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==Developing Suggestions==
''This section is for presenting and reviewing suggestions which '''have not yet been submitted''' and are still being worked on.''


''Nothing on this page will be archived.''


===Further Discussion===
===Ignore based on Radio Broadcast===
*Discussion concerning this page takes place [[Talk:Developing Suggestions|here]].
*Discussion concerning the suggestions system in general, including policies about it, takes place [[:Category_talk:Suggestions#Suggestion_Discussion|here]].
 
 
==Please Read Before Posting==
*'''Be sure to check <big>[[Frequently Suggested#The List|The Frequently Suggested List]]</big> and the [[Suggestions Dos and Do Nots]] before you post your idea.''' You can read about many ideas that have been suggested already, which users should be aware of before posting what could be a '''dupe''': a duplicate of an existing suggestion. '''These include [[Suggestions/RejectedNovember2005#SMG.2FMachine_Pistol|Machine Guns]] and [[Suggestions/19th-Nov-2005#Sniper_Rifle|Sniper Rifles]].'''
*Users should be aware that page is discussion oriented. Other users are free to express their own point of view and are not required to be neutral.
*If you decide not to take your suggestion to voting, please remove it from this page to avoid clutter.
*It is recommended that users spend some time familiarizing themselves with this page before posting their own suggestions.
*''After new game updates, users are requested to allow time for the game and community to adjust to these changes '''before''' suggesting alterations.''
 
==How To Make a Suggestion==
===Adding a New Suggestion===
*Copy the code in the box below.
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*Paste the copied text '''above''' the other suggestions, right under the heading.
*Substitute the text in <font color="red">RED CAPITALS</font> with the details of your suggestion.
 
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|description=</nowiki><font color="red">DESCRIPTION HERE</font><nowiki>
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*'''Name''' - Give the suggestion a short but descriptive name.
*'''Type''' is the nature of the suggestion, such as a ''new class'', ''skill change'', ''balance change'', etc. Basically: '''What is it?''' and '''Is it new, or a change?'''
*'''Scope''' is who or what the suggestion affects. Typically ''survivors'' or ''zombies'' (or both), but occasionally ''Malton'', the game ''interface'' or something else.
*'''Description''' should be a full explanation of your suggestion. Include information like flavor text, search odds, hit percentages, etc, as appropriate. Unless you are as yet unsure of the exact details behind the suggestion, try not to leave out anything important. Check your spelling and grammar.
 
===Cycling Suggestions===
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This page is prone to breaking when the page gets too long, so sometimes suggestions still under discussion will be moved to the [[Developing Suggestions/Overflow1|Overflow page]], so the discussion can continue.
 
 
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<span style="font-size:1.75em; color:red">'''Please add new suggestions to the top of the list'''</span>
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==Suggestions==
 
===Find Injured Zombies===
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|'''Timestamp:''' {{User:Lelouch/sig}} 22:25, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Khwud|Khwud]] ([[User talk:Khwud|talk]]) 17:27, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
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|'''Type:''' Gameplay Change or Skill
|'''Type:''' UI enhancement
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|'''Scope:''' Zombie/Survivor combat
|'''Scope:''' Interface
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|'''Description:''' I propose that scanning a zombie now reveal whether it is injured (30-HP) or dying (12-HP), with a possible further addition of allowing people to see infection status. This way, people can more easily attack heavily wounded zombies in a way that doesn't just give them up for free. I also propose that scans now move up through the stack even if all zombies in the area have been scanned, though this is not a necessary part of my idea. What do you guys think?
|'''Description:''' Allow 'ignore' from radio broadcasts; users are hiding behind their anonymity to allow them to broadcast things that would broadly trigger them to be ignored, if their user ID was visible.  Adding their name, or an auto-generated call-sign (it is for a radio, after all) or something so that they could be blocked based on their broadcasts would help user experience.  In addition, and broadcasts that get more than a threshold number could get tagged for review, and the user potentially having their (in-game) ham-license revoked.
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====Discussion (Find Injured Zombies)====
====Discussion (Ignore based on Radio Broadcast)====
If it was only the "dying" ones that showed up I might agree.... Add in that rotters have a 25% chance for a false result and flesh rotters a 50% (75%?) and I would probably come down on the yes side. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 00:03, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
:There's already a something like 80% chance of the scan failing, do we really need to skew the odds even further?{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 00:40, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
::Don't see why not. My suggestion would not reduce the current success rate it would just give you a chance of gaining false information... information that you don't currently get anyway. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 08:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Looking at the current version of the suggestion (DNA scan reveals a zombie as Injured if it has </=30 hp and Dying if it has </=12 hp), and shows infection status), it's closer to the mark but I still don't like it.  Regarding scans moving through the stack even if all zombies in the area have been scanned, that should be disconnected and proposed separately.  As long as you're not gaining any XP from scanning already-scanned zombies, it's fine.  You ''are'' spending AP and encumbrance on gaining this information, after all, it's kind of lame that you can't do it just because someone else got there first. --[[User:Mold|Mold]] 04:42, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
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====Discussion (Attack Injured Zombies)====
Please go to your local morgue. Look at 10 corpses. Tell me which has the least amount of hit points. -- {{User:Iscariot/Signature}} 22:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:Trick question. They're all at 0HP. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 22:55, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::They might have 50 AP though. Better watch out.--[[User:Trevor Wrist|Trevor Wrist]] 23:04, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::: luLz, funny :) --[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 09:02, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
:I'm guessing that guns leave big holes in zombies, and anyone at 7 HP is probably missing some body parts.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 23:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::If that's the case, shouldn't near-death survivors be penalized for doing certain things? Like, y'know, freerunning, aimed attacks, installing gennies, all that stuff that usually requires you to have your body parts where they belong unless you want to fail/suck at it? I'm also very excited about your narrative justification of how those body parts and bullet holes magically grow back after reviving/standing back up/feeding.--[[User:Trevor Wrist|Trevor Wrist]] 00:54, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 
How would this be displayed? We can't see individual zombies, so where would the low-HP indicator be shown? {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 22:55, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:There would be no indicator. He's saying that you would just attack the one with the lowest HP.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:56, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::Then what was he talking about with seeing the 30- and 12- HP zombies? {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 22:58, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::There's an "or" in there guys ;) - [[User:Whitehouse]] 23:35, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Thanks WH, and I was thinking either a catagorization (unjured/dying zombies) or colors. Colors on what? I guess I'll stick with catagorization. You are inside the balls building, a powered balls sign glows dimly over the front testicle. There are two zombies and a dying zombie here (Attack: A Zombie, A Dying Zombie).{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 23:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Yes, let's mindlessly buff those poor, poor zombie hunters. And how do you spot a "heavily injured" zombie exactly? Do you compare the amount of limbs still attached? Count the number of bullet holes? And while we're at it, what makes zombie hunters so more special that they would be able to spot "injured" zombies while zombies, who can actually smell each other, can not? Also, I'm pretty sure that this would extremely hurt newbie zombies, y'know, those who can't heal themselves unless they get killed or commit suicide and trenchie zombie hunters love to shoot at for no good reason.--[[User:Trevor Wrist|Trevor Wrist]] 22:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
This isn't going to work I'm afraid, see above , and eventually, below. --[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 22:59, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
'''WHY???''' --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 23:04, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:Why should survivors have to kill a 60 HP zombie to remove a 5 HP zombie?{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 23:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::Because they have that fucking huge advantage called barricades. -- {{User:Iscariot/Signature}} 23:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::Because it's one of the core advantages of being a (feral) zombie in a larger group. Ever wondered why most newbie zombie guides have "Find a horde" in them? Among other reasons, they "offer" protection by becoming a target among many, regardless wether you're on full health or one attack shy of dying. With your idea, this becomes redundant, if not even dangerous. You're a newbie zombie low on hp thanks to random trenchies (or the occasional fellow newbie zed), but hey, lucky you, you found a fresh break-in nearby and the amount of zeds there seem big enough to give you cover. Oh wait, guess not cause now you're among the first to hit the fan. Enjoy your -15AP. And let's not even start about the idea of automatically getting targetted by every zombie hunter in the building because you've got 1HP less than the other zeds around.--[[User:Trevor Wrist|Trevor Wrist]] 00:23, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
I know this suggestion is influenced by mine but I still don't like it at all.  It has all the griefing potential but none of the possible benefits for zombies.  Trenchcoaters will now target the weakest zombies (probably newbies too) so they can go into the mall and brag about how many they've killed, add more notches to their shotgun barrel etc.  Combat revivers would get a buff too because they can kill the weaker zombies and combat-revive the stronger ones, improving their HP ratio.  But it's no use at all if you want to heal a specific zombie.  And worst of all it's a '''new skill''' and new skills almost always nerf newbies. --[[User:Explodey|Explodey]] 01:08, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Okay, I'm hearing some pretty big worries about newbies being abused, and I don't want that to happen. Would just having survivors attack the weakest zombie around fix this issue, or do you think that would still be a problem?{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 01:24, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:The issue would still be there. Maybe if you changed it so it only affected zombies that are already in your contacts list, and keep it vague by giving the zombies who are at less than full health a * next to their name. This way the survivor doesn't know if the zombie in question has 59 HP, 48 HP, or 1 HP. --{{User:Maverick Farrant/sig}} 08:02, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Current proposal: Against, for all the reasons above. But how about: Scanning a zombie with a DNA scanner will also give you his current HP and infection status? I see several advantages:
:*DNA scanner becomes more useful
:*Trenchcoaters might actually start using scanners, helping [[NecroWatch]]
:*Revivers will know if they have to slab a FAK on you before hitting you with a needle.
 
