Developing Suggestions

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

• Discussion concerning this page takes place here.
• Discussion concerning the suggestions system in general, including policies about it, takes place here.

Please Read Before Posting

• Be sure to check The Frequently Suggested List 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 Machine Guns and 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.
• Click here to begin editing. This is the same as clicking the [edit] link to the right of the Suggestions header.

• Paste the copied text above the other suggestions, right under the heading.
• Substitute the text in RED CAPITALS with the details of your suggestion.

{{subst:DevelopingSuggestion
|time=~~~~
|name=SUGGESTION NAME
|type=TYPE HERE
|scope=SCOPE HERE
|description=DESCRIPTION HERE
}}

• 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

• Suggestions with no new discussion in the past two days should be given a warning notice. This can be done by adding {{SDW|date}} at the top of the discussion section, where date is the day the suggestion will be removed.
• Suggestions with no new discussion in the past week may be removed.
• If you are adding a comment to a suggestion that has the warning template please remove the {{SDW|date}} at the top of the discussion section to show that there is still ongoing discussion.

This page is prone to breaking when the page gets too long, so sometimes suggestions still under discussion will be moved to the Overflow page, so the discussion can continue.

Please add new suggestions to the top of the list

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Suggestions

Disallow racial slurs in character names, speech, graffiti

Timestamp: Zombieham Lincoln 01:26, 19 September 2009 (BST)

Type: interface

Scope: all text created by users

Description: Create a program to automatically delete names, speech, and graffiti that contain racial slurs. I'd rather not see characters with names like this, for example: http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=823822

Discussion (Disallow racial slurs in character names, speech, graffiti)

Should be easy to implement. There's already a filter to cut out swearing on the radio, adding a similar filter to in-game speech and graffiti to remove hate-speach should be easily done, and by all means, already should have been done. 01:29, 19 September 2009 (BST)

Amen. Some retard started broadcasting Nazi propaganda on the district frequency. --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 01:31, 19 September 2009 (BST)

I am Jack's total lack of surprise. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 01:46, 19 September 2009 (BST)

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Explosives v2.0

Timestamp: --Matthewbluewars /New City\ 21:50, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Type: New Weapon

Scope: Survivors

Description: There would be a new type of weapons, Explosives. Explosives attack the target at 25% accuracy, and then go down the target stack (zombie stack if the target is zombie, etc.), attacking at 20% accuracy until the number of zombies attacked = the area-of-effect, or the stack is finished. There is also a 20% chance that the explosive will fail, attacking the wrong stack. Flak jackets also affect explosives. Molotov Cocktail (encumbrance 2%): A survivor with the skill, "Chemistry" (a scientist skill) can build Molotov Cocktails out of Fuel Cans and Beer/Wine bottles for 1 AP (Button: "Create Molotov with (drop down menu)". The options on the drop down meun are "Fuel Can & Wine" and "Fuel Can & Beer"), and throw it for another AP. Damage: 5. Area-of-effect: 10. Grenade (encumbrance 7%, Locations: Police Depts (2%), Armoury (3%)): Damage: 7. Area-of-effect: 5. Science Skills Chemistry - reduces failure chances to 10% Advanced Chemistry - reduces failure chances to 5%. Militray Skills Explosives Training - increases accuracy by +15%. Differences from last time More balanced More original No shooting through cades No survivor ransack More accurate for real life

Discussion (Explosives v2.0)

Two notes: One, it relies on an unimplemented suggestion (your Fire), and it's still an AoE. Almost certainly not going to pass voting because of those two things. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 22:11, 18 September 2009 (BST)

The unimplemented suggestion was a mistake. I forgot I was writing for DevSug, and started writing for my New City. --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 00:31, 19 September 2009 (BST)

"More accurate for real life" - Police stations carry a stock of fragmentation grenades now do they? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 22:14, 18 September 2009 (BST)

I'm not expert, but what about SWAT teams? --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 00:31, 19 September 2009 (BST)

I think that something like this would be to powerful for humans. -Poodle of doom 01:49, 19 September 2009 (BST)

Suggest how to power it down. --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 02:45, 19 September 2009 (BST)

I believe that being able to attack 10 zeds at once for 5 HP a peice is a little over the top. Massive attacks like this, or suggesting Machine Guns for example,... generally are dupes. One shouldn't have a broad spectrum attack. Should be individual attacks. At that, if you were going to attack several zeds at once, why do it with a molitov cocktail in the middle of the streets. I could understand it if they were all in a building,... but then it wouldn't affect ruined buildings... and then this goes back to the whole fire idea, and burning buildings.... basically,... your attacking way to much at one time. Try something like a flamethrower, where you attack one individual zed,... for like 5 HP a hit, with 40% chance to hit. -Poodle of doom 02:54, 19 September 2009 (BST)

