Rural exploration (keepin' it rural!)

[Thirdthorpe 87]

So I've noticed that when players need gear they either go to the cities or go to the airfields. Chernarus is a big beautiful map full of 90% rural areas so I was trying to think of ways that could make players enjoy the farmland experience as much as those big city lights. What I had in mind ran along the lines that most farmers in real life are avid hunters and as such would most likely have a good hunting rifle and/or shotgun in their homes. This is apparently true of Chararus due to the fact that there are hunting shacks all over the rural areas. So to jazz up the farmland experience I was thinking about having farmhouses have a strong chance at spawning bolt action hunting rifles, revolvers, or shotguns and ammo.

Additionally I was thinking that farmhouses being away from the city would be less likely to be picked over for useful items such as food, drinks, and tools so they could also have a higher chance of spawning these items. As it stands now when I'm running from point A to point B I rarely stop to inspect farmhouses because I know my chances of finding anything other than maybe a damaged shirt are slim.

[Snivel 12]

I totally agree ! But i think farmland attractiveness will come naturally as the zombies gets more dangerous, cities will become harder to loot than farms or shacks. Maybe when the devs will add all the survival aspects of the game (and the tools and objects that comes with it) we'll have a real reason to check out the occasional house or  hunting stand we might encounter during our journey because they'll be more likely to spawn survival tools and gear !

Maybe we can even think gameplays will divide into the survivalists who need to loot towns one time from another to replace this or this tool, or get more matches, and looters who will be reliant on looting big cities, killing players or banditry to stay stocked up on food and supplies, right now we all have to loot every town or city we encounter due to hunting and gathering not being implemented yet.

[Thirdthorpe 87]

Yeah, it seems like if you want medical gear and basic supplies you go to the cities, if you want military gear you go to the airfields, I was thinking that if you should want survival gear you go to the farmhouses.

Something else I thought would be interesting would be maybe one or two farmhouses in the middle of nowhere that have been fortified like a survivor has set up in them. Except the front door is broken in and the house is full of bloodstains. This would be a location with high amounts of survival drops like canned food, hunting gear, matches ect. Almost like a survivalists version of the airfield. One of the bigger farms that has several buildings on the property.

[haven923 65]

I would make the switch.  Right now, cities and airstrips dominate while lots of cities go untouched.  There are actually some awesome towns and military bases inland that are rarely touched because 1. They aren't a big city and 2. they aren't an airstrip.  Everyone knows how to get to those, but nobody knows the backwoods...

[Thirdthorpe 87]

I love the woods and hills most of all, I just wish there were some good loot spawns out there. I rarely, if ever, go to the cities. Its clear that Bohemia put a lot of time and effort into designing them.

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Definitely needs more loot for sure , although as of this point I think it's that way because of how loot works with the server. , it doesn't respawn and we all know we can't overload the servers so I'm sure there's only a small percentage of loot spawns active and more will be added when the servers are optimized .. Definitely need hunting gun spawns in hunting shacks asap thoughI mean c'mon ..

[gerbilschooler 229]

Farmhouses do spawn guns, or rather some of the barns do

[Scott61 93]

I've seen shotguns in the long animal barns mostly known for producing clothes

and the large mansion houses usually have Mosin's or shotguns and SKS's and that's in any village that has the large mansion house

I rarely go to large cities,and only do loot runs onto airfields or military bases to find a LRS for my Mosin I like to carry as my weapon of chopice.

[Thirdthorpe 87]

Yeah, I was refering more to the farmhouses out by themselves. Imagine a doomsday prepper's house. Thats what I'm thinking.

Edited March 23, 2014 by Thirdthorpe

[willhelm 85]

Zombie farmers with guns in their holsters?

[Thirdthorpe 87]

No, a couple farmhouses that have been fortified for the prepper locations. Standard farmhouse would just yield hunting/survival gear and tools.

[haven923 65]

They did at one point mention that they would like to add an underground.  How cool would it be to stumble upon some doomsdayer's underground bunker hidden in a barn?  I would rack out there in a heartbeat, especially once barricading is implemented!

[Thirdthorpe 87]

I just want my shipping container house and a padlock for while I'm not home.