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==Suggestions==
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===Riot Shield===
===Riot Shield===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Mattiator|Mattiator]] 02:56, 30 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Item
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|'''Scope:''' Survivors and Zombies
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|'''Description:''' Some of you might remember my infamous suggestions of olde (Dropping and Flare Six-Shot, anyone?), and I haven't suggested much in quite some time. So here we go with something I know I'd like to see. The item is known as a Riot Shield, found in Police Departments. The Riot Shield acts, in essence, as a secondary Flak Jacket when equipped, reducing damage from ALL attacks over 1 damage by 1 damage (so in essence, it doesn't make punches more worthless than they already are). To equip the Riot Shield, click on it, and for 3AP it will become equipped until you die. When you die it will remain in your inventory. Both survivors and zombies can utilize the Riot Shield. However, while the Riot Shield provides several advantages, it also has several huge disadvantages, which apply to both humans and zombies.
 
1. You cannot use Free Running while having a Riot Shield equipped, due to the awkwardness of holding it out while leaping between buildings.
 
2. All movement costs are increased by 1 AP (essentially making you as slow as a zombie without Lurching Gait)
 
3. Accuracy with all weapons (including claws, punch, and bite) is decreased by 10% while the Riot Shield is equipped.
 
4. Zombies cannot attack barricades when the riot shield is equipped
 
5. Zombies cannot use Tangling Grasp or Feeding Drag with a riot shield equipped
 
6. Survivors cannot use Syringes when a Riot Shield equipped.
 
7. When either a zombie or a survivor dies, the Riot Shield is automatically unequipped.
 
 
Essentially, the Riot Shield is used for defending a position. Survivors can use it for increasing the effectiveness of meatshielding, while zombies would be able to utilize it to reinforce barricade breaches, especially when coupled with a well-timed ?rise.
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====Discussion (Riot Shield)====
[[Suggestions/25th-Nov-2005#Riot_Shield|Dupe.]] [[Suggestions/RejectedFebruary2006#Riot_Shield|Trupe.]] [[Suggestions/RejectedApril2006#Riot_Shield|Quadrupe.]] Add it to the spam stack too, since this item effectively halves claw attacks from newbie zeds. --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 03:08, 30 September 2010 (BST)


Hmm, Feeling like MW2 and/or hippy days much? --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 03:50, 30 September 2010 (BST)
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===Darts===
===Ignore based on Radio Broadcast===
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|'''Timestamp:''' <span style="font-family: Segoe Script, Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;text-shadow:grey 0.4em 0.4em 0.4em">[[User:Chief Seagull|<span style="color: green;">Chief&nbsp;Seagull</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Chief Seagull|<small>squawk</small>]]</span> 15:40, 29 September 2010 (BST)
|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Khwud|Khwud]] ([[User talk:Khwud|talk]]) 17:27, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
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|'''Type:''' New weapon
|'''Type:''' UI enhancement
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|'''Scope:''' Survivors
|'''Scope:''' Interface
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|'''Description:''' No, not poison darts, or blow-darts, or tranquilliser darts, but good old fashioned [[:Wikipedia:Darts|arrahs]]. Why? To complete the ''Shaun of the Dead'' references already in the game (I'm sure you remember the scene where they're fighting off the zeds in The Winchester and Shaun gets [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WehoLUjXzw a dart in the head]). Found in packs of three in [[:Category:Malls|Sports Stores]] and [[Building_Types#Public_House|Pubs]], throwing a dart at a target (living or dead) will produce one of two results:
|'''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.
{{udspan| '''You throw the dart at <target> - you miss and it bounces harmlessly on the floor.'''}}<br />
or<br />
{{udspan|'''You throw the dart at <target> - it hits them for 1 damage.'''}}
 
Search rates and hit rates would be the same for other sports items. Possible flavour could include increasing the hit rate if you have a beer bottle in your inventory (the old stereotype of darts players playing with a pint glass in their hand) and, if your character manages three consecutive hits, they get the urge to shout "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRBtkDzFuYw&feature=related ONE HUNDRED AND EIIIIIIGHTYYYYYY!]"
 
Discuss
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====Discussion (Darts)====
====Discussion (Ignore based on Radio Broadcast)====
<nowiki>:</nowiki>) --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 15:54, 29 September 2010 (BST)
:Hell yes! I'm imagining a (drunken) darts-referencing PK group (bagsie 'Co Stompe') finishing people with doubles and bulls-eyes and shouting scores at people. Ok, just me then... but... good suggestion, I would happily see it implemented. --{{User:RenegadeRomero/Sig}} 16:09, 29 September 2010 (BST)
::Surely it should be based off firearms training? But yes, good. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 17:14, 29 September 2010 (BST)
:::I'd think it wouldn't be based on any training, but, regardless, hell yes. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 17:52, 29 September 2010 (BST)
::::Ah yes, training - I hadn't considered that. I'd say these would be affected by Hand to Hand Combat like other sports items (increasing hit chance from 10% to 25%). There's another thing I missed as well - as these are small and relatively light, each pack of darts would only cost 1% encumbrance. <span style="font-family: Segoe Script, Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;text-shadow:grey 0.4em 0.4em 0.4em">[[User:Chief Seagull|<span style="color: green;">Chief&nbsp;Seagull</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Chief Seagull|<small>squawk</small>]]</span> 19:30, 29 September 2010 (BST)
:::::I agree, hit percentages should be increased with hand-to-hand combat. Even though it's a projectile weapon, it isn't a firearm. I'm sure you're joking about the consecutive hits part and getting the urge to shout something. When it goes up for voting, I'd remove that part. --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 19:40, 29 September 2010 (BST)
:::::: its an very good sugestion i saw no problen with that i would vote yes {{user:omada/sig}} 17:40 29 september (est)
 
I like it =D (c...c...c...COMBO BREAKER)--[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 00:40, 30 September 2010 (BST)
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===Shrink the map===
===Martial Arts===
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|'''Timestamp:''' {{User:Dezonus/sig}} 10:31, 27 September 2010 (BST)
|'''Timestamp:''' --[[User:Uroguy|Uroguy]]<sup>[[Zookeepers|TMZ]]</sup> 16:28, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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|'''Type:''' New Skill
|'''Type:''' Map change
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|'''Scope:''' Survivors, Maybe Zombies too
|'''Scope:''' Everyone
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|'''Description:''' An extension of the Hand to Hand combat skill, survivors can buy a Martial Arts skill. This raises punch strikes to ''50% accuracy'', gives kick strikes: ''2 dam, 30% accuracy'', and like a special "Finisher" ''3 dam, 25% accuracy, <s>2 additional AP to stand up (on top of headshot)</s>'' Maybe the finisher can be another skill, don't know. Also, Zombie Fu! Maybe? Like just as a joke though, I dunno.
 
