H1Z1 - Zombie apocalypse sandbox from SOE

Yeah I think they are mainly trying to balance the loot atm, kinda pointless imo though as the map is not full size yet so they will have to go through it all again. Might as well just leave the loot then balance it when map is complete. Map size should really be on top of the list I would have thought, then raise player count, work on stability again. After that loot/content. But hey I am no dev and have no idea how it should be done, but that order makes sense to me for some reason.
 
Witcher1979 said:
Yeah I think they are mainly trying to balance the loot atm, kinda pointless imo though as the map is not full size yet so they will have to go through it all again. Might as well just leave the loot then balance it when map is complete. Map size should really be on top of the list I would have thought, then raise player count, work on stability again. After that loot/content. But hey I am no dev and have no idea how it should be done, but that order makes sense to me for some reason.
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fair point. that's how I'd be looking at it. but I aint no dev either so maybe there are certain steps they have to follow coding wise?
 
Is this just another pay to win game ? If so it seems to be a common issue nowadays, " This isn't a pay to win game, however if you pre order we will give you this and this and this ".
 
No. The only thing you can buy are airdrops which drop around the map and have a like 10% chance to give you a gun. But you still have to get to the drop and others can steal it and kill you.
 
Witcher1979 said:
Yeah I think they are mainly trying to balance the loot atm, kinda pointless imo though as the map is not full size yet so they will have to go through it all again. Might as well just leave the loot then balance it when map is complete.
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The problem with that is the types and quantity of loot is a major factor in how people play the game. If you play for 6 months with 100s of guns and ammo or food a plenty, you will get used to playing in a style suiting lots of guns, ammo and food. If six months later after increasing the map size they remove 80% of the items, you may then be put off playing, because the style of play will be completely different.
If they adjust loot now before people have got into a play style, it will be better.
As the map size increases, the loot quantity will increase, and they can then adjust it again to bring it back to how they want it.

It happens with a lot of alphas, a major change in game mechanic too far into production can alienate players.
 
Nice, funny though my shack was untouched for two weeks. I found a decent spot, although it only takes one random lost person to find it lol. Think I will build there again though after this wipe.
 
Servers will come down at 7AM for approximately 4 hours.

This will include a full server wipe and only allow for one character per server after the patch.

Release Notes

  • Sitting will cancel auto-run.
  • Fixed a bug where players can interrupt equip actions too quickly.
  • Fixed an issue where ammo count could become incorrect if you interrupt a reload action.
  • Objects making noise above or below you in a multi-story building will now be properly attenuated.
  • Added slight zoom to all guns and bows in Iron Sight mode.
  • Lowered sway on .308 rifle while in scoped mode.
  • Fixed an issue with hydration burning too fast when stamina was full.
  • Fixed a bug that would occasionally cause oddities on SLI setups
  • Dropping an item from a world container places it at the players feet instead of the world container origin. The latter would hide it in the world container model.
  • Vehicle stability adjustments – angular damping, moment of inertia, center of mass, tire friction and steering range tuning on the OffRoader, PickupTruck and PoliceCar.
  • Working on getting the vehicles to be more stable and less likely to abruptly roll or flip (this will still be possible on rocks, rough terrain, and player placed objects) but trying to make them more fun and survivable.
  • Fixed /respawn on PvE servers.
  • Fixed self-damage on PvE servers; the players may be the source of damage to themselves without mitigation.
  • Made players names reusable across servers. Names on each server must still be unique.
  • Battle Royale: Cleaned up gas after matches.
  • Battle Royale: gas damage reduced.
  • Fixed certain points of interest not getting reported when players entered.
  • Limited players to one character per server.
  • Recipe Changes
  • The makeshift shovel recipe now requires a metal sheet instead of a metal shard.
  • The storage container recipe now requires more materials.
  • The barbed wire recipe now requires wood planks and more metal shards.
  • The snare recipes now requires more metal shards.
  • The dew collector recipe now requires more wood planks and wood sticks.
  • The ground tiller recipe now requires more metal shards.
  • Bulk Changes - Many bulk changes have been made in an effort to meet somewhere in the middle of realistic and not annoying.
  • Canned food is 25 instead of 100.
  • All instances of water bottles are 25 instead of 50.
  • Backpacks are 150 instead of 600.
  • Military backpacks are 500 instead of 1400.
  • Car batteries 300 instead of 100.
  • Car fuel is 100 instead of 10.
  • Wood logs are 50 instead of 100.
  • Wood planks are 25 instead of 50.
  • Campfires are 50 instead of 100.
  • Scrap Metal is to 25 instead of 5.
  • Metal Sheets are 100 instead of 50.
  • Metal Pipes are 150 instead of 50.
  • Shirts are 50 instead of 100.
  • Jeans are 50 instead of 100.
  • Many melee weapons have had their bulk reduced.
  • First aid kits are 25 instead of 10.
  • All meat is 15 instead of 5.
  • Rifle ammo is 2 instead of 1.
  • Shotgun shells are 5 instead of 1.
  • Arrows are 5 instead of 1.
  • Shirts can now only hold 50 bulk instead of 90.
  • Pants can now only hold 50 bulk instead of 100.
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It's better than standalone yes, is it better than the mod? It depends as the mod was the starting point for all the open world zombie games and had a certain nostalgia about it which is hard to beat. H1Z1 certainly works and runs better than both and if they keep adding and expanding it could easily end up the best out of the lot.
 
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