The Green Barrel and the mysterious Farmer

[blacklabel79 949]

Dear fellow murderers/clowns/hikers/farmers and general population of chernarus,

 

after i heared that persistance is working just fine on .58 experiemental i deceided its time to give it a good spin.

 

I started at the coast knowing that the nearby towns whould be almost barren of anything ( besides some drinks wich was nice ) i crafted a stoneknife and made the hike inland. Crafting a bow and some arrows was also rather fast .So far so good. The loot distribution seems way better than what we see in 0.57 altho food is still a bit too easy to come by.

 

To my suprise more often than not i find a pistol with a mag nearby. This even happend with a sporter where the 10 round mag was just right beside it. ( even found a CR pistol with a mag close, but i deceided to change my pants in the policestation and..well...should have put it out of my pants before trying that... -_-  )

 

So i find usefull bits and tibbits and make my way north as i kinda allways do. After hiking around a bit ( only saw ONE cow sadly enough ) i come to this cute town. I loot around , turn a corner and...there is a green barrel. I lay low and observe. Nothing happens.  I wait a bit more..nothing.

 

I muster all my courage and approach the object. Upon close inspection it contains ALOT of pumpkins, zuchinis, a gardening hoe ( damaged ) and some plantparts wich could be turned into fertilizer.

 

Since iam not shot at yet i asume iam alone in the area. Thanking the mysterious farmer i start to eat and try to memorize where the barrel exactly is. I leave ammo for every vegetable i ate but leave the barrel where it is and go on my merry way.

 

A little later while i romaging through some scrapyard i find another barrel. A plan forms. I will upgrade the farmers stash with more barrels and leave him some weapons too !! With a heavy heart i drop the SKS behind some buildings ( i droped a CR rifle a bit earlyer, even with a mag *no ammo * and it was still there 3 days later :D ).  Night is approaching and i make my long treck back to the farmers stash.

 

Upon arrival i rearrange the barrels to make them less obvious and fill them with the other bits ( car battery, tirekit, some more seeds i found, fertilizer, waterbottles, sewing kit, headlamp with battery and a pristine shovel to please the farmer ). Now there are 2 barrels full with stuff to make life just a bit easyer.

 

I check back every session and the place is now pretty much my hometown. :)  To my suprise noone every found the barrels OR maybe did but never took anything.

 

Basicly this changed the whole way i play now. I never played the mod so "camps" are kind of new to me.

 

So whould persistance change your playstyle ? And if so how ? Also id like to know who the farmer is. ( its on experiemtal DE-01 ) PLEASE send me a PM !! :D

 

And on a last note. I have read that people had problems with tents vanishing ( ok maybe someone raided the tent ? ) but on DE01 it all seems to be working fine.NOTE i only use barrels as of yet. The rifles stay where they are until picked up again. :D

 

tl;dr  found a green barrel, noone around, upgraded to 2 barrels..now i care and want to know the foundingfather of barreltown

Edited July 27, 2015 by {Core}BlackLabel

[Etherious 907]

I never really cared for persistence too much, since I find it only useful when I need to hide guns, and ammo. I don't like camps. x3

[blacklabel79 949]

Same here. I was thinking i can do without but eh, now that i have 2 barrels i started to care a bit :D  3 Weapons fit into a barrel so thats plenty. For me, i now do scavanging missions to complete the farmers stash and put him ahead of the armsrace if the need arises for him to defend himself.

Edited July 27, 2015 by {Core}BlackLabel

[Etherious 907]

Same here. I was thinking i can do without but eh, now that i have 2 barrels i started to care a bit :D  3 Weapons fit into a barrel so thats plenty. For me, i now do scavenging missions to complete the farmers stash and put him ahead of the arms race if the need arises for him to defend himself.

LOL Nice! Stock up on all the firearms! :D Also, I usually just throw the extra guns I save on the floor. xD

Edited July 27, 2015 by DJ SGTHornet

[blacklabel79 949]

In .58exp thats viable. I have way more fun playing like this and now i feel that my stable chars shall go down in flames now...

Edited July 27, 2015 by {Core}BlackLabel

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Yep persistence = true survival experience , especially with 12 hour restarts and accelerated time ! Now all we need is for the respawning and despawning mechanic to be polished up to par !

[Mookie (original) 799]

Apologies if you've mentioned this Black, but wasn't there talk of being able to bury the barrels? Or are these all free standing, etc?

[blacklabel79 949]

As of now you can only carry them if empty. I do remember what you stated too. Altho, i couldent find a source right off the bat. As for now they are free standing. But if hidden well enough or in a way they wont attract attention to the untrained eye it should be ok.