Sorry if this gets suggested a lot, I just thought it would be cool.
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====Discussion (Martial Arts)====
 
 
Alright, so the first major thing to look at is this: This allows survivors to piss on newbie zombies even more? No thanks. 16AP is not a reasonable amount when the newbies need AP the most. {{User:Shadok/sig}} 10:54, 27 September 2010 (BST)
 
As above, hell no to taking more AP away from zombies. [[User:Whitehouse]] 13:00, 27 September 2010 (BST)
 
What the fuck is this shit {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 17:58, 27 September 2010 (BST)
 
Martial arts is a huge dupe. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 18:37, 27 September 2010 (BST)
 
Someone's been playing Street Fighter a little too much. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 23:58, 27 September 2010 (BST)
 
You had me until the miniature headshot -_- I personally think it would be awsome for harmanz to use their natural weapons instead of conventional weapons! --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 00:14, 28 September 2010 (BST)
 
I've crossed out the AP, thoughts now? {{User:Dezonus/sig}} 00:17, 28 September 2010 (BST)
:One word... Yes. --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 07:48, 28 September 2010 (BST)
 
Too trenchie. This game is supposed to be about the struggle to survive, not the quest to kill scores of zombies with your bare hands. Also, I'm against any unarmed survivor attack. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 02:56, 28 September 2010 (BST)
 
Only if attacking infects you, in which case this crosses from completely useless survivor skill to completely overpowered DC buff.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 07:54, 28 September 2010 (BST)
 
No, When in zombie movies have you ever saw someone going toe to toe with zombies? Nowhere, because that would be suicide. Going up to a zombie is just asking to get eaten. I mean at least with baseball bats and stuff you have some distance away from the zombie, and these weapons will hit harder then you ever will. I dont care if you took 20 years of karate, If I bash you in the head with a baseball bat, or hack at you with a fire axe, or hell even stab you with a knife, you are dead/greiviously injured. Also, theres a reason punches only do one damage. THEY CANT HIT HARD ENOUGH TO PENETRATE THE ZOMBIES SKIN.--[[User:TheWritingWriter|TheWritingWriter]] 01:15, 30 September 2010 (BST)
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===Drill and String===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 15:30, 25 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Decoration
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|'''Scope:''' Survivors
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|'''Description:''' Auto repair shops/warehouses now feature portable drills, an item that can only be used to harm oneself, and used for its specific purpose.
|'''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.
 
All buildings now have string/yarn, with office buildings having a higher search rate for it.
 
When a player has an item, they can drill a hole in it, and run string through it. They can proceed to decorate the house with the item, and the description would say something along the lines of '''There's a (insert item) hanging from the ceiling/wall'''
 
The items could not be used once drilled through.
 
Obviously you can't string up a portable generator/museum piece/toolbox unless you have a lot of string.
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====Discussion (Drill and String)====
====Discussion (Shrink the map)====
If I string up a dead body and its owner doesn't log in for five days, does it turn into a human skeleton? --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 15:43, 25 September 2010 (BST)
:That would be epic, but would probably need a lot of string :P --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 21:25, 25 September 2010 (BST)
I do like it, but think it is probably a little over the top... {{User:Dezonus/sig}} 00:18, 28 September 2010 (BST)
 
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===Junk Sculptures===
===Action Points===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 15:30, 25 September 2010 (BST)
|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Wolldog1]] 10:07, 26 July 26, 2022
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|'''Type:''' Decoration
|'''Type:''' Action Points Increase Regeneration Rate
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|'''Scope:''' Survivors (mostly)
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|'''Description:''' I was looking around a bit, and noticed that junkyards, stadiums, car parks, malls, they all have one thing in common... They have a lot of metal junk!
 
So I got an idea, what if, people could collect the metal benches in stadiums, and metal wires/coat hangers/etc. laying around in car parks/junkyards, and make sculptures out of them?
 
 
I haven't thought up any specific way to do this, or what kind of items, but the sculptures and such would be kinda like Musuem pieces you can place in buildings and such. Perhaps a metallic representation of a zombie, or a tree, I dunno.
 
Does anyone else think it would be interesting to "recycle" the metallic bits laying around Malton to make beautiful works of art?
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====Discussion (Junk Sculptures)====
{{udspan|The metal junk was <b>contaminated</b>! (<i>You have <b>tetanus</b> -- you'll now spend an additional 1AP for every action you take, except speaking. Tetanus can be cured with a first aid kit.) <small>(30 minutes ago)</small></i>}}<br>Alternatively it can have normal AP costs for everything except speaking, which costs 10 AP per message -- it's called lockjaw after all.  --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 16:00, 25 September 2010 (BST)
 
Only if I can make a statue like [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Stardust_Dragon_statue this]. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 19:56, 26 September 2010 (BST)
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===Duct Tape===
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|'''Timestamp:''' --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 09:00, 25 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Item
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|'''Scope:''' Survivors/Zombies
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|'''Description:''' I was going to put this in humorous but thought it might warrant some <s>legitimate</s> additional development. Duct tape of course has a million uses. I will <s>spare everyone</s> include all of the more ridiculous uses we discussed in IRC tonight and then some.
 
Duct Tape can be found inside factories and mall hardware stores. A roll of duct tape has 6 uses (like pitol clip). Once used six times, it disappears from your inventory. Once you find a roll of duct tape, all other inventory items are instantly dropped. The reason for this is that your character has found a single replacement for all other items; they no longer feel the need to encumber themselves with them.
 
'''Possible (somewhat serious) uses for duct tape'''
*Can be used on players to slow their progress (all movement takes 2 AP as if zombie without Lurching Gait) until removed (costs some AP to remove).
*Hold corpses to the ground. It takes extra AP to stand up.
*Can be used like metal pipes, able to cade buildings up to loosely barricaded.
*When used on ruined buildings, decreases the rate of ruin.
 
'''More humorous uses for duct tape'''
*Mend broken pool cues
*Tape player's mouths shut. They cannot speak, broadcast groan or bellow until duct tape is removed.
*Blind players by taping over their eyes. (can't see map or inventory) only action available is remove tape)
*Create a blunt weapon of it by wrapping it around the end of a newspaper.
*Can be used as clothing.
*Zombies can make duct tape helmets, negating the effects of Headshot.
*Create a life sized mannequin that can be placed at the top of a stack of dead bodies. Revive attempts fail.
*Carparks can be converted to duct tape forts. It is a loosely barricade building.
*Christmas trees can be decorated with it.
*Apply duct tape to the end of a crucifix to make a hammer. Replaces toolbox.
*Can be used at parks to construct a hammock. Allows you to sleep outside without concern of attack.
*Zombies can duct tape a human to themselves, giving tangling grasp an 80% boost in probability.
 
 
Again, most of this is humorous. Some of it warrants a bit of disucussion perhaps.
 
====Discussion (Duct Tape)====
Negates headshot on kiddie zambahs. Look ma, no more holes! --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 11:08, 25 September 2010 (BST)
 
''Blind players by taping over their eyes. (can't see map or inventory) only action available is remove tape)'' Only when Ravenous Bugblatter Beasts of Traal get added to UD. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 11:22, 25 September 2010 (BST)
 
Only if Duct Tape is a universal weapon of choice that can do basically everything any other weapon can, from duct tape catapults, to turning a car park into a duct-tape fort! ... ... ... Cause, you know, Duct Tape is epic! Also duct tape dresses/suits >.> --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 15:19, 25 September 2010 (BST)
 
Heh this is probably going to end up being a humorous suggestion. I'm going to keep adding to the possible uses to see how many I can get. Feel free to add a bullet if you think of something to add. --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 17:11, 25 September 2010 (BST)
 
If there's no duct tape on future-Mars, I don't know if I should support duct tape in Malton. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 20:01, 25 September 2010 (BST)
 
The more this becomes humorous, the more I want to post this link [[Humorous_Suggestions]] --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 06:12, 26 September 2010 (BST)
 