On the whole, I don't think this entire thing is very necessary (if a horde of zombies shambles towards you, you shoot the nearest, not the one with the least limbs. Besides, zombies get up, and they don't really wash their clothes each time they do so, so what exactly is the criterium for a `near-dead corpse'?) but if you want something like this, that's how I'd do it. --{{User:Itsacon/Sig}} 12:53, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Yet another attempt at ruining zombie anonymity. The lack of HP displayed is a very important part of that in game function of zombies. Don't nerf one of our more important advantages that actually discourage retarded survivors from shooting zambahz on the streets. --[[User:Johnny Bass|Papa Johnny]] 17:53, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:Also, if you want an RP reason for this: considering the state of decay of a zambah, you should only be able to tell when they are in 1 of 2 states. State 1 being standing and zombified and state 2 being on the ground. See? Simple. --[[User:Johnny Bass|Papa Johnny]] 17:57, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Okay, what if I went with Itsacon's idea and made HP be displayed upon DNA extraction?{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 23:08, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 
I think it is a false assumption that this will hurt newbie zombies specifically.  Because of zombie anonymity, there is no guarantee that the "lowest HP zombie" will be a newbie.  With digestion it is a little more likely, but no guarantee.  Unless you kill the zombie or it interacts with you, you won't KNOW if it is a level 1 or a level 41.  I like the second option better.  I think, at best, it should only work on zombies with, say 9 HP or less.  If there are none such in the stack, the attacker would get a message saying "you cannot differentiate the zombies well enough to note severe damage".  Maybe it could be called "Aim" or something, which lead me to [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/PR_Skill_New:_Survivor:_Zombie_Hunter#Aimed_Shot_.28Kill_Zed_at_8HP.2C_no_Headshot.29 this] for a comparison.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 06:05, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
:Newbie zombies have about 17% lower ''max'' hp than the more experienced ones, fewer easy options to get missing hp back, and likely don't even have flak jackets or flesh rot to help hold onto what they do have.  Any new thing that aims attacks at the zombies with the lowest hp is going to fall hardest on the newbies' shoulders. --[[User:Mold|Mold]] 04:30, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 
The DNA scan revealing infection is an excellent idea (but almost sure it is an old dupe) Revealing HP is just not a good idea though. At best a scan should reveal a zombie as "wounded" but only if '''all''' flesh rotters showed up as wounded on a successful scan. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 09:08, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 
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===Shrink the map===
===DEFEND===
{|
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|'''Timestamp:''' --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 12:23, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
|'''Timestamp:''' --[[User:Uroguy|Uroguy]]<sup>[[Zookeepers|TMZ]]</sup> 16:28, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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|'''Type:''' new action
|'''Type:''' Map change
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|'''Scope:''' survivors and Zombies with MoL
|'''Scope:''' Everyone
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|'''Description:''' There are always certain folks you just don't want messing with the radio/generator/safehouse/revive line. Currently you can't do much to stop them if you are not online so I am suggesting a new option that would be available through the settings page. If implemented this would allow you to designate a single action that you wish to protect against; once set it would remain until you came back to change it.
|'''Description:''' There are just over 3000 active characters in the game currently likely counting a significant percentage of alts and zergs. Shrinking the map by eliminating the outer first two rings of suburbs would increase the amount of interactions between the remaining characters. This shrink could be increased or decreased depending on future changes to the playerbase.
Actions you may select (via a dropdown) would include:
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*Free-running into the location.
====Discussion (Shrink the map)====
*Attacking Generators
*Setting up/fueling Generators
*Attacking Barricades
*Building/adding to Barricades
*Attacking Radio's
*Broadcasting
*Setting up decorations (Why you would I can't imagine but what the hey?)
*Creating Revive Syringes
*Necrotech scanning
*Reviving
*Ruining (dubious about this one but its probably only fair)
*Repairing
*''Others that people think might be worthwhile.....''
 
Once an action is selected you then choose a target:
*"colour" contacts
*all contacts
*all survivor
*all zombies
*all.
 
Finally you would choose a weapon... any weapon including newspapers.
 
 
 
'''What Happens:'''
Once set up, a new action will appear in the normal game panel, For a cost of 5AP (more/less?) you can activate your selected "defend" criteria. Should anyone from your target list attempt the action you are currently defending against you will then make a single attack with the chosen weapon.
'''If''' this attack causes damage the action defended against will fail (1AP/IP hit no item loss, free running fails should be subject to potential falling damage as if falling from a ruin though!) the target will receive a message saying something like ''"Arson Lover tries to prevent you damaging the radio by attacking you with an axe, they hit you for 3HP and foil your action"'' or ''"Arson Lover tries to prevent you damaging the generator by attacking you with an axe, they miss and seem winded by the attempt!"''
While "Defending" you may not regenerate to above 45AP. "Defense" will end when it is triggered, when you spend AP on any other action or if you are injured. All players defending a given action will be triggered by it but regardless of actual numbers no player will be reduced to less than 1HP and it is only the action that triggered the defense that will be prevented.
 
