Wastelander

Die kriegst du fast überall, zumindest da wo ich lebe, bei mir gibt's die sogar beim Penny um die Ecke, da gibt's auch Steamkarten und Amazongutscheine und den ganzen Schmarrn, nur die gute Thomy-Remoulade haben die nicht mehr, da haben die meiner Ansicht nach ihre Prioritäten falsch gesetzt  einfach mal bei Media Markt, Tankstellen, Kiosken und Supermärkten rumschauen, ansonsten bieten auch einige Geldinstitute da an. Ist für mich persönlich echt von Vorteil weil ich aufgrund einiger Dummheiten meinerseits ne echt negative SchuFa habe, aber andererseits auch viel aus dem Ausland bestelle.

Falls dir ne kleine Jahresgebühr nix ausmacht: http://www.kreditkartenvergleich.net/insidecard.html

On 4.10.2016 at 7:41 PM, Muk_Pile said:

If this ability were to be implemented into the game, then I think it should only be feasible once you've leveled up a certain skill as a hunter (either archery, rifle, or carcass harvesting skill, if not a combination of them), since not only do you have to match the pitch of a wolf's howl, but also it's specialized frequency that prevents such howls from echoing; at best, I'd imagine the wolves would react to your novice calls in a similar manner as one would generally respond to the slurred hoots and advances of a drunken barfly.

You're onto something there - combining skills for additional effects, I like that.

Nachdem meine Mutter meine kleine Singleküche kürzlich als "desolat" beschrieben hat als sie kurz zu Besuch war hab ich mir echt überlegt das Desolation-Point-Poster zu erwerben um damit meine Küchentür zu schmücken  Aber ja, die Versandkosten sind natürlich happig.

Das gute an so Prepaid-Kreditkarten ist dass du damit echt international einkaufen kannst weil ja nicht jedes Land Direktüberweisungen akzeptiert, aus welchem Grund auch immer. Außerdem sind deine Daten und deine Kohle sicherer als mit 'ner normalen, sowas kann ja geklaut oder gehackt werden. Und du hast halt wie erwähnt perfekte Kostenkontrolle, für jemanden wie mich der im finanziellen Bereich durchaus an die Grenzen der Selbstbeherrschung kommt (Impulskäufer 4 life, heute erst ne neue Gasmaske bestellt die ich eigentlich nicht brauche, aber ich fand sie cool) ist das extrem praktisch.

Hm, im Zweifelsfall gibt's ja bei Media Markt und so diese aufladbaren Kreditkarten, da hat man glücklicherweise volle Kostenkontrolle und die Schufa muss ja auch nicht alles wissen

Habe leider keine Antwort auf deine Frage, würde aber gerne eine hinzufügen wenn du gestattest - wie sieht das mit der Bezahlung aus wenn man nicht über Visa, Mastercard etc. verfügt sondern nur über das ganz normale Girokonto der Sparkasse? Visa und Mastercard krieg ich höchstwahrscheinlich nicht, und PayPal mag ich nicht. 

6 hours ago, Scyzara said:

Fluffy was dressed inappropriately for my fishing hut party. 

Next time I'm playing, I'll have to make a tea party screenshot with dead animals and cups of tea.

13 hours ago, miah999 said:

As for a crossbow, I don't know how common these things are in Canada. If they are quite common then finding one may not be out of the question, but I do feel it would be redundant to the current bow. Unless Hinterland would like to develop a deep complex system of weapon mechanics and stats, having multiple weapons of the same class (i.e. more than one rifle type) would not serve much point, other than aesthetic.

Hypothetically speaking, if a crossbow were to be added, it would be vastly superior to the bow. I am basing what I'm about to say on a relatively modern sporting crossbow - I stand firmly against the idea of a crafted crossbow, these things are complicated if one does not know what they're doing (trust me, I tried. Blood was shed.) The reason the crossbow quickly chased the bow off of Europe's battlefields in the middle ages is it's simplicity of use - it takes much, much less effort and time to train a crossbowman than it does to train a bowman. Then there's the increased stopping power and the fact that the shorter, thicker bolts tumble inside wounds and cause much more tissue damage, not to mention it's armor-piercing capabilities which led the Pope to outlaw it's use against Christians since it made knights sort-of obsolete in his eyes, an order which was heard, understood and then largely ignored. Also, bows can more easily be fired out of embrasured and in a crouching position from cover, making them very valuable both offensively and defensively in siege warfare, which was almost all warfare until WW2.