<br>''A wild Fun Police appeared!''
<br>''Fun Police stole your carpenter's chainsaw polearm!''
<br>''You cried like a little girl!''
<br>''Fun Police laughed at your misery!''
<br>''You unrolled a yard of duct tape, grabbed the loose end, and used the roll as a morning-star! But it missed, tapping your two hands together!''
<br>''Fun Police attacked you with carpenter's chainsaw polearm for 3 damage!''
<br>''You club Fun Police with your taped-together arms! But it missed! The duct tape roll, following the momentum from your attempted attack, wrapped from the top of Fun Police's head to his crotch, and circled around a few more times, taping your arms to his face!''
<br>''Fun Police attacked you with carpenter's chainsaw polearm! But it missed!''
<br>''Using the tape as support, you climb up Fun Police's body until your feet meet your hands upon his head, and you strangle him with your feet for 10 damage.''
<br>''Fun Police attacked you with carpenter's chainsaw polearm for 3 damage!''
<br>''You jump off Fun Police's head, and use the tape to slam your feet into his head! But it missed, and you flopped onto the ground for 10 damage!''
<br>''Fun Police attacked you with carpenter's chainsaw polearm! Critical hit! 6 damage!''
<br>''From your horizontal position, you throw Fun Police over your head and down the stairs for 50 damage! They die! You fall down as well for 20 damage!''
<br>''You say ''"TF! I forgot I was taped to his face!"
<br>''You say ''"How am I supposed to dump the body!?!"
<br>''Fun Police rose from the dead as a zombie!''
<br>''You say ''"O.o"
<br>''You drag the zombie into the bathroom!''
<br>''The zombie mauled you for 3 damage!''
<br>''You search and find nothing!''
<br>''You search and find nothing!''
<br>''The zombie mauled you for 3 damage!''
<br>''You search and find nothing!''
<br>''Searching the area, you find hairspray!''
<br>''The zombie mauled you for 3 damage!''
<br>''You search and find nothing!''
<br>''The zombie mauled you for 3 damage!''
<br>''You search and find nothing!''
<br>''You search and find nothing!''
<br>''The zombie mauled you for 3 damage!''
<br>''Searching the area, you find a lighter!''
<br>''You attack the zombie with flamethrower for 5 damage! The zombie is now aflame!''
<br>''The zombie mauled you for 3 damage! You are now aflame! You will take 5 damage for every action, except screaming!
<br>''You panic! You burn for 5 damage. You toast.''
<br>''{{User:TripleU/Sig}} said'' ":P" (20:21, 26 September 2010 (BST))
:Wait a second... Why does the survivor get 65 HP >.> --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 01:46, 27 September 2010 (BST)
::Simply having duct tape in your inventory grants an extra 5HP {{User:Vapor/sig}} 03:36, 27 September 2010 (BST)
:::Uhm, ok so I've moved this over to Humorous Suggestions. What's next? Do I delete it from DS? --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 14:50, 28 September 2010 (BST)
::::If you want to, it'll get cleared out within a week or so anyways though. --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 23:00, 28 September 2010 (BST)
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===Be Able To Look At Map===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 00:58, 25 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Changes
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|'''Scope:''' Game Mechs
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|'''Description:''' Alright, this is just a small suggesting regarding the map, but I think it would be useful if people could see the map/actions taken even if at 0 AP.
 
Since one can randomly check in on how things are going as long as they have 1 AP, and even see the area when they have been killed, it makes sense that they could look at the map...
 
In all actuality, only way this could be seriously abused is if done by a structured group, and someone was on watch for zombies/PKers/etc. Even so, it would only be abusable via meta-gaming with out-of-game sources since this was mainly so one could see the map if they are at 0 AP.
 
I got this idea when I ran out of AP, and wanted to simply watch what was going on between the survivors and zombies, how it was panning out.
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====Discussion (Be Able To Look At Map)====
I never knew everyone slept with their eyes open. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 01:11, 25 September 2010 (BST)
:Apparently you can see everything when you're dead too, your ears just loose the ability to pick up non-groan sounds. :) --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 01:22, 25 September 2010 (BST)
 
I never really bothered to read what happens when you run out of AP, I just thought you're so exhausted your consciousness returns only when you're back to positive AP and you literally cannot do ''anything'' else... except get naked, apparently you can still change your clothes in the profile when out of AP. --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 01:42, 25 September 2010 (BST)
:Nudity is a primal instinct. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 20:31, 26 September 2010 (BST)
 
'''No Chance''' - This was how it worked in the early game. It was changed deliberately. It's not going to be changed back. {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 07:24, 28 September 2010 (BST)
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===Unlimited AP===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:TheWritingWriter|TheWritingWriter]] 02:56, 24 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Game Change
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|'''Scope:''' Everyone
|'''Scope:''' Everyone
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|'''Description:''' Ok, I know this has no chance of ever happening, but it's still fun to discuss the possibilities. What if Urban Dead had Unlimited AP? You could play it like a normal MMORPG.And like a normal MMORPG, once you log out, your character dissapears and wont reappear untill you log back in. I think this idea would be fun, I know it doesnt have a chance in hell of ever happeneing, and would require ALOT of work and possibly an entirely different server, but what do you guys think?
|'''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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====Discussion (Unlimited AP)====
====Discussion (Action Points)====
...Get out.  Now. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 03:06, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
Your wish is granted, but as expected the current server won't take the load. Kevan sets it up in a new city on another server, this time it's pay to play. Only $15 a month! --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 03:22, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
With unlimited AP I wouldn't get off, and that would be a problem... Still, it could be an interesting concept. 15$ a month though is outrageous though, minecraft only charges 10$ once >.> --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 04:36, 24 September 2010 (BST)
:Oh, you play Minecraft? I heard a lot about that, it's very popular on the LUE forums at present. Hopefully our creator gets some ideas from [http://twitter.com/kevan/status/19929111686 his playthrough] of it. --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 07:54, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
There'd be some lovely seiges, but, as mentioned above, the vast majority of the wiki regulars and a massive number of others in game would never log off. This suggestion would ruin too many lives.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 08:26, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
How do you decide when someone logs off? By the actual log out action, or something else? How would zombies find anyone to eat? How would buildings remain intact with no one there to meatshield? How would zombies hold ruins with no one there to block repairs? A change like this essentially makes the game much more boring and much less meaningful, since you'd see far less people and would interact with those that you did see in a much MUCH more volatile environment, which is bad for everyone. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 08:40, 24 September 2010 (BST)
:Also, barricades would become meaningless, since they would serve no purpose, but survivors would still have to wait on others before they could be revived, so while zombies could go on rampages and kill every survivor in the game with essentially no way for the survivors to defend, survivors couldn't even get revives going without some level of advanced coordination. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 08:43, 24 September 2010 (BST)
::Ah! But then we could introduce NPCs to do those things for us! And to sort out the flavour issues of having no zombies or survivors at any given time, we could reset it in a fantasy theme. That would also get rid of the need for revives; everyone would be a living human! We wouldn't have buildings or barricades, we'd just have a big map with a couple of towns and loads of creatures! So yeah, basically Runescape.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 08:46, 24 September 2010 (BST)
:::Sounds more like scroll wars with the monsters and everyone being human, well assuming it remains with the similar system to right now. (played that game once, it was ok...)--[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 23:13, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
Eh, it was just an idea I thought it would be fun. I wish Urban Dead was like runescape though, that would be interesting.--[[User:TheWritingWriter|TheWritingWriter]] 20:34, 24 September 2010 (BST)
:I wish Runescape was like urban dead.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 20:51, 24 September 2010 (BST)
::I wish Urban Dead was like Pokemon. =P --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 20:35, 26 September 2010 (BST)
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===Stockpiles===
===Drone===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Tabbitha Duo|Tabbitha Duo]] 12:20, 23 September 2010 (BST)
|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Rosslessness|<span style="color: MidnightBlue ">R</span><span style="color: Navy">o</span><span style="color: DarkBlue">s</span><span style="color: MediumBlue">s</span><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span>]][[User_Talk:Rosslessness|<span style="color: RoyalBlue">l</span><span style="color: CornflowerBlue">e</span><span style="color: SkyBlue">s</span><span style="color: LightskyBlue">s</span>]][[User_Talk:Rosslessness/Quiz|<span style="color: LightBlue">n</span><span style="color: PowderBlue">e</span>]][[Monroeville Many|<span style="color: PaleTurquoise">s</span>]][[The Great Suburb Group Massacre|<span style="color: PaleTurquoise">s</span>]]<sup>[[Location Page Building Toolkit|<span style="color: DarkRed">Want a Location Image?]] </span> </sup>  19:10, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
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|'''Type:''' building add-on
|'''Type:''' Survivor Item
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|'''Scope:''' all, mainly aimed at siege warfare
|'''Scope:''' Survivors
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|'''Description:''' Right, this was inspired by economics.. so uhm... I sorta have to go into the theory behind it a bit, I promise not to bore you too much. Currently, in UD, if a survivor wants something, they must provide it themselves, they physically, must go to the TRP and search for that object, then go back, this is somewhat of a.... waste of AP, in terms of how effecient it could be really. So instead of trying to be a subsistence economy, where survivors work purely for themselves (heals cades and gennies excluded) what about having a 'stock pile' item, maybe call it a storage locker, and make it show up in factories, malls and auto-repair locations with a percentage chance equivelent (roughly anyway) to the generator search percentage at this location.
 