A little reminder:Multiply It By A Billion. There's no way an AoE suggestion can be balanced--Orange Talk 03:01, 19 September 2009 (BST)

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Whisper

Timestamp: RinKou 07:14, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Type: Slight change to speak

Scope: Survivors

Description: I did some basic ctrl+fing around the suggestions backlogs, but I couldn't find anything under "whisper." Which is odd, because I'm sure I'm not the first one to think of this. In either case, it just occurred to me that there wasn't a whisper button. If you only want to say something to a particular person, you need to broadcast it to the entire room. And if you're in a building (say a mall) with over 50 people in the corner, there's always that chance that the one person you're trying to talk to never gets the message at all. The whole "cellphone" argument doesn't work because, first off, few people use cellphones to begin with. Secondly, and I swear somebody's said this before, using a cellphone to talk to somebody in the same room as you is silly. So, simple drop-down menu right next to the talk button: "to everybody," and a list of names in the room for whispering. It's really just the NW whisper function. Somebody please find the dupe link before I make an ass of myself.

Discussion (Whisper)

This is a dupe, but I'm poor at finding them. It may not have gone to voting.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 07:16, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Where are you looking? I just typed "whisper" into the search bar and got this, 4th or so page found. [1]. Would it be good to write up a page on how to find dupes? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 08:53, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Iscariot's Guide to Being The God of Dupes.

Be me.

The End.

-- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 08:58, 18 September 2009 (BST)

You couldn't even be bothered to put it in a Haiku? Tsk, Standards. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:03, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Standards? Me? You know some of the people I used to hang around a lot with in the meta :p -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 09:08, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Point taken. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:17, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Finding Many Dupes

Iscariot is the God

Never Forget this.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 13:24, 18 September 2009 (BST)

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Injured Zombie Revival

Timestamp: Blake Firedancer T E RNL? P.I.S.I.T. 11:25, 17 September 2009 (BST)

Type: Gamplay adjustment

Scope: Survivors, zeds

Description: As it is, zombies always take 10AP to revive with a syringe. With this suggestion, I propose that it be changed to X AP, where X is the zombie's current health, up to a maximum of 10 AP. This probably won't affect revive ques that much, but it will encourage zombies to feed on humans, lest they get revived during sieges.

Discussion (Injured Zombie Revival)

So taking a zombie all the way down to 10 HP leaves a full revive cost? At that point, it's more efficient to kinfe the sucker to death... I'm not saying I support this suggestion, but it's still pretty weak at the moment. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 13:30, 17 September 2009 (BST)

This won't do a whole lot, usually when (smart) players get a zombie down to under that threshold, they're going to kill them anyway. Not only that, but you're still going to get situations where player A does 50 points worth of damage to a zombie and then player B comes along and wastes all their effort with a revive. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 15:41, 17 September 2009 (BST)

Mechanics dictate tactics, not vice versa. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 15:54, 17 September 2009 (BST)

If you were going to combat revive a zombie why would you damage it first? The combat revive is the cheapest way to remove a zombie from a building (Assuming a good scan routine and lack of brain rot) --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 15:58, 17 September 2009 (BST)

I think everybody has pretty much stated all the reasons why this is a [dumb] idea. Most survivors are either going to CR (in which case they don't care how much HP the zombie has), or they will note that the zombie's health is low enough to just kill it and save the needle. While Iscariot make a valid point in that implementation of a mechanic like this could lead to new survivor tactics--like the dedicated medic of a group being able to use more than 5 needles in a day--I think overall this idea won't pass in voting. --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 09:27, 18 September 2009 (BST)

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Voluntary Character Deletion

Timestamp: Necrofeelinya 16:53, 16 September 2009 (BST)

Type: Okay, I typed here. Now what?

Scope: All players

Description: "Obviously I can make new characters for the future and to complete the piece I wanted to do, however it has cost me character name that I quite liked, and I the owner apparently get no say over this. Unlike Nexus War I can't delete this guy and then have the same name again." Iscariot brought up a valid point, if not the one he was making a suggestion about. Some players might want to reuse names, or just accumulate too many characters they won't use again. Why not implement a voluntary character self-delete feature so players can reuse character names and rid the database of old characters they won't be using anymore? It'd be a button on the settings page, not the regular player action interface, and if you pressed it you'd get two warnings, each very explicit, telling you you're about to delete your character and what the ramifications are. If you proceed with character deletion, the character is erased and you're forwarded to the UD main page. It's not necessarily a crucial feature, as I assume abandoned characters are regularly deleted anyway, but it might be convenient for instances where players are attached to a particular name and want to switch cities or just start over with it.