 
 
====Discussion (Defend)====
 
A heavily reworked take on a previous discussion.... I take all the blame though :) --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 12:23, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
:Wouldn't this be a huge pain to code and program? Also if I multiply by say...50..50 people will "defend" a genny, if one player would try destroy the genny, well that would be quite fucked. Also if you defend a barricade, and a zombie attacks it from the outside, you somehow manage to defend it by attacking through the barricade, or wa?--[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 12:51, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::In order:
*coding is not really an issue for us... I think it even says that in the guidelines? However setting it up should be very easy as its just going to put a few more boxes in the settings page and a flag on the character when active. How that flag links to the action is (i would think) going to be the more problematic but it can't be that hard to do can it?
*multiplied by a million (or even 50) and this could easily get very messy but remember it just cost 250AP to do (or 5,000,000!) and cannot kill the target no matter how many people do it!
*The action would have to be one done in your sight. Attacking the barricade from your side of it, free running into your location etc...
I suppose it might be advisable to put a limit on how many folk can be defending at a time though as 50+ folks watching a generator might be a bit OTT :) --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 13:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Doesn't this effectively give people more knowledge than they normally have? For instance, normally, people can weaken the barricades without others in the building knowing who weakened them, so long as the barricades aren't actually broken through. Or they can attack the generator in the same way. As for ruining, people already stop that simply by being in the building, so I don't see a reason to have it as an action you can defend against. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 15:10, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:The thing about not noticing barricade/generator attacks is that you really should have the option to notice. Of course there are often very good reasons to attack the barricades as a survivor so perhaps the option to make this only apply to dropping below VS might be a good idea.  As for the blocking ruin, I include that purely because some zombies may wish to try to prevent it... They may be rotters in a revive clinic or just Mhr cows waiting somewhere convenient for their group to find them or even just survivors who die defending their mall and stand up as a zed with only a few AP left. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 16:36, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::That's a big boost for life culting when again, multiplied by a billion. 30 undead mallrats "defending", while one zombie tries to ruin the corner. Vice versa for repairs. --[[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]][[User:MisterGame|<span style= "color: maroon; background-color: white">'''''Thadeous Oakley''''']][[Image:Umbrella-White.png|14px]]</span> 16:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::So the ruining zombie gets mauled to 1HP and fails his 1AP action. Hardly upsetting as all it cost him is 1 click while each of those billion cultists just spent 5AP each to slow his effort. Remember this only works for the next action so as soon as triggered it needs an active player to re-click defend for another 5AP.... Just not going to find this chain reacting very often in my opinion. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 18:14, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::You know how they say opinions are never wrong?  That doesn't apply here, your opinion is wrong.  ''Everyone'' will use this, mostly for the same kinds of targets, and the only times you ''won't'' get a chain reaction like this is when you're in a mostly-deserted block, or when everyone's auto-attack has already been burnt up. --[[User:Mold|Mold]] 21:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Most players are too selfish to even barricade so how many do you think will be willing to spend AP defending against a single action for 10% of their daily AP? The only real problem would be zergers, but as it would require them to log on lots more than i suspect is normal it would be of little real use to them so i can't see it being a huge problem! On the whole i think this would mostly result in G'kers and Pker's and Combat Reviver's getting a nasty shock every now and again. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 23:14, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Maybe [[Trenchcoater|most players]] are too selfish to even barricade shared buildings, but hear them scream for blood if someone even gives a genny a dirty look, let alone actually wipes them out.  Oh noes, we can't search up shotguns and shells as easily now, KOS KOS zomby spys PKers traitors blah blah! Or watch them blatantly ignore other players' needs for gear and shelter, and build their own little EHB fortresses of doom to protect their own asses (rather than, say, cade an NT or the corner of the mall they're leeching from), and then freak out when somebody brings the cades down to VSB++ so other people can actually come inside. This would still get a lot of use from those idiots, just not on anything constructive for the rest of the survivors. --[[User:Mold|Mold]] 04:13, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Auto attacks are bad mmmkay? -- {{User:Iscariot/Signature}} 21:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:cari is right; this suggestion sucks. Basic D&DN violations going on here.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 22:05, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::1st; you cannot "violate" D&DN as they are only recommendations and they are pretty broadly expressed guidelines at that! 2nd. How is it an auto attack? You have selected a pretty specific target and payed 5AP for the privilege... should no relevant target present itself then you have burnt those AP for no reason. Sure the attack you make is triggered automatically if/when the criteria are met but so is every other attack (it fails if the target has moved!) --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 23:14, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::How is it an auto-attack? Hmmmm, I walk into the location, you aren<nowiki>'t</nowiki> online, your character '''auto'''matically '''attack'''s me. Would you like a diagram? Yeah, ''only'' if the criteria are met, because ''no-one'' free runs into malls.... -- {{User:Iscariot/Signature}} 23:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Free running is the biggest problem I see with this as its the only action that carries any real penalty for the victim, in that it could easily leave them stranded outside! However, I personally think that free running is waay overpowered and could use a serious nerf anyway which is why I put it on the list. As for it being an auto action is it really such a huge problem? '''Manufacturing''' syringes is (in effect) an auto search for a very high cost, placing a '''generator''' affects other players '''and''' provides an automatic bonus on things even after you log off, '''Infection''' is an auto attack triggered by anotherplayers actions and '''feeding groans''' result in effects after you have logged out too. OK so none of those is exactly the same as my suggestion but they are all things that add to gameplay and have effects which are not immediate, do not necissarily benefit the actual player and cause harm (or inconvienience) to the opposition. Put simply.... what is wrong with the concept? --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 09:20, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::Infact... exactly which of the various D&DN guides does this even contradict? --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 23:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::It doesn't contradict d&dn, however it is mentioned on [[Frequently_Suggested#Auto_Attacks|frequently suggested]]. Also, I think it's just overly complicated for a simple game. - [[User:Whitehouse]] 23:56, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Multiply it by a billion, and you can violate D&DN by stupidly ignoring blatant warnings telling you that these kinds of ideas are fundamentally flawed. Would you prefer I called them "blatant ignorances of freely and obviously given common sense that's been tested over many years"?{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 23:59, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Multiplied by a billion zombies are unstoppable.... perhaps we should ban them? Almost everything in game has the potential to be overwhelming in mass use so that guideline makes very little sense. What this suggestion aims to do is give new options to both sides, those options are expensive in terms of cost to use and have little real effect (as you need to be active to reset your defense) The only one of the actions which are ever likely to cause any real grief is free-running because as presented it can leave the victim outside, in the case of just about every other action the worst possible outcome is that you are injured and waste 1 AP! --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 08:25, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::Multiplied by a quarter billion, barricades shut out the billion zombies completely.  Stop being stupid on purpose. This is a bad idea, and no amount of snark on your part will change that. --[[User:Mold|Mold]] 12:13, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Not actually trying to be 'SNARKY' just replying to the normal shit folk throw about it failing because of some randomly invented guideline. You can't multiply this by a billion because it inherently stops doing anything useful after a certain point. It's a bad idea you say.... justify don't just complain! --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 20:45, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::::okay, that reads back as pretty damn snarky. So i ask without malice, what exactly do you think is so obviously bad about bending those suggested guidelines? --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 00:10, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::You've got a clearly overpowered suggestion that can only be justified with a "Just not going to find [the massively overpowered bit] very often in my opinion."  But you will -- useful things get used when they're noticed, everything that can be abused will be, and there are a ''lot'' of players in UD, which tend to gather in herds.  Multiply it by a billion is an attempt to get you to stop and think about what a suggested change will actually do in play.  It's an exaggeration, sure, some people can't take a hint unless it's applied with a 2x4, they need the obvious to be grossly exaggerated to notice it.  Remember that assumed rarity doesn't balance an overpowered implementation.  Either a large portion of players go out of their way to get it and it's not rare anymore, or you arbitrarily limit how many can do that and wind up setting up an elite class and discriminating against everyone else. --[[User:Mold|Mold]] 04:06, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
I see you've addressed some of the common problems with auto attacks (AP spent while logged off etc.) but the result is that it's too complicated. --[[User:Explodey|Explodey]] 01:12, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:I agree that setting it up is complicated (well as complicated as choosing a new set of clothes anyway) but once set it hardly changes the actual interface at all. Can you think of anything to make it less complex or is it just the uncertaintly that it would add to certain gameplay styles that is the problem? --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 09:07, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::Rather than having the drop-downs on the settings page and an activation button on the map page, maybe you could use the same format as the "attack" button, with two drop-downs beside it (if it would require more than two drop-downs then reduce the number of options to make it fit.)  Having it on the settings page takes too many clicks (Go to settings page; Select target to defend; Select weapon; Select group to defend against; Back to the city; Press defend button: 9 clicks total.) --[[User:Explodey|Explodey]] 18:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
:::I did think of that but figured that it would clutter the main page a little too much. Also the ability to select all 3 items separately is pretty important to functionality and would easily work in a similar way to clothing selection (at least to set up). Remember too that once set the selection is stored it only needs to be changed if you want to change your options. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 22:11, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::::You don't need all combinations.  Why would you let some characters GK or RK but not others?  The same applies to most of those actions (with the exception of Free Running.)  Reviving, scanning and syringe manufacture should not be in there at all.  Adding features just for death cultists seems wrong.  And defending against broadcasting would mostly be used for trenchie in-fighting and would be a distraction from the human-vs-zombie war.  Remove all that and you're left with: Stop red contacts free running, stop blue contacts free running, stop everyone free running, stop everyone barricading/de-barricading, etc.  You could get it down to fewer than 15 options and combine the group & action selection into one drop-down box. --[[User:Explodey|Explodey]] 12:57, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::I agree that its unlikely that you would want to defend your radio/generator from only some folk but the same cannot be said for most of the other actions. Reviving, scanning and manufacture are all very important things from a zombie point of view and this suggestion aims to include them... anyway deathcultists et al are already part of the game and suggestions should not be unreasonably tailored just to prevent them gaining any use. Reducing the number of drop downs but increasing the options in each would work well though.--[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 14:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