And here's how it works:
 
Upon using a storage locker in a location without one the message will be displayed:
'you clunk down the locker to help keep supplies fresh and off of the floor'
and on a tangent you can have errors for dark and ruined buildings:
'you can't find anywhere stable to put the locker down' (ruined)
'in spite of trying to put it down, no one can actually see supplies in the locker' (dark)
 
Then, when set up, it essentially acts like a public inventory. It costs 1AP to deposit one item, and one AP to withdraw (and anyone can withdraw, it's a public service)
 
Now, before you go off saying that doesn't make sense, imagine if you had a hospital under seige. So, you have a group ready with ammo to repel any break throughs, but off course, after every break through, they have to go back to the PD, spending AP, search, spending AP and then return, spending AP that they may well need to just do their job and fight. So you set up a supply locker instead, and can get someone without a real job as it stands (ie, lower level players)to go fetch the ammo, saving AP for the actual matter at hand.
 
It even works in the same location, say a hospital, if you have one surgeon taking FAK's out of the locker while another two helpers just hunt down the FAK's the surgeon has spent less AP.
 
So basicly, it's a suggestion aimed at making it so survivors working together, are more effecient.
 
The final part I would put is that if anyone takes out an item you put in (IE something useful and needed) you gain a single XP, this is to positively enforce placing useful goods inside rather than trash that wastes space (without say, forcing people who REALLY want to have a newspaper collection locker, to give up their bizzare dreams)
 
Thank you, first suggestion so I hope I filled in the form okay.
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====Discussion (Stockpiles)====
 
Is there anything that stops a jerk taking all the supplies? Is there anything that will stop multi abuse (I create two level 1 characters and supply them with my level 40+ character)? [[User:Whitehouse]] 13:53, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
While this might be the sort of thing that would happen in a real-life zombie apocalypse, having stockpiles in this game would lead to multi-abuse, as Whitehouse has already pointed out. You could specify that only members of your group could store/take items form a particular pile, but even then that could still be abused as the zerger could add his little pets to the group (see [[User:Rosslessness/Hmm]]). If there was a way this could be prevented, this may be worth looking into. {{User:Chief Seagull/Sig}} 14:25, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
Can I burn the stockpile and kill everyone in the room from asphyxiation? --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 14:34, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
Try playing Shintolin. It has stockpiles. They are broken. It's not so much of an issue with zergers, as much as it is an issue with them promoting raiders and bandits. Shintolin doesn't punish bandits for what they do, so they absolutely flourish in the game, since they can roam from village to village, raiding and pillaging as they go along. I'd expect the same to happen here. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 17:34, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
Good Idea, however it has to much potential for abuse.--[[User:TheWritingWriter|TheWritingWriter]] 20:22, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
This idea is getting a lot better feedback then went I suggested it! (it got turned down by about 5 people in the first couple hours) --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 04:38, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
Right... to stop abuse, part of that is the 1AP cost, which means that aggressive survivors still have to pay some cost to pick items up (while it doesn't prevent multi, to be honest, if I have to argue how a suggestion in UD can't be abused by multi, I'm gonna loose XD). As for locking it... hmm, I dunno, only if you could have multiple (say 3) supply lockers in an area, and make it so they disappear if empty and uninteracted with for a certain period. Yes, PKers could destroy stock piles as well, but as for burning htem... naaah :P --[[User:Tabbitha Duo|Tabbitha Duo]] 15:45, 24 September 2010 (BST) (and apologies Kakashi, I wasn't aware it had being suggested)
 
:I like the idea in theory but as stated above, it has potential for abuse. I can't really think of a way around that. The 1AP cost wouldn't be too much of a deterrent, I'm afraid. If you develop a way around potential abuse, I think it would be a decent suggestion. --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 16:58, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
Oh uhm... pass word the locker? Or... sigh... UD's groups aren't exclusive (in game terms) to use them to lock stuff away really. But, in the same way gennies are a public service to keep going, so would lockers be, these aren't lockers for just you, it's for everone involved in that building. In other words, I have no idea of a method that would eliminate abuse without simultaneously prevent them being used for what they should be. Which I suppose would (in the case of implementation) be just something you'd have to deal with, you needn't put down things in a stockpile unless you feel the need and if your co-ordinating with group members there's nothing to stop you from either both being on at the same time to essentially 'trade' items or to designate an out of the way building as an emergency supply and politely graffiti the consequences of people stealing from your stock pile (you could, as unfluffy as it would be, make it so the stockpiles setter can always see who used it). On the note of zergers providing for their mini zergers, I'll say (and stress) that zerging is a pretty big factor in UD, and it's difficult for me to really well... fix my suggestion against that flaw. One way I suppose you could do it is count the players locker as that player for IP detection and anti-zerg measure purposes. --[[User:Tabbitha Duo|Tabbitha Duo]] 20:28, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
Alright, on a brighter note... It's a community chest basically, like featured in some nwn servers. It would be filled with complete junk players wanted to get rid of, and would have the occasional valuable item... Could be interesting, and those types of things have been useful in the past games I've played. --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 23:17, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
Couldnt you put some sort of limit on it? Like the locker can only be acessed X amount of times from the same IP address?--[[User:TheWritingWriter|TheWritingWriter]] 23:58, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
The IP address is a good idea, but uhm... it'd have to be at least 50 times a day so a guy with just 1 char could use it however much he wanted. As a point to junk being there, that's one of the reasons it gives XP when someone removes your items to encourage more useful items while still not preventing people having odd collections of things (because to me an integral part of UD is how much random the community inspires when presented with the mechanics)--[[User:Tabbitha Duo|Tabbitha Duo]] 10:34, 25 September 2010 (BST)
 