Discussion (Voluntary Character Deletion)

It took you longer to type that than it did for me to find this. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 16:57, 16 September 2009 (BST)

There is also this, this and this.--Pesatyel 04:47, 17 September 2009 (BST)

So, my PKer who's KOS on the rogues gallery decides to delete himself. User B comes along, and enters my PKer's name for their name. My character has been deleted, so they can use it. They're walking around Malton, and are continually attacked by Bounty Hunters, for no real reason. --Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 16:58, 16 September 2009 (BST)

If the RG then proceed to make allowances for this, my PKer who's KOS can now delete himself, and start a new account, with no Bounty. Flawed, as all character deletion.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 16:58, 16 September 2009 (BST)

Just note that bounty hunting is an external system. But you are of course right that character relations could become rather confusing if this were implemented. - User:Whitehouse 21:04, 16 September 2009 (BST)

So it shouldn't be considered? It's an integral part of the game, so should be considered with all relevant suggestions.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 15:46, 17 September 2009 (BST)

It's not an integral part of the game at all, one could play this game for years and have nothing to do with it. What it is is a database that originated and is still controlled by a group with questionable alt policies who run add-ons universally denounced as cheating devices. Why should we be considering the RG again? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 15:57, 17 September 2009 (BST)

I'm referring to Bounty Hunting as a whole, not just the RG. Playing Urbandead, unless as a dedicated zombie who is never alive, and rarely metagames, will result in you encountering Bounty Hunters at some point.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 16:08, 17 September 2009 (BST)

What you're referring to is kill lists, let's not try and obfuscate that with political language. Kill lists are a player invention, like revive points. Neither should dictate the game updates in any way. I point you, somewhat reluctantly, to Nexus War. There you can delete and recreate characters and there doesn't seem to be any major problem with 'misidentification'. The staggering coincidence that would have to happen, I pick a name, mass up hundreds of kills on the name, delete and then a newbie has to create a character with the exact same name? You're more likely to win the lottery.

Your notion that 'the bad people' will delete their characters in order to escape 'justice' is a straw man. What do you think they do now? People who don't want RG bounties are free to create new characters to replace old ones because it's a player invented system that Kevan, and the rules, couldn't care less about. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 16:17, 17 September 2009 (BST)

I agree with your argument about them just creating new characters. But on your other points, I'll have to disagree. Firstly, I don't see PKers as an unfair or "Bad" class. I actually play predominantly PKer (In the sense that my main alt used to be a PKer, and my secondary alt is a PKer.) Anyway, say this gets implemented. I then get my character, 'Roger Federer', to commit several horrific murders in and around the stadiums. I delete the account. A few months later, around the time of Wimbledon or another grand slam, a player thinks that getting Roger Federer as a RP alt would be fun. They get him a tennis racket, and head over to one of the stadiums, to find that they are immediately killed by bounty hunters. Finally, I'd say that Metagame things are always considered in game changes, e.g. Kevan boosting syringe search rates because of the Dead, or nerfing syringes because of On Strike.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 16:36, 17 September 2009 (BST)

You are of course forgetting the wonderful piece of information on everyone's profile, 'Created on'. The newbie's would be different to yours, thus giving him a straight alibi to any of the 'crimes' committed before that date. The Dead situation wasn't a meta thing at all, it was the ingame reduction in survivor numbers that did it, not the fact that a new group had shown up wanting to break the game. One does not equal the other. You'd be surprised at the number of experienced players who always have a new character on the go. Most do it for the fun of the challenge of starting from scratch, those characters then get loaded up with supplies, taken to certain places in Malton and idled. You know, in case someone starts a new group we want to join. Given that it's not against the game rules, new host bodies are more likely than you think.... -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 16:44, 17 September 2009 (BST)

I agree completely in that aspect. But do you really think that the typical bounty hunter's going to check the profile of someone they've heard is a PKer?--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 18:30, 17 September 2009 (BST)

Your typical reviver might not scan before reviving, should we remove Brain Rot? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 05:10, 18 September 2009 (BST)

No, because if they don't scan, that hurts them. If this is implemented and a bounty hunter doesn't check the profile, it hurts The other person. If there are problems to be gained from not checking, they should always be at the expense of the party that doesn't check.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 07:18, 18 September 2009 (BST)

It hurts a player because another player is working off.... a kill list, we're right back to the whole point that kill lists don't not, will not and should not even enter the equation with updates. Also, by not checking the list first, you are harming yourself, come shoot my death cultist some time to find out why. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 09:07, 18 September 2009 (BST)

