dave40262000

I am US based and have played both EU & AU and I am currently on AU Scourge this wipe. Ping is a bit high there, but I have no issues playing and the time zone difference makes the server pop much lower when I play versus the rest of the AU players. Monuments are much more available to run for me because of that.

Leave your neighbor a note or talk to them in game when on and discuss it. They might not have even known you preferred the trees there. Chopping trees is just part of the game and I know I tend to clear all the trees near my base out of laziness (to roam farther away) even if it looks better with them there.

Searchlights are just one of many issues that cause unnecessary lag. Go ahead and add massive twig bases, a dozen windmills & massive farms to the list. I agree that people need to be more considerate and think about their fellow players much more than they currently do. Just because a 7 story 20x20 twig base covered in searchlights, composters & windmills is allowed, doesn't mean that you should build it. Everyone knows the impact those type of bases have to the community and I think it is rude to build them. I play on another PVE server where searchlights & windmills are blacklisted and can't be crafted or placed. I have said it before, but I feel that some sort of advanced decay needs to be put into place for twig after 48 hours to make it cheaper to have wood instead. I also have seen where bases over a certain size have advanced decay as a penalty to the upkeep. If you want that 7 story 20x20 base fine, but you will have to farm a ton of resources to maintain it.

perfect..I like buying them and letting others do that damage..

does this mean that if it is purchased bradley/heli, the person throwing the flare must now deal damage to qualify for loot? Last wipe the person throwing the flare did not need to do any damage.

Mister hit the nail on the head. Typical PVP players tend to be more toxic. Even having a limited PVP zone will still bring more of them into the mix. I came hee to get away from toxicity.

I am one of those guilty parties that puts a 1x1 near most of the monuments and public PJ's. I would be fine with no teleporting myself, but that would just make me use the 1x1 to F1 even more. I would prefer more zombies also on Scourge, but understand the limitations and issues around the current AI. Hopefully eventually it will be worked out. I am against building limitations myself...Let people be as creative as they want to be! Someone having 500+ lights on a 20x20 6 story base confuses me, but if that's their thing then good for them. What I would like to see is regular decay along with elevated decay on twig (#deathtotwig) after 48 hours so having twig would actually cost more than upgrading to wood after 48 hours. If someone wants a massive base, then they will need to farm quite a bit to keep it. I feel that will help with the number of massive bases versus trying some sort of size limitation.

To me that is more of an exploit versus a bug. I think it would be faster just to farm trees myself. haha

Nice suggestion. I can see #2-4 being doable pretty easily. I am not sure how complex it would be to make the speed work across all terrains.

Dan, My condolences to you for your loss! I will keep Wendy in my thoughts and prayers.

The buff to excavator was 100% directed at making it a nice PVP area in the game. Running excavator isn't any lazier than running a PJ or Quarry though, so I wouldn't call it lazy, but it is an issue on PVE servers when it has to be shared by everyone versus being instanced. Having players on EZ servers dumping 100 barrels into it and going AFK is a huge problem and should not be allowed.. I have been lucky enough on my server to not run into someone doing this yet, and we have been able to negotiate hand off between multiple players wanting to run it. I have not seen too many fights over the airdrops either on my server, so most have learned to keep their hands off those. I still make it a point to call out in chat before I start running it as to how long I have diesel for and if I want the airdrops or not. I also call out when I am done in case someone else wants to start running it. Communication helps with a lot of these issues. The obvious fix is for the monument to be instanced the same as the public PJ's and Quarries are. Until that happens though we all just need to learn to play nice and share.

