cowboymrh

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  1. Knowing what I know now, I would probably make the 1 hour (gametime) hike to the preppers bunker below the rope in CV to stay the night when on Timberwolf Mountain. It's easy enough to hike to and from to the Mountaineers Hut and theirs no wolves to worry about. And you can get a full nights sleep there without worrying about freezing!

    Much would depend on my condition. If I was above 80%, I'd stay at the hut and only sleep 2 hours at a time. plus I'd make sure I have about 10 hours worth of wood in the hut at all times. But it's obvious to me now, that sleeping in the mountaineers hut at night without a fire is "Russian Roulette".

     

  2. 3 hours ago, June said:

    Man, thanks for that warning! I´m on day 70 on Interloper, sleeping confident in the Mountaineer´s hut for over 10 days now. I won´t ever do this again without fire. Your death wasn´t in vain! ;P

    That does make me feel better because it's a real "bummer" of a way to die!!

    You think everything is going great, all is well, no worries, ....................then BAM!!!!!  It's like getting punched in the gut!

    I wish I could have noticed how cold it actually got, but it all happened so fast!

    I do wish there was a way you could wake up and start a fire when something like that happens so you at least have a fighting chance!

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  3. Day 68 of my latest Interloper run!  Was feeling on top of the world!!  Just made it down from the summit of Timberwolf Mountain! Found 3 boxes of matches, a fire striker, and some other cool stuff.

    I left about 16 hours of wood in the fishing hut by the mountaineers cabin, so I was doing everything right! I've got this difficulty level dialed in now!!

    Rested a couple hours then spent the last 4 hours of darkness, and the rest of the day fishing!! My condition is about 60% but I'm not worried! I've got plenty of fish, lots of water.

    All I've got to do is get a good nights sleep, get my condition up over 80 or 90, and I can head back down to Coastal Highway after a successful trip to Timberwolf Mountain!

    I've got about 48 degrees clothing bonus warmth so I don't even have to bother making a fire in the mountaineers hut before I go to bed!  ..............WRONG!!!

    It's a perfectly calm beautiful night so I select "8 HOURS" of sleep so I'll wake up fully rested!!

    As soon as I hit sleep, a massive cold storm moves in and I helplessly watch myself go hypothermic then slip into the long dark in a matter of a second!!! ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    I sit there in front of my computer screen for what seemed like 5 minutes in utter disbelief of what had just happened!!

    Are you kidding me????      68 days of struggles, challenges, and close calls................... and "THAT'S" HOW I DIE??? 

     

    It's now been a week since I've played!

     

    EDIT:

    Of course my first thought was to blame the DEVS for my death!! .......  I'm too good a player to die like that!!  It can't be my fault!! It's those damn game developers who screwed up somehow, not me!!!

    I've slept in the Mountaineers Hut several times all night without a fire with much less clothing bonus!! ................ Then it hit me!!

    Those times I slept in the hut without a fire........ I was lucky there was no storm!! Had there been a storm, I would have died much sooner!!

    It was not a matter of how the DEVS designed the game!  It was a matter of my luck running out!! I got too over confident! ......and got schooled!!

    I'll start another run soon........ just need to lick my wounds for a bit!!   LOL

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