angelofdev

I would like to see humanity system improved. The issue: The humanity system is flawed in the way 'humanity' is gained/lost. Regaining humanity takes too long. Almost Insta-bandit when defending from survivors who initiate the fire-fight. If you managed to bandage or give blood transfusions to a survivor you only gain minuscule amount of humanity. Not even close enough to help those with -15000 humanity debt. Even if you managed to gain +2000 humanity in a couple hours, an encounter with a survivor that shoots first, loots & talks later causes loss of progress in an instant. Possible improvements: - The more players be it survivor/bandits around you the more chance of better loot around the place. Or Less zombies spawning. Or Increased humanity gain. This is purely to plant an idea in the players head that working with others can get you to accomplish more than you would alone. Whether its in the form of safety in numbers or an improved chance of finding valuable loot. This also makes having a campfire/base with a few players more valuable. - There are plenty of churches in the game. Maybe make it so if you go in/near the church your humanity increases at an increased rate. While killing in/near the church causes an increased loss of humanity. - Maybe gain more humanity by killing zombies or saving other survivors/bandits from zombies? - Players with positive humanity have increased chance of better drops around their vicinity. While players with negative humanity get a slightly reduced chance of drops/better drops around them. Closing Statement: As you see I'm not suggesting bullshit ideas such as bandits not being able to reload their weapon or run away from zombies while survivors get bathed in golden guns/ammunition & buffets of delicious food. These ideas are purely karmic. In hopes of helping to improve it. As is the reason of participating in an alpha.

I was a survivor once. Got killed by every survivor I came across. Changed my stance to shoot first talk never. Now I'm alive for days rather than minutes. Tried to gain humanity back. But when you've got a bandit skin, screaming "I'm friendly" in the chatbox/voip = no happy ending. Humanity is way too hard to regain. Even if I managed to bandage or give blood transfusions to a survivor I only gained minuscule amount of humanity. Not even close enough to help me out of -15000 humanity debt. Even if I managed to gain +2000 humanity an encounter with a survivor caused loss of progress. This game is flawed not in the survivor/bandit transition but in the way Humanity was gained/lossed. There are plenty of churches in the game. Maybe make it so if you go in/near the church your humanity increases at an increased rate. While killing in/near the church causes an increased loss of humanity. If you find that causes certain people to get offended maybe gain more humanity by killing zombies or saving other survivors/bandits from zombies? Or even make it that people with a positive humanity get more/better drops around their vicinity. While players with negative humanity get a slightly less/normal drops around them.