As Honestmistake said, they are GUIDELINES, not set in stone rules.  That is what these discussions are for.  I don't think the "attack" should do damage.  Your just stopping the person from performing the action.  Thus no "weapon selection" would be needed exactly.  Or, at best it could require a melee weapons (maybe it could be a "special" ability of the hockey stick ala the pipe or crowbar?).  The only problem is Free Running which, I agree, is overpowered.  If the point is to impede the action, either the person falls outside or doesn't make the "run" at all.  In that case, maybe the person attempting the free running gets the message "someone is blocking the window, you cannot see a way past them at the moment".--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 05:44, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
:It couldn't use that exact message as it would make people think the "defender" was still blocking the way in when in fact they will not be (it only works for 1 action once). But Free running is certainly the biggest problem i see with this even with any tweaks i can think of??? --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 09:19, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Hey HM; your suggestion sucks zombie balls, and everyone here knows it. Either take your frills down and listen to us or take this turd to voting, but don't pretend like you're actually ''using'' DS. This suggestion is fundamentally flawed, and deep down, you know it.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 04:11, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
:Your right about this having flaws however, its only been here 3 days and when I am good and ready I will post a reworked version to see if I can make use of the criticism to get something that is workable. Now either come back with some useful criticism or fuck off back to trollville and stroke your templates! --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 09:18, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
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===Virulent Blood===
===Action Points===
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|'''Timestamp:''' {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 22:19, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Wolldog1]] 10:07, 26 July 26, 2022
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|'''Type:''' Zombie skill
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|'''Description:''' The new skill "Virulent Blood" would be a new addition under the Digestion tree, requiring Infectious Bite and Digestion to be purchased. The effects of the skill are to override the effect of Infectious Bite with a new type of infection, which will not stack with a regular infection, instead always taking preference. This new variant infection will not be flagged any differently in-game after it has been delivered, but is cured with a First Aid Kit in exactly the same manner. The only difference will be that 1HP is lost per AP the survivor spends, not per action. Although narrow in its use, high level zombies will be able to make all the difference in siege situations with this, as combat revives will now cost 10HP; and maintaining ruins will become somewhat easier, as large repairs can be deterred even more strongly by resident zombies. It'll also aid zombies seeking to hold a position, for the same reasons.  
|'''Description:''' Due to the passage of time with mobile games and other real time action games without restriction,  I think that we should address the action points system of the game. This game can only realistically be played for 5 minutes a day. So it's not really a seller for new blood. If we want to see this game survive it needs to evolve into something more exciting than 5 minutes. My suggestion is double the regeneration rate to improve activity. I love this game. I want to play it more. And the die hard fans I'm sure feel the same. More will go on in a day, sure. But that's for both sides. We're ready for it. Let's get this game moving again. We need this.
Necessary flavour jazz:<br/>
{{udspan|1=You bite <span style="color:#B28986">your ma</span> for 4 damage. They drop to 56 HP. They become virulently infected.}}
{{ud|Lowerbox=<span style="color:#B28986">Your ma</span> bit into you for 4 damage. <small>''(23 hours and 20 minutes ago)''</small><br>
The zombie's bite was '''virulently infected'''! ''(You'll now take 1HP damage for every action point you expend. Infection can be cured with a first aid kit.) <small>(23 hours and 20 minutes ago)''</small>}}
No other mentions of the infection will use different text, for handiness' sake.
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====Discussion (Virulent Blood)====
====Discussion (Action Points)====
Kind of screws over infectious bite, doesn't it? I mean, who would use normal infections but newbies, who don't buy bite until late in the game due to its lack of EXP-gain?{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 22:21, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:Imagine it more like Pistol Training/Advanced Pistol Training. You use the earlier one until you get the later one, which is an improvement of the earlier one. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 22:23, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 
I don't like it. It's dramatically excessive.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:25, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 
This would be very bad news for [[The Big Prick]].  They would have to choose between carrying just as many FAKs as needles, or getting only 3 revives per day instead of 5.  I won't go into whether that's a good or bad thing :-) --[[User:Explodey|Explodey]] 22:31, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:I think it's a very bad thing. The BP are the closest survivors have had to a mega-horde, and what they're doing is just damn good work. Nerfing them won't get us anywhere.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:33, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
::You're forgetting that survivors are sorta vastly advantaged. Zombie mega-hordes are the only edge the undead have which survivors can't really counter. A survivor nerf, or zombie boost, is needed badly, so that's not really a viable excuse. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 22:36, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::You're joking? The sides are balanced. My zombie character can break down the barricades of a NT in one day, with plenty of AP left. I'm not kidding, I've done it before. It was The Hazeldine Building in South Blythville.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:39, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Yeah, and one of my rotters can open Creedy's gatehouse every day. That doesn't equal balance. Balance is when both sides are equally capable of making experience and playing the game well, and currently zombies are dicked until they scrape enough for a few skills so they can start to maybe find the occaisional treat. Survivors make mucho xp from day one, and don't have to contend with combat- and random-revives, or headshots. Also, game numbers show vastly imbalanced ratios. There is no balance between the sides, and a small measure to dissuade combat revives is the kind of subtle help that could shift things slightly. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 22:44, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Scuze' me? Survivors easy? I've been playing a scientist for about five months and he still doesn't have all the skills I want him to have; not everyone whack-and-FAKs, you know.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 22:47, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::Neither do I. If you've had a scientist for five months, with 10xp a revive, 4xp a scan, and countless xp for clearing rotter from revive queues, healing the actual wounded, clearing bodies, etc, you'd have what you needed by now. Took me no time at all over in Gibsonton, with no punch-healing involved. XP for survivors is like gold coins to Scrooge McDuck. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 22:59, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::You don't really seem to understand how the game works. 50/50 is '''NOT''' an equal balance in urbandead. The only time that it got to 50/50 in recent history, almost every suburb on the map was red. Was that even? Not remotely. a 55/45 balance '''IS''' a balance in urbandead. And zombies don't have to deal with PKers. Or death at all, actually. These are all basic axioms, and I assure you that the game is balanced.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:49, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::Balance isn't about being 'even', it's about being fair. Death for survivors is a hassle, yes. But it's one that any survivor can overcome very quickly. No needle gives you your 10-15 headshot AP back, or coddles your new players to a level where they can do anything worthwhile. A survivor with 2-3 skills can fend for themselves right away, without needing to huddle in numbers. Zombies can't, without a streak of luck, do shit all on their own except stumble on someone sleeping outside, or bash cades til they get inside with about 7 or 8 AP to spend until they're headshot again. Also if you're arguing the 55/45, remember to factor in the huge amount of mrh cows that're reflected in the zombie population. I'd make a stab at 55/40/5 survivor/actual zed/revive queue. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 22:59, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::Factor in PKers. 40/15/40/5. And, if you include PKers as zombie sympathisers, which effectively, they are: 40/55/5, in favour of zombies. Survivors by no means have an easier time, because they need all of their skills to be effective, whilst zombies need just a couple. Also, frankly, I have more fun as a zombie than as a human, and, I find it easier.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 23:07, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::::We're getting off-topic. Balance, whatever your meaning, is a good thing to have. I think we all agree on that. What's being debated here are the merits of this suggestion, not necessarily it's justification. Personally, I think that Infectious Bite could use a buff, but I'm not sure that this is it. The fact that this suggestion hits combat reviving specifically, which I do not feel needs to be nerfed, is difficult to get around. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 23:08, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::The problem with infection is that it does nothing until the character logs in, and if it does something before then, it'll stack and becoem overbearing. This wouldn't really change that in the slightest.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 23:11, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::::::I don't think I follow this. If you mean that this would affect players while they aren't logged in, then perhaps I worded something wrong. It's per AP actively spent, so an action worth 3AP nets a 3HP loss, for example. It won't stack or even come into play until the player is logged in and doing things. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 23:15, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::::No, I'm saying that the improvement that infection needs is to be able to do something to offline survivors. This does not. Hence, it doesn't solve the problem with infection.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 23:19, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::::::::Ahhhh, thought you meant that's what it did do. My bad. I can't really see a fair way that it would affect offline players, without unfairly penalising the "weekend warrior" types. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 23:23, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::::::Exactly, which is why I don't see the problem with infection being fixed any time soon.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 07:39, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
I personally don't think this is a very good idea. It is both unnecessary and slightly overpowered. I say to just make infectious bite take 2-3 FAK's to heal or 1 with the first aid skill.--[[User:Winman1|Winman1]] 01:35, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:But that would be a [[Suggestions/9th-Dec-2005#Persistent_Infection|dupe]]. --[[User:Explodey|Explodey]] 01:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::If Winman hates it, it can't be that bad, can it?{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 02:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
oh, I didn't look it up. disregard the last statement.{{unsigned|Winman1}}
 