'''Too abusable''' - This game would need anti-[[zerging]] countermeasures of Nexus War's calibre before anything like this can be implemented. (Hint, hint, [[User:Kevan|Kevan]]. Talk to [[User:Jorm|Jorm]]!) {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 07:32, 28 September 2010 (BST)
 
i could be talking something no sense but i heard that if a zed with a "zerg flag" try to destroy a barrier it becomes a lot harder to him do it...so if there is an zerg flag something like that it could make impossible to use the stockpile-omada {17:35 ,29 september 2012 (est)}
:Yeah, but most zergs use proxies, so they're unaffected.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 22:39, 29 September 2010 (BST)
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===Like below, trying out several ideas at once===
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|'''Timestamp:''' {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 03:43, 23 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Several
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|'''Scope:''' Wide-ish
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|'''Description:''' Just a few tweaks/new skill ideas I'm throwing out in case one or two is worth looking at:
 
#Feeding drag in reverse - maybe a new skill, lets zombies pull weak zombies (<13HP) ''inside'' uncaded buildings, maybe only into ruins. Aids squatting.
#Holiday addition - during the Christmas period, turned on and off at the same time as snow/decorations/trees etc, add the letter J to death rattle and remove it when the season's over. Why? ''Jangar barrz''.
#Addition to gesturing - allow gesture to function like newspapers, giving the option to "gesture beckoningly" at someone, or maybe worded better, allowing them alone to see it, like papers.
#Zombie 'graffiti' - allow zombies with a new skill, under memories, to replace graffiti with gore and filth, giving the message {{udspan|Someone has smeared gore and filth across here}} instead of the graffiti text. Cost would be 2AP a time to balance out lack of item.
#A skill under construction allowing barricading of ruins for either double cost (2AP per attempt) or half the success rate, mostly for culting but also for aiding reclamation of ghost towns.
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====Discussion (Like below, trying out several ideas at once)====
Squatting Drag - Yes. ''You! Stoopid! Get on point!''<br>Holi-J - Meh.<br>Gesture Under Table - Double meh. Use your claws.<br>Zombiti - No. Zombies don't need the ability to spam lies. Plus it would make life culting far overpowered.<br>Ruin cading - Are you insane? Ruins are underpowered enough as it is, don't make them half-pointless. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 04:27, 23 September 2010 (BST)
:Easy pinatas is the point. Pehaps giving zombies the ability to lay pipes would serve the same purpose better. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 04:38, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
Reversed Feeding drag could be useful, maybe if a zombie has recently killed a survivor, they could "tag" certain buildings with bloody hand prints, but nothing serious. Not big on the others. --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 04:33, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
Bullet pointed lists like this are why Santa cries (yes, Santa) when you make multiple suggestions at once.
*Drag - No. Zombies that want to be outside, rather than squatting in buildings, should be allowed to stay outside to hear groans, not get pulled inside where they can't.
*Holi-J - Only if it mentions that their tongues are frozen. Otherwise no.
*Gesturing - No.
*Graffiti - In addition to graffiti, yes. In place of, no. It needs to be cleanable as well by survivors.
*Construction - No.
My opinions are irrefutable. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 04:47, 23 September 2010 (BST)
:Well yeah, the implication was that zombie smearing would be paintable over just like other graffiti is. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 05:15, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
You know how you can use a UV light to see whether there have been... bodily fluids in an area, whereas normal humans won't see a thing?<br>What if zombies have that same kind of vision, such that when they graffiti or whatever you call the zombie equivalent only the fellow undead can see it? --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 05:26, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
Putting on my devious hat. Say I'm in borehamwood, I could suicide repair a 500ap repair, get a friendly zombie to drag me outside, ruin the place, then drag me back inside. Passing zombies would just see a ruin as I idle safely out. The graffiti thing is an age old dupe, probably katthew. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 14:07, 23 September 2010 (BST)
:I think the drag's only for pulling zombies inside.  And, as Aich, that only hurts zombies who are outside to hear groans.  Holiday J would be a cute addition, no harm there.  Nothing wrong with beckoning either, though I don't know what it'd be used for.  Ruining graffiti, very yes.  I'm so tired of any zombie genre game having every square surface covered with stupid things.  Cading ruins a definite no on account of them being uncadable for a reason. [[User:RinKou|RinKou]] 01:08, 24 September 2010 (BST)
 
RE (2): ''-!z -Zhingarh Bah!!z-, gramma-bangar!'' {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 07:36, 28 September 2010 (BST)
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===Duped stuff===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 02:36, 22 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Skills
|'''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.
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|'''Scope:''' Zombie
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|'''Description:''' '''*Small Concentrations of zombies have been found with increased speed, strength, and lust for blood. They roam the streets with renewed hunger, adapting in unimaginable ways...''' (some of these are ridiculous, just so you know ahead fo time!)
 
 
'''Bellowing Rattle'''
 
'''Survivors swear they can understand the screeching of zombies at night, claiming they seem to be speaking out to the horde...'''
 
Found under bellow, if a zombie locates a large group of survivors, they can let out a bellowing rattle for 10 AP. This skill lets a zombie let out a death rattle that can be heard by any zombie/survivor outdoors and/or in a building without a door for up to three blocks away, and counts as a regular bellow
 
 
'''Strong Lungs''' (Or strong throat)
 
'''The zombies biological structure has been altered slightly over time, the large bellowing, and groaning sounds it produced have increased the amount of air it can suck ino its deteriorating lungs, and a tougher throat allowing it to make loud noises easier.'''
 
Found under Bellow after reaching level 10, if a zombie uses the bellow skill, they have a reduced cost to only 5.
 
 
'''Likes it Rough''' (name is more or less a joke)
 
'''The undead have become even more relentless in their attempt to find easy food. Showing almost a parental mentality, the older zombies have been found dragging survivors out of their safe houses with even more strength, slamming them into objects and clawing up their skin as they drag them...'''
 
Requires feeding drag/tangling grasp(?)
If the zombie has grabbed hold of the survivor, and all requirements have been met for "likes it Rough", then when using feeding drag, there is a chance of harming the survivor in the process, granting the equivalent EXP as if they had hit them.
25% chance of harming the survivor for 3 HP in a lit building
50% chance of harming a survivor for 3 HP in an unlit building
50% chance of harming a survivor for 4 HP in a ransacked/ruined building
 
This last one seemed realistic since we drag humans into the streets all the time for baby zombies, then it would make sense for the zombie to attempt to pulverise them while they are exiting. Even if the zombie wasn't attempting to do that, flavor text points to the survivors trying to get out of their grasp.
 
These three ideas I'm sure are dupes, but seemed like good suggestions when I thought on them. In fact, there's rarely an idea which hasn't been duped before XD
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====Discussion (Duped stuff)====
====Discussion (Drone)====
No on Bellowing Rattle. Feeding groans are only good because they never lie, unlike the otherwise overpowered radios (disinformation is a surprisingly effective tactic). If one could bellow ''Zaan, nah marh harmanz haarh.'' (Soon, no more survivors here.), even when they're the first to breach a building with 100+ survivors, they could trick the less than immediate listeners into not following the next few bellows from there. A key difference between zombies and survivors is that zombies needn't worry about trust, they just help each other kill. Don't let them lie to 4.4% of their zetheren all at once.
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)
 
Yes on Strong Lungs. Perhaps make it still cheaper, as in 1AP. Easy to counter, just sleep in groups of 24 or less. Also encourages coordinated cultists to work together as a team to allow one of them to bellow; Teamwork is fun.
 
