Now guys I mean it. Anton + Cveta is a start you have to try. WHY?

[DG Dobrev]

reasons following:

0. They start with beds, chair, etc. Built up, all the way. Dont build (apart from workshop) just upgrade.
1. YOU WILL LEARN: how to board up quickly to fend off raideirs. On day 2 you have a defender with a crowbar or day 3 with a knife can do it.
2. Upgrading FTW. Boarding up FTW. Those two can really kick out the science.
3. If you get the decrepit quat with the paining guy, USE IT. Give him a can. Ever tried doing that? I didn't. And with those 2, the guy stays there, meaning, nobody loots the building for a while. (2nd reason: you eother lose some food or you dont, but most likely you will. So give this guy some food and let him conserve the mats for a bit).
4. SURVIVE: D2, D3, D5, D6, D7, and D8 raids happen. Why? Cause you are controlling an elderly couple!! Who doesnt pick on the weak???
5. Then another guy will join. Use him to raid, Anton + Cveta to defend, with knives if possible, and rock the game.

EDIT: It is a great game. Might not woork every time but you HAVE TO allow yourself to get this experience. It is supreme. You wont curse me for it in the end, after you win. I promise you with a hand on my heart.

[Mongoose McMoose]

I'm a big fan of that start. They have a really specific advantage in that they don't smoke or drink coffee. Think of those attributes as being "cheap" characters. Once you have stronger characters to join them, keeping Anton and Cveta at home to do chores and guard the place cheaply pays off in the long run. Coffee and cigs are good, sellable items.

[im_two_cats]

You also get a few extra bonuses starting with them. I got 15 free books and 20 free wood from random people. The only problem I had was that the old man got stabbed so many times by looters and I kept running out of bandages.

[DG Dobrev]

You also get huge netgatives. The 2 events you mentioned are random. You might get food, you might get squat. And you get raider as of D3 or D2 if you are lucky... NOT.

Afterwards those 2 are on their own intil they get a 3rd one.

[Forfiter]

With Anton or Cveta you cannot 'one shot' with knife from the stealth...

[FMB]

@DG Dobrev: I got ridiculous "gifts" from my neighbours as well with this start - not with any of my other starts. 15 books once, then 4 veg, then some (I think 2-3) canned food, and now a guy with meds&bandages for his girlfriend (who, I think it is implied, will never show up) .. I haven't finished that run yet, but so far, these two are getting ALL the goodwill. Random it may be, but they definitely get a huge RNG bonus then.

@Forfiter: Haven't tried that. TBH, you don't really need to kill anyone for at least 10 days, i. e. at least until the time you get a third character - in my case it was Pavle, and he's just fine for scavenging/stealthkilling, so that's what I'll use him on.

[DG Dobrev]

It is, but people will pick on you like EVERY day. Worse with crime wave, cause you will need better weapons. Once you enter the wound spiral, there is no coming back.

[geo84]

I had a problem with them couse till day 15 nobody came to join me, and they both were already pretty much half-dead from the raids so I ended their suffering by restarting.

[Nordak Balrem]

I recieved gifts on other starts as well, just not the 15 books.

[Boozfob]

http://i.gyazo.com/03ec9272650e5841d99c0f74a5e4cd24.jpg

I wonder who thought this was a good idea..

[DG Dobrev]

LOL. Well, it makes for a great try, very different from the others. For example, you can share more, cause it is gooing to get stolen from you anyway. Giving a can of food to the painter in the decrepit squad will keep him alive for a while, and apart from the stuff he gives you, the building will remain lootable longer (if he dies, it gets looted by others in no time). Giving food and medicine to the kids, and helping the neighbours is also a good idea (once again, cause your stuff will get stolen anyway).

They do need help, and soon, though - otherwise they will either have to double-defend (no scavenge), or they will enter a wound-spiral and eventually die.