Hi all;
I set aside FFXIV on Friday to play this all weekend, barely getting up to do anything else. Who else is playing, even with it just being controller based right now? (That said, you can play with keyboard and mouse, I've done it, it's not terrible, but the controls are a bit awkward and the camera can't keep up with the fast movement of the mouse so it's a bit jerky... there are lots of fixes to it by community members, too, though.)
So... how is your game going? I've restarted a few times now. First game was just learning and I did a lot of things wrong, such as constantly breaking open suuply cases instead of loading them up and taking them back to base. Then I looked online and said "Hey, the farm looks pretty, I'll move there!" and promptly learned the farm is semi-hardmode and a ***** to get anywhere, as missions spawn in both towns to the north and south and you have to drive to get anywhere, so I gave up.
Second game, I did a bit better. I actually managed to jump the broken bridge up the mountain with the truck and got everyone to the church safely. Then since I thought I had a handle on the game, dove into missions. I took Maya out to help some besieged neighbours. All was going well... until a roaming horde passed by and decided to join in on the fun. Maya died.
So I said screw that and took Marcus up to the Moonshiners to get the Doctor... and forgot a gun. That didn't go well either. Marcus died.
So I took up my next survivor, who was an engineer, and she survived. And then I moved house down to Marshall and to the Trucking Warehouse and set up. Things were actually going really well, except that I hadn't set up outposts so things were getting dicey and I just gave up on that one.
Then I started again. Missed the jump over the bridge, though. Everyone made it alive and I mvoed to the Savini house and things really went well for a while. I started setting up outposts and doing runs. I'd recruited a few useless people, so I decided to strip 'em naked and take them outside to get mauled and die. Holy crap is that brutal when they die that way. Maya and Marcus the screen just kinda wavered and I was fighting like hell to keep them alive... these guys? The screen kept flashing red, they were screaming and wailing and zombies descended on them and literally tore them apart. ... Yeah, I felt awful.
So, morale was down in the camp, so I decided to start doing some more missions to help people out and such. And then allies kept getting in trouble and I had to go rescure them. And supply runners kept getting trapped. And people at home were getting into screaming matches and someone had a mishap with a gun... And then all my missions kept popping up in Sawmill, which is on the other goddamned side of the map, so I was done.
Marshall is great, and I probably will try and play there again, but I think I haven't mastered the game enough to survive well there - the streets are really cramped. I might try the Alamo someday as that is considered the hardest place to live. It's a small restaurant in the middle of the city, so it's all tight spaces and not much room to expand or even move. Lots of supplies around, obviously, but very densly infested.
So I restarted again. Made the jump over the bridge again, was proud. I plan move into the Kirkman house this time (Love the base names), and have the church somewhat upgraded as of now anyway. I've got all the outposts the church can handle set up in preperation for the move... but Jacob just will not start the mission to move to a new home base. I ran around for like two hours last night just doing some supply and gear runs and a few missions for other enclaves and the fucking moving house mission would. not. spawn.
I turned down the first survivors who wanted to join me - I want to keep my populaton small and I want to get only useful people, so I'm going to probably try and do suicide runs with the starting characters (other than Maya and Marcus... and maybe Ed) and see what I get offered, but I'm not getting many missions to gain loyalty either.
I don't mind playing with the controller at all. The only thing I have an issue with is shooting - it's why I don't play shooters on consoles. I can't aim forcrap. And since the keyboard controls aren't optimized or anything, shooting still kinds sucks with the keyboard and mouse yet either. Once that's all set up and the game is on full release on the PC, I'll probably actually start using guns more often, but as of now I mostly melee.
....
So. How's everyone's games going? Are there things you don't understand about the game yet we can maybe help each other out with? Anyhting really interesting happen to you? How you finished it yet? I'm playing more sandbox style and leaving the main missions alone for long stretches. (And apparently they're going to be adding a true sandbox mode "very soon" according to the devs.)
Some things I have questions about so far, if anyone knows:
Is there any way to get your companions to use guns if you bring them along with you?
Any way to manage group politics and emotions? The only way I see how is to take the problem people out for a walk and talk when that mission is offered. It does give you the option to ask them to leave, I saw that, but it says it might not work either. Is there any way to kill them yourself, or do you have to bring them along as a companion if they aren't playable yet and hope they die and you don't?