There is No reason why Kill lists shouldn't be considered when making suggestions. They are something which make up essentially the basis of the game for the two smaller survivor factions; PKers and Bounty hunters, and should therefore be considered in the process. What's more, it isn't just BHers and PKers who use kill lists. Zombies use them two. And anti-Zombie groups do. Most groups use kill lists. It's just another slice of the cake.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 13:28, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Zombies use them? Who? What? When? Zombies use kill lists? Yeah, because there are people that zombies shouldn't be killing.... The fact is only a small proportion of the game uses them, survivors generally don't kill other because they're surviving, zombies kill anything they want, death cultists and PKers don't give a damn whether you have a record or not, if they want to kill you, they will. The only people that do care about these things are bounty hunters. The game updates are not being dictated to by meta tools and certainly not by one used only by a minority of the game's population. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 22:26, 18 September 2009 (BST)

It doesn't matter; it's a dupe, people. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 18:47, 17 September 2009 (BST)

I got escalated for taking that view to its logical conclusion. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 05:10, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Dupe or not doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be discussed. Dupes are abused enough as it is.--Pesatyel 04:01, 19 September 2009 (BST)

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Blam, blam! Gunshot.

Timestamp: -- Bucz 11:39, 11 September 2009 (BST)

Type: Loud!

Scope: Z&H

Description: We do not have silenced weapons so... Why not implement a gunshot sound? When someone shots, it can be heard in radius of 4 clicks, for example. Silent when shot indoor. That would attract zombies and could inform survivors that something is happening. Still it does not dupe flares because the range is smaller. And using flare is a clear signal, gunshots would just indicate a battle. And would add some climate...

Discussion (Blam, blam! Gunshot.)

This idea is like soviet communism: it looks great on paper, but doesn't play well in reality. If you implimented this, people who had been away for 24/h would log in to see every shot fired within four blocks; too much screen spam. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 13:33, 11 September 2009 (BST)

True, therefore it could be made in less spamish way. For example, it woild just indicate: You hear gunshots in the north. You hear gunshots in the north east. it is difficult to identify exact position of a gunshot, though. Descriptions and again ... and again... would not apply to it. So, maximum amount of messages that you would receive is 8, in case there is a big gunfight around. And if so, it is sensible that you hear it and can react. Sounds better? -- Bucz 18:34, 11 September 2009 (BST)

No, because that's just useless. Any time more than a single gun-based attack occurs (and often then), you'll probably have at least 8 shots going off. This means that if you log off for 24 hours and someone shoots azombie an hour after that, you'll have no way to hear any other shots for the next 23 hours. It's either spamtacular or useless, since gunshots are usually found huge amounts, or not at all. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 18:45, 11 September 2009 (BST)

Well there is this in Peer Rejected.--Pesatyel 02:55, 12 September 2009 (BST) Also this.--Pesatyel 03:04, 12 September 2009 (BST)

See, this would make sense in a normal, zombie-free suburb. Of course you'd hear the gunshots. But when you take into account that Malton really is a warzone, gunshots wouldn't at all be out of the norm. Hell, it'd probably be more alarming to not hear gunshots, if anything. But, thanks for the thought. RinKou 06:36, 12 September 2009 (BST)

Hey bucz, do you mind if I take this revise it a bit then give it back to you? I have a few ideas for it, and I really do like what it says but Rinkou makes an excellent point. -Devorac 20:42, 16 September 2009 (BST)

Currently the only sound mechanic we have is feeding groan, in its current form you can only hear that outside, so why would gunshots be audible inside? They may be louder, but surely in a city as gun heavy as malton most survivors have long since tuned them out? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 16:01, 17 September 2009 (BST)

...helicopters? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 16:03, 17 September 2009 (BST)

You see? This is what I'm talking about. People on DS who actually know game mechanics. Helicopters. Although presumably they'd drown out the gunfire. Kevan and his inconsistent nonsense. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:00, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Helicopters are the loudest thing in the game, they can be heard indoors through barricades, groans can't. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 09:03, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Talking of which, if i feeding groan inside a building, other zombies get the message (...nearby) IF im inside a building and someone groans directly outside do I get the message? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:08, 18 September 2009 (BST)

I'd reckon not, but a test may be in order. I have a spare zombie down near Fort Feral. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 22:30, 18 September 2009 (BST)

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Sweet dreams...

Timestamp: -- Bucz 10:55, 11 September 2009 (BST)

Type: Flavour

Scope: Human, maybe Zombies

Description: When you log in after more than 12 hours, It might happen that your character has fallen asleep. So when you log in, in the description you sometimes could get a random message like: You were dreaming that you were a zombie, You were dreaming about a new shotgun, You were dreaming about cherry pudding... 200 random short messages, that would be crated by wiki users on some "dream suggestion page" how about it?

