permanent second base | 7 Days To Die | Page 1

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 3:26 PM

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That's amazing, Tina, but I'm curious how you still have fairly "humble" tools by day 134

summer solstice Aug 30, 2024, 3:34 PM

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Shes just playing it slow!

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 3:38 PM

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summer solstice Shes just playing it slow!

Agreed, I'm not going to speed through 7 Days to die and get bored of it in a couple months. I like to take it nice and slow to enjoy the game

summer solstice Aug 30, 2024, 3:39 PM

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Im more suprised you've been making it through the hordes with these weapons, impressive

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 3:40 PM

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@summer solstice the stone hatchet is it's mainly used for construction. When it comes to fighting zombies, it's using the hunting knife , AK-47 and double barrel shotgun

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 3:57 PM

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@summer solstice @light stirrup now I was thinking of this one second. But it had a lot of bear traffic which would make it hard to defend it. The plus side it had a two-bay car garage, enough room to modify to my specifications , working vending machine, underground water line system which could be used for defensive measures. And close to trader joel But considering where it was I thought would cost a little too much materials to keep up maintenance

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Now if I could have gotten help trying to make the defenses for this place. because I have no idea what I'm doing. This would have been perfect

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 4:01 PM

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I'm good at building and defense

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 4:02 PM

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@light stirrup I'll hit you up later then. I really could use some help. If you can help me with this. This will be my number one base

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 4:03 PM

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Yeah sure, I have a few things to do and then I will probably take a look at it in the POI teleporter menu to see what the weak points and strong points are

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I'll let you know when I'm back too

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 4:46 PM

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@vague egret what makes this location ideal to you? Just the proximity to the trader?

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 4:57 PM

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light stirrup <@768191253396848700> what makes this location ideal to you? Just the proximity ...

Well, I wanted a base with a vehicle Bay, enough room to modify to my standards inside the building, close proximity to a trader, out in the middle of nowhere so I do not get that much traffic, a emergency secluded area in case I get overrun by zombies, a working vending machine and a area that's easy to make defenses

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:01 PM

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Weak entry points

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:02 PM

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Yeah, I'm aware I'm going to have to block those off. No biggie

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:02 PM

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Underground tunnel

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1 layer asphalt and 1 layer stone above the tunnel

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2100 hp

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:03 PM

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Thanks for pointing it out. I might as well stick to the other location

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:04 PM

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This isn't a bad location just requires a bit of elbow grease

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Let me check the other location

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:05 PM

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It's on the opposite side of the trader on the end of the road. Can't miss it

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:10 PM

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I would prefer the Carl's Cars location if it were me personally

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I checked out Jerry's Fill and the first thing I always check is the HP of the blocks that support the structure. Carl's has concrete walls and supports, 5000 hitpoints each, while Jerry's only has brick, 1200 hitpoint blocks. There were a few concrete supports in Jerry's but not enough to make me confident in it's structural integrity. Carl's is also closer to the trader by about 100 meters it seems, and it fits nicely within the borders of a default size land claim block:

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:12 PM

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Nice! There's one other problem with that location. It is slight but needs to be dealt with. The garage doors don't open

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:12 PM

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They need to be broken ^^

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Also there are no 4m by 4m doors to replace them

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:13 PM

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I'll have to adjust it to be the next size down even though it will look awkward a little bit

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I think it was a 3x2

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:16 PM

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It's 4 meters by 3 meters

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:16 PM

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That will have to do

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:16 PM

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I placed a garage door there to see if a 4x4 truck could still drive inside, good news is that it can

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vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:16 PM

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Nice!

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:17 PM

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vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:17 PM

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Looks good

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:18 PM

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Yeah, I'm willing to help if you have more questions but at the end of the day it's going to be your base not mine so I'll leave the main design up to you

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:18 PM

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Okay

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The only thing I would need help with is the defenses. I'm not very good with it yet

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I mean other than the building itself

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:21 PM

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The main concern regarding building defenses is to give the zombies as few paths to reach you as possible while ensuring that their main path never gets broken or otherwise bypassed

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Basically you want to funnel them all to one point which would ideally be the strongest part of your base

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You can put traps along their route or whatever but most of the time it's not necessary if done correctly

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Are you planning on using it as a main base AND a horde base?

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:23 PM

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Absolutely not. Making a separate one for that

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:24 PM

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Ok I mean yeah then it's pretty easy

vague egret Aug 30, 2024, 5:29 PM

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light stirrup Ok I mean yeah then it's pretty easy

It's a pretty basic design. It's an old garage that has been modified to steel plating and a ladder that goes to a hatch to the second floor. On the second floor. There's two shotgun turrets aimed at the hatch. So when zombies get up they're there. Shot down by shotgun shells. Pretty simplistic

light stirrup Aug 30, 2024, 5:36 PM

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A very simple concept I came up with at the front entrance