I set aside FFXIV on Friday to play this all weekend, barely getting up to do anything else. Who else is playing, even with it just being controller based right now? (That said, you can play with keyboard and mouse, I've done it, it's not terrible, but the controls are a bit awkward and the camera can't keep up with the fast movement of the mouse so it's a bit jerky... there are lots of fixes to it by community members, too, though.)
So... how is your game going? I've restarted a few times now. First game was just learning and I did a lot of things wrong, such as constantly breaking open suuply cases instead of loading them up and taking them back to base. Then I looked online and said "Hey, the farm looks pretty, I'll move there!" and promptly learned the farm is semi-hardmode and a ***** to get anywhere, as missions spawn in both towns to the north and south and you have to drive to get anywhere, so I gave up.
Second game, I did a bit better. I actually managed to jump the broken bridge up the mountain with the truck and got everyone to the church safely. Then since I thought I had a handle on the game, dove into missions. I took Maya out to help some besieged neighbours. All was going well... until a roaming horde passed by and decided to join in on the fun. Maya died.
So I said screw that and took Marcus up to the Moonshiners to get the Doctor... and forgot a gun. That didn't go well either. Marcus died.
So I took up my next survivor, who was an engineer, and she survived. And then I moved house down to Marshall and to the Trucking Warehouse and set up. Things were actually going really well, except that I hadn't set up outposts so things were getting dicey and I just gave up on that one.
Then I started again. Missed the jump over the bridge, though. Everyone made it alive and I mvoed to the Savini house and things really went well for a while. I started setting up outposts and doing runs. I'd recruited a few useless people, so I decided to strip 'em naked and take them outside to get mauled and die. Holy crap is that brutal when they die that way. Maya and Marcus the screen just kinda wavered and I was fighting like hell to keep them alive... these guys? The screen kept flashing red, they were screaming and wailing and zombies descended on them and literally tore them apart. ... Yeah, I felt awful.
So, morale was down in the camp, so I decided to start doing some more missions to help people out and such. And then allies kept getting in trouble and I had to go rescure them. And supply runners kept getting trapped. And people at home were getting into screaming matches and someone had a mishap with a gun... And then all my missions kept popping up in Sawmill, which is on the other goddamned side of the map, so I was done.
Marshall is great, and I probably will try and play there again, but I think I haven't mastered the game enough to survive well there - the streets are really cramped. I might try the Alamo someday as that is considered the hardest place to live. It's a small restaurant in the middle of the city, so it's all tight spaces and not much room to expand or even move. Lots of supplies around, obviously, but very densly infested.
So I restarted again. Made the jump over the bridge again, was proud. I plan move into the Kirkman house this time (Love the base names), and have the church somewhat upgraded as of now anyway. I've got all the outposts the church can handle set up in preperation for the move... but Jacob just will not start the mission to move to a new home base. I ran around for like two hours last night just doing some supply and gear runs and a few missions for other enclaves and the fucking moving house mission would. not. spawn.
I turned down the first survivors who wanted to join me - I want to keep my populaton small and I want to get only useful people, so I'm going to probably try and do suicide runs with the starting characters (other than Maya and Marcus... and maybe Ed) and see what I get offered, but I'm not getting many missions to gain loyalty either.
I don't mind playing with the controller at all. The only thing I have an issue with is shooting - it's why I don't play shooters on consoles. I can't aim forcrap. And since the keyboard controls aren't optimized or anything, shooting still kinds sucks with the keyboard and mouse yet either. Once that's all set up and the game is on full release on the PC, I'll probably actually start using guns more often, but as of now I mostly melee.
....
So. How's everyone's games going? Are there things you don't understand about the game yet we can maybe help each other out with? Anyhting really interesting happen to you? How you finished it yet? I'm playing more sandbox style and leaving the main missions alone for long stretches. (And apparently they're going to be adding a true sandbox mode "very soon" according to the devs.)
Some things I have questions about so far, if anyone knows:
Is there any way to get your companions to use guns if you bring them along with you?
Any way to manage group politics and emotions? The only way I see how is to take the problem people out for a walk and talk when that mission is offered. It does give you the option to ask them to leave, I saw that, but it says it might not work either. Is there any way to kill them yourself, or do you have to bring them along as a companion if they aren't playable yet and hope they die and you don't?
