Is this a good build

[heavy zodiac]

You're probably going to have a hell of a time building things or even setting fires or using ovens in late game with burn ward patient. If I'm not mistaken, you can't even use fire at all so unless you have access to a generator to use a stove, you won't be setting any fires. As for slow worker, you take a really long time to build or move anything. Ideal weight is a waste of points as you can easily manage your weight with high calorie foods early game. Late game just go fishing or scrounge for cereal

If you can manage to survive fairly well with that character, props to you. I don't think I'd ever last with those traits lol

[rotund sluice]

wait burn ward patient won’t let me use fire well hell i need to restart cause i need fire and ovens

[heavy zodiac]

You can try using an oven to cook food before you restart. I don't play with burn ward only because I use molotovs in heavily populated parking lots when clearing buildings

Just keep a generator full of gas so you can cook your food

[rotund sluice]

i looked it up it just says you start with burns and after they heal no after effects

[heavy zodiac]

You panic whenever you're near fire and you lose the ability to set corpses on fire, light BBQ's and use antique ovens and campfires

As well as the ability to use a Molotov

So you have no choice but to use a microwave or an oven

When the power goes out, you're stuck cooking only at your base

[rotund sluice]

oh

[heavy zodiac]

It's not a bad trait, it just limits you from channeling your inner pyromaniac

[rotund sluice]

yea

[heavy zodiac]

I say play it through anyway, see how long you can survive. If you die you can always make a new character in the same world without burn ward lol

[heavy zodiac]

If you want, I can send you over one of my builds I use for both solo and multiplayer?

[rotund sluice]

yea cause i didn’t know what to choose

[heavy zodiac]

Alright give me a few and I'll be on PC soon

What occupation did you choose?

[rotund sluice]

i didn’t choose one i was unoccupied but you can choose me one

[heavy zodiac]

I usually play fire officer because of the axe skill and the strength and fitness buffs

Axe is my weapon of choice, since it usually kills with one or two hits

[rotund sluice]

i like spears

[heavy zodiac]

I will admit spears are uh... Yeah I'm just gonna be honest, spears are terrible. However though, since you're using spears, being evasive might be a good trait to take

My brother uses spears and he manages just fine. He can't take on more than 3 at a time tho

I'll see what I can come up with in terms of keeping spears in mind

[rotund sluice]

why are they terrible i saw someone have 60000 kills with just spears

i like them cause they are easy to craft and fast

[heavy zodiac]

They're terrible because you can only attack head on and when you get the crit lock, you're stuck there for an ungodly amount of time until you pull the spear out

Plus you can't attack vaulted zombies over windows or fences

[rotund sluice]

oh

[heavy zodiac]

Spears are just difficult and annoying to use. They do have good uses like attacking through fences and keeping your clothes clean

[rotund sluice]

yea

[heavy zodiac]

If you can manage with spears, hats off to you

[heavy zodiac]

https://youtube.com/shorts/NTDAv4kZzOs?si=Zr4wMQ9ve_nQZyDu

He for sure would've been dead if he hit that crit on the vaulted zombie

[rotund sluice]

yea

[heavy zodiac]

Are you more of a fighter or a builder!

*?

I'll send over my fire officer build and I'll make a whole new build you can try

[random mica]

Ive got a similar build regarding the negatives, but not feeble nor slow worker. They seem painful thinking about long term play.

[rotund sluice]

fighter i build gate and walls but not a whole base

[heavy zodiac]

heres my fire officer build:

some of these traits can be added or removed based on preference, but its a very broken build and i recommend everyone to try it out

[heavy zodiac]

this is the spear build ive set up for you:

[rotund sluice]

any occupation?

and thanks

[heavy zodiac]

unemployed

[rotund sluice]

alr

[graceful sable]

Yeah you can when they jump over a fence you can stab them for a instant kill if you’re high enough level

[heavy zodiac]

interesting. ive seen countless players including my brother try to stab when off to the side and they almost always get stunlocked and die

[graceful sable]

I use spears all the time. I kinda got over my axe and crowbar phase and now I realize most weapons are more about the amount of real skill you have using em. Spears are a nicer late game weapon when there is already less zombies in a area. Axes are good but also tear clothes and are rare. Crowbars are fun and there really isn’t a negative to them other then they exert characters a little faster depending on traits. Short blade is underrated imo cause it barely exerts you at all. Long blade is well amazing but extremely rare short blunt is a good early game weapon also.

[graceful sable]

Yeah well I think its good if you have slower zombies because you can train them around. Spears are for the experienced players usually because you gotta know what you’re doing

[heavy zodiac]

what population settings do you play?

[heavy zodiac]

i play with sprinters

[graceful sable]

High pop

Sprinters never really interested me idk

[heavy zodiac]

ah i play usually 4x to 16x

[graceful sable]

Sometimes I pay with partial sprinters

[heavy zodiac]

just started doing 16x

[graceful sable]

Damn, to much stress for me

[heavy zodiac]

i avoid spears like the plague

[heavy zodiac]

its really easy if youre not an elephant and being loud

[graceful sable]

I mean that’s your choice. I’ve used 20 spoons to kill 5 zeds before

Not worth a entire muldraugh worth of silverware for but quite the experience

[heavy zodiac]

respect 😭

[graceful sable]

Tavern brawler helped

[heavy zodiac]

yeah that definitely was your heavy carry lol

i just love the axe as its extremely durable and you can easily find one

[graceful sable]

Yeah but I like drip so I don’t like ripping clothes

[heavy zodiac]

i just repair them 😂

this is my current drip rn

[graceful sable]

Tailoring is a lot of work for not much gain imo

It can protect you at high levels but also makes you unbearably hot during summer

The key is to never get hit

[heavy zodiac]

good thing its february rn

i always start on jan 1

[graceful sable]

happy new year

No electricity?

[heavy zodiac]

lol nope, no electricity

that went out on the 15th of last month

im based up in ravens creek rn

[graceful sable]

Oh I mean when you start

[graceful sable]

W I had a awesome long term base there

[heavy zodiac]

usually whenever you choose to start, after 14-30 days is when the power goes out

water went out same time power did

[graceful sable]

Dang

[heavy zodiac]

my friends and my brother have raided all the checkpoints already, as well as every gun shop possible

in ravens creek anyways

we still have to visit the gun shops around KY

[graceful sable]

Yeah I cleared the entire town, I mean as best as I could because it’s huge

[heavy zodiac]

ive also made the game harder because im playing with deficate and urinate mod

[graceful sable]

Louis is a long drive away

[heavy zodiac]

thats what our UH-60 Blackhawk is for ✌️

[graceful sable]

There’s a reason it’s not in the game lol

[graceful sable]

Heli? I always felt like that was cheating because they can’t harm you at all.

[heavy zodiac]

they for sure can hurt you. theyre loud as hell

[graceful sable]

Yeah but don’t they have guns?

[heavy zodiac]

its not the helicopter that hurts you, its the zombies all running towards you

[graceful sable]

Yeah

Ik

[heavy zodiac]

they do but they only take 556 and shoot in the direction youre facing

i doubt anyone is going to use the guns on the heli

you can just pop open a window and shoot

[heavy zodiac]

thats what makes it fun lmao

[graceful sable]

Lol still you can always fly away and they won’t touch you

[heavy zodiac]

they can still break your heli even if youre in the air

you cant hover, you have to always stay moving

its what makes landing it extremely sketchy

[graceful sable]

That’s goofy

[heavy zodiac]

sadly its not foolproof but its a nice mod

[rotund sluice]

what do you usually use?

[heavy zodiac]

Axe

Or firearms