Auto Farm Maps

[Liir]

Has anyone else seen a map designed to feed you materials? I saw one called an "auto farm" the other day with a wall of traps rigged to auto explode and a little pathway to an area where all of the materials went so you could pick it all up. Not trying to add to the discourse on the death of this game, I just want to know if anyone else has seen these and how it was even possible (were they cheating/hacking somehow to do this? The materials seemed to randomly teleport to a chosen spot).

[Phares]

I mean I do the same thing. I don't really want to put actual effort into a map that's going to get dumped in the social graveyard, and I got spare synthite so I build dumb lil maps to feed materials.

Not quite as optimized as the one you're describing, but it's basically a zero-threat map that has all the traps destroy themselves and you just run through a tunnel twice, with a corrosive cube to die in if you want to farm it.

[Liir]

Yeah, I've definitely seen plenty of those around. It was the "auto" part that made it seem like they had to break the game to do it. I spent under 10 minutes on the map and got 600 synthite.

[Mononymouse]

If you do something just right, involving exploding spike traps, it sends all materials on the map to the center, where you can collect it all in one go.

You can use exploding guards, to trigger this, via a corrosive to kill the guard.
Not sure on all the specifics however.

Found a link for more info.

Reddit

[Butt Spenza]

Yeah, and I report every single one of them.

[Little Strawberry]

You get a negative loot and xp modifier for traps that self destruct each other in succession. It's not really worth it unless you're desperate tbh.

[Tsulan]

Originally posted by Butt Spenza:

Yeah, and I report every single one of them.

Why?

[Polar Test 53]

Originally posted by Tsulan:

Originally posted by Butt Spenza:

Yeah, and I report every single one of them.

Why?

i get why i think.
because these maps will be in the brutal category when there is literally zero chance of death. but i think people should keep making these maps for brutal maybe the devs will think hey our system is rewarding and placing maps in brutal that shouldnt be there and its letting people just farm for free.

in fact i think i may just go be part of the problem and make one real quick

[Tsulan]

Originally posted by Polar Test 53:

Originally posted by Tsulan:

Why?

i get why i think.
because these maps will be in the brutal category when there is literally zero chance of death. but i think people should keep making these maps for brutal maybe the devs will think hey our system is rewarding and placing maps in brutal that shouldnt be there and its letting people just farm for free.

in fact i think i may just go be part of the problem and make one real quick

That makes at least more sense, than the rating system.

[Ap2000]

Originally posted by Tsulan:

Originally posted by Butt Spenza:

Yeah, and I report every single one of them.

Why?

I think that's a pointless question, since it's obviously not a proper map. Potentially using an exploit.
I have not come across them, but I would probably also report them, unless there was some kind of twist to it. Like it's obviously meant as a joke or surprise.

[Tsulan]

Originally posted by Ap2000:

Originally posted by Tsulan:

Why?

I think that's a pointless question, since it's obviously not a proper map. Potentially using an exploit.
I have not come across them, but I would probably also report them, unless there was some kind of twist to it. Like it's obviously meant as a joke or surprise.

Why isn´t it a proper match? Kills are less important than accolades. Ressources are scarce. Its no where stated, that its not a intended feature. Even more, the game has a soft cap on xp and ressources you can earn during a raid. Devs definetly took farmers into account.

[Ap2000]

Originally posted by Tsulan:

Its no where stated, that its not a intended feature.

Well, if that's the case, then there is no harm in reporting it, since the devs won't remove it and nothing happens to it, right?

[Butt Spenza]

Originally posted by Tsulan:

Originally posted by Butt Spenza:

Yeah, and I report every single one of them.

Why?

Because they are obviously abusing the system by giving away free rewards without any effort.

[Tsulan]

Originally posted by Ap2000:

Originally posted by Tsulan:

Its no where stated, that its not a intended feature.

Well, if that's the case, then there is no harm in reporting it, since the devs won't remove it and nothing happens to it, right?

Sure, report them and waste the devs time.
Just like all the folks that reported camping in DbD and ended up with a specific statement of "camping is non reportable".

[Tsulan]

Originally posted by Butt Spenza:

Originally posted by Tsulan:

Why?

Because they are obviously abusing the system by giving away free rewards without any effort.

Thats an interesting statement in a game, where someone can run your base in 40 seconds.

[ShadowBane]

I honestly made one and it has been very popular getting a lot of accolades. But there is one catch to mine. It doesn’t auto kill anything for you.

I made a room in the map that can be completely bypassed but you have to walk past it first. In this one room are all the guards and traps are divided into two sections. One is simple. Just pistons and spikes lined up for easy destruction. The other is a pit with warmongers, flames and more pistons. There are no hidden traps and everything is obvious to the raider.

The idea is that if the raider wants those kills (I even painted a 3 story tall “KILL” in red) then the raider will have to figure out how to kill everything without dying.

I love watching the replays because most people give it a go as if it will be easy, but end up running out of ammo and braving the flame traps to try to kill everything. Most die once or twice but the fact that it really shouldn’t be that hard has driven a lot of raiders to attempt the area over and over again. Some figure it out right away and I get no kills, but that is the point.

On the front of my base I made the word FREE very large because that truly explains the level. Take what you want if you can.

My point is; I wanted to give players a choice. Follow the path and collect the tombs, get the GenMat and get out without any challenge. Or, challenge themselves to try and get the extra resources by thinking outside the box, strategize and maybe for trying.

The response has been so popular that I am now working on the puzzle for my next map that people can either skip and attempt.

Some might consider it an auto farm or simple map but I don’t think of this as being an exploit but rather trying to be creative. It was an auto farm map that inspired me to make my game room.