How to reduce stress?

[Son Of Mowgef]

The stress on my character keeps going up and up and up, but I can't find an effective way of reducing it. Alcohol works somewhat, but you'd have to drink enough to put yourself into an alcohol induced coma to to get rid of this amount of stress. Smoking seems to work as well, but that suffers the same problem.

[disseminate]

We'll add some more ways to take it down + probably nerf it soon

[Son Of Mowgef]

Originally posted by disseminate:

We'll add some more ways to take it down + probably nerf it soon

This is going to come off as a snarky comment. I don't mean it to be.
Didn't you guys just increase the rate stress builds up? Besides it's not entirely an issue with with the stress, it's more of a problem with good ways to get rid of it. Maybe think about adding a 'good food' bonus to things like chocolate, cookies, ice cream maybe even some cooked foods. I noticed there's readables in the game (like newspapers), it wouldn't be unreasonable to have reading them reduce stress either.
Again I don't mean to sound snarky or tell you how to build your game. Just some food for thought.

[+ Danielle + Busy but active]

Originally posted by Son Of Mowgef:

Originally posted by disseminate:

We'll add some more ways to take it down + probably nerf it soon

This is going to come off as a snarky comment. I don't mean it to be.
Didn't you guys just increase the rate stress builds up? Besides it's not entirely an issue with with the stress, it's more of a problem with good ways to get rid of it. Maybe think about adding a 'good food' bonus to things like chocolate, cookies, ice cream maybe even some cooked foods. I noticed there's readables in the game (like newspapers), it wouldn't be unreasonable to have reading them reduce stress either.
Again I don't mean to sound snarky or tell you how to build your game. Just some food for thought.

Those were pretty good ideas. Things like that always help in games just little things to improve the experience.

[Son Of Mowgef]

It also encourages players to do things other than looting and if certain foods are only available in particular areas (farms, towns, cities, etc) then it can also be a good system for encouraging exploration. Towns might be good for soda, alcohol, crisps, chocolate that kind of thing. While farmlands (which the game already has) might be good for fresh water, meats, fruit and veg. A varied diet would certainly be good for reducing stress.

[Violation]

has this been updated or fixed as of yet? I have no clue how to cure stress.

[Son Of Mowgef]

Originally posted by I Got No Skillz:

has this been updated or fixed as of yet? I have no clue how to cure stress.

I'm pretty sure the devs added some more ways to deal with stress in the latest update. They should be in the patch notes for 0.005 (IIRC).

[StopDontComeBack]

You can smoke cannabis or drink wine to decrease stress now.

[JoeyFromTheRoc]

I took that bloodthirsty perk and literally have never even seen stress. My guy still panics when I go like 50+ mph (guess I made my character with my wife in mind) but never had to smoke pot or drink wine.

[giguy2002]

Originally posted by Son Of Mowgef:

Originally posted by disseminate:

We'll add some more ways to take it down + probably nerf it soon

Maybe think about adding a 'good food' bonus to things like chocolate, cookies, ice cream maybe even some cooked foods.

Just some food for thought.

Not sure if it was intentional but love the play on word here ..LOL!!!

[Rigsie]

Feel like sleeping knocked it out pretty nicely. These days.

[DilonGein]

it would be neat to see it be X percent slowed when in a team/ near other players. also sleep works good i find, maybe driving to blow off steam. idk just spitballing ideas out there, for me the stress didnt really bother me too much

[PSJR]

These are the kinds of features that do well having sliders for the player to determine how casual or hardcore they want their game to be. Personally I like these "mood" features but I think the rates are too high and would probably cut it by 50-75%. As it stands now I have to drink a 12 pack of beer and 2 bottles of vodka every day! lol

[TastyToast]

I haven't fully tested this, but I noticed that when I am full of cooked foods, with no lethargy, I rarely get stressed. I also make sure I am always topped off with my hydration. I still smoke and drink a little if need be, but it seems more rare now that I have a fully stocked fridge.

[Low Elo]

Smoke weed every day.

[kniebejs]

Just go to sleep, that's it. No need to turn into an alkie.