Favorite starting profession (B42)

[Vex]

What's your favorite starting profession in B42 and why?

[Tarrax Ironwolf]

Mechanic. You only need to get your electrical up one to be able to hotwire cars.

[morph113]

I usually go either electrician for instant knowledge of generators or custom occupation.

[d.pras bling-bling]

Keen hearing and organizer, just for survive.
the others can be learned later

[Skard4Lyfe]

Lumberjack = Deforestation easy mode + quick axe kills

[WillieSea]

Originally posted by Skard4Lyfe:

Lumberjack = Deforestation easy mode + quick axe kills

I agree, much easier to wade through zombies with an axe.

[Mr. Miazma]

Smoker and Speed Demon, because live fast, diarrhea

[Armagenesis]

Firefighter for easy 10 strength and/or fitness with Brawler to level up axe skill fast.
Or police officer with Hunter for easy aiming boost.

[7C07]

Originally posted by Tarrax Ironwolf:

Mechanic. You only need to get your electrical up one to be able to hotwire cars.

Personally can't stand my mates running around hotwiring everything they come across, even when there's a key. The success of hotwiring a car is directly related to the condition of the battery and engine, where the chance of a kickstart increases the more dilapidated these parts are. It's really discouraging being the mechanic of a group that can't wait five minutes to find a key for even a Dash, because it puts me in the situation of "Do I do nothing, knowing that they'll eventually wreck the engine and complain? Or do I fix up the car properly, and listen to them complain about how it takes forever to start the car?"

That said: I picked up Construction Worker when I learned about the muscle fatigue system, but after a hundred or so hours I don't really feel like muscle fatigue does much to slow down combat any. Especially when fighting near fences. I wanted to do another run with DIY Expert for the kickstart into Maintenance since it was so important for crafting, but with TIS addressing Maintenance gains and adding Maintenance to a lot of classes, I feel like DIY Expert isn't quite as useful anymore; I'd rather pick Carpenter again like I did so often in B41.

I might pick up Lumberjack and give it a shot in B42 when it has a lot more updates and the maintenance system for weapons is properly balanced and tweaked. Seems like it would be a pretty OP profession with paired with Brawler; the new heat map for zombies means killing them fast is more important than ever.

[katsuragi]

Same as every build... Fire Officer for that action hero start.

[Zairev]

I was playing pretty much burglar exclusivelly untill B42.
Now i like park ranger as i focus more on a nature to try out new stuff and moving 30% faster thru trees helps to break vision on maximum zombie population quite well since theres always some nearby horde to chase me.

[stevasaur]

Pretty much same as B41: I always pick Welder because grinding up metalworking was a pain back in B41, and now that propane tanks are more scarce and you can't get XP from disassembling stoves/washers, it looks like it'll be even harder to get welding to level 10 for maximum wreck loot.