Puppet Loot...

[SVSQUVSH]

Please let puppets drop clothing over 50% durability, or at least there should be a chance this could happen. Atm, I see no point looting zombies for clothes, because they drop it with low durability. Even when I repair the clothes, which i need a sewing kit for, even then it have broken inventory cells. So please change it back, like it was before. Before it was good, now imo puppets are anyoing.

[space-spelunker]

-1

The point is not to be able to get fully geared off puppets and a sewing kit. Go out and loot.

[SVSQUVSH]

Originally posted by space-spelunker:

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The point is not to be able to get fully geared off puppets and a sewing kit. Go out and loot.

I get your point. There could be like a chance that higher % clothes/items drop. So youre not "fully geared" or either the zombies arent useless anymore. In stuff like that is big space for balancing, you know.

[marktkm]

A very low chance of a better condition item I could see, but there's really no need. Anywhere you encounter puppets you also find the type of clothes they wear in better condition. Military puppet? Your at a military POI with crates that spawn the clothes. Civilian POI? Search the houses and you'll find the same types of clothes.

Originally posted by PinkPanther2001:

I see no point looting zombies for clothes

Most people don't, and I think that's the idea. I'll loot the first 1 or 2 I come across to get some clothing just to blend in better than the orange drop suit, but other than that I'm checking buildings.

As for the puppets being useless, well, they're supposed to be useless to you. Their purpose is to make it difficult to get to the good stuff and create a challenge.

We're used to getting geared up quickly. By 1.0 it's probably going to take a session or 2 to even get fully clothed, never mind armed with a working gun.

[serilium]

they should make the waist bag above 50%, since there is currently no way to get a six slot waist bag that you can actually use all 6 slots to hold items in, everything else is ok as is.

[Linea]

I think they will later balance things out so the puppets drop rubbish and sometimes useful stuff that does not make it easier to find stuff you want from zombies than from searching houses or containers. And i also think that finding stuff will be more difficult in the future in general.

The whole loot system is pretty much WIP and there are many things you can ignore for now since its not worth looting them. Nothing is gonna be balanced anyway as long as there are the frequent air drops that instant gear you for PVP and allow to skip the complete game.

Clothing with low condition is pretty much useless but there are alot of stuff where the condition has no effect yet, like food, batteries, boxes of nails and so on. If all these conditions come into effect we might see more loot on puppets and different types of puppets like a construction worker or a waitress which will drop different stuff.

[insettoinfetto]

+1 to high quality drop from puppets (not clothing)
+1 to low drop chance of high quality cloth from puppets
+1 to puppets that spread disease to players (when you search them)
+1 to puppets that are trapped (explosive activate on death with a timer)

for which reason? players that stop to loot a puppet can be a target of an ambush.

If nothing nice will ever drop none will loot them.

[Bunny]

Originally posted by space-spelunker:

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The point is not to be able to get fully geared off puppets and a sewing kit. Go out and loot.

This. People were getting high level clothes / armor too fast. The current system is not perfect and it will probably get some more balance in the future, but for the time being it's serving its purpose fine. They can drop some very useful items anyway ... like ammo , attachments , screwdrivers , etc.

[Ye Olde Curmudgeon]

I don't think puppets are useless:

- you can get bandages from their clothes, useful for making stuffs. Also, sometimes bandages can be clean!
- you can get bones and threads to make improvised sewing kits
- you can get leather to be used for crafting
- you can get funny itmes like theet and ears! Why not!
- also you can get eyeballs for making masks and cocktails!
- also, you can get some various stuffs as Bunny mentioned. Yeah, not at 100% but they still work

So not entirely sure they are "useless". Whaddyathink? ;-)

[Ye Olde Curmudgeon]

Originally posted by insettoinfetto:

+1 to puppets that spread disease to players (when you search them)

This ^^^^^
It would be awesome in the 0.5 update! *__*

[Red River]

+1
it's unrealistic all stuff they drop is basically worn down.. some of them should be fresh!

[Ye Olde Curmudgeon]

Why?

[insettoinfetto]

Originally posted by Bunny:

They can drop some very useful items anyway ... like ammo , attachments , screwdrivers , etc.

Yes but a very low quality so not that useful. Only bandages can be used as quality now is not important.

Could be possible that they can drop common items with good quality?
The same kind of items that we can find looting in that area.

[space-spelunker]

Originally posted by Red River:

+1
it's unrealistic all stuff they drop is basically worn down.. some of them should be fresh!

How is that the slightest bit unrealistic? At what point does a puppet with tattered clothing pick up something fresh and put it in their pocket?

Puppets aren’t there to be “useful”. That’s not their purpose in the game.

[Esper]

Originally posted by space-spelunker:

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The point is not to be able to get fully geared off puppets and a sewing kit. Go out and loot.

then why have them drop loot at all? id argue its harder to kill a puppet and +get a sewing kit (and clean the clothes) than it is to walk into a room and pick a shirt up off a bed!

Originally posted by Bunny:

This. People were getting high level clothes / armor too fast.

If you said guns I would have been in agreement but don't understand why acquiring regular clothing fast is meant to be difficult or meaningful challenge?

I don't see any significant different to running around in the starter jumpsuit vs anything else all you really need is a half decent backpack?

[Red River]

Originally posted by Me:

Originally posted by space-spelunker:

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The point is not to be able to get fully geared off puppets and a sewing kit. Go out and loot.

then why have them drop loot at all? id argue its harder to kill a puppet and +get a sewing kit than it is to walk into a room and pick clothes up off bed

+1