The only upsides of a bow against the crossbow were the lower price due to easier manufacture, higher volume of fire and the ability to use (highly overrated) flaming arrows. Thus, when the crossbow came along, it became largely a hunting weapon and, in military use, a morale breaker (imagine 2000 flaming arrows heading your way and tell me you won't run away ). The often-quotes English chronicles that said that an arrow from a longbow could pierce plate armor are largely fabricated - for it to do so, it would have to hit in a perfect 90° angle at very short range, and when you're a bowman and someone wearing plate armor is in 'short range' to you, you have lost anyway.

Long story short: The crossbow is superior to the bow in almost every aspect, and in all aspects important to the game, unless we get to march in formation with other survivors (which, I must say, would become my new guilty pleasure)

So, how do we balance this?

For a modern crossbow, specialised bolts are used that can't be easily manufactured by hand. It's possible, but the cost may outweigh the benefits. Therefore, ammo could be really scarce. Then there's the issue of maintenance, since everything modern has a lot of moving parts, and moving parts tend to break - a Glock 19 is a better weapon than a rock, but the rock will last way longer. If we really want the bow and crossbow to be equal, sporting bolts could be the only available ammo, which would be around equal in piercing-power to a simple arrow.

I'll try digging up some literature on the topic next time I'm on Gutenberg, but I have exams coming up so don't rely on me.

12 hours ago, terryt3535 said:

Crossbows don't work what way?

I read your post as in merely slapping a bow on a stock. Seems you're aware of the necessary trigger though so I think I've misread that, sorry. Still, that takes some skills to make - skills people don't necessarily have.

2 hours ago, miah999 said:

Also duct tape would be nice in general, has a lot of uses even clothing repair.

This, although it should be reasonably rare to prevent overuse since it would make a lot of things very easy.

On 25.7.2016 at 2:36 AM, terryt3535 said:

If the PC can forge an improvised knife, they ought to be able to make a spear, even if it's just a knife at the end of a harvested rifle stock.

 

Spears can be even simpler than that - simply take a relatively straight, long stick, sharpen it and harden the tip over a fire. This has worked for around 50.000 years.

On 25.7.2016 at 2:36 AM, terryt3535 said:

There ought to be a skill book to read before you can use the forge.

 

Or several, actually. That's really hard stuff.

On 25.7.2016 at 2:36 AM, terryt3535 said:

Add a stock to the bow (crossbow) so you can fire it while crouching and don't have to worry about it releasing an arrow when your fingers get tired. Extra weight and slower to load should make up for it being a great stealth weapon.

Crossbows don't work this way, sorry. There's a good reason why the crossbow appeared several millenia after the bow - the trigger mechanism.

2 minutes ago, miah999 said:

It depends, the true old public domain works, can be used commercially with no fee. It varies by work, but you'd be surprised how many works can be found without any copyrights these days.

However, getting some original short stories or novellas written by fans could be awesome. 

Also never work for free. Trust me.

Oh, it wouldn't be completely free, trust me - if anything, I'd want at least some graffiti on the dam in a near-inaccessible spot saying "Sven is awesome!"

And yeah, originals would be awesome because that also includes the community in the development of something we cherish - it's not really a game changer, but it's a fun little bit. After all, humanity's all about cooperation (at least in my dream world ) 

19 hours ago, miah999 said:

What about an actual book or books? Project Gutenberg has tons of real book that are public domain, that could be included as a was to pass time. Read a page or two of a classic while you wait for that blizzard to pass. 

The idea is awesome, however, including them in TLD would be using them commercially so I guess Hinterland would still have to pay license fees. I'd be willing to write some stuff for Hinterland free of charge though - despite me being a grown up man, I am horifically good at writing cheesy romance fiction so cringeworthy you keep on reading it despite your brain melting because of the sheer stupidity of what you're reading

1 minute ago, continuity said:

My main point remains, if the game is allowing you to get into a situation where there is nothing you need to do except eat and sleep for in-game weeks at a time, then that's not particularly compelling gameplay and it needs to be fixed. Simply adding solitaire or some such is a sticking plaster where we need surgery.