Yes on Likes it Rough. However, make it just as effective in lit, unlit, and dark buildings. Perhaps even have it do 5 damage in ruins, there's a lot of rusty nails and broken glass in those. But absolutely make it non-fatal, like falling from a ruin. No sense buying a skill that might unintentionally kill your friend's meal. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 02:51, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
Not terrible. Basically, I'd have two skills. Banshee Wail (Bellow Costs Reduced to 5) and Forced Removal, successfully feeding dragging a survivor causes them to lose 3hp, 5hp if the building is ruined. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 09:23, 23 September 2010 (BST)
 
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===Clean Clothes===
===Backpack===
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|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:V darkstar|V darkstar]] 14:47, 21 September 2010 (BST)
|'''Timestamp:''' [[User:Wild Crazy|Wild Crazy]] ([[User talk:Wild Crazy|talk]]) 20:55, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
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|'''Type:''' Clothing
|'''Type:''' New item
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|'''Scope:''' Humans
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|'''Description:''' Kinda lame but... I think I need to clean of my blood stained and torn paper crown so for a few AP you can clean you cloths and sow them up?
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====Discussion (Clean Clothes)====
You can change your clothes by clicking the Settings button. Different types of clothes are available depending on sort of building you are in (as long as it isn't ransacked or ruined). See our page on [[Clothes]] for more. Cheers, {{User:Chief Seagull/Sig}} 15:23, 21 September 2010 (BST)
:Its also a kind of dupe. Launderettes were also suggested. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 15:32, 21 September 2010 (BST)
::Some clothes (like the party hat) were available for a limited time so I can see the usefulness, but if it's a dupe its a dupe. --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 15:41, 21 September 2010 (BST)
Don't like it - needing to completely replace clothes gives value to some buildings that otherwise would have none, such as Mansions and Stadiums. If you want new football shoes or diamond necklaces, then repairing them is the only solution - which gives an incentive to leave your mall in the green suburb and to do something, which is good in my books. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 17:21, 21 September 2010 (BST)
 
Suggested a million times, and while clothes are cool, I personally think having ripped up bloody clothes is more flavorful, and realistic, then having neat, tidy clothes. (washing them would be pointless compared to using that water to drink for another day, think of it that way.) --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 02:39, 22 September 2010 (BST)
 
You can also clean bloodstains with fuel. '''The More You Know!™''' {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 07:39, 28 September 2010 (BST)
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===DNA Extractor Reveals Approximate HP===
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|'''Timestamp:''' -- {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/l}} 12:29, 21 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Balance
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|'''Scope:''' Survivors
|'''Scope:''' Survivors
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|'''Description:''' As a newbie trying to ration AP whilst outside to getting any possible last hit on random zombies, or just finding out what HP is on that ''last'' zombie on your last few AP in a siege, there are many situations where I'd like to know what HP a zombie has without having to use a bullet/shell or swing with an axe.
|'''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).
 
I'd like a more definite way to find out the HP of a zombie at the top of a pile, and I think DNA Extractors are somehow the answer.
 
It doesn't have to be a definite answer, it could be flavour text which just approximates the zombie's health  in the 0-20, 20-40, 40-60 region.
 
All of this concept and flavour text (fucking hell I hate you flavour nazis) are all up for discussion. Thoughts?
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====Discussion (DNA Extractor Reveals Approximate HP)====
In every case, it should require Diagnosis additionally. Would seem odd if you can estimate zombie HPs while you have no clue if a normal human being is hurt. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 12:57, 21 September 2010 (BST)
 
I disagree with the flavour. The Flavour must be Cinammon. <!--I actually really like this idea.--> --{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 14:53, 21 September 2010 (BST)


Just hit them once with an axe. Same ap, the only time I would extract to find hp if it was a new zombie I'd never encountered . --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 15:33, 21 September 2010 (BST)
:well not exactly the same AP due to hit percentage, but yeah. Also agree that Diagnosis would need to be required. Not a bad suggestion, though. --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 15:38, 21 September 2010 (BST)


I dislike this. It's bad for flavour reasons (I'm not even particularly keen on attacks telling you a zombie's HP), and I feel it'd be a minor (not huge, but noticeable) downer for zombies. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 16:13, 21 September 2010 (BST)
Q: Wouldn't this buff survivors, since they can carry more bullets and kill more zombies?
:That's not a bad idea. Survivors without diagnosis can't see zombie heath when attacking. Perhaps indicators when they reach 25 or 12 health, such as ''You shoot at the zombie for 4 damage. Coagulated blood begins to flow from their wounds.'' and ''You shoot at the zombie for 4 damage. Their many wounds reveal shattered bone and tattered muscle.'' You could still find the exact health values, you'd just have to work a little for it. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 02:32, 23 September 2010 (BST)


The only value in something like this would be to let you see the HP values of zombies that ''aren't'' at the top of the stack, but that would be overpowered. It makes no flavor sense (yes, I'm a flavor nazi) that you could find out the HP of the zombie at the top of the stack without finding out the values of those beneath it. In the end, just use an axe. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 22:24, 21 September 2010 (BST)
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.


I have no problems with this, not a big fan, but if it went into suggestions I've vote keep for it... As long as the DNA scan had the high failure chance when it comes to rotters! --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 02:55, 22 September 2010 (BST)


i kinda like it.. it's kosher flavored.----[[User:Sexualharrison|<span style="color:Red">sexualharrison</span>]][[Image:Starofdavid2.png | 18px]] ¯\([[Image:Boobs.gif|18px]])/¯ 03:27, 22 September 2010 (BST)
Q: If it wastes AP, what is the point?


Overpowered. Just knife 'em. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 02:32, 23 September 2010 (BST)
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.
:/thread. {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 07:40, 28 September 2010 (BST)


Sorry, I forgot about posting this :S But thanks to all for the feedback, UUU had some good points, a knife ''is'' pretty good I guess. I might leave this here for a bit to see if anyone else has any opinions on changes and stuff, then maybe just throw her away if I don't consider putting it to voting etc. -- {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/l}} 11:39, 23 September 2010 (BST)
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===Halve all hit points===
Please give your thoughts.
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|'''Timestamp:''' {{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 12:45, 19 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Value change
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|'''Scope:''' Everyone
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|'''Description:''' Let's go crazy and halve all hitpoints. These would be the concrete effects:
*Starting humans and zombies have 25HP.
*[[Bodybuilding]]/[[Flesh Rot]] just grants +5HP rather than +10HP, giving a total of 30HP.
**Revived humans have 12/15HP (depending on if they have Bodybuilding or not.)
**[[Feeding Drag|drag-eligibility]] still gets triggered at 12HP, putting freshly revived humans without FAKs at great risk (and giving bodybuilding actually some tangible benefit, as even infected bodybuilders aren't draggable right off the bat)
*damage from weapons and infection remains unaltered
*damage from failed [[Freerunning]] into ruins is halved to 2HP, rather than 5HP (17-20% of total possible health for stumbling over rubble would be a bit extreme, wouldn't it?)
*healing still heals 5/10/15HP depending on circumstances and skills, and digestion still grants 4HP per bite
*XP for healing and attacking remain the same
Why go that crazy? Because of these beneficial effects:


