Hi all!

Here's what we have this week for build 8:

Alot of balancing and tweaks to previous builds plus steps towards new skills and perks...

- The "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Okay" challange was not accepting the new fireaxes I created. (Hardened Steel and Diamond Tipped) It does now.

- Block damage by guns and arrows was removed so you have less to repair. This DOES NOT include explosives....

- The blood moon count on zombies is up for a nastier horde night experience. The gamestage was tweaked a bit more for consistent horde nights, will continue to adjust this as we test more horde nights... (work in progress)

- Diamond Tipped and Hardened Steel Wrench and Clawhammer can repair from farther away, repair faster and repair more.

- All custom armors, hunting knife and machete now require a repair kit to repair. Less steel and iron to carry around, matches some advanced tools and weapons from last build.

- Misc crafting and armor crafting now has no quality loss when repairing at max level. (might need the fixer maxed too)

- Artificial Fletchings can now be made with plastic. They work just like feathers. Remember plastic can be made from cornmeal... Renewable resources are awesome!

- Craft times at max rank in all skills are reduced.

- Durability of all shirts and jackets doubled. It seems all shirts and jackets were the first armor item to break, sometimes they would break 3 times before any other piece. Let's test...

- All quests, challenges and treasure map drop rates increased by 5x! You need that xp! Take advantage of this!

- Venom is now harvested from snakes in the desert!!! Start stockpiling venom for the new venomous weapons perk. (Coming soon!)

- Both versions of Diamond Tipped and Hardened Steel swing speeds increased on: Fireaxes, Pickaxes, Shovels and Sledgehammers.

- Some adjustments made to admin and moderator rights, the details and discussion on this can be held in a private forum or thru direct messages with me.

- The first piece of NBC gear can now be found at a 1% chance in the wasteland. The rest will come in build 9.

Build 9 will have the complete set of NBC gear and the new venomous weapons perk. In the meantime, get some venom and if you are brave enough, go see if you can find the first piece of NBC gear in the wasteland. Enjoy the upgrades on the new tools and weapons!

See you in there!

-Ragnaroc-

Hi all!

Here's what we have so far this weekend:

- Corn hitpoints up a little. With the best hoe at max skills the corn could be one-hit. This is problematic for the pimps farming bug. With the best hoe at max skill I would like to see all crops requiring a minimum of two hits. If you discover something that can be one hit with yield, let me know. (One hitting a crop with something that produces no yield shouldnt be a problem)

- Coffee is more useful with a longer timer and increased warmth bonus.

- Gun safe, desk safe and wall safe storage is up to 140 slots to match our other crates, chests, and boxes.

- Both versions of Hardened Steel, Silver Plated and Gold Plated helmets now have lights! You put alot of points in those perks so here's another benefit! Toss out that mining helmet! (Other light sources are being worked on)

- Cotton stacks up to 5000 like other crops

- Materials required to make the Hardened Steel sets, the Diamond Tipped sets, Silver Plated sets and Gold Plated sets are increased. They were too easy to make.

- The Hardened Steel Tools and Diamond tipped tools now require a repair kit to repair.

- At max tool smithing and weapon smithing, repairing a tool or weapon will not reduce it's quality.

- Thermal top and bottom have slightly increased insulation.

- All new insulated helmet insulation value is up to match the insulated leather hood and other cold weather hats/caps.

- Extreme weather conditions were moved to the wasteland and radiated biomes. If it is snowing in the wasteland you might not see landmines, so keep your gear and bike repaired!

- Repeating Crossbow requires a repair kit to repair.

- Experience is up for the most difficult mid to late game zombies. This is ONLY increased on the "feral radiated" versions. (The ones that are both glowing and running)


That's it for today! Been at it most of the day and I'm ready to play! I'll finish more tomorrow...

See you in there!

-Ragnaroc-

Hi all!

Just a quick one per player request and balance:

- Hardened Steel Tools and Armor perk down to lvl 75 from 150.

- Diamond Tipped Tools down to lvl 150 from 250.

- Silver Plated Armor Set down to 150 from 200.

- Gold Plated Armor Set down to 200 from 250.

Enjoy!

See you in there!

-Ragnaroc-

More balance to come to mid-to-endgame experience and new perks and skills as well!

Hi all!

As most of you know, I did a hotfix today on the dupe bug and reviewed alot of the drama and issues with that, so it set back my patch plans for today. Expect more next weekend!

Here's some small changes in addition to fixing the dupe bug:

- Rotting flesh can be crafted in the inventory and workbench with raw meat.

- Coffee doesn't reduce wellness and stack sizes match other drinks.

- The region files for the bases of the cheaters were reset on the map.

I asked the cheaters to not dupe again IN GAME and ADDED A RULE TO THE MAIN PAGE when we went public and they continued to do it at lvl 1 with bottles of water and cans of chili. It didnt stop with the water or chili they continued to dupe guns, weapons, ammo, tools, pretty much everything... Their greed bought them a permanant ban from the server.

See you in there!

-Ragnaroc-

I have fixed the dupe bug. There are no longer eviscerated remains and the zombie body becomes a corpse almost instantly.

I will address the bans for duping this afternoon. I'm heading out to lunch with a friend.

See you in there!

-Ragnaroc-