Think about whom this will hurt.
*Humans standing after getting revived without Ankle Grab (10 AP).
*Reviving (10 AP).
*Spraypainting Billboards (10 AP).
*Manufacturing Syringes (20 AP).
*Repairers (1+ AP).
The first group will get hit the hardest.  It would be newbies.  Your basically telling all "virulently" infected survivors they will stand with '''15 HP''' AND be infected.  That hurts too much.  And repairing could be a death sentence.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 04:34, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
One issue: if it doesn't display any differently after the initial message, and it doesn't behave any differently except in case of multi-AP actions, this could be very bad. Someone might not remember if they have a regular infection or virulent infection, and there'd be no indicator for them to determine which it is. They could very easily CR themselves to death, or, even easier, repair themselves to death especially in the case of extreme repairs. I'd say that you definitely need some text that alerts the player to which type of infection they have. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 04:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:It's meant to serve as a combat-revive deterrent, so CRing yourself to death is part of the intention. I'll admit that no one's going to get caught doing repairs with it, but that's a feature, not a redundancy, as it can be used as a deterrent to aid in holding zombie areas. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 09:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::Well, deterrent is one thing, but this is like having a speed limit along a road, but not posting it, then pulling people over for exceeding the unposted speed limit. People need a reminder that they are virulently infected, otherwise it doesn't act like a deterrent and it catches them by surprise. It is definitely not fun to die for avoidable reasons, just like it's not fun to get pulled over. It becomes a nuisance. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 14:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::Well revives and repairs are one thing.  Your STILL screwing newbies pretty hard.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 05:31, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Anyone who goes on a repairing spree while infected is clearly taking the piss anyway, pretty much the same could be said of revive runners. Infection is supposed to be scary instead its "Ooh, i think i ate something a bit funny... well let me just finish what i am doing before i wander off and look for an asprin!" The only good criticism I see of this is Pesatyel's point about newbs awaiting revive. Easily solved though as it would be best to just make this drop to a normal infection upon death! --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 08:29, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
This suggestion would once have left me on -301hp. That is all. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 18:47, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:That would actually tempt me to go out and suicide repair just to see if i could better that number :)--[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 09:21, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 
I like this, it's a reasonable response to the 100% hit ratio that syringes get. -- {{User:Iscariot/Signature}} 21:20, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
As Aichon above, there really needs to be some way for the infected individual to differentiate between having a regular infection and the virulent infection. That aside, I like the idea and would look forward to the applications. --{{User:Maverick Farrant/sig}} 06:21, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
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===Toxic Rot II===
===Drone===
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|'''Timestamp:''' {{User:Zombie Lord/sig2}} <tt>22:09 22 November 2009(BST)</tt>
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|'''Type:''' New Skill
|'''Type:''' Survivor Item
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|'''Scope:''' Zombies
|'''Scope:''' Survivors
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|'''Description:''' Sub skill of Brain Rot. Now the zombie is so toxic from infectiousness that is oozes infected juices. This Player is always Infected and cannot be cured by a FAK, even when a Survivor.  
|'''Description:''' Portable drone, found in mall tech stores, which are pointless as we all know. Encumbrance is 10%. When activated for 15ap they provide an image of a 10x10 grid centred on the survivor, showing the current outside status of all blocks including zombies, survivors and dead bodies. Like DNA scanners, Drones are multi use.
 
