I get enough traders coming around that benefit doesn't matter much for me.
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State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game
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Hi all! First and foremost, great job on the OT, OP! It looks great, and has a ton of information. I have Game Pass, so I've been looking forward to playing this with my friends. I know that co-op has some catches like only being able to "progress" for the host player. Do we have any decent guides on how co-op works?
I wanna know all the details before we jump in.
I wanna know all the details before we jump in.
Apparently the only way is to either have them killed or exile them, leaving that slot empty to fill with another character. I'm **really** regretting my choice in promoting a warlord. I thought it would give me some fun fighting bonuses...I didn't realize it would make me have to fight other humans a bunch, which so far is the most janky and unfun part of the game for me. Ah well.
Is there a faster way to collect the currency to get a new base? Is Reputation, or influence lol, cant remember atm.
Trying to get the Shipping Container base, and im only half way there. Is it smarter to get another base first and then work towards getting the larger one? This inital base is just too small, but im still having trouble getting more followers.
Trying to get the Shipping Container base, and im only half way there. Is it smarter to get another base first and then work towards getting the larger one? This inital base is just too small, but im still having trouble getting more followers.
Influence.
Clear out infestations, help groups, and make sure you take advantage of the influence boosts.
Influence boosts? How do you get those?
Also, can you switch to a different leader, or are you stuck with what you started with?
How does Story/Tutorial work? My main character died and using my 2nd one...How do you beat the game exactly? Kill all plague hearts?
I'm not sure but some characters give a boost on their trait... i got one with a "drummer" pick that gives more influence...i think some facilities give infl boost for an hour in exchange for labor etc.
You also trade items for influence...trade all your junk... those "luxury items" sell alot too... like cigar, champagne etc.... sold upward to 100 influence each.... took me several hours into 2 different playthroughs to know your suppose to trade that stuff and i'm my 3rd base is doing much much better than my first 2.
Is there anyway to "sell" my current base and outposts? By that I mean I want to move and was wondering if there was anyway to get my influence from those back.
I decided to try making a new community and if you skip the tutorial, you can just roll random characters. Gives you chance to keep rerolling till you get the starting group you want. I think random map? I got the Drucker map which I hate.
Like others said before make sure to sell your high value items, but the way I did it was by playing co-op with my friend. Co-op is buggy/glitchy/janky af but it's well worth your time if only for the influence that you earn. When I finally cleared my first map (Drucker County) and helping my friend via co-op for over 10-12 hours, I had 10k + Influence.
Many factors contribute to low morale amongst your survivors. Lack of supplies, different personalities, some folks in my base (2 in particular) like to start fights and pick on other when they're low on morale. Make good use of your community screen to look at the strength and weaknesses of your survivors and use the base screen and on the left hand side you'll have 4 different tabs named Resources, Community, Morale, Effects and Threat Level, respectively.
Use them to your advantage and find out who exactly is low on morale and how their personalities may or may not be affecting your camp.
For example, 2 of my survivors are a real pain in the ass, so I installed a white noise machine mod on my beds to boost morale by 10 and mitigate against that.
I think it's just the same as the first game, each new day that rolls around the resource ticks up.
Outposts generate a small safe area radius. If you have some spread around the map in dense built-up areas it can be quite handy to cut back the zombie presence.
Outpost are good for resources such as electricity and water so you don't have to build them in your base freeing up slots. You can also drop off inventory and change characters. If the outpost has beds those also count towards your base.
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Sometimes you don't have 5 seconds to regain your stamina, namely if you're being swarmed.
In your base management screen, there's a morale bar. If you click on that bar, it'll give you a detailed summary of every effect that's contributing to your morale total.
Ahh thank you! Is there somewhere you can see the resources you are consuming vs generating?
On the base menu. Select the top left menu section showing your resources. Should show how much and what resources are being used.
Thank you! I'm really enjoying the game but there is so much going on! Feel like I'm constantly running around plugging holes.
I recruited someone when i shouldn't (low on beds), are there downsides to getting them out of your group? I see plenty of people i've recruited who have their own little quests, so i assume those are missable if i choose not to recruit or exile current members?
Is there a push to talk option? I'm in a friend's game but I'm also in an Xbox party with him and some other people and the two of us are getting an echo as our voices come through in game and the xbox app too
Favorite vehicle?
So far for me is the utility truck. Basically a pickup truck with a plow in the front.
I saw repairable armored truck of some sort while scavenging but left it alone.
So far for me is the utility truck. Basically a pickup truck with a plow in the front.
I saw repairable armored truck of some sort while scavenging but left it alone.
Same, it takes a nice chunk of damage before it calls it quits and can survive about 3 hits to a Juggernaut before you have to stop.
Been searching for one ever since I moved on to Meagher Valley.
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1. Each base has a set amount of slots, you can see which slots are available on new bases before you move in.
2. Once you have a level 2 command center you can choose the look for exits (probably called something else but along those lines) and then choose a new place to settle.
Oh okay. Damn. So when all my slots are full in my base is it time to go get a new one? I really need water and a work post. I've also seen that command to look for new settlements.
The store is shit, but you shouldnt judge it for gamepass alone. Gamepass working on pc is a side effect, not intentional - for all purposes gamepass is strictly a xbox service (that just happens to work with play anywhere games)
Yeah, thanks - I chatted with an 'ambassador' and they told me you have to fucking download it on your Xbox first. That's annoying, as I don't have an Xbox. I thought play anywhere meant play shit on my PC.
The dude said it was a 'glitch they are working on,' though.
Do you have to build the Leader buildings to advance the story? I think my builder quest is bugged because nothing is happening and I destroyed the plague hearts a long time ago. My leader just keeps saying I need to turn my base into a fortress and the only thing I can think is that they want the big watch tower built - which is useless because I'm in the Container Fort.
Outposts don't create safe zones anymore in the sequel. Zombies still roam freely around them.
For sure you'll find some. You're currently in Drucker County right? I know that many things in the game are procedurally generated so I don't know how much this is going to help, but back when I was in Drucker, there was a military base that contained a military vehicle on the southeast part of the map.
Be warned, they can take a beating but they chug gas and are very tank like, very susceptible to get "barnacled" when surrounded by zombies.
I know they can wander in now, but it seems from experience (could be wrong though) that outposts at least block the spawning of them.
They're definitely supposed to do something because the perk list for almost every outpost has "Permanent safe area" in it.
only downside is assholes can drag guys out of the ute bed pretty much instantaneously
Ok. I thought someone said your survivors couldn't go out on supply runs? Well, Deon one of my starting characters who somehow always gets the blood plague went and returned with food and fuel. After I healed him of the plague he said now I need to find something to do. I didn't notice or see him leave, but like 45 mins later he comes back and said I found supplies on my run. Is there a way I can manually make survivors do this?
The reviewer was wrong, Karak even mentioned it in the review thread.
But basically, the happier your group's moral is, the more likely they are to go out and get supplies.
This is true, one of my guys (Vincent, I call him Vinny) regularly goes out on supply runs and brings back painkillers and bags of snacks.