Protection / Armors

[gusty void]

The Characters HP is Not enough for Fighting when Get Spotted. ( You will die fast without Weapons. fr )
There some Armor Carrier ( Request Armor Plate mb ) & Stab Vests will Protect the People from there Claws.

There Vests will be make slow your Speed...but
theres had Different Speed debuff. ( ex. Stab vest lower more then Armor Carrier )

[spice frigate]

I think the tradeoff of losing an inventory slot might already be enough when it comes to "armoring" a character.

or if its particularly heavy, two slots.

but armor would be really good way to protect. I think it should be a thing!

[willow shuttle]

In terms of hp not being enough, I disagree. You can definately kill a few zombies from full health with no weapon. Any form of no resource kill should be treated as a punish, and the scare resources make the game feel and realistically make the game very hard.

At the end of my demos (which I'll make full run guides) you'll see by the end of it my runs end on a semi self sustaining run, so with that detail and upcoming evidence, I would have to say that resources including melee weapons and health should actually be more scarce (on a harder difficulty). The current difficulty which I assume is "medium" is fine.

[spice frigate]

I would have imagined he was considering body armor because not just zombies but people shooting at you potentially. Like bad military people or bandits.

[gusty void]

Like Mason did to Poor Private at DIVIDED.
Yea, People not sure all Good at other Survivors so.

[prime cipher]

I find the current health reasonable, wanting to introduce armor might turn the game into some RPG shit that might ruin the game for me

what I could find acceptable it's stuff like padded clothes, firefighter protective gear and soft armor

even simple stuff like biker's accessories

a chest guard which are purely out of plastic

although I've got no clue what the models during the 80s would look like

since some can get a bit flamboyant

[prime cipher]

Soft armor it's what a lot of the police you see are always wearing, they provide some protection towards pistol calibers as they are made out of kevlar

[prime cipher]

Plate carriers its excessive as most of the army back then only used rigs

most soldiers used a Flak Vest

which is also kevlar but thicker

if im honest wanting ballistic protection it's the wrong priority during an outbreak as even if you get into a fight the close ranges wont save you from several impacts back to back

[lament kraken]

Yeah, especially since there's also a Heatwave that's happening in the setting. That armor will be uncomfortable to wear.

[prime cipher]

Eh, you can always get under a roof and wait it out

but my issue is trying to use armor in the game might force the devs to compensate and add stronger zombies

which.. would just make it into an RPG

"you dont have this and this? youre too weak to enter"

"you need this level armor and this level gun to win"

[lament kraken]

essentially taking after ItTD2 lol

[prime cipher]

true..

what about Dying Light 2

they did that shit

[lament kraken]

thats just dumb

[prime cipher]

🤮

is my point clear?

[lament kraken]

Yeah, crystal clear

[minor thorn]

I highly disagree. The character's HP is MORE than capable of taking like 7+ hits. It's almost too generous.

[prime cipher]

Realistically getting hit by more than 2 zombies at a time should be an instant death