V0.5.30 beta - AP mines no longer respawn

[FeroFerreTuliLatus]

About the only thing I've encountered in v0.5.30 that seems like a step backwards is that AP mines no longer respawn after a while, meaning you have to keep rebuilding them after each raid.

Now, they're not very costly, and they're so effective that it's worth the effort of rebuilding them, but it would be nice not to have to keep grinding scrap metal and black powder to keep them going.

Otherwise, I'm finding v0.5.30 beta to be the best the game has been in a long time - really good steps forward.

[FSHerrante]

The only worth thing to prevent enemy clipping and be removed.

It's true that it was a cheat that literally allowed you to harvest enemies without needing anything else. But since they're removing their respawn, they should make them much cheaper.

[bobrav]

In the patch notes for v. 0.5.30 it says some high tech parts needed to build certain higher weapons will be found in chests on higher level islands, but my problem is I have cleared all the islands and have not got these blueprints or parts needed. Is the new version going to be able to reset the chests on these islands so we can get the parts we require? I have less than half the blueprints on the the blueprint list and no place to look for the rest. Thanks for any help on this.

[FeroFerreTuliLatus]

Originally posted by bobrav:

In the patch notes for v. 0.5.30 it says some high tech parts needed to build certain higher weapons will be found in chests on higher level islands, but my problem is I have cleared all the islands and have not got these blueprints or parts needed. Is the new version going to be able to reset the chests on these islands so we can get the parts we require? I have less than half the blueprints on the the blueprint list and no place to look for the rest. Thanks for any help on this.

My experience is like yours - I've cleared all the POIs and while I've got all the "critical" technology (like the advanced purifier, or the kevlar plate), there are literally dozens of weapon and decoration blueprints I haven't found and now have little or no chance of finding in this playthrough.

I get the feeling that the devs are still struggling with how best to handle blueprints - they've tried various ways of placing and distributing them, but none of them has really worked that well. Part of it is that they seem to feel that they have to "seed" particular technologies so you don't get them too early - so, for example, you'll only get the auto-turret blueprint on level 4 or higher islands.

Personally, I think they should allow chests and lockboxes to respawn, but with a counter so that the critical technology blueprints are only present the first time you open them, and after that you get any remaining non-critical blueprints at random. This would both solve the blueprint problem, and also give you the incentive to go back to POIs you've previously fought through - at the moment, once you've beaten any of the level 4 or 5 islands, there's very little reason to want to go back. Having chests with blueprints you don't have would provide some motivation for that and would give the game life after the last POI is conquered.

[bobrav]

Very good points, the whole blueprint and high grade boxes were not thought out very well, I have a crate full of learned blueprints with nothing to do with them. In previous versions you could use the machine at Dreadville to get better gun parts.

[Hose Eh]

I've discovered since the 0.5.3 patch that you can no longer decompose black powder ammo. not an issue just a change.

[Hose Eh]

Additionally, not only have the Devs given us weather but since the Overhaul I've noticed they've given us seasons as well. I've been paying attention to how high the sun gets in the sky. during the period between 200 and 300 game days the sun hardly got above the horizon making diving difficult without the night vision goggles. I'm currently at day 316 since the Overhaul and the sun is making a nice arc across the sky. has anybody else observed this?

[Hose Eh]

0.5.3 has also helped the helicopter. if it turns upside down when you dismount, the C key functions to flip it back over. just as it functions to push the boat if you beach it.

[vand3537]

glad to hear they fixed the AP mine, I thought it was really dumb that it lasted forever.

[76561198830350944]

Originally posted by Hose Eh:

Additionally, not only have the Devs given us weather but since the Overhaul I've noticed they've given us seasons as well. I've been paying attention to how high the sun gets in the sky. during the period between 200 and 300 game days the sun hardly got above the horizon making diving difficult without the night vision goggles. I'm currently at day 316 since the Overhaul and the sun is making a nice arc across the sky. has anybody else observed this?

Seasons, huh... I was wondering why 0800 looked like 2000hrs.. dark and light sources are still on. Visibility is very bad!.If we have to use headlamp or nightvision goggles.. make the battery lost longer... I thought my graphics card got stepped on and reloaded all my drivers.

[Mizurogi]

Originally posted by Hose Eh:

Additionally, not only have the Devs given us weather but since the Overhaul I've noticed they've given us seasons as well. I've been paying attention to how high the sun gets in the sky. during the period between 200 and 300 game days the sun hardly got above the horizon making diving difficult without the night vision goggles. I'm currently at day 316 since the Overhaul and the sun is making a nice arc across the sky. has anybody else observed this?

same here

[FeroFerreTuliLatus]

Originally posted by bobrav:

Very good points, the whole blueprint and high grade boxes were not thought out very well, I have a crate full of learned blueprints with nothing to do with them. In previous versions you could use the machine at Dreadville to get better gun parts.

You *can* sell blueprints you don't want to the regular trader at the trading post. The values vary, but it's worth doing - when I'm grinding for coins, anything that will get an extra coin or two is worth selling.