Of peas and beefs :P

[Spaghettioz]

Can we think about adding pea plants to next patch? I am on day 58 and i think in total, I have found, loot or been able to buy, about 30-40 cans in that whole time of peas. About the same for beef cuts. Lamb and everything else falls pretty regularly.

I sure like the upper end meals and those stam bonuses, but damn theres not enough to make it really worthwhile as the best recipe items share peas and beef, and its hard to find either xD Still, got enough meat stew, and hobo stew, to keep me well. Sham drops JUST about enough to keep it useful for raid nights, which seems to be the point. And, I just got the sham recipe a while back.

[jynx]

Till that happens why not just mark all the (working) vending machines on your map and make dedicated runs. Nite runs are a blast!

[Spaghettioz]

Originally posted by jynx:

Till that happens why not just mark all the (working) vending machines on your map and make dedicated runs. Nite runs are a blast!

I have them all marked in my area. I cant do it regularly as I run a lot of missions and do base upkeep, but I try! Believe me, the second I see them in a machine I grab every one. My drops have just been pretty low though >.<

[jynx]

You can choose food packs as rewards on trader missions. You'd think gutting a Shamway factory would yield a few cases of everything but.....

[Spaghettioz]

Oddly I found 11 peas in a row suddenly lol xD And 7 beef. I need to complain more and the drops will happen more bahahah

[william_es]

Originally posted by Spaghettioz:

Oddly I found 11 peas in a row suddenly lol xD And 7 beef. I need to complain more and the drops will happen more bahahah

Praise be to RNGesus!

[DrLamp]

If I found 30-40 cans of peas in 58 days on one of my playthroughs I'd be overjoyed at such a bounty. Being able to grow peas does sound kind of nice. I would say being able to make beef is rediculous, but chicken gives generic meat, same as every other non-zombie animal, so why not?

A preserving station of sorts could be added to the game for it. Fresh meat and veggies would only stay fresh for so long. It just would need to be tuned so that it's advantageous for a player to have it but not downright punishing if they don' therefore making it a requirement.

I'm sure plenty of people will disagree with me on that. That's fine, a part of me just wishes for more craftable intermediary products and sort of supply chains to accomplish some goals.

[Spaghettioz]

Originally posted by DrLamp:

If I found 30-40 cans of peas in 58 days on one of my playthroughs I'd be overjoyed at such a bounty. Being able to grow peas does sound kind of nice. I would say being able to make beef is rediculous, but chicken gives generic meat, same as every other non-zombie animal, so why not?

A preserving station of sorts could be added to the game for it. Fresh meat and veggies would only stay fresh for so long. It just would need to be tuned so that it's advantageous for a player to have it but not downright punishing if they don' therefore making it a requirement.

I'm sure plenty of people will disagree with me on that. That's fine, a part of me just wishes for more craftable intermediary products and sort of supply chains to accomplish some goals.

You mean my luck has been better than yours? I have been POI'ing like mad since day 1 lol.

And, making regular vending machine runs. I had a recent crazy spate of luck though. Sure not going to turn my nose up at it. Without the special meals, one ought to have enough mid-level foods to have enough bonus effects to make up for the loss of these top end foods. So, its a bit of a moot point. I do like Spam drops though. I still havent found the T5 Shamway in my map either as its so big. But, I have enough Sham Chowders to hold me for blood moons, but not regular stuff.

Meat and veggies that could go bad is actually a decent idea :O I have TONS of food now, some of it from day 1 lol.

[DrLamp]

Yeah, haha, your luck has been better than mine it seems. I don't POI like "mad" (2 a day maybe depending on level/which POI/distance etc.) but peas have been hard to come by. Smoked meat and electric refrigerators or old fashioned ice boxes (throw in snowballs to provide the cooling) I think would be kinda neat to avoid/reduce spoilage. But again, I feel that they should (if ever implemented) should be cool to have (no pun intended) but not necessary to the point of threatening your ability to avoid starvation. Having base utilities that have a constant power drain can also help get rid of fuel which can have a tendency to build up.

I know what you're saying about sham chowder though. I save up all my sham until I can make sham chowder, then once I get the shamway recipe I start cooking up a storm. Acid is alot harder to come by now compared to previous alphas, even after the drop rate for them got tweaked. However I can keep myself very well fed without acid. I'm not really complaining, just saying the options are nice.

Some other things I've been hoping to see for years has been clay pottery, charcoal kilns (because steel and gunpowder aren't made from coal), lathe's for machining more complex parts/items...

I'm getting off track though. Yeah, peas...hard to find until they're everywhere I guess. :)