Flashlight vs Hand Torch: which do you prefer?

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I've used Hand Torch most of my time, but that's only because Flashlight is somewhat rare.

The Flashlight is superior with its wider angle, but weighs 1.0 unequipped, where as the Hand Torch weighs 0.5. For me, this means having to place it in my backpack, which is more inconvenient, whereas with the Hand Torch, I can just unequip or switch to a two-handed weapon and be done with it.

Anyway, I wanna know which one do you guys prefer.

[Feedus Fetus]

Flashlight also burns the battery life quicker from what I've seen, so it's always Hand Torch for me.

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Publicado originalmente por Feedus Fetus:

Flashlight also burns the battery life quicker from what I've seen, so it's always Hand Torch for me.

Damn, didn't realize that, although batteries are pretty abundant.

[Eddie]

I'll be honest guys I didnt know people actually used flashlights

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Publicado originalmente por Ponky:

I'll be honest guys I didnt know people actually used flashlights

Flashlights in general or the item Flashlight?

I'm guessing the latter because nighttime is risky without lighting and I doubt anyone is running missions at night without a flashlight, so: Flashlight is amazing and it's the next best thing to playing in day time.

[Blue_Skies]

Hand torch at the start, its just for emergencies if I get caught out at night. Lighter to carry and less battery usage.

Flashlights for mid-late game when I'm efficient at killing, stacks of food, coffee, vitamins, tea bags, I can continue clearing huge areas even at night, I don't need to wait for day time or take breaks needing to sleep.

[Armagenesis]

For me it's hand torch. I also use a mod that allows hand torch to be attached on the belt, which makes it even better. But once basements come, I think flashlight would have more benefits.

[Greb]

Cat Eyes trait

Failing that, it'd be a modded torch that I can wear on my belt or rigging, I guess. I've never used a vanilla torch for anything other than electrical XP.

[Undefined]

Thanks for the input, guys.

I've decided to go with Flashlight.

Why:
* the only drawback is the 1.0 weight, but I don't mind being burdened temporarily until the night is over, at which point I can just put it back in my backpack
* I try to avoid the night time as much as possible, so the tediousness of putting it in my backpack would be minimal

Publicado originalmente por Greb:

Cat Eyes trait :stronk:

Failing that, it'd be a modded torch that I can wear on my belt or rigging, I guess. I've never used a vanilla torch for anything other than electrical XP.

I have Cat Eyes, but it works best on pavement / road. In areas where there's grass, it's not as good.

Publicado originalmente por Armagenesis:

For me it's hand torch. I also use a mod that allows hand torch to be attached on the belt, which makes it even better. But once basements come, I think flashlight would have more benefits.

That's a good mod.

[VANGUARD]

During the last thunderstorm I was real glad to have a flashlight.
A dozen zombies came out of the woods at night and harassed my barricades.
They definitely have their use for emergencies, so I always keep one in my backpack.

In such situations having a wider lighting angle makes running into zombies less dangerous, so flashlights is what I use.
Resource efficiency be damned.

[Animalman]

Hand torch because flash light makes a better lamp on pillar.

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Publicado originalmente por Sceadugengan:

During the last thunderstorm I was real glad to have a flashlight.
A dozen zombies came out of the woods at night and harassed my barricades.
They definitely have their use for emergencies, so I always keep one in my backpack.

In such situations having a wider lighting angle makes running into zombies less dangerous, so flashlights is what I use.
Resource efficiency be damned.

Yeah, they really are nice to have. It's pretty much the same vision cone as your character's.

They drain faster than Hand Torch, but batteries are a renewable resource with Zombies carrying Walkie-Talkies and radios in almost every house, and it's always a good idea to carry an extra battery or two on you, even with Hand Torch.

Publicado originalmente por Animalman:

Hand torch because flash light makes a better lamp on pillar.

Is there any advantage to making a Lamp on Pillar?

One thing I don't like is that it requires a flashlight, which requires batteries. Normally not a big deal, but I'd hate having to be on top of swapping out batteries so often.

If I need outdoor lighting, I'll try and get those floodlights in hardware stores or just steal an outdoor lamp from another house.

[Animalman]

Well sometimes a store or a car parts shop has a few flashlights on the shelf. If you didn’t have a gen or didn’t have a mag or didn’t want to run the gen then the lamp on pillar lights up your home. I find it quite useful cheap to build aswell. Does cost rope though.

Also if you are building electrics up then you will have more batteries than you’ll ever use

The only other thing I’d use a battery on is a hand radio for the weather. And even those are not that important if your car radio worked.