Trader Rekt

[Vod]

Anyone else have too many Trader Rekt in their map? So far I have found 5 Trader Rekt, 2 Trader Hugh, and 1 Trader Bob. Zero of both Jen and the guy in the Tree House trader (I forgot his name).

[emp456]

I have only found 2. The starter one was (Doctor) Jen and the second is, yes, Rekt. Interesting new base for him, btw, now it's a farmer and even has food boxes to loot.

I think it's all random. Too many Rekts for you, i agree, but just rng.

[kapikua]

I only find the ones that send me to look for when each Tier ends. At the moment only 2.

[Eshyrael]

Yep, just wanted to make a thread for the same reason. I made quite a few different Random Maps, trying different starts, and more or less the balance which Trader I encountered (In Short start games and the longer ones) looks like this so far:

10x - 12x Rekt the Jerk
4x Jen
1x Hugh
0x Bob
0x Joel

I am quite sure now that there is something unbalanced. Might be that Rural districts turn up quite often as Trader Position, and that Jerk Rekt has a Chance Advantage there, or might be that he in General has a Chance Advantage.

No matter what, with his hostility and high frequency I really have enough of him.

[One Dandy Cube]

Yeah I got 4 Rekts on my map compared to 2 Hughs, 1 Bob, and 2 Jens.

[emp456]

Originally posted by Azyrael:

Yep, just wanted to make a thread for the same reason. I made quite a few different Random Maps, trying different starts, and more or less the balance which Trader I encountered (In Short start games and the longer ones) looks like this so far:

10x - 12x Rekt the Jerk
4x Jen
1x Hugh
0x Bob
0x Joel

I am quite sure now that there is something unbalanced. Might be that Rural districts turn up quite often as Trader Position, and that Jerk Rekt has a Chance Advantage there, or might be that he in General has a Chance Advantage.

No matter what, with his hostility and high frequency I really have enough of him.

Well what we posted was about the unstable a20, i don't know if something has changed in this regard but on all the 3 maps i created (2 with unstable and 1 with stable) i got Joel. 2 times as first trader and another as the second one. I have seen Jen and Hugh also but still not Rekt or Bob.

So i think it really depends on the map you create (seed and its spawn points) and it's just RNG. There's another thing that can affect, the size of each trader and if it's easier for the game to place them in this or that location depending, again, on the seed. There are seeds with more rough terrain than others, and i'm sure that also affects.

Have you tried to create maps with more plains and less mountains? So it's easy for the game to place the trader's POI and then see if all the traders spawn in different seeds.

[pApA^LeGBa]

I hardly got any Rekts so far. Jen and Joel for me mostly. One map had 3 Jens and 2 Joels.

[Sprocket66]

2 Jens, 2 Rektums, 2 Joels, 2 Hughs, 1 Bob, so far. Just random.

[Johnny Thunder]

haven't seen a single rekt but do see lots of hughs

[lalala]

Rekt sometimes does not even know why he's opening the store, maybe he can close some.

[RasaNova]

Yeah, it's random.

If you want to see how many of each you have on your map, and don't mind spoiling it, you can type:
f1 dm enter, then escape out to the main menu, click "poi teleporter" and then type "trader" in the filter bar. That will list every trader in your game. (which you can then teleport to if you choose but that would definitely spoil things...)

[Serath]

I guess you can say your map..........got Rekted.

[emp456]

Originally posted by Serath:

I guess you can say your map..........got Rekted.

lol xD

[atom heart]

I have 4 trader Rektums, 1 Jen, I Joel and 1 Hugh. I haven't had sight of the cowboy type guy, I forget his name but he never uses mine so stuff him.

[Tin]

I really hate this trader.

As a "punishment" I leave the doors open every time i go there.. praying (in vain) for some zed to enter and mayhem him. I know it doesn't work, but is kind of a malicious OCD.

I always leave the doors open. Even in horde nights i travel to the trader and leave the door open and I went back to my base.

I know nothing will happen. But i do it every time.

[Johnny Thunder]

I hate him too but he's useful, so I don't want to kill him.

And the in-game dialogue indicates you are a horrible person. I think even Trader Joel makes a remark about it, and he's always nice and polite. Maybe that's why Rekt hates you.