Some thoughts on LotusAngel83's post:
LotusAngel83 wrote:New player may lose/use first claim unwisely and be left unprotected.
LotusAngel83 wrote:Players that prefer to build large buildings will not be adequately protected.
This is a zombie survival game.
LotusAngel83 wrote:May cause additional distress for people believing mods have too much authority.
The mods and ops are meant to have authority. There should never be any confusion in this as they are essentially the enforcers on the server.
Now on to the Ammo Crate:
I feel you should not be able to craft it. I also feel the safes should not be craft-able, nor the auger, chainsaw, and the nail gun. Here is my reasons
First off these are manufactured item in real life. Keeping with some sense of real life logic the items shouldn't be craft-able. Also this allows for longer play time. I noticed after two weeks there is no reason to keep playing once you have a fortified base, and self sufficient. Making it slightly harder will allow for more play time.
The LCB should also be restricted completely except for drops, and limited with events as the LCB is meant to be rare. If you want a large base then you better be playing more, and hunting those drops down. I just picked up 5 drops when I hopped on the server. I got 4 LCB's. Its not hard. In my opinion its REALLY easy to get them.
Also with the other storage containers with them craft-able, and really easy to craft you can pretty much turn this into a kids game by just getting tons of weapons and such and making it way to easy. The whole point of the game is for struggle and strife. Not so much its near impossible(rust), but that is the key value of this game. People love struggling, as long as its for entertainment.
Also I suggest turning off insta-craft. That is just a bad idea all around. Also I say block durability should be increased. Really, two-three whacks with a pick to break a boulder. Really?
24 hour cycle also should be lengthened overall, maybe 1 - 2 hrs?
Summary
Item | Suggestion |
LCB, Ammo Crates, Safes, Auger, Chainsaw, Nail-gun, and other manufactured items | Not Craft-able |
Craft Timer | increased |
Block Durability | Increased |
24 hour Cycle | Increased |