What stages of StandAlone would you set the Outbreak in?

[iashford 73]

Now I'm not sure if this has been ever discussed, but I'm genuinely interested in what kind of setting people mostly like?

Initial outbreak :

The initial outbreak is obviously within the first week or so where it has become out of control. To me, this means:

- Supplies would be plentiful (Loads of household weapons, food, clothing, etc)

- Environments (buildings, etc) will be relatively clean and in their normal structure

- Electricity still running in some areas, trains still operational etc.

- Avatars still dressed and looking Normal

- Military Presence is high (i.e military blockades, military camps set up in large areas, helicopters flying over, dropping off supplies, etc)

- Zombies look fresh

- Vehicles are plentiful

- Fresh bodies everywhere

- If possible, NPC's inside barricaded houses telling you to go away, or seeing them getting ravaged to death

Early Months:

The early months of an outbreak would still have a hopeful looking setting, despite being out of control. Think season 1/2 of the walking dead and the walking dead game:

- Supplies made less available, but things such a civilian clothing and household weapons are still plentiful

- Environments starting to look more run down with broken windows, crashed cars, etc. However, a lot of remote areas still looking fairly untouched, like farms, small towns etc.

- Electricity very rarely works, and if it does, only in random areas and flickering.

- Avatars still dressed in normal civilian clothes, but looking a little haggard.

- Military Presence is low (i.e overrun military blockades with dead army corpses, military camps have less supplies, less helicopters flying over, less supply drops, etc)

- Still a lot of fresh zombies, but a few rotten ones shambling around

- Fair amount of vehicles, but with parts taken out

A year or so after outbreak:

This is a year+ after the initial outbreak, and the hopeful setting is almost gone. Think season 3 of the walking dead, or the 2 episodes of the walking dead game:

- Supplies are far less available. Difficult to find new clothing, weapons, food, etc.

- Environments are close to run down, loads of houses boarded up, rubble everywhere etc. Very few remote places look untouched.

- Electricity is completely gone

- Avatars are dressed in civilian gear, but extremely haggard looking (i.e torn clothes, etc).

- Military Presence rare. Dilapidated military blockades, military camps are overrun with little to no supplies, barely any helicopters flying around, no supply drops

- Less fresh zombies, mainly rotten ones

- Less vehicles with most parts gone

Years after outbreak, the world has collapsed:

This is after all hope has gone and the world is now overrun. This is 'The Road' sort of setting:

- Supplies are extremely rare

- Environments are completely run down, buildings falling apart, no where looks 'nice and safe'. Very bleak and depressing.

- Electricity is completely gone

- Avatars are dressed in makeshift clothes, very homeless looking

- No military presence. Everything where the military use to be is picked clean.

- Mainly rotten zombies

- Extremely rare vehicles with parts taken out, and made rare to find.

Personally my favourite setting is 'A year or so after the outbreak'. Everything looks overrun bar a few areas, military presence is still there but made rare, people dressed normally but war-torn looking. I like the road kind of setting, but I still prefer the game to look like everything still could be inhabitable.

[beastoverlord 574]

I would say Week 1... or at least that seems about where the mod currently is.

[burritoman259 593]

Isn't the mod based 18 months into the apocalypse?

[Guest]

Just over a year or so. It would be cool to occasionaly find a small group of npc troops being overrun and you could sit back and watch or help them slightly, The more chaos the better I say, as that what the beginning would be like :)

[Sutinen 635]

I would say Week 1... or at least that seems about where the mod currently is.

Not on week one, not even close.. Have you seen those salvaged cars and rubble all around roads?

[Dayz Steve 26]

As it its