breetai3

Ive answered this already on the first page. Here it is: "That is not true. With the starter kit you had everything you need to start heading wherever you wanted to go and assume you'll start gathering things along the way. You had enough to survive travel to another area. There was no instant requirement of gear gathering that makes you do silly things like aggro entire areas because it's simply easier that way to get stuff quicker than traditional sneak and gather. It's turned the coastline into the standard FPS style video game where living doesn't matter. I'm not even asking for the traditional starter kit. Just give me a blunt object. Heck take the painkillers in trade. Wink"

99% of the surviving population would be able to use a rock....

Well that's fine and it sounds like you haven't died so haven't had to experience what I'm talking about. But others have and happily I'm seeing by posting here that I'm not the only person who felt this way. My survivor has indeed always been a precious commodity to me....until last night. That's really my point.

But why bother when your chances are reduced? Why should I bother running inland for 15 minutes with nothing when i will respawn again on the coast if I die? Much easier to act like "the roadrunner" as someone else said, and finding what you need in the spawn areas. I'm the Dad of a 7 year old. It's all about conservation of play time for me because I don't get enough of it. =)