Also, after a building is Ruined there is a new option: Toxify. This costs 5 AP and makes a building a Toxic Ruin. This wil be noted in the building decription. Toxic Ruins double the rate of AP cost to repair, that is each day the cost goes up by 2 AP instead of only 1 AP to Repair. Also, for each action preformed inside the building by any player, there is a 10% chance they become Infected.
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====Discussion (Toxic Rot II)====
====Discussion (Drone)====
The Toxic ruin bit is overpowered. As for the infection bit, how would this benefit survivors / zombies?--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:11, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
Would there be a message displayed to the players to the effect of "there's a drone buzzing overhead", similar to a flare? --{{User:A Helpful Little Gnome/Sig}} 02:19, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
:It would just be one more step that Brain Rot takes a player in. Plus, it would be cool.{{User:Zombie Lord/sig2}} <tt>22:13 22 November 2009(BST)</tt>
::Fair enough, and I agree, it would be quite cool. It would also help parachuting, which is never a bad thing. However, I'm not keen on the fact that it would make it impossible to play as a survivor. For instance, I've just started a level 43 dual natured character, and it wouldn't feel right not buying the 44th skill, thoguh that would make it impossible to play him. Do you see what I mean?--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:15, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::Ok, maybe you cant be Revived when Infected, but if you get FAKed first and clear the infection, then you can be Revived again. Maybe FAKs fail to clear Infection 50% of the time or something.{{User:Zombie Lord/sig2}} <tt>22:18 22 November 2009(BST)</tt>
::::I love the first option actually, but stacking with brain rot, it becomes a bit excessive. That's really annoying, because it's a brilliant idea. What I thought of was if infection can't be healed when they're a survivor. I like the idea of encouraging pre-revival healing. I think it could bring an exciting new element to the game.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:21, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Hmm, ok, sounds good. How about you can't be cured while a Zombie, but you can after revival. That sort of messes with pre-revival healing but, I dunno. I'll think on it for awhile.{{User:Zombie Lord/sig2}} <tt>22:44 22 November 2009(BST)</tt>
::::::I dunno, yours makes more sense, but it doesn't really change anything, because survivors only get healed afterwards anyway. Ooh, how about making it so that when you get revived, you don't have half your maximum, but half your current health? But, as a general change, not skill specific? I dunno, that might be excessive.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:46, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 
It still sucks, just like all of ZL's other ideas; I'm positive he doesn't intend to take it to voting, and is only posting it to cause flame wars, drama, and trolling opportunities.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 22:19, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:Hi again, cunt. Stop trolling up my suggestion.{{User:Zombie Lord/sig2}} <tt>22:20 22 November 2009(BST)</tt>
:Oddly enough, the only person here who's trolling is you.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:21, 22 November 2009 (UTC
::It's yet another one of ZL's god-awful unbalanced and broken ideas; how is it trolling to point that out? Anywho, I'll not comment on this any further for the sake of drama-avoidance.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 22:24, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:I disagree.  He just modified it in response to comments.  He would not have done that if he was just trying to pick a fight. --[[User:Explodey|Explodey]] 22:23, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
::He modified it so he could try to justify removing the comments others had left in the previous discussion, including another warning to others to ignore him for being a troll. And, evidently, now a vandal. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 22:33, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
:::No, he's done the exact same thing many times before with different suggestions. It's better than leaving the old conversation, and posting a whole new suggestion on top of it. He has the right to remove his own suggestion from this page at a whim. You don't have the right to return it. If anyone was vandalising, it was you. (N.B. no-one was vandalising).--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:34, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 
{{Zl}}
I for one think the idea has fucking merit.--[[User_talk:Suicidalangel|<span style="color: DarkMagenta"> SA</span>]] 01:35, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
The first part is good. The second part is pretty far out of whack. --[[User:The Hierophant|Papa Moloch]] 02:25, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 
First part.  What is the benefit?  How is this an improvement or make the game more fun?  I'm not attacking.  I'm asking a legitimate question.  Getting a rotter revive is, generally, difficult enough.  Why would I want to make it, effectively, harder?  Not to mention Dual Nature players kinda get screwed.  Second part.  Almost completely overpowered.  We hear plenty of stories of 100+ AP ruins.  IF there was a ruin cap, this might be better, but until that, its over powered.  The other part of it, the 10% chance of getting infected, isn't so bad.  If you limit how much time you have to GET infected (say 6 hours after the ruin?) that might not be so bad.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 04:17, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:It's a '''skill''', not an addition to an existing skill. If you don't want permanent infection then don't buy the skill. --[[User:The Hierophant|Papa Moloch]] 04:25, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::Weak excuse.  "You don't want it, don't buy it".  There is NO benefit to taking it if your going to be uncureable.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 04:36, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::There is if you're a hard core zombie player.--[[User_talk:Suicidalangel|<span style="color: DarkMagenta"> SA</span>]] 04:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::But not if your a dual nature or you have some need to get a revive.  Why should such players have to forgo getting all the skills?  NONE of the other skills are like that.  This one is too limiting.  And that STILL doesn't explain the benefit of the first part of the suggestion.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 04:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::So basically because other people want e-peen points this suggestion is useless? If they want +1 BBMMORPG cock points they can get it and deal with it. If they don't want to deal with it, they can cry. It's game to play, not "LOOKIT MAH CHARACTER HE'S MAXED OUT WHEN I DON'T EVEN PLAY ZOMBAH EVER!" This skill is specialized to fuck survivors up, nothing else.--[[User_talk:Suicidalangel|<span style="color: DarkMagenta"> SA</span>]] 04:56, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Also, the first part is to help zombies go back to being zombies if they say, were CR'd. And to stay in theme with the toxification. Shit like that. Think about it next time please.--[[User_talk:Suicidalangel|<span style="color: DarkMagenta"> SA</span>]] 04:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::Well, first beyond all your whiny blather, I said the FIRST PART had "no benefit" not "useless".  That is why I asked for clarification from the author.  Learn to read, M'kay?  Secondly, Brain Rot is a requirement and combat revives are VERY easy to avoid unless you are specifically trying to obtain one.  It is MUCH easier to get dead then to get alive.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 05:05, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::"Why should such players have to forgo getting all the skills? NONE of the other skills are like that." That seems to me like you're asking WHY people should have to deal with permanent infection just to get all the skills. Which I explained. It's not whiny blather so much as you're a dumb bitch who doesn't seem to remember the shit you whine about yourself.
:::::::You said it had no benefit, I just gave an example. Instead of calling people out on "not reading", why don't you pay attention to what you fucking read? You also didn't ask specifically for the author. This is an open discussion. Unless you want to discuss with us too, then make some distinction on who you want talking to you.
:::::::Lastly, CR's are easy to avoid, if say not a single survivor in the area has a genny or fuel. If they do and you ap out trying to hold the door open at an NT, then you can ''quite'' easily be CR'd. Sure, they're hard to come by without looking for them, but that doesn't mean they are uncommon. I was CR'd 3 times in one week before I went inactive last on the wiki. 3 times. Doesn't seem that uncommon.--[[User_talk:Suicidalangel|<span style="color: DarkMagenta"> SA</span>]] 05:19, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::::::::No.  You just whined.  Are you the author?--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 05:29, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Yeah, see, this is why you're a dumbass.--[[User_talk:Suicidalangel|<span style="color: DarkMagenta"> SA</span>]] 21:37, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 
*Permenantly infectious Rotters? Hell Yeah!
*Infectious Ruin? Hell No!
However I could certainly go with making virulently infectious rotters have a chance of infecting anyone stupid enough to try reviving them. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 12:10, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:That I like a lot. Perhaps make it so that the DNA scan carries no risk (fair warning), due to being simpler, but the revive carries some (25%?). --[[User:The Hierophant|Papa Moloch]] 21:02, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, that's sweet. I'd vote for it. --{{User:Paddy Dignam/sig}} 21:17, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:::Well I did post this: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Suggestion:20090326_Putrification a while back and it proved unpopular... Voters seemed split on which bit they hated most, the rotter revive Nerf bit or the 1% infection by body dumping and reviving attempts. That was just 1% mind you and even I would vote against 25% --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 13:58, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
::::Well, there's more than one idea floating around here. The idea of permanently infectious rotters is different from yours. These guys are so fucked up that even after they're revived (maybe it takes more than one needle, or lower the success rate of the revive?), they continue to be infected. Your guys are also permanently fucked up, and if harmans try to CR them, there's a chance of infection (yes, I think 25% is too high). Combining the two could be interesting. --{{User:Paddy Dignam/sig}} 18:06, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Isn't this technically a multi suggestion anyway?  You don't necessarily need an "uncurable infection" to blight the building.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 05:30, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Okay as i understand it, this started with being able to infect buildings, some what of one sided. To permanent infection for zombies. I somewhat of love this idea, I understand most pro survivor players would not get any form of benefit from this, however pro zombies who purchase rot do so in order to stay dead, or at least try. Obviously they still can be revived, but adding the fact that survivors can mass combat revive a power NT and spread out say 20 infected and alive people who generally prefer to be dead, creates a whole new stand point. I think this shouldn't need Flesh Rot as a pre-req however. If you think about it purchasing rot goes a long way as is, getting flesh rot just assures you do not need to have a Flak Vest for those who try to be permanent zombies. However as a pro zombie player, i make a point to get a Flak vest before buying rot (with my rotter) and whenever my zombies are revived i pick up a vest. The skill is nice to have but not needed. This is a whole new area and makes you have to work harder as humans. There should be a way to neutralize it however, say using an FAK before reviving can temporarily cure the infect or it has a 50% chance of curing the infection, this way it balances a little. Having 100% chance that someone will be revived with an infection is going to get shot down without question. --{{User:The Colonel/Sig}} 06:49, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
:Making it curable in some way is pretty much essential, I would suggest needing powered hospital (and/or NT) for a full cure, FaK for the next 10AP only. In fact I would like to see all infections become impossible to permanently cure except in those 2 locations, that of course is a completely different suggestion though. --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 09:31, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
     