This I can agree with, guess I misunderstood you earlier - sorry for that. Yeah, right now, the game really does need more things to get us going. However, my point also remains that games, arts and crafts or music should also become a part of the game to spend time, make trade goods and stave off cabin fever.

Just now, continuity said:

OK fair enough, except realism clearly is not a goal.  There are hundreds of design choices in this build that are clearly balanced for game reasons rather than realism.

This is true. However, a goal is still a goal if you haven't achieved it yet. Also, Hinterland have stated numerous times before that while they do aim for realism, they will never achieve true realism because it's a game, as you have stated. In true realism, the in-game time would have to be just like real time, wolves and bears would most likely be scared off by the player and suicide would be an option, unfortunately.

However, both your and my viewpoint are valid in this and I see where you're coming from - in the end, it all boils down to personal tastes, and I will respect those. Sorry if I seemed angry or something earlier.

22 minutes ago, continuity said:

Seriously, you guys are talking about adding another game inside this game because this game isn't engaging enough... and none of you see the problem with that? if a game isn't sufficiently engaging the player that is the definition of bad game design.

Actually as far as I am concerned, we're talking about ways to pass time here so the stat bars go low enough for us to do useful things again. Also, there's emergent gameplay in every game - see Minecraft for a good example.

Another thing I'd like to add: We're striving for realism here, and as many others before me have stated, realistic survival is usually doing a whole lotta jack, and you've got to keep yourself occupied.

A hobby or something could also realistically alter gameplay as it is - stave off cabin fever, give a buff to the upcoming morale system, produce barter goods, improve skills...

We're not trying to add a 'game' to the game. We're trying to add content to the game, which is the very purpose of the Wish List forum. And we're not doing this because the game isn't 'engaging' enough, we're doing this because the game is in Alpha stage and maybe some input could help.

1 hour ago, cekivi said:

I don't think they can go in the hut. Fire or no I've always just had wolves run around them...

....I think I just found my next shelter-option.

On the topic of passing time as it is now - does anyone else give wolves or bears they see silly names? Right now, my character is being circled by Hundi (a wolf I named after a stuffed animal I had as a kid ) and a bear I randomly dubbed 'Noodles'

On 8.7.2016 at 8:36 PM, miah999 said:

Ohh, a 1000 piece puzzle you spend months completing only to find out that 1 piece was missing all along.

This would make me genuinely upset

Right now, I pass time by fishing - it's a fun activity I also enjoy in real life, and since fish doesn't have too many calories in the game, it sort of evens out when I spend a day (or a night) in a fishing hut. By the way, can wolves enter those? Because I remember fondly playing a few days ago, getting snowed in in a blizzard and spotting a wolf just outside the hut - seriously, way below detection range. It either didn't notice me (it didn't growl) or somehow couldn't enter... I even had a fire going!

Art is definitely a good idea! Let me elaborate here for a bit - the oldest signs of human sentience are tools and cave paintings. The latter came to existence partly for spiritual reasons, and partly because the human brain is pretty much hyperactive compared to the rest of the animal kingdom. We always need something to occupy us with.

11 hours ago, miah999 said:

Find a deck of cards and play solitaire, when the real time cooking gets added it might be neat to move some cards around while your dear stew boils down. 

That's a cool idea. I'd also be in the market for a harmonica!

These moments where I survive very narrowly but make a full recovery. Getting chased by wolves and sprinting down the mountainside in CH, hiking back to base after getting mauled by a bear and recovering from 2% condition... in these moments, I crack open a cold one and silently applaud my character for braving another day.

That and the fact that this game somehow makes me grateful for the things I have IRL. Guess I'm a bit pampered, but I wouldn't survive a day out there

How about wood carving? 'Spend' a random piece of wood and some durability of your knife to carve a Fluffy-miniature. Uses up time and calories and the aforementioned wood and knife condition. When NPCs are added it could even be a barter good.