I would also be ok with normal decay being implemented across the servers, but with some other needed changes. It is so easy to gather resources that it probably won't have too large of an impact on builds, but it may help some on the mega bases. My only fear is that more will use twig to keep the upkeep down and what we think will improve the lag, will instead make it worse by more people using twig due to upkeep needs. I feel that for regular upkeep to have a significant impact then there must be a limit to the length of time a base can remain twig also. Something like limiting twig to 48 hours before elevated decay sets in, making it cheaper to have as wood versus twig after 48 hours would help rid the servers of massive twig bases. I am against limiting the size of bases on any of the servers. If someone wants to make a massive base then good for them, but they will need to get theirs hands on a lot of upkeep to maintain it. I have zero idea how easy it would be to configure that for the dev team, or if they have any interest in making that type of change to their servers though.

Why would she assume the 5 horses were left by an admin? Anyone could have done that as a joke. I have never had an issue with ANY admin on any of the servers before. They have all been friendly and helpful when I have been online. I think the majority of the complaints come from people that have either broken a rule and have been admonished, or have just been a jerk in general. After that they seem to think the admin have some kind of vendetta against them which is silly.

Low Grade Fuel 1) Low Grade Fuel (LGF) is king. LGF is one of the primary drivers of net worth. Early in wipe always be looking for red barrels (especially around Dome & Satellite Dish). The goal is to refine your crude and use the LGF to run one of the public pump jacks (PJ’s) to produce more crude to rinse and repeat. These public PJ’s are instanced just for you, so nobody can steal your LGF or crude from them. Every LGF produces 1 crude in a PJ, which refines into 3 LGF so the return is nice. 2) Public oil refineries exist at Outpost, Airfield, Water treatment, Train Yard & Dome. Until you can purchase or make one yourself take advantage of the free ones in the early stages of wipe. 3) While EZ sells private pump jacks for $3.00 (many people take advantage of this and they can be leveled up to produce even more crude), there are 3 public PJ’s on the map. These free PJ’s are at Water Treatment, Train Yard & Power Plant. Initially focus on just keeping one of them running until you build up a little bit of LGF. 4) Once you have enough LGF to keep a PJ running for more than an hour (they use 360 LGF/hr), then begin to use a second and finally a third. If kept running 24/7 a PJ will require 8,640 LGF, but will refine that into 25,920 LGF in a refinery. 5) Using all three public PJ’s will cost 25,920 LGF per day, but refine into 77,760 LGF per day!! It will take 2-3 days before your production reaches this point, but once it does it is very easy to keep the PJ’s filled with LGF. 6) Once you have a little scrap you can purchase an oil refinery at Outpost for your base. Depending on how often you log on and how many hours you play, I recommend anywhere from 3 to 6 oil refineries for your base eventually to efficiently refine the crude your PJ’s will be producing. Quarries 1) 3 different quarries exist in game: Stone, Sulfur & HQM. These are all instanced just for you, so nobody can steal your LGF or resources from them. All 3 quarries take the same amount of LGF to keep them running 24/7: 8640 LGF 2) Stone quarry will produce both Stone and Metal Ore. Personally I do not feel this is worth the LGF especially early on, but once you have a surplus, feel free to run this. On Scourge I am not seeing published output of resources and it appears to be approximately half of the published numbers. 3) Sulfur quarry will produce sulfur ore. I would not recommend running this quarry until you can keep your PJ’s running 24/7. Eventually you will be wanting the sulfur though for explosives (nice net worth). On Scourge I am not seeing published output of resources and it appears to be approximately half of the published numbers. 4) HQM quarry will produce HQM ore. I begin to run this quarry usually on my second day on server as this will help produce massive amounts of scrap for you with minimal effort. On Scourge I am not seeing published output of resources and it appears to be approximately doubled the published numbers. This is close to 6,000 HQM ore which can sell for 12,000 scrap at bandit camp. Moving Around the map 1) Players may have up to 10 spawn points that can be used to teleport using the /home command. To efficiently move around the map, I strongly recommend creating 1x1 foundations around the map and placing a TC and a named sleeping bag of the monument. Be sure to place enough resources in the TC to last the duration of the wipe. 2) The highest priority spawn points will be near the 3 public PJ’s (Water, Train & Power) as these will be used on a daily basis for sure. 3) Use your remaining slots to place spawn points near your favorite monuments. 4) Do not forget that the 3 quarries (Stone, Sulfur & HQM) along with Outpost and Bandit camp are free to teleport to using the /home command and will not use net worth. It will require net worth to travel back to your base though, so be prepared to F1 and use your extra backpack for the return trip. There is no need to have a spawn point for these places. 5) To utilize your spawn points, move all your inventory & armor into your extra backpack first. Then simply F1 kill and select the spawn point you want to utilize. Keep in mind how large your extra backpack is (VIP or not) and ensure everything fits. If you find yourself running out of backpack space often, then place a large box on the foundation of your spawn points also and just make 2 trips. 6) I am able to make the rounds to all 3 PJ’s and 3 quarries and get back home in around 10 minutes usually using the F1 method. Having these little bases is a huge timesaver especially if you are not good at flying a heli (such as myself!). This method also preserves your net worth since it will cost 200 net worth for each teleport. There are many other fun things to use your net worth on besides teleporting! Net Worth 1) Net worth is earned by killing zombies and by just being on the server. Unfortunately, neither of these will produce net worth very quickly. 2) Utilizing the black market (/shop) and selling your surplus resources is the quickest way to earn more net worth. 3) The 4 best ways to earn large amounts of net worth are HQM, hemp farms, pickle farms, & selling surplus LGF. 4) The HQM quarry will produce enough HQM ore for approximately 12,000 scrap per day. This can be used to purchase smoke grenades at Outpost to recycle into gun powder and metal fragments to be used to make explosives. The excess metal frags can be sold for either more scrap or net worth. Explosives can be sold on the black market at the rate of 100 explosives for 500 net worth. 5) Hemp farms can be made to grow your own hemp by using large amounts of planter boxes to plant seeds and grow your own hemp. This can then be harvested and sold for scrap at Bandit camp. Repeat the smoke grenade method to make explosives. 6) Pickle farms are the process of buying large amounts of pickles at Bandit camp and placing them in many composters to produce large amounts of fertilizer. The fertilizer can be sold for scrap at Bandit camp. Repeat the smoke grenade method to make explosives. 7) LGF can be sold outright to the black market at the rate of 10,000 LGF for 500 net worth. Final note This is just a basic guide to help new players understand how some on the server have hundreds of thousands in net worth. There are many other ways of efficiently gathering resources such as using Giant Excavator, but I wanted to keep this as short and simple as possible. This guide is also specific to the Scourge servers as I have not played on either Pure or Survival, and do not know the mechanics of those servers. Dave