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===Astronomical telescope===
===Backpack===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Winman1|Winman1]] 19:49, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Wild Crazy|Wild Crazy]] ([[User talk:Wild Crazy|talk]]) 20:55, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
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|'''Type:''' item
|'''Type:''' New item
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|'''Scope:''' non-combat oriented players
|'''Scope:''' Survivors
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|'''Description:''' There is a new item with 20% encumbrance called an astronomical telescope. It can be found in mall Sports Stores, Railway Station, schools, warehouses, factories, office buildings, and Towers at a 5% search rate in a lighted building, with a 2% search rate in an unlighted building. Astronomical telescopes cannot be found in ruined buildings. Telescopes can only be installed and used in tall buildings. Installing a telescope costs 15AP Once an astronomical telescope is installed in a tall building there is an option to "look through the telescope". There are 4 things that can be seen through a telescope.
|'''Description:''' This will be a new item found in schools with a 2% find rate and sports stores with a 4% find rate. The low numbers are because, like a flak jacket, once you find it you have it forever. It increases you encumbrance by 30%. However, you can't use an item that is in your backpack until you remove it from the backpack. It costs one AP to add an item to your backpack and one AP to remove an item. An item affects your regular encumbrance until added to the backpack. Items such as GPS, radios, cell phones, and flak jacket do not work when in your backpack. Items in your backpack will not be shown in your inventory, but the backpack itself will be shown in your inventory. There will be a drop box next to the word backpack that shows all the items inside. When you click on an item in that drop box, it removes it from your backpack (1 AP).


1. 50% chance of seeing nothing with the message "You look through the telescope. You see nothing.


2. 30% chance of seeing a bright star, granting 1xp with the message "You look through the telescope, detecting a spot of light."
Q: Wouldn't this buff survivors, since they can carry more bullets and kill more zombies?


3.10% chance of seeing a planet, granting 5xp with the message "You stare through the telescope, studying a faint planet."
A: Since it costs an AP to add and remove an item, it wastes a lot of AP to put bullet clips in your backpack if you are planning on using them right away.


4.5% chance of finding a comet, granting 15xp with the message "You glance through the telescope. You gasp as you discover a comet."


This would help low level players who don't have the skills for an improved xp source. This would also help if you find it too dangerous to venture outside.
Q: If it wastes AP, what is the point?


Telescopes can be destroyed with 5 successful attacks at normal accuracy, granting 1xp per successful attack.
A: It will be useful if you want to carry around an extra stash of items, such as FAKs and Revivification Syringes, or if you are going far away from any resource buildings and need some extra supplies.
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====Discussion (Astronomical telescope)====


No. Stop obsoleting zombies, plzkthx. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 19:54, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


Did you read the [[Suggestions Dos and Do Nots]]? EXP from non-gameplay sources=bad; also, this will probably get shot down in flames for being completely worthless.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 19:55, 22 November 2009 (UTC) Misanthropy conflicting my edit? It's more likely than I think...
Please give your thoughts.