Discussion (Sweet dreams...)

Just to start the discussion... what a marvellous idea! Bravo me! -- Bucz 18:40, 11 September 2009 (BST)

I think it's a dupe, can anyone back this up? Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 18:46, 11 September 2009 (BST)

Actually, characters fall asleep when they run out of AP.--Orange Talk 19:03, 11 September 2009 (BST)

Exactly, the point is to add the dream description from time to time. The conditions, 12h as I said, or 0 AP as Orange says, and what sounds good for me, might be discussed later. -- Bucz 01:02, 12 September 2009 (BST)

Text Spam.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 10:36, 12 September 2009 (BST)

Assuming for a moment that this is not a humorous suggestion, you would probably want to put a little tick box that would allow a player to turn this off. Or something. -- Uberursa^{this bear wants honey} 16:08, 12 September 2009 (BST)

Flavour is good. I propose the chance of it happening be small though (2% per night maybe) and the number of dreams be very large, so as not to begin to irritate players with the repetitive messages. The option to turrn it off might be good as well. Maybe a random windfall of 10XP to go along with some dreams? Though that will probably annoy someone somewhere. --Anotherpongo 14:40, 13 September 2009 (BST)

Sleeping should not teach you how to leap between buildings or diagnose medical injuries. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 15:12, 13 September 2009 (BST)

"You dream you are standing in sort of sun-god robes on top of a pyramid while thousands of screaming naked women throw little pickles at you. You gain 10XP"! Funny, but really now... Lelouch is right, You can't learn how to do surgery by dreaming. Other than that I think it would be cool, I'm all in favor of flavor.-Devorac 17:14, 13 September 2009 (BST)

Yeah, well, killing zombies shouldn't teach you how to jump across buildings or learn surgery either, but it happens. Seriously, I'm in favor of this, it's not essential but its fun.--Johnny Yossarian 01:22, 15 September 2009 (BST)

Amen. And LOL. --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 22:45, 13 September 2009 (BST)

I agree: a big dream nubmer and a small chance of having it. I agree with Lelouch about XP (no XP). -- Bucz 20:22, 13 September 2009 (BST)

I don't think people are actually asleep. He just needed something to say when you run out of AP.--Pesatyel 05:04, 14 September 2009 (BST)

Er... That makes zero sense. If survivors never slept then 85% of the survivor population would be having very serious side effects, you know hallucinations, blackouts, cerebral decay... Hey wait, maybe there never were zombies, maybe we are all just suffering from sleep deprivation! Everybody sleeps, it's what makes the 12 hour 24 AP cycle make sense. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Devorac (talk • contribs) 15:47, 14 September 2009.

Serious side effects? What? Like being immune to fatal damage? Blacking out for days at a time? That sort of thing? Try staying awake for four years, you'll develop similar abilities, I promise. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 01:57, 15 September 2009 (BST)

WTF? Sleeping is a given like eating and taking a shit. My point was that he needed something simple to throw in rather than just saying "your out of ap, come back later". Or did you REALLY think people are only active for 5-10 minutes out of every day? I'd imagine that would be just as bad as your "side effects" for not sleeping.--Pesatyel 02:55, 15 September 2009 (BST)

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Weather indicator

Timestamp: Bucz 20:17, 9 September 2009 (BST)

Type: Environment, Gameplay

Scope: H & Z

Description: A short text would be added to the description to the environment, like "The sun is shining", "Quite cold today", "Foggy". It would change once a day. A script would check a real weather in some place of the real (without zombies) world and set up a text upon the real weather there. It would not affect a game itself, just would add some Role Play... Only if fog appears, in The City would appear also fog (that mechanism is already implemented). Zombies are dead and cold, so they would not get indicators related to the temperature.

Discussion (Weather indicator)

This same idea has been put forth before. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 20:28, 9 September 2009 (BST)

Nice flavour.--Maps 20:35, 9 September 2009 (BST)

Yeah, but it just never got around to being implemented. :c --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 21:16, 9 September 2009 (BST)

Not that difficult to implement it, though. At lest in the basic form. Just weather, without day/night stuff.-- Bucz 23:05, 9 September 2009 (BST)

With or without day/night, it'd be fairly easy, yeah. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 23:09, 9 September 2009 (BST)

Here http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/results.html?query=providence for example it is all given almost ready to use. -- Bucz 09:12, 10 September 2009 (BST)

