Pliers made useful (and simple base building)

[finnpalm 312]

1: Make pliers able to cut open wire fences. Irl what you basically do when creating an opening in a wire fence is cut along a vertical line and then pull the fence apart like curtains, this would work such in-game that a section of undamaged wire fence is replaced with a section of cut open fence.

2: Add rolls of metal wire as loot. These can be used to mend broken fence. Irl this works such that you pull the broken fence together and "sew" it together with the metal wire. In game this action replaces a section of broken fence with a section of undamaged fence. Metal wire can later be given additional uses as desired.

3: Add simple pad locks and keys, and/or combination pad locks. These would work similar to hand cuffs but are used to keep gates shut. They can be broken open by hitting them with some of the melee weapons (axe, crowbar, pipe wrench) or shooting them with a firearm.

And voila you have basic base building.

Imagine finding a compound encircled by wire fencing and a gate, with a house inside. You and your mates get to work gathering the supplies and clearing out zombies. Then you mend all the fences and place gas lamps along the inside of the fence to be able to see people trying to sneak up in the cover of night to cut their way inside.

 

EDIT: Potentially to make pad locking a gate make more sense there could be pieces of chain as loot in industrial areas that are needed to fix the pad lock to the gate. These chains could perhaps also double as a melee weapon.

Edited March 7, 2014 by Strawman

[charliepow 100]

This is actually a very good idea, and I can imagine it wouldn't be too hard to implement and wouldn't tax much resources at all (well as much as the server knowing which doors are opened/closed)

[alldaypk 63]

This sounds incredibly simple, but for it to be any real base, it needs containers, though that's not far away.

[rickenbacker 190]

1: Make pliers able to cut open wire fences. Irl what you basically do when creating an opening in a wire fence is cut along a vertical line and then pull the fence apart like curtains, this would work such in-game that a section of undamaged wire fence is replaced with a section of cut open fence.

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You're thinking of wire cutters, not pliers. Pliers might be useful for putting fences together, though. 

[finnpalm 312]

You're thinking of wire cutters, not pliers. Pliers might be useful for putting fences together, though. 

 

No, I'm thinking of combination pliers that can be used for cutting as well as "plying" (the Swedish name is kombitång). :)

 

As you can see that is the type that exist in the game currently:

 

Edited March 7, 2014 by Strawman

[alexeistukov 272]

Note: I am neutral however I do not torture people.

Pliers could be used to pull out the teeth of people or if you have some sort of tooth problem you could pull it out. They could also be used for pulling out bullets in gunshot wounds...pliers could become very useful very quickly soon.

[finnpalm 312]

Note: I am neutral however I do not torture people.

Pliers could be used to pull out the teeth of people or if you have some sort of tooth problem you could pull it out. They could also be used for pulling out bullets in gunshot wounds...pliers could become very useful very quickly soon.

 

Unfortunately the pliers in the game are too bulky to be used to remove bullets. Also without higher medical training it's dangerous to remove bullets because sometimes that makes it worse, risking further injury or the victim simply bleeding out. So basically you need to be a doctor to see if a bullet can be removed at all, without causing the victim's death upon removal.

[alexeistukov 272]

Unfortunately the pliers in the game are too bulky to be used to remove bullets. Also without higher medical training it's dangerous to remove bullets because sometimes that makes it worse, risking further injury or the victim simply bleeding out. So basically you need to be a doctor to see if a bullet can be removed at all, without causing the victim's death upon removal.

I agree.. basically the poor man's medical device though. With an extra risk of death or illness. Perhaps a new type of pliers (medical ones) could be added?

[hozzdutch 49]

Note: I am neutral however I do not torture people.

Pliers could be used to pull out the teeth of people

 

Wow. that's harsh.

[finnpalm 312]

I agree.. basically the poor man's medical device though. With an extra risk of death or illness. Perhaps a new type of pliers (medical ones) could be added?

 

Or you can just leave the bullet inside and patch up. ;)

 

I for one wouldn't mind a more extensive medical system in the game, but I'm not sure that everyone are that "hardcore" and want to fiddle around with sewing needles and catgut and quick-clot and Hyfin and nose tubes and whatnot.  :lol:

 

Oh you took a bullet to the chest? Let me patch that up with a Hyfin. Oh does that make you lose breath? Let me just peel back the hyfin a bit. Still losing breath? Probably ventilation pneumothorax then. Time to set a needle..

 

EDIT: Sorry. I'm derailing my own thread. Let's get back to talking about pliers!

Edited March 7, 2014 by Strawman