i give up with this game

[Lugulbanda]

i tryed countless times, and everytime i get overrunned, just the last game i started new and in the first 10 minutes 4 hordes overrun my people while i havent even started the game, weather changes in favor for the infected way to early ... i have given up. if thats the easy setting i wont know how the hard is, but at this rate the game is no fun..

[pgames-food]

hi lugulbanda, im still new to this game, but managed to survive 1.5 years so far using the UK cambridge map.

there is a nice place with a river to the right, which can slow down zombies movement, and a good cluster of buildings next to eachother, where it only needs a few small bits of wall or razor wire etc, and it has decent protection.

maybe that map location can help you a bit too

[POPLEE]

My first playthrough was the medium default setting and it was in a dense area and i got a big swarms after d50 eventually I gave up on it before reaching d70, so since it's challenging even in medium I decided to play in very hard and then I learned a way to overcome the difficulty, that's when the fun begins and I enjoyed the game afterward

[Siwa]

just add options to the game.

NO BILLIONS
FIX ZOMBIE COUNT

[resonance]

horde and swarm size are based on your pop count. just don't try to aggressively expand too much and you should be fine.

[neilwilkes]

Originally posted by Eternal Knight:

Play on an easier map, simply as that. i.e one that does not have large swarms i.e Springfield Lakes map, even with a population of 400, they are easy to manage. What players probably don't realise is the size of the pre-war population of the city you play on is definitely a contributing factor to the size of the swarms you are facing. Don't believe me, feel free to check out the Springfield map, day 75 swarms are very small even after losing no troops, 400 population etc.

That's even pointed out in starting a game, too - I tried where I live now (West London) because the map had my house on it and hey, why not - but I was warned very strongly that the area had a high population & was therefore liable to swarms of infected.
I lasted 8 days that time.

Currently in Oxford, using Magdalen College as my base, but there is almost no ammo/weaponry to be had and although research levels are great, I have almost no people as despite the Antenna there has never been as much as one person respond to invitations and I get almost none of the story I have seen in YT playthroughs - so if Cambridge UK is good I think I'll take that tip with gratitude & give that a go, as I am wondering how much better balanced the 'official' starting locations are, bearing in mind this is still very early access only just out of Alpha state.

This is going to be a fantastic game - once I have learned the GUI and how to control it properly, that is

[POPLEE]

Originally posted by Eternal Knight:

Play on an easier map, simply as that. i.e one that does not have large swarms i.e Springfield Lakes map, even with a population of 400, they are easy to manage. What players probably don't realise is the size of the pre-war population of the city you play on is definitely a contributing factor to the size of the swarms you are facing. Don't believe me, feel free to check out the Springfield map, day 75 swarms are very small even after losing no troops, 400 population etc.

That's what I'm saying if you're a casual player just check the density of the area before you pick a map if it isn't yellow go for it and don't expand your settlement too much you'll face a hard time defending it

[pogromcawidm]

I don't know what you guys find difficult about it, the game is trivial even on the very hard level. The first thing you do is the so-called box of death, which means you build walls into a long maze before the zombies even reach you, they'll be dead. There's no problem with gathering resources or with the satisfaction level always being above +40 for better work. I always train the first 4 groups to shoot at night to maximize performance, then maybe the game can drag on for years and no horde can defeat me :)

[~xWraithx~]

Minneapolis MN
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227485565 try this location

[resonance]

Originally posted by pogromcawidm:

I don't know what you guys find difficult about it, the game is trivial even on the very hard level. The first thing you do is the so-called box of death, which means you build walls into a long maze before the zombies even reach you, they'll be dead. There's no problem with gathering resources or with the satisfaction level always being above +40 for better work. I always train the first 4 groups to shoot at night to maximize performance, then maybe the game can drag on for years and no horde can defeat me :)

You don't even need that much. I am nearing day 100 on my very hard run and only now starting to get any walls built. Getting a couple extra HQs on the corners of where I would build my base is enough. A swarm comes in and I can just dump up to 20 squads in their way and obliterate the infected. Also helps me that at this point I have well over a hundred sniper rifles built. They don't even reach any buildings anymore.

[Lugulbanda]

i just restarted a new map, i had population 50 i havent found a rivle not even studiyed the antenna, i have 4 houses, and every nicht 3-8 swarms of infected tear down everything i build up, in the first year ... i play it on easy i play it with less hordes, i went back in the woods, nothing its allways the same, swarms of infected, and i tryed again, and again the same i barly survived the 8 swarms with my 2 pistoltroops, as the next was allready incomming, and that was the end... i have nothing against the lvl grows if u grow but somehow this game mixed something up, i dont know i played one map a few years and on the end therer were those swarms i expiriance now right after the start of the game, i can understand that in major citys, but here no chance... just to many and my stuff science weapons buildings are lightyears behind to deal with that amount of enemys flushing in...

i have the strange feeling that everytime u log back into the game the origin settings about the hordes are set back and as if there are spawn Points they generate with every load new hordes so if u take a coffee break go to lunch or phone, everytime u enhance the amount of infected if u come back, until u have so many hordes u cant see... https://pasteboard.co/q7DHL4wovXH6.jpg

seriously i have no problem with swarms in the later game when i have the chance to retaliate.. but this is no fun.. my people scarv to slow build to slow and the infected crunsch it down faster then i can repair and rebuild.. with the few man i have, this is insane and i set it up as easy...


and iam so sick restarting the maps over and over cuz of this..

[Lugulbanda]

Originally posted by pogromcawidm:

I don't know what you guys find difficult about it, the game is trivial even on the very hard level. The first thing you do is the so-called box of death, which means you build walls into a long maze before the zombies even reach you, they'll be dead. There's no problem with gathering resources or with the satisfaction level always being above +40 for better work. I always train the first 4 groups to shoot at night to maximize performance, then maybe the game can drag on for years and no horde can defeat me :)

yeah yeah i know how to trick stupid ai but i cant trick waves of stupid npc raids doing more damage faster then i can even build somthing

[Hammerschlag983]

hey there and greeting from Bavaria!
So some things I see on the pic.
You have a population of 67, but only one Squad and also 20 additional Weapons.
your research Center looks big it is full stuffed?
only one Gate finished means you have 4 Defenders + one squad 10 -30 researcher?
do me a favor, load the morning save, get additional 2-3 Squads even if you only have Pistols they should handle the few Infected.
At this point you should have 16 squad Members 3-5 Researcher rest 46.
For me I would go with 10 builders and 36 gatherer.

So my honest Feedback your starting location are the worst thing of all i had.
Only big buildings who need tons of Materials and a lot of builders you don´t have.
more Squads can handle your swarms with ease.

If you want to give the game a second chance add me to your Friends list I will help you