If the AUTHOR is interested, I have just made a simple tiny script that returns real weather descriptions based on the page that I have just sent. Exemplary descriptions: Passing clouds, warm. Passing clouds, cool. Scattered clouds, chilly. Scattered showers, cool. Fog, mild. Passing clouds, cool. Scattered clouds, refreshingly cool. Broken clouds, warm. Please contact in case you are interested. I would be delighted to help. Bucz 18:28, 10 September 2009 (BST)

Suggestions_Dos_and_Do_Nots#Arguing_for_Your_Suggestion, bullet two. That said, putting it to a vote will probably get it duped. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 20:43, 10 September 2009 (BST)

Thanks for remembering the rules, no arguing, just suggesting that I can help : ) -- Bucz 10:50, 11 September 2009 (BST)

Modification: weather would affect the gameplay itself. If there is a fog - a fog in the game appears. if there is hot or extremely hot, all the zombies infect by their bite. What do you think about it? -- Bucz 19:13, 11 September 2009 (BST)

Too game-breaking; weather should just be weather. We don't need wierd buffs or spontaneously appearing/disappearing infections because the sun is out somewhere... Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 19:20, 11 September 2009 (BST)

You don't want the weather to affect game play? I'd imagine it would depend on the conditions, but be something minor. "Very hot" days, for example, the scent skills could be "improved" by 1 square.--Pesatyel 02:48, 12 September 2009 (BST)

Nobody needs spontaneous infections... at least he is not a zombie : ) Good idea with the scent. And the message indicating it: The smell of the bodies is unbearable or something like that. The point is that those special effects would appear from time to time, 10-20 days a year I suppose. Rules of the game wouldn't change drastically every day : ) -- Bucz 10:16, 12 September 2009 (BST)

Or maybe we shouldn't give weird nonsensical buffs?--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 10:37, 12 September 2009 (BST)

I'm not saying infections. I just think we could come up with some minor weather effects. I don't think a 1 square increase to the scent skills would be very significant. The question is double. What happens in the other weather conditions? And what are the affects for zombies AND survivors? A hot day may increase scent range, but what does it do for survivors? Or even SHOULD it do anything for survivors?--Pesatyel 21:32, 12 September 2009 (BST)

No, because it shouldn't do anything for zombies.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 21:48, 12 September 2009 (BST)

So weather should NOT affect the game. Gotcha.--Pesatyel 05:42, 13 September 2009 (BST)

Bucz, I'd like a copy of that script. Just post on my talk page. --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 22:13, 14 September 2009 (BST)

Does anyone actually read that shit after the first few times of playing? I would think most people log in, see if they are still alive, and then go do what they are going to do. -- #99 ^DCC 22:55, 13 September 2009 (BST)

That's the reason for including some kind of in game affect.--Pesatyel 04:05, 14 September 2009 (BST)

If (big if) there was a thirst or hunger related game change then maybe hot weather makes hunger/thirst come faster, and cold weather makes it go slower. --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 22:11, 14 September 2009 (BST)

If there was a giant ice cream in the middle of Malton then maybe hot weather makes the ice cream melt faster, and cold weather makes it melt slower. If you are butthurt because no one likes your suggestions, don't connect them with other suggestions to get them passed. --Orange Talk 22:32, 14 September 2009 (BST)

Ja man, he be speakin' wisdom. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 23:30, 14 September 2009 (BST)

I'm not trying to get anything passed. I just wanted this to be on the record. --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 21:00, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Record? You do realise this page isn't archived? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 22:27, 18 September 2009 (BST)

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No AP log-in cost

Timestamp: Bucz 20:07, 9 September 2009 (BST)

Type: AP

Scope: Humans and Zombies

Description: First of all, I know that AP suggestions might be dropped quickly, but nevertheless I post It. When you log in, you loose one AP. Try to log-in, log-out and ten log-in again. From time to time I would like to know if my character is still standing or if someone had replied to me without loosing 1AP. In case I would like to check it 4x daily, I loose 4AP. Technically, it would be achieved just by adding AP = AP + 1 when logging (am I right?). Other thing is that the traffic would increase. If the server would be able to handle current refresh rate x 2 I think that it should not be any problem, in case that we assure somehow (suggestions?) that most of the people won't click refresh every 3 seconds.

