Reduce loot in grocery stores

[Obsolescence 129]

Suggestion: Reduce the chance of finding backpacks, food, soda, and all tools/supplies in grocery stores.

Expected Outcome: Currently, grocery stores are your one-stop supply locations where you can routinely find almost everything you need to survive in the wilderness (often you'll get an alice pack, map/compass, and 2 of the three necessary hunting gear [matches / knife / hachet]). Fresh spawns typically run straight to the nearest grocery store and are instantly halfway to being fully geared. De-focusing survivors on looting grocery stores will promote more exploration and looting of residential areas currently ignored.

Reasoning: Grocery stores, 7/11's, and Wal-Marts would be expected to be the first place most people would try to go in a z-apoc. That means that despite the high chance of loot being there, most of it will have already been picked up. If you either reduce the range of loot that can be found there or if you reduce the chance of all of the loot spawning then players will seek out backpacks and other grocery store loot in residential areas.

[silkyskills 59]

agreed

[Gordon Axeman 191]

Suggestion: Reduce the chance of finding backpacks, food, soda, and all tools/supplies in grocery stores.

Expected Outcome: Currently, grocery stores are your one-stop supply locations where you can routinely find almost everything you need to survive in the wilderness (often you'll get an alice pack, map/compass, and 2 of the three necessary hunting gear [matches / knife / hachet]). Fresh spawns typically run straight to the nearest grocery store and are instantly halfway to being fully geared. De-focusing survivors on looting grocery stores will promote more exploration and looting of residential areas currently ignored.

Reasoning: Grocery stores, 7/11's, and Wal-Marts would be expected to be the first place most people would try to go in a z-apoc. That means that despite the high chance of loot being there, most of it will have already been picked up. If you either reduce the range of loot that can be found there or if you reduce the chance of all of the loot spawning then players will seek out backpacks and other grocery store loot in residential areas.

Maybe just a little reducing. You have to be very lucky to find it all. Often we cand find pack, PM, map and some food inside. Also some matches.

[IncognitoNico 71]

Dude, they already said that everything would be a lot rarer on the standalone

[Kyreaper 5]

Does anyone read the notes for the Standalone, or watch the interviews where Dean Hall (Rocket) tell us his plans?

Edited September 22, 2012 by Kyreaper

[IncognitoNico 71]

Does anyone read the notes for the Standalone?

idk maybe they still think rocket's going to do something other than bug fixes in the mod.........

[Obsolescence 129]

Does anyone read the notes for the Standalone?

Where are they? I haven't seen any kind of changelog or list of certain changes/developments.

[apache25 133]

they are not called wal_marts in every country but good idea

[Kyreaper 5]

http://arstechnica.c...dalone-release/ Here's a simple news article on the Standalone topic.

http://dayztx.com/da...812-summarized/ Here is an IGN Interview with Dean Hall posted from TwitchTV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfg_v--j3VM&feature=player_embedded Here is a more recent hour long interview with Dean Hall completely fill with knowledge regarding the upcoming DayZ Standalone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3GcuXd_v3U&feature=player_embedded This is just a short breakdown of that long interview above previewing some changes from the hour long interview above.

http://dayzmod.com/f.../page__st__1260 Here is a thread confirming the DayZ Standalone with some links that have some info on it as well.

https://www.google.c...chrome&ie=UTF-8 And finally here is a link to a google page filled with knowledge on the DayZ standalone, I'll let you all sift through the links because I simply don't have the time to give you every good link. However this has a ton of knowledge regarding the DayZ Standalone just waiting to be read.

I'm sure some of your suggestions are in this but unfortunately I do not have the time to go through and look at all of your suggestions, & give you info on them. This is all I have to give you at the moment which is more than most would do, & I hope it helps you in the future. Please enjoy these links everyone!

Edited September 22, 2012 by Kyreaper