[quote=“Dampe, post:9070, topic:47”]I’ve just completely cleared out a mansion of zombies with a nailgun I found on the corpse of one of the first zeds I killed inside the mansion.
(Lovingly nicknamed it “The Hammer.”)
I’m now searching for a sharp object to butcher all the corpses with, and after that I’m going to see if I can’t fortify this place.[/quote]
I also tested something, I went in and killed a lone zombie with a nail rifle and a nail gun, both did an average of 4-8 close range, and about 1 a few tiles away.
I then tested an easier weapon, a sling which uses pebbles as ammunition (I think lead balls/bullets should be used too for extra damage, like an FMJ or Hollowpoints would for guns.) anyway the ammo’s super cheap - just a rock and something with hammering of 1 (Like another rock.) The skills used are throwing and marksmanship. It did around 8 damage far away and more than 17 at close range.
Slings are super cheap to make. Just a leather patch and 20 thread or 3 long strings or 18 small ones.
Tested the power of the sling with 0 strength, still did about 14-26 points of damage, killed this zed in 3 hits versus the 10+ with the nail gun. So the power isn’t effected by strength of the user.
I also tested the power of the atlatl with various spears. Wooden javelins did about 8, stone and iron did an average of 14. Sling still beats it.
Tested the sling with 0 marksmanship and throwing.
Still did very well, max of 20 damage. My stats are 14/12/12/8
For the record, my current character’s throwing and marksmanship for both is 3. Current build 0.C 3840
Hopefully this will massively help users early game. Happy Hunting!
