for a spin through town and proceeded to flatten zombies for most of the day. Then I looked at the log and noticed that I did over 2000 damage to zombie hulk, while going at 20 mph. Blades OP.
I found a lab, but I had no luck in finding ID cards. So I took the first working car and filled it with gasoline. Then I named it “Science ID Card” and rammed into the lab’s wall with it. Felt pretty good.
WINNER
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Congrats! You win a Top hat , a Monocle and a snuggie.
WINNER[/quote]
Congrats! You win a Top hat , a Monocle and a snuggie.[/quote]
Don’t forget the walking cane!
After starting out with a new character, I see a farm to the north-northeast of my starting shelter. I come across a trap nest on my way there, and disarm a shotgun trap (without having my limbs blasted off, thankfully) and 4 crossbow traps. I pick up the crossbow and the 4 bolts, and hike on to the farm.
After dancing around the barbed wire fences with zombies from the shed next to the house, I decide to go off exploring. There was another farm northwest of the farm I’ve claimed as a base. Next to the dirt lot in front of the farm was a dead military squad, and in there was a suit of power armor, a hauling frame, and a helmet…
I hauled that all back home, and decided to try on the power armor. “You can’t wear power armor over other gear!” Great. I had to drop EVERYTHING on the floor, and then put the power armor on. Then I decided to put the hauling frame on, and felt much better about carrying stuff. The armor itself is incredibly hard to move in and very warm, but that shouldn’t be an issue for me.
Then I decided to follow another road further north, and found a 3rd goddamn farm! Fortunately, this one had a fully-functional truck, with good tires, a good engine, and 3% gas; I took it, and decided to drive it back home…
I stopped periodically to check the gas, and last time I had checked it, it read 1%. I’ve been driving like that for the past 15 (real-life) minutes. Either I’m running on fumes, or I’ve found a magical truck that runs forever.
I’m playing on the 0.5 release, by the way
Deeming the task of burning down the nearby town for nails too resource-wasting and dangerous, Sir Walker instead decided to raze to the ground an officer tower.
As it turns out, walling off the northern front of a 12x9 is almost completely more time-consuming than one would assume. Three days of working nonstop (thanks to caffeine pills, nearby river, wandering cougars, and coffee!) resulted in only 75% of the goddamn north wall being made, and that is by taking liberties and walling off the spaces between houses instead of a single straight line.
I shudder to think how long it would take to wall off the southern front, as there are only a few houses there. >.< Dammit. Atleast after the (northern) wall is complete, Fort Gwaine will no longer be subjected to random swamp attacks as there is a swamp just five map tiles north-west of the fort.
Also, as it sucks to lug logs a minimum of 8 map tiles every time, perhaps it would also be wise to brave the swamp attacks and head north-west with a few gallon jugs where I remember a gas station was. There is a somewhat beaten-up, but working pick-up just at end of the bridge in the north. It certainly would save me a lot of time in carrying the logs and 2x4s. 
Currently shacking up in a small church, working on deconstructing benches. Can’t really dig any holes so I’ll need to set up a fun trap network. Mwahaha!
i’ve read a lot about setting traps and pits and so on…
i’m curious - what are you setting those for? Diamond shaped defense systems, layered pits, gates, walls… just who is attacking? I’ve even slept with the windows open, and except for the occasional bear (worst case scenario) or spider / wolf there is absolutely no threat whatsoever. Unless you sleep in the middle of a swamp or fungal bloom. And in the time needed for such complex defenses i can raise my fighting skills so i karate anything bothering me inside out
Driving through town in a pickup truck that i found, smashing through every broken down vehicle in my path with a horde of zombies behind me. I fully expect this thing to run out of gas and then i will do cocaine and rush the horde with a pocket knife, so in other words just another day in post-apocalypse New England.
[quote=“Ferodaktyl, post:733, topic:47”]i’ve read a lot about setting traps and pits and so on…
i’m curious - what are you setting those for? Diamond shaped defense systems, layered pits, gates, walls… just who is attacking? I’ve even slept with the windows open, and except for the occasional bear (worst case scenario) or spider / wolf there is absolutely no threat whatsoever. Unless you sleep in the middle of a swamp or fungal bloom. And in the time needed for such complex defenses i can raise my fighting skills so i karate anything bothering me inside out :)[/quote]
Not making defense systems for your base is almost always an suicide. Having a stationary base means wild animals will spawn a lot as you make noise. That means you will have a lot of visits from Mr. Bear.
[quote=“Ferodaktyl, post:733, topic:47”]i’ve read a lot about setting traps and pits and so on…
i’m curious - what are you setting those for?[/quote]
You’re right, it’s rather pointless. Something done for amusement rather than out of necessity.
I want to be able to fill pits with acid, so that when zombies walk into them they die/turn into skeletons/cannonfodder for my spike pits. Also destroys loot for balance.
[quote=“halberdsturgeon, post:736, topic:47”][quote=“Ferodaktyl, post:733, topic:47”]i’ve read a lot about setting traps and pits and so on…
i’m curious - what are you setting those for?[/quote]
You’re right, it’s rather pointless. Something done for amusement rather than out of necessity.[/quote]
I live next to a swamp, 2 fungal spires, a triffid heart, and a city I haven’t fully mapped yet.
Staying here until they all die is my current goal, the traps, spiked pits, and strategically placed piles of wood and gasoline are absolutely necessary. Though I’m not sure if the swamp creatures can actually be rendered extinct, I’m assuming no, but does anybody know for sure?
Naturally, the area has almost been completely overrun with fungal zombies.
Unfortunately I’m running low on 40mm acid bombs, hopefully it rains acid again soon (I never thought I’d say that).
I want to be able to fill pits with acid, so that when zombies walk into them they die/turn into skeletons/cannonfodder for my spike pits. Also destroys loot for balance.This would be amazingly useful...
I found out that the public works is any wannabe mechanic’s dream.
I’m especially fond of the nail gun (I burned a nearby evac shelter - lodsanails) and all the tools and materials for the car building shenanigans.
EDIT: Aand there isn’t a single fucking welder in there. What a damn shame…
Fucking zombies…CURSE THE SHOCKERS!
Find 5 gun stores, a bunker, and a military outpost nearby, four of said gun stores in a single town
Drive my modified electric car to each location, collecting at least three thousand rounds of ammunition
Upon starting the car to head back, “This vehicle does not have an engine!”
FFFFUUUUUUU