'''Zombies'''
*Lone ferals get a far better chance to break in and still have the AP to drag/kill someone, making even lone ferals dangerous.
*Cheap revive costs become far less of an issue in balance, as they are closer to kill costs, without the need to raise the AP costs for reviving to a ridiculous amount
**At the same time, combat revives remain a viable tactic, as they work reliably for exactly 10AP and just use up a single 2% item (unlike melee weapons, which probably use more than the 10AP, and unlike guns, which clog up more than 2% of encumbrance).
*Eating corpses becomes a viable tactic, as the AP costs to do so are close to that of receiving a headshot and rising again with full HP
'''PKers'''
*PKers would need far less HP to kill, allowing further away bolt-holes and epic striketeam mass homicide
*PKers could actually make some impact, as the kill costs are so close to revive costs
*OTOH, the halved HP would put also PKers at greater risk, as even [[dark]] places aren't a darn safe protection from every lone wolf without a genny and fuel. A bodybuilding PKer with a flak jack could be killed with a pistol for 20AP on average (((30HP / 4 damage)/65% hit probability)/50% darkness penalty).
**Carrying genny+fuel for PKer hunting would still be a sensible option, as it allows a.) to "bank" AP in advance that later make it easier to hunt PKers and b.) it allows to collect multiple bounties in dark places swarming with PKers
**This would also give bounty-hunting/retribution kills some sense, as the costs for doing so aren't so much ridicoulously higher than the costs to revive the PKers (although it would still remain somewhat less AP-efficient than ignoring PKers and putting the APs rather into reviving the victims)
'''Survivors'''
*Survivors get a far better chance to break a cade block, as they can kill and dump multiple zeds per individual AP cycle. A survivor loaded with pistols could repel a rotter for 10AP on average, allowing him to kill and dump 4 zeds at once and still cade a bit if he is fully rested. (((30HP / 4 damage)/65% hit probability = 10AP, +1AP for dumping = 11AP per pop)
*Survivors can fill up their inventory mostly with FAKs, syringes, a toolbox and maybe also a genny and/or fuel, and still put enough guns into their spare encumbrance for them to actually have an effect. A single revolver and a spare clip for a total of 6% would be sufficient to repel a single fully healthy rotter
'''Flavour'''
*3-4 shotgun blasts or 5-8 revolver bullets would be all what it takes to send someone to the boot hill, rather than the ridiculous amount of abuse that folks can take right now before they die
The beneficial effects would probably be slightly more in favour of zombies than survivors (as the imperative of zombies is to attack whenever possible, while survivors usually only fight when things have gone wrong), but it would offer something for both, and it would especially nerf the dreaded cade blocking without removing it entirely.
I'm aware that it's crazy and extreme, but I see a lot of merit in this. Discuss.
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====Discussion (Halve all hit points)====
====Discussion (Backpack)====
I figured the reason why everyone's so tough to kill in this game is because we're all descendants of [http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/The_Survivors#Keith Keith]. So having everyone literally miss half of their life is more than a bit... unsettling. --[[User:Aeon17x|Aeon17x]] 13:43, 19 September 2010 (BST)
 
<big><big>MAKE IT SO</big></big> {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 18:39, 19 September 2010 (BST)
 
It's an interesting idea. I could see the benefits of it but also see how it would be much less beneficial to survivors. Ultimately I think it would drive away players, especially those that play strictly as survivors. Therefore I would likely kill vote it if it comes up in the suggestion portal. --{{User:Vapor/sig}} 18:53, 19 September 2010 (BST)
:It's not like a survivor has to put up with a lot of death, unless he seeks it out. The last three times a survivor of mine died was when I purposefully slept in red zones and in Blackmore NT. Remember also that this suggestion does nothing to cades - they remain the roadblock that they are right now, and probably even more so, as it becomes possible to break a cade block. It just makes things more exciting when the cades actually break (which is rare enough). --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 19:33, 19 September 2010 (BST)
The main issue I see here is Dealt in lead syndrome. Once somebody dies, they'll die again so quickly that the game loses loads of its playability. Griefing becomes ridiculously overpowered, not to mention zerging. Ultimately, it's steps to speeding up the game, the same thing as doubling AP would do. Too much could happen while somebody was offline for this to be a completely logical decision.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 19:04, 19 September 2010 (BST)
:That's what you should carry FAKs for (and they aren't really hard to find, unlike healing items in DiL). Even my PKers carry at all times at least 1 FAK, and more likely 2 or 3 of them. If you are really more concerned about being killed than anything else, then sleep in the dark. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 19:33, 19 September 2010 (BST)
::Damages newbs. Newbs are the future. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 19:54, 19 September 2010 (BST)
:::Ross is right, especially when you consider that flaks would now be twice as effective, and lots of newbs don't have them.--{{User:Yonnua Koponen/signature‎}} 21:02, 19 September 2010 (BST)
::::I can see Ross' point about survivor newbs. They'd probably need something to partially offset the hardships of this suggestion, such as free Lurching Gait by the rage mechanic, or bonus healing items (FAKs, beers, wines) at the start. That would be a different suggestion, though. (And linking this suggestion with an unrelated suggestion would most likely greatly diminish the chance to get this through the suggestion system. I'm open to be convinced to the contrary, though.)
::::OTOH, babah zambahz would greatly profit from this. The early ZKing becomes far more profitable, as the 10XP kill bonus is more often handed out. (This also goes for newb survivors who gain their first levels by killing zombies in the streets.)
::::Don't see the point about flaks, though. Most honorable PKers don't target newbs at all, and even if they target newbs, PKers are the least sorrow of newbs compared to zombies. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 21:31, 19 September 2010 (BST)
I don't like it, I think it will reduce fun. - [[User:Whitehouse]] 21:06, 19 September 2010 (BST)
 
Coming from a survivor/PKer/zombie background, I have to say that I like it. Granted, it'll hurt survivors that end up in the crosshairs/claws of their enemies, but it'll help smart survivors, since it'll let them clear buildings more quickly, and it shouldn't hurt them much, since barricades are still there. That it buffs PKing is a nice fringe benefit. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:36, 19 September 2010 (BST)
:I'm a new zombie. Every time I die it takes me 10 to 15ap to stand up. Halving my HP is not a good thing. --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 21:42, 19 September 2010 (BST)
::To paraphrase the Prophet, zombies don't have 50AP. They have 44AP. Learn to accept it and embrace it. Though, in your case, it's a bit less. :P Besides, this won't increase the rate that you're killed very much at all for the simple reason that they can't kill you twice. When I first started out, I woke up dead as often as not (come to think of it, not much has changed...), but until I stand up again, they can't kill me again, which means that you'd still be starting off each day with 35-40AP, just as you are now. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:50, 19 September 2010 (BST)
:::Except now instead of knocking down a single newbie zombie per venture outside, I'll be knocking down two. - [[User:Whitehouse]] 22:04, 19 September 2010 (BST)
::::It's not the number of times you die, but the chance of waking up dead I'm worrying about. Looking at this its things like, a level one private being able to kill me on his own, or a dedicated survivor able to deliver a [[flare gun|one shot kill]] --{{User:Rosslessness/Sig}} 22:07, 19 September 2010 (BST)
:::::This is really my only real concern with the suggestion. I could most certainly go for lowering the health of survivors and zombies across the board, but the possibility of a one-shot kill due to a fuel+flare gun combo seems too much. Raise the health to a level where a rezzed survivor doesn't have that issue and then I would vote for this. --{{User:Maverick Farrant/sig}} 08:56, 21 September 2010 (BST)
::::::<nowiki>*blinks*</nowiki> Uh, rezzed survivors already have that issue. Potentially. A freshly rezzed survivor in fuel-soaked clothes who wears no flak jack can be one-shot killed by a flare. Not that this is bloody likely, or effective compared to other weapons. Still, a slight increase (such as reducing max HP to 30/40 rather than 25/30) would probably help this suggestion to go down better. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 16:04, 25 September 2010 (BST)
It encourages people to travel in large groups instead of the 1-5 survivors all huddled in a building barricading/the lone zombies trying to tough it out. Also encourages people to be a little smarter in their actions... I like it for the most part, even though there are a few ways this could be bad. (such as has Ross has mentioned, new players. --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 04:44, 20 September 2010 (BST)
 
