So I’ve been thinking about the fact that their are a lot of bodies that do not have firearms near them especially soldiers and police officers.
I thought that instead of having a few corpses with weapons nearby that you can pick up, why not have a broken weapon that functions like a box you can loot.
these “loot boxes” has the appearance of the weapons you can pick up or get introduced to later in the game (possibly weapons that isn’t in the game) but on closer inspection would indicate that they ar non functional.
These doesn’t even have to lootable just add it as props so you can see dead Soviet soldiers with broken AK’s or Swedish soldiers with broken AG4 or AG5
Weapon loot boxes ideas I have in mind are
- Rifles with bent barrels, bullet holes or other damage
- Granatgevär M/49 that looks like its been crushed by something heavy, like a tank or harvester.
- Possibly a bent or crushed RPG-7 (since why wouldn’t the soviet use them against “armored” machines)
The loot boxes would contain small amounts of ammunition and possibly a higher chance to find attachements like scopes, extended mags, etc. for the weapon.
For example: a destroyed AG 4 can contain
- 1-5 rounds of 7.62mm ammo
- chance to find suitable sight, magazine or muzzle attachment
I propose that this could be the main method to find attachements to your firearm
instead of randomly finding attachements for your weapons on runners, hunters, harvesters (okay harvesters can make some sense) and tanks or in a toolbox in a barn on some farm
I know this would be a lot of work, with loot tables and models etc. So that’s why I also proposed the idea of having them as simple props with no gameplay function.
I think it would be beneficial for the world building of this game