Discussion (No AP log-in cost)

No you don't lose an AP from logging in - if you are, something may be wrong with your browser, though I find even that suspect. The IP hits limit already exists to control how much server bandwidth a player eats, and you can refresh by hitting the "graffiti" or "speak" button with no text entered into them. Failing that, there are some UI mods that add a refresh button, and failing that, just go to your profile and hit "back to the city." --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 20:11, 9 September 2009 (BST)

?zoom. Refresh button built in. ;) --Rahrah^{Come join the #party!}08:00, 11 September 2009 (BST)

Dupe of in game. ;D --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 15:55, 10 September 2009 (BST)

This has pretty much been answered, search for 'actions via question marks' and compare it to your log in code to find out what's going on. IP limit is different to AP and one is not dependant on the other. Personally I think certain things are wrong with the implementation of the IP limits, but that's a different gripe. To recheck your surroundings without performing an action or installing an add-on I recommend pressing Buy Skills and then Back To City. Just remember which character you're playing, I've almost bought Brain Rot with a few characters when I was half asleep at my computer. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 21:40, 12 September 2009 (BST)

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Trap Runner

Timestamp: Cookies and Cream 23:05, 8 September 2009 (BST)

Type: Skill

Scope: Huamsn and Zombies

Description: For anyone who actually knows, I took the name from a great PS1 game. Anyway. This makes 2 new skills. Trap Runner, which is a sub-skill of Free Running, and Trapper, which can possibly be a Zombie Hunter skill or just a Military skill. Trapper allows Humans to create different traps by using a combination of both Items in their Inventory and items found in the building, with different flavor depending on where you set your Trap e.g. You set up an elaborate Fire Axe trap on the door. The next person to enter from the street will set it off. Or Taking your pistol, you set up a Trap to fire it at the next person who enters from the outside. Whenever a Zombie enters through the door, their message would be something like A Human Trap is set off as you enter. You take X amount of damage. There is a 75% chance that the player entering the building will be affected by the trap. Not being affected would give you a message along the lines of As you enter the building, a Trap is set off. Fortunately, it is misaimed, and you aren’t hurt. This would use up the Trap, and there is only one Trap per building. Traps can only be set in certain buildings. I haven’t thought of which ones, so please suggest some. It would cost 10AP to set up a Trap. Possible Traps include: A Fire Axe Trap – Does 3 Damage, Needs a Fire Axe. A Pistol Trap – Does 5 Damage, Needs a Pistol. Shotgun Trap – does 6 Damage, Needs a Shotgun. Mêlée Trap – does between 1 and 4 damage, Requires a Mêlée Weapon. In Short: • 10 AP to create Trap. • Useable only once, then destroyed. • Only in Certain buildings. • 75% Chance of working. Trap Runner increases the chance of avoiding the Trap by 50% when entering by Free Running, and 25% when entering from the street. Avoiding the Trap when you have Trap Runner provides a message of Thanks to your battle hardened reflexes, you avoid the Trap set in the building.

Discussion (Trap Runner)

No auto-attacks that can do damage without warning. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 23:17, 8 September 2009 (BST)

It is also a dupe.--Pesatyel 04:46, 9 September 2009 (BST)

Auto-attacks are a pretty big no, sorry. Plus, survivors are pretty overpowered as it is, they don't really need another upgrade, so. RinKou 07:45, 9 September 2009 (BST)

I hate item-combining suggestions. --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 15:57, 10 September 2009 (BST)

This is a dupe of various trap suggestions, I've even seen Shotgun traps in my day. The problem is the nature of the beast, there are no NPCs in this game, there are no ways of taking damage (infection excepted) without doing it yourself or having another player in the same square as you and open to attack.

The other problem is the nature of targeting, just a guess, but I'm betting our suggester doesn't want this to hurt helpful, white hat wearing survivors. Inanimate lumps of metal don't differentiate between good and evil, light and dark and democrat and arsehole.

The major problem as regards the status quo is that it could force zombies to mega horde to gain a breach in certain buildings or risk being killed on entry and be removed by ?dump bots, I'm looking at certain malls and forts while I say this. Forcing players to exclusively work together or achieve nothing forces the game into a boring stasis, see Nexus War. UD is the champion of the feral and the lone survivor, suggestion shouldn't hurt them. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 21:47, 12 September 2009 (BST)

Oh god no! I'm gonna assume that only one trap can be rigged to a door otherwise this idea is even more silly.Auto attacks, NPC's are a big no no. -- Alex1guy 10:19, 13 September 2009 (BST)

Anonymous Wikier, I really dont care if it hits a White Hat Survivor. In Fact I'd probably laugh at them. Iscariot, the trap is only activated by one enterer. And Alex, yes, just one trap to a door and one to...where ever you enter with Free Running. Cookies and Cream 10:17, 17 September 2009 (BST)

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Slight gesture change

Timestamp: Gat 17:40, 7 September 2009 (BST)

Type: zombie

Scope: eh? whats the difference between type and scope again...