Yeah, right. Seems like newbs are the big roadblock that this suggestion has to deal with. Ideas on goodies that could be linked with this suggestion and are still minor enough to not kill it? Personally, I'd be inclined to give new zombies Digestion for free, and to give new survivors 1 bonus FAK and 1 wine/beer for free. Importing the [[Borehamwood#Skills|Rage mechanic]] could also work to help both kinds of newbs (and would be easy-peasy, as the code already exists and would just need to be applied to Malton). --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 08:52, 20 September 2010 (BST)
 
Becomes way to easy to max out your characters. Firemen and Corpses basically become gods with this implementation. I'll admit it would be fun for awhile, but whats the point of making max characters so easily? also, it would be easy to grief people like this, just stand in revive points like cemeteries and kill everything, which because of the half life, becomes much easier.--[[User:TheWritingWriter|TheWritingWriter]] 23:50, 20 September 2010 (BST)
:At best, it means 20XP per day more, as the 10XP kill bonus is handed out more often. There are still 50AP, and base XP for attacking remain the same. In the case of newbs it are probably even far less then those 20XP, as they don't have the hit% to kill effectively. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 08:01, 21 September 2010 (BST)
I like the idea in theory, in practice, not so much.  Everybody's listed a bunch of good reasons, so I'll add another voice to those, but the thing that gets me most is "The limit of 50AP per 25 hours is to keep the game balanced and to stop too much from happening overnight; if we doubled the recharge rate, it'd mean people getting in a hundred APs' worth of actions while other players were offline, which is enough to cross the city or deal an easily fatal amount of combat damage."
 
Ignoring the bits about movement and barricades, there's still the point that while ferals and small groups would gain a lot of benefits, large-scale engagements won't be happening again.  At least not as we know them.  They'd end way too quickly. [[User:RinKou|RinKou]] 05:30, 21 September 2010 (BST)
:Large-scale engagements? What large-scale engagements? There haven't been any since cade blocking has been introduced. The last two things to happen that were close to large-scale engagements were No Escape and Blackmore 404, and they were more save-or-die affairs that turned into hopeless slaughterfests as soon as the beachhead stood. Less HP for everyone might even ''counter'' that, as it becomes thinkable to put a serious dent into a beachhead (alone, or in a small ad-hoc strike team in case of groups using IRC), so that cading becomes possible again. --{{User:Spiderzed/Sandbox/Sig}} 08:01, 21 September 2010 (BST)
 
In a new city? Yes please. In Malton? Noooooooooooo. Call me conservative -- {{User:DanceDanceRevolution/l}} 12:20, 21 September 2010 (BST)
 
The suggestions specifically says that UD is intended to have a slow pace, health is a big part of this, I'd kill this suggestion, sorry mate. --[[User:Tabbitha Duo|Tabbitha Duo]] 13:49, 23 September 2010 (BST)
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===Airstrike===
{|
|'''Timestamp:''' {{User:Dezonus/sig}} 01:41, 19 September 2010 (BST)
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|'''Type:''' Skill, extension of radio Operation
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|'''Scope:''' Survivors, level 25 or above (20 if military) (Subject to change) can buy the "Call in Airstrike" skill at a cost of 500XP
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|'''Description:''' Airstrike, called in by radio on a specific frequency (probably only available at Forts). When the player with the '''Call in Airstrike''' skill broadcasts "Requesting Airstrike [xx,yy]" on the correct frequency, it will instantly return the message "Airstrike Request, Location [xx,yy]: Location name, Please confirm.", to which the player can confirm for 20AP, or cancel for 0AP. The frequency will then broadcast "Airstrike [xx,yy] ETA 24hrs", and will periodically rebroadcast the time remaining. Any player with the '''Call in Airstrike''' skill can abort the airstrike up to 1 minute before impact, even if they didnt call it in. They would broadcast "Abort Airstrike [xx,yy]" on the same frequency (But does not need to be the same location.
Only one Airstrike can be called in at a time for the whole of Malton, and once a successful Airstike takes place, another cannot be called in for another week ("Requesting Airstrike [xx,yy]" "Airstrike unavailable for another (time remaining))
Airstrikes will deal 40 damage to everybody, regardless of whether Zombie or Survivor on the block of impact. And building will be ruined with "Explosion damage", and take a lot more AP to repair. Surounding blocks will randomly take damage up to a 5 block radius.
Airstrikes cannot be called in if any part of a fort is within that 5 block radius.
'''Examples:''' "Requesting Airstrike [19,27]" ''"Airstrike Request, Location [19,27]: Caiger Mall (North West Corner), Please confirm."'' Confirm Airstrike (20AP) ''"Airstrike [19,27] ETA 24hrs"''
<br>''"Payload delivered [19,27] at 04:21, 17 September 2010 (BST)"''
<br>"Requesting Airstrike [83,92]" ''"Airstrike request declined, too close to Fort Perryn"'''
'''If the bomber flies over you:'''
<br>You see a External Military Bomber plane heading [direction] (for military and or people with the skill
<br>You see a plane heading [direction] (for non military, or those who dont have the skill)
<br>You see a big pretty flying thingy (for Zombies)
|}
====Discussion (Airstrike)====
Please note: I suggested this earlier, with some who sort of liked the idea, but thought it needed development, so now it's here {{User:Dezonus/sig}} 01:42, 19 September 2010 (BST)
:No one said it needs development because it really is an overpowered suggestion.  Heck, if you take it to voting again, I will not be surprised if one of the Ops use their SysOp spaminated power. --{{User:Axe Hack/Sig}} 01:56, 19 September 2010 (BST)
::Aye, you're getting to attached to your suggestion. The suggestion is hopeless; Distance yourself from it, and your reputation will remain largely intact. Remember, your goal here should be to increase the quality of suggestions that Kevan reads, not to have him read your own. --{{User:TripleU/Sig}} 02:42, 19 September 2010 (BST)
The fuck is this shit.{{User:Lelouch/sig}} 02:32, 19 September 2010 (BST)
Instead of making the long post I made in suggestions up for voting, I'll keep it simple, and sumarize it in one word... '''NO!''' --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 02:36, 19 September 2010 (BST)
Ugh, No --[[User:TheWritingWriter|TheWritingWriter]] 04:14, 19 September 2010 (BST)
No auto-hit. Ever. --{{User:Maverick Farrant/sig}} 08:59, 21 September 2010 (BST)
Sorry, just no, doesn't work, isn't interesting, is open to greiving, is over powered. Would be more interesting to me maybe if the military randomly called in strikes with a warning going out to anyone in the radius, but as a player controlled method, just no. {{unsigned|Tabbitha Duo|16:26, 24 September 2010 (BST)}}
:I think the military hasn't just nuked/bombed Malton cause their afraid it will make the zombies stronger. :P --[[User:Kakashi on crack|Gat]] 23:20, 24 September 2010 (BST)
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==Suggestions up for voting==
'''[[Suggestion:20100921 Zombies Feeding from a corpse infect the corpse|Zombies Feeding from a corpse infect the corpse]]'''
:<small>by [[User:Spud|Spud]] at 23:00, 21 September 2010 (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.

Discussion (Ignore based on Radio Broadcast)

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.

Discussion (Shrink the map)

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.

Discussion (Action Points)

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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