Calipers impossible to find!

[andy]

I've searched two cities and three towns, numerous single buildings. I've found auger plans and chainsaw plans but no calipers or caliper plans. I have a ton of brass, loads of gunpowder and bullet heads but no way to craft ammo. This is daft, I can't explore easily because I have limited ammo and I have limited ammo because my exploration isn't finding any calipers!

[andy]

Cheers Joe, I'll try that. It's getting to the point where I'm going to cheat! I'm going to set Zed spawning to zero and wander around cities at my leisure, shame because it shouldn't be that hard to find essentials.

[Zothen]

Sucks big time that they gated bullets with those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rare tools!
First those terrible decision with "forge ahead" now this.
The Pimps really have to get the head out of there rears and start to think gameplay properly.
Gating somewhat central mechanics? My azz..!

[YamaKami]

Originally posted by Zothen:

Sucks big time that they gated bullets with those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rare tools!
First those terrible decision with "forge ahead" now this.
The Pimps really have to get the head out of there rears and start to think gameplay properly.
Gating somewhat central mechanics? My azz..!

Certainly should be gated... may be too gated at present though. I can at least make shotgun shells in the meantime.

[Shabu]

I found mine in the tool store

[Taidashar]

Found mine in a cabinet in a house after 3 hours of play. Still no tool & die set though....

[SpikeZx]

look in gas stations, most of the time there's a chest just like the ones in shops but think they've got a higher chance for calipers and die set cus it's where i found both.

[Humpenstilzchen]

I´m on day 73 and i didn´t find them either.. I searched everywhere multiple times, but no luck..

[Honor's Bastion]

I got lucky enough to find two of them in the tool store POI. They are one of the rarer things that spawn there.

[CotaBucky]

Found them 1st day lol. Check every single loot you can. Everything has value now and I love it! Check every trash bag and cabinet .On this save I need to find tap and die lol. I found anvil and calipers 1st day .Like said the tree trunks are mega.Desert doesn't have ones you can loot however(at least in last update)

[Dragorin]

Originally posted by Honor's Bastion:

I got lucky enough to find two of them in the tool store POI. They are one of the rarer things that spawn there.

Same here my first tool store was looted on day 29 and my Quality Joe had 3 points. I found two calipers, a tap & Dye set, chainsaw, and Nail gun. I was a happy camper.

Howerver I still havn't found Amunition Nation so I can't smelt bullet tips or casings. And I'm still looking for the Riddle of Steel.

[Sillls]

I am getting the idea that this game is too gated.
Perhaps if they had some things in the game that were guaranteed to have them but hard to get to such as a wall safe in the back of The working stiff for example. It takes some skill to even get into the back room. Fight off the zombies and then break into a wall safe. But the rewards would be really good and would justify the effort.

These could be special wall safes that only appear in correct store. Working stiff safe only appears in the Working stiff store and only holds special items like the Calipers and die set and so on.

[Lee]

Got mine from the tool store

[Mytheos]

Originally posted by Sillls:

I am getting the idea that this game is too gated.
Perhaps if they had some things in the game that were guaranteed to have them but hard to get to such as a wall safe in the back of The working stiff for example. It takes some skill to even get into the back room. Fight off the zombies and then break into a wall safe. But the rewards would be really good and would justify the effort.

These could be special wall safes that only appear in correct store. Working stiff safe only appears in the Working stiff store and only holds special items like the Calipers and die set and so on.

I think its just a balance issue, and seeing as how much of this is a first implementation, its going to need lots of polish.

Every patch has addressed balance, and I imagine we're going to need a few more until everything starts to feel better.

Before it was just % chances, but now its that plus a skill factor, so its going to be a little more difficult.

[maverickuk]

Tool store too here infact got all 3 forge items from there I think. Still loads of stuff I havent found yet, including pistol book, and I like to use my pistol :)

[Gamer]

I have found three sets of calipers, two in one working stiff's store, and the 3rd in another working stiffs. So they're out there. If they were easy to find, what fun would that be? I had scavenging like in the 20's at the time.

I looked in about 5 large cities and about 15 good sized towns. Don't give up so easy