I always log out naked now just in case and also build a little farther away from monuments and have not had the problem since.

are you right on the edge of the build zone for the mil base or outpost? I was killed in base on a previous wipe and they thought the monument purge got me since I was built right on the edge of Dome.

#deathtotwig

I actually like recycling the poop rockets. They convert into some nice HV rockets for me.. haha

I only have played on Scourge servers so far so I have not seen or used the J pipes yet and the impact they have to server FPS.

I would be fine with deleting them also, but understand it is a nice revenue stream for EZ. I am all for anything that potentially reduces entity counts on the servers though

excellent idea!!

Doesn't surprise me and considering how high their pop stays through the entire wipe, there isn't really a need to add in a feature like that. I didn't quite get the net worth at first, but now I see how it helps maintain good pop through the entire wipe.

I joined US Scourge mid wipe the first month I played here and it was a challenge to find a patch of open land to squeeze a 2x2 into.

very possible.. I assumed they were linked to the abandoned base. If the player just relocated and is still active though the purge would not remove them. I like the idea if a TC isn't touched for 7 days it would qualify also for the purge. I know that could cause some pain if people load their TC and forget to touch it, but it would help with all the random TC's and partial bases scattered around each server. People would just have to learn to remember to check their TC's weekly.

exactly...the picture posted is simply a country flag with name of country, which i would feel is perfectly fine within the rules.