First of all, I love the game. Me and my friends had a blast. It’s original and atmospheric. I love all the details, I love feeling that we need tactics to succeed… At first.
Today I found my first experimental weapon when I joined a multiplayer game. I got lucky, they killed a reaper just after I joined. I was thrilled when I found the .50 cal exp sniper! I couldn’t wait to try it.
Now I feel like a railgun god. I feel like those robots are a joke suddenly. There is no challenge anymore.
This weapon (and maybe more) is way to powerful. They don’t stand a chance.
This took off the best aspect of the game. Survival, tactics and fear of the enemy.
At first, we were planning attacks, coordinating etc…
Now I’m just master chief on steroids!
These weapon can feel powerfull without removing the challenge. I believe they need to be toned down in order to keep interest in the aspects that make generation zero a unique game.
Thanks for reading and feel free to add your input!
Yeah some exp. weapons are way too powerful. If you find the exp. Kvm 59 with a fully extended magazine the game becomes extremely easy even if you play on Guerilla.
I too got the exp Pvg a couple of weeks ago and immediately quit my Guerilla savegame instantly. This is no fun. Instead I started a fresh game with the premise not to use any exp. weapons.
Maybe you can put your exp. Pvg in the Plundra and move on from there using just regular guns?
If you don’t like it, don’t use it, simple as that…
And imho for a solo player these weapons are very welcome to get rid of a large bunch of machines when the shit hits the fan and the small “hey I shoot these pack of runners”-fight fastly evolves to a huge “every damned machine from the vicinity joins in”-fight with tanks, harvesters and a huge bunch of hunters and runners…
So for me it’s no thanks, leave the Exp weapons as they are and if you don’t like them, don’t use them…
As for me - every 10th lobby isn’t adventure, every 5th lobby doesn’t have exp pvg90 or exp kvm59 because host didn’t found it yet and then here and there drop in high-level and high-gear player. MP game instantly become dull and that sound of that gun wore on me to cringeness…
I mean due to their power and factor of ammo recycling, it’s rare to see lobbies with more diverse gameplay.
I’m thinking, perhaps the PVG90 could use a delay between each shot? Charge up the coils before firing, similar to the weapon that Tanks carry, to make it more balanced
“Charged shot”? Could use that.
Hold down fire button to charge coils. 2 sec should be good spot.
Extra - firemodes: “semi-auto” equals 5* pvg90, “charge” - for slow and powerful shots.
The big problem for me is that I can’t play multiplayer with other random players and even some friends. There is always someone running around with an exp blasting everything to pieces. The exp weapons ruined the fun part of the game.
You could change things slightly so that the exp weapons need their own specific ammo rather than using the same as their regular counterparts. If it is harder to come by or manufacture then it would mean using the exp weapons becomes a far more tactical choice.
As far as making the game harder I would change the way that the rivals and reaper spawn to FNIX reacting to you as an escalating threat. Kill enough regular machines and progress the story far enough and the rivals get deployed. Do the same with the rivals and the reaper is unleashed. But in between the rivals and reaper deployment I would have a dedicated hunter killer mech based around a modified Stridsvagn 103 that plays to the strengths and weaknesses of the tank (such as the autoloader allowing the main gun to fire every 2-3 seconds but only having 50 rounds to use before it has to rearm) and having it chase players around the entire map not just sections of it.
I play solo and I don’t think it’s easy at all, not even with the PVG.
But if you attack with four people, it is obviously a lot easier. If you don’t have 4 times as much enemies shooting at you, as when you play alone. I often have more than 20 machines firing at me. You should have 80.
What I don’t understand is that now people are saying the game is too easy, while others are requesting bigger Plundra space, easier and quicker sorting the inventory, better loot spawning pool, more skills, higher chance for weapons dropping, all these requests help to make the game easier.
I admit I use the exp pvg and lmg and I still get hammered when playing certain parts of the map solo so at the moment I think that the balance is more or less in the right place.
The bigger plundra space I can understand to a degree, especially with base building coming in. In fact I would suggest splitting the plundra in the same way Fallout 1st does so that you end up with 2 seperate containers, one for building/crafting materials and the other for weapons, ammo etc and then use the equipment you find to arm npc characters you find/rescue in game that can act as guards, scavengers and specialists for your base. This would add an additional dimension to the game as firstly you would have to plan ahead when it came to where you build your base to give the best defensive bonuses as well as the most space for expansion but also constantly search for building materials and food/ammo/weapons/medical supplies etc to maintain and fortify your base against the inevitable attacks.
I agree that in solo, it’s a whole different game. Maybe make ennemies stronger when there is more than 1 people? (Boost damage increase and health of ennemies even more with adaptative difficulty)
I believe Base Building has it own area cut off from the main game, so best we wait and see what the devs have created. If there is a special resources pundra in that area, it should at least not be available in the main game.