Attacking zeds. DNA extracting. Traditional FAKing. Whack-'n-FAKing. PKing. All of these are available methods for low level survivors to gain significant XP, which is already easy, as it is. Survivors don't need any more help gaining the lower levels. There are lots of other issues with the suggestion too. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 20:02, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
What. The. Fuck?--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 04:07, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
What next?
*Ruined trains in all the stations and XP for "spotting" them?
*Introduce Post Offices and stamps so we can play "Urban Philatelist?"
*replace newspapers with copies of the big issue so the zombies can hassle people for change?
How about we stick to suggestions that at least have something to do with zombies and trying to survive them? --[[User:Honestmistake|Honestmistake]] 12:14, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
:Id support the train spotting one as long as
:*The stations would have to be repaired.
:*There were say 20 trains and you had to record them in a similar way to the video camers in monroeville. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 18:49, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
Someone make me a die in a fire template that I can use on this. -- {{User:Iscariot/Signature}} 21:22, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
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===Alt Proximity Warning===
Moved to userspace for further development. Probably will be put up within the week. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 05:03, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
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===Pinning jump===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Kralion]] Time:011:05 19 November 2009
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|'''Type:''' New zombie skill
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|'''Scope:''' Zombies
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|'''Description:'''
Basically,Pinning jump costs 2 AP to perform and has a 20% chance of hit,it will appear as an attack option and if successful, It will prevent the survivor from attacking. The only option the survivor will se will be '''Struggle''' Which takes 1 AP for the survivor to perform and has a 20% chance of begin successful.If successful,the survivor will be free from the grip of the zombie. The only attack the zombie is able to perform when the survivor is pinned is Claw which has the same hit chance (maybe a 5% chance because is very close to him) and damage as normal.Any other suvivor can free the pinned survivor by simply attacking the zombie(%80 chance of begin successful)(the chance that the survivor is free,not the hit chance of the weapons that the other survivor may use).The pinned survivor cannot be attacked and the zombie can be killed while he has pinned the survivor,in which case the survivor is free.
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====Discussion (Pinning jump)====
====Discussion (Backpack)====
Just god awful; not only is your wording shot to hell, but the basic idea is ridiculous. So, for 2 AP, I can pin a 50 AP survivor and make him waste '''on average''' 10 AP to get me off, assuming the RNG doesn't crap out on me? How in the bloody hell is that balanced? Not only that, you've said nothing about attack targets on either side; can someone knock the zombie off or kill it? Can someone attack the survivor? Try reading the [[Suggestions Dos and Do Nots]] next time.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 02:29, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
:'''RE''':okey,lelouch.I read what you say and added your suggestion of people attacking the survivor and the zombie and I HAVE ALREADY added that the zombie can be knocked out so that the survivor can be free {{unsigned|Kralion}}
::So ''now'' you just want to add a way to allow zombies to force survivors to spend 5AP without doing any damage? Considering 10 AP is a combat revive and waiting for someone to shoot a zombie off you is waiting to die, this suggestion would royally fuck up every zombie versus survivor fight. That's not even mentioning that a life cultist can shield a survivor for an infinite amount of time by harmlessly leaping on him. Can you understand what '''every person on this page''' is saying to you, or do we need to get the shiny letters and templates?{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 22:57, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 
So, you want to add the Hunter's ability from Left 4 Dead, essentially? No way. It works in that game, since that game is all about team dynamics. It in no way works here, because this game is definitively NOT about team dynamics. Teams play a role, but people should not be required to be a part of a team or else get picked off, as they are in L4D. Also, as was pointed out, you haven't adequately addressed the mechanics, but I don't think that will help anyway. This idea goes philosophically against the design of the game. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 02:41, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Terrible. Assumes that all combat between the factions is in real time when 90% of the time it isn't. --{{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sigcode|DimGray|Crimson}}-- 02:42, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
:'''RE''':Revolution,I am not saying that we must always use the ability,if it isnt live combat I know its useless,so simply dont use it! {{unsigned|Kralion}}
::I think DDR is saying that if the combat ISN'T live, then the survivor is gonna get killed every time since this ability is so overpowered. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 02:54, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
::The entire suggestions mechanic is absolutely redundant because it is designed for a game/scenario where all the combat has to be in real time. And since when did Zombies do leaping jumps? And the entire point of being able to kill the zombie on the survivor to free him is flawed because you can't target specific zombies. --{{User:DanceDanceRevolution/sigcode|DimGray|Crimson}}-- 02:59, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Multiply it by a billion (there's a reason why Hunters are "special" zombies in L4D) and imagine the havoc it could create if it would fall into zerg hands.--[[User:Trevor Wrist|Trevor Wrist]] 15:43, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 
I like the general idea. I think I'm going to take the gist of this concept and rework it a little, actually. However, as is, it stands to be a griefing tool in the wrong hands. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 17:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 
Overpowered and convoluted.  Compare to [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Tangling_Grasp#Tangling_Grasp Tangling Grasp].  First, why can't survivors get attacked? Why would you have an 80% chance to hit the zombie instead of the "normal" chance?  Second, if the zombie is pinning, how are they pinning that they can only attack with their claws?  By comparison, Tangling Grasp limits it to BITE.  Why would a survivor have such a pathetic chance to escape?  Your talking life or death there.--[[User:Pesatyel|Pesatyel]] 03:57, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
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===Collapse Barricades II===
Moved to [[User:Boxy/Suggestions/Collapse Barricades II|user space]] for further development <small>-- [[User:Boxy|<span style="color: Red">boxy</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Boxy|<span style="color: Red">talk</span>]] • [[The Rules|teh rulz]]</sup> 07:02 26 November 2009 (BST)</small>
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Ignore based on Radio Broadcast

Timestamp: Khwud (talk) 17:27, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Type: UI enhancement
Scope: Interface
Description: Allow 'ignore' from radio broadcasts; users are hiding behind their anonymity to allow them to broadcast things that would broadly trigger them to be ignored, if their user ID was visible. Adding their name, or an auto-generated call-sign (it is for a radio, after all) or something so that they could be blocked based on their broadcasts would help user experience. In addition, and broadcasts that get more than a threshold number could get tagged for review, and the user potentially having their (in-game) ham-license revoked.

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Shrink the map

Timestamp: --UroguyTMZ 16:28, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Type: Map change
Scope: Everyone
Description: There are just over 3000 active characters in the game currently likely counting a significant percentage of alts and zergs. Shrinking the map by eliminating the outer first two rings of suburbs would increase the amount of interactions between the remaining characters. This shrink could be increased or decreased depending on future changes to the playerbase.

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Action Points

Timestamp: User:Wolldog1 10:07, 26 July 26, 2022
Type: Action Points Increase Regeneration Rate
Scope: Everyone
Description: Due to the passage of time with mobile games and other real time action games without restriction, I think that we should address the action points system of the game. This game can only realistically be played for 5 minutes a day. So it's not really a seller for new blood. If we want to see this game survive it needs to evolve into something more exciting than 5 minutes. My suggestion is double the regeneration rate to improve activity. I love this game. I want to play it more. And the die hard fans I'm sure feel the same. More will go on in a day, sure. But that's for both sides. We're ready for it. Let's get this game moving again. We need this.

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Drone

Timestamp: RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 19:10, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Type: Survivor Item
Scope: Survivors
Description: Portable drone, found in mall tech stores, which are pointless as we all know. Encumbrance is 10%. When activated for 15ap they provide an image of a 10x10 grid centred on the survivor, showing the current outside status of all blocks including zombies, survivors and dead bodies. Like DNA scanners, Drones are multi use.

Discussion (Drone)

Would there be a message displayed to the players to the effect of "there's a drone buzzing overhead", similar to a flare? --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 02:19, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Backpack

Timestamp: Wild Crazy (talk) 20:55, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
Type: New item
Scope: Survivors
Description: This will be a new item found in schools with a 2% find rate and sports stores with a 4% find rate. The low numbers are because, like a flak jacket, once you find it you have it forever. It increases you encumbrance by 30%. However, you can't use an item that is in your backpack until you remove it from the backpack. It costs one AP to add an item to your backpack and one AP to remove an item. An item affects your regular encumbrance until added to the backpack. Items such as GPS, radios, cell phones, and flak jacket do not work when in your backpack. Items in your backpack will not be shown in your inventory, but the backpack itself will be shown in your inventory. There will be a drop box next to the word backpack that shows all the items inside. When you click on an item in that drop box, it removes it from your backpack (1 AP).


Q: Wouldn't this buff survivors, since they can carry more bullets and kill more zombies?

A: Since it costs an AP to add and remove an item, it wastes a lot of AP to put bullet clips in your backpack if you are planning on using them right away.


Q: If it wastes AP, what is the point?

A: It will be useful if you want to carry around an extra stash of items, such as FAKs and Revivification Syringes, or if you are going far away from any resource buildings and need some extra supplies.


Please give your thoughts.

Discussion (Backpack)

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