Weapons -- Lack Thereof

[wcbarney]

I'm playing on the Hard difficulty level on the green planet; am a few days into year 3, I think. Anyway, the survivors found one laser pistol in the spacecraft right away, which I had Ken equip himself with. Now, a LONG TIME later, I still have only the one laser pistol, and it's about worn out. In a previous iteration on the same map & difficulty level, the survivors found lots of weapons, including at least one rail-gun sniper (that game ended badly when Vivian and one other survivor died of hypothermia during a cold snap, and I didn't have enough cloth to make warm clothing and was still a couple of days away from putting the roof on the little stone house with a fireplace.)

So, anyway, how can I get more weapons? I've scavenged all the nearby wreckage, and have salvaged most stuff from 2-3 other wreckage piles. I don't have enough balloon fuel to go blindly exploring and hope I find a weapons cache. I am still many days away from being able to manufacture any weapons (i.e., research and materials).

So, I guess poor Ken will have to continue defending the colony with his one & only pistol? I've got lots of traps so that the bugs -- so far -- have been defeated. What I am dreading are the hummingflies. I do have a raised stone platform with a roof, but have my doubts that Ken will be able to handle the defense alone. I found Jack on an expedition, but he's unarmed except for his fists of steel.

[Rockoloco]

loot is randomized i believe, some times you find weapons easily and some times you don't

[Actual Malice]

So on this play-through you have sufficient clothing, but you want weapons, too? Sheesh, next you will want a hot tub and jacuzzi. :)

I do feel your pain. Ken has let me down as well in the weapons department in my current play-through. And I am cursed when I send Quin on expeditions. So I have Krista madly working her way through the research tree to get railguns. With any of the luck that I have not had so far, my one laser pistol will last that long. But hummingflies ... yeah.

[Rockoloco]

If you have already researched laser guns you can dismantle the old in order to get the resources for a new one, that's a nice resource saving technique

[Seelander]

They have changed Sobrius scavanges, dont think its possible to get weapons anymore (personally i think thats great as i play on insane/chaos and want that challenge). If you cant craft weapons on yr 3 you messed up your sci, should be possible to get there within some 30 days of game... As long as there is scrap metal and silicon you can get there... On desertum which is far easier than sobrius you still get weapons and its just making it to easy tbh. Took me a save to realize though, would wish that these changes was in updates so you can plan accordingly. Yr 1 roughly on desertum i am all armoured up and with snipers crafted.... make it a priority.

[Seelander]

Originally posted by tommy_b_schmidt:

They have changed Sobrius scavanges, dont think its possible to get weapons anymore (personally i think thats great as i play on insane/chaos and want that challenge). If you cant craft weapons on yr 3 you messed up your sci, should be possible to get there within some 30 days of game... As long as there is scrap metal and silicon you can get there... On desertum which is far easier than sobrius you still get weapons and its just making it to easy tbh. Took me a save to realize though, would wish that these changes was in updates so you can plan accordingly. Yr 1 roughly on desertum i am all armoured up and with snipers crafted.... make it a priority.

A little hint is your crew are perfectly fine living without a house, having a living space based on shelters for the first few years, if you get the blue armor on all and strawhats (not a must)

Desertum dress "code"
Blue armour cover and carbon later if you have that breakthrough
T-shirt
Optional strawhats but they are safe in any conditions in terms of weather without.

Sobrius dress "code"
Blue armour cover and carbon later if you have that breakthrough
Sweater
Optional strawhats, but they are safe in any conditions in terms of weather without.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Rockoloco:

If you have already researched laser guns you can dismantle the old in order to get the resources for a new one, that's a nice resource saving technique

This is interesting. How do you dismantle the guns? You get back all the resources?

Thanks for the tip!

[Docsprock]

Originally posted by Bjørn:

Originally posted by Rockoloco:

If you have already researched laser guns you can dismantle the old in order to get the resources for a new one, that's a nice resource saving technique

This is interesting. How do you dismantle the guns? You get back all the resources?

Thanks for the tip!

Just like recycling clothing. Right-click on the item.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Docsprock:

Originally posted by Bjørn:

This is interesting. How do you dismantle the guns? You get back all the resources?

Thanks for the tip!

Just like recycling clothing. Right-click on the item.

I had no idea you could recycle clothing either, so double-thanks!

Damn, and I've ben wondering how to get them to not use the clothes that are almost worn out...

[wcbarney]

Originally posted by Rockoloco:

If you have already researched laser guns you can dismantle the old in order to get the resources for a new one, that's a nice resource saving technique

Yeah, I do know that --- but that would leave me with no weapons at all wile Vivian did her damndest to craft a new one.

[wcbarney]

Just logged back into my Stranded game -- have been playing one of the Total War games for a few hours. Anyway, I am only on year 2 day 12, instead of being a few days into year 3. So, hopefully I will have time to complete the research and build some weapons before everyone gets killed in the certain hummingfly attack.

[Edit] OK, I managed to research Laser Pistols & CPU Crafting, and managed to craft exactly 1 laser pistol before the bugs attacked again. That was enough, what with Jack now being armed. I found another laser pistol on one of the hopeful expeditions -- no survivors, but 1 pistol + a set of armor.

[Brain_Overload]

There is now an expedition that gives out unlimited weapons. Military ship debris is the one I have, I keep sending Daniel to it every time there is an attack since he can't fight. Just spam out Explore until you get a military option.
Also Hunting ground for unlimited meat/hides, Supercomputer for cpu, and a couple of others for scraps/food/meds/clothes.
I run 2 balloons to spam some of these. If you're saying "but that's a lot of fuel", manure is unlimited around your base. Just select all the manure in the area to be used and craft manure fuel, you can start doing this on day 3.

[starkmaddness]

First time I played I had 3 laser pistols and a pulse rifle by day 12. Got spoiled and had to learn not to expect this.

Since then I have played games where I got zero energy weapons until I crafted my own.

The key is to accept the randomness and adapt your playstyle to each game. If the game doesn't give you weapons then rush research for weapons/turrets.

[76561199056944839]

Originally posted by starkmaddness:

The key is to accept the randomness and adapt your playstyle to each game. If the game doesn't give you weapons then rush research for weapons/turrets.

This is a very good point: there will always be a level of randomness to each playthrough of Stranded: Alien Dawn, so you should adapt on the fly and roll with the punches.

Keep in mind that it's also OK to restart with a new group of survivors, or just restart the map itself if you want to do things over in a different way.

[Actual Malice]

Originally posted by tommy_b_schmidt:

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A little hint is your crew are perfectly fine living without a house, having a living space based on shelters for the first few years, if you get the blue armor on all and strawhats (not a must)

Lol, I get my survivors rooms of their own for my sanity, not theirs. Can't handle any more meltdowns or being on the verge of meltdowns. I have other things I want to concentrate on.

But your observations and shortcuts are spot-on as usual tommy_b_schmidt -- I cut and pasted your earlier comments about getting the flamethrower by day five so I can refer to them often. Thank you for the lessons in efficiency.

Oh, and yeah, I was actually startled on my current Desertum seed, after playing a lot of Sobrius seeds, when Ken came up with a railgun sniper in his very first scavenge. Not only was it the first scavenge, but I realized I hadn't been getting weapons in those Sobrius seeds.