This is a great game/mod. Who dont love a post apocalyptic survivor horror game? Well, i do and so do you or else you wouldnt be here. Right? There is however some weaknesses in the core game mecanics. And the one that occupying me the most is the loot system. The way the loot system work now basicly forces all players into two cities, namly Cherno and Elektro (and Bereziono to a lesser extend) for the absolutly essesial supplies. Im not talking about weapons so much as medical supplies, antibiotics, blood, painkillers etc and things like matches and knives. Things you would not last very long without if you play the game as an survivor RPG. Iv spendt quite some time roaming the country side, visiting many of the smaller towns innland for things I can use to survive and its slim pickings to say the least. As a result I never run into other players around these towns. Wy? cos most (if not all) players a consentrated around the two, three major cities and the two airports, making any visit there much more like playing counter strike than a zombie survivor game. I swear, my impression after playing for a few weeks now, there must be hundreds and hundreds of players who's sole purpose it seems is to lay in wait and kill other players. Made all that simpler by the fact that around a handfull of key buildings there are created viritual kill zones leaving the rest of this massive map uninhabitated. I have no problem with people that love running around in Cherno, gunning down anything that moves per se, I would just avoid going downtown so to speak if I could but I cant. I need a certain minimum of items to survive and to find them I have to go to one or two of these buildings and run the gauntlet between swats of these addolesant killer flies (lord of the flies anyone?) To put it simple, all I would like to see is a better spread of the resources so that not everyone would have to hug the coastline between the the big cities. And before anyone goes all ' I dont play like that, I have a camp up north, I survive, I have resources etc' Yes, if you are part of a team, have helis and a fleet of cars etc things a a lot easier (as it should be may I add) I more often than not play as a lone survivor or as a party of two and like the aspect of these small raids into small towns for food and water and some shotgun ammo if Im lucky, mayby even a decent hunting rifle with a scope.Stuff like that.
