Hiding in long grass, prying open car boots.

[Wargunner 55]

1. Having seen the new loot system I think adding extras like locked chests, doors and vehicle boots would create another aspect of scavenging. You would have to use a tool, such as a crow bar or even a hatchet, maybe even a lock pick to access these areas. Alternatively you could shoot at the lock, how ever it would make alot of noise and may not be worth it, risk vs reward sort of thing.

Perhaps adding levels of locks, ranging from old car boots to military security that may require explosives to open.

Examples:

- Searching a house for loot. Finding a locked chest/door. Open them with a tool such as a crow bar for additional loot.

- Bank vault, perhaps used earlier on by military personell for safe zones and storage. Would require explosives to loot what was once stashed inside.

The loot could be anything really, maybe food storage, maybe the family heir loom hunting rifle, maybe just even old family photos, documents, notes, jewellery that once held sentimental value (simply for immersions sake, perhaps even story line).

2. Fields of long grass, something you would expect to see. Maybe not everywhere, but something that can enable players to use strategy. Running through long grass would protect you from zombie and even player line of sight. Or in contrast, players could hide in it and wait for unaware victims to pass by.

Examples:

-Group of players scoping out a town. Using the long grass to enter it unseen by hordes of zombies surrounding the area.

- You are travelling along a road on foot. You hear a vehicle approaching from behind. You quickly jump into long grass on the side of the road to avoid detection.

- You are hidden in long grass waiting for your unaware victim. Once victim is close enough you may have your way with them.

Any criticism and thoughts on expanding upon these ideas would be awesome, thanks.

[harley001 315]

We kinda already have this. In certain places the crass is very tall and going prone makes you nearly impossible to see.

Though I understand what you mean. You are talking like wheat fields and stuff which i think would be nice addition to the landscape.

I like the loot system though so beans for that.

Edited March 10, 2013 by harley001

[Henryllex~ 407]

I like the grass idea, the problem is, we in the mod, we dont have more than 100m of actual grass, then the games just renders the basic ground texture, if they fix this in the standalone, it actually would be a pretty good adition, because, i remember a photo not too long ago, me being in grass that covers almost half my body (im very tiny, like 4 feet and 12 or so).

The locking system, seems pretty good, but the ones that requires explosives, you should ONLY get them from places like NWA/NWE.

Edited March 10, 2013 by Henryllex~