Description: Just a few slight changes to the UD flailing gesture taunts and such... 1. zombies can point at that dead corpse on the ground, doesn't seem like a big deal and I couldn't find it... 2. zombie can point a graffiti on the wall, also not a big deal but still has its usefullness

Discussion (Slight gesture change)

I agree with this suggestion. Also, scope is who or what it effects, and type is flavour / skill, etc. For you, it would be flavour.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 17:50, 7 September 2009 (BST)

Why not? :-) --Matthewbluewars ^{/New City\} 20:13, 7 September 2009 (BST)

Don't see any harm. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 00:37, 8 September 2009 (BST)

Wait, can zombies point to a specific corpse? If so, that could affect anonymity... Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 00:38, 8 September 2009 (BST)

Graffiti part is a dupe. --Midianian 08:39, 8 September 2009 (BST)

I really haven't seen a zombie point at anything but the barricades, actually... Though, in any case, there isn't anything wrong with it. Even if specific corpses could be pointed at. No affect on anonymity, since they're not really zombies at that point. Just corpses, heh. RinKou 07:47, 9 September 2009 (BST)

I broke into an NT building and pointed at myself a lot (along with some Mrh? and such) to indicated I wanted a revive. As for pointing at specfic corpses, if Bob is on my contact list, I can see him as a corpse, right?--Pesatyel 09:07, 9 September 2009 (BST)

As zombies cannot even open doors, it would be hard for them to write something with sense. But, maybe they could just spray over existing graffiti erasing the old one and leaving unreadable gibberish? With 10% that they spray themselves instead of the wall... :) Bucz 15:49, 10 September 2009 (BST)

You didn't read the suggestion, did you? This has nothing to do with zombies creating graffiti, only being able to gesture towards it. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 15:53, 10 September 2009 (BST)

Zombies can point at corspes that are on their contact list, I'm pretty sure, and if they can't, who cares about zombie anonymity because they can already point at live zombies on their contact list. As for the better part of the suggestion (the graffiti), it's a shame it's a dupe, I would have liked to see it implemented. --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 15:59, 10 September 2009 (BST)

More important than pointing at the graffiti would be Blood Smear for zombies.... -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 21:48, 12 September 2009 (BST)

I think it would be hilarious if blood was implemented, and somehow turned the tide, so that zombies won the game permanantly. All that held them back was the inability to smear blood on walls...--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 07:20, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Blood has been implemented.... -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 07:47, 18 September 2009 (BST)

Blood smear has not.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 07:53, 18 September 2009 (BST)

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Mutually Exclusive Class System

Timestamp: Harrison Hatchet 15:03, 2 September 2009 (BST)

Type: Class Redesign

Scope: Future city in UD

Description: I have some ideas about redesigning the class system for a future UD city. My rationale is that classes as currently implemented become meaningless as you advance in levels. Every high-level character has all, or almost all, skills. Instead, classes should be specialized and interdependent. One character shouldn't be able to do everything. Below are some more details. All survivors would start as civilians. Most of what we now consider must-have skills would be classified as civilian (free running, basic hand-to-hand combat, basic firearms combat, diagnosis, construction). After the civilian has acquired some prerequisite number of civilian skills, he/she can choose to become either military or scientist and have access to the chosen class's skills. All zombie skills would be off limits, though there might be a Dual Nature class. A Dual Nature class would have a limit on total number of skills and have some distribution limit (e.g., maximum of 20 skills, with no more than 13 in either survivor or zombie skills). If you change your mind, you should be able to change classes, forget all skills of the old class, and get back some (not all) of your spent experience points.

Discussion (Mutually Exclusive Class System)

Why? What problem does this solve, and what end does this serve other than breaking the game, deleting everyone's skills, and violating a crapload of the basic Suggestions Dos and Do Nots? Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 18:38, 2 September 2009 (BST)

It's also incredibly dupish, and completely nerfs survivors. To make this even reasonably fair, zombies would only be able to bite or claw. Otherwise, it's complete spam.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 18:42, 2 September 2009 (BST)

I can see what you're getting at here, and other games have implemented a similar system. However, the nature of the game rather dictates the current structure and the change really wouldn't work now that it's been around so long. In conclusion, it's not actually a bad idea but it would only really work if it was implemented at the start of the game. At this stage of the game, survivors would all be up in arms over losing their skills and it would never pass voting.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 19:30, 2 September 2009 (BST)

I did say a future city, not Malton or the others. There are three cities, so there might be others in the future, right? So no one would lose skills, it would be this way at the start, etc. etc. Zombies could have classes too, though I don't have any concrete ideas. --Harrison Hatchet 22:06, 2 September 2009 (BST)

Both of the other cities were promotional. I'd wager that if they make a movie of Pride and prejudice... and zombies, then that will be made in to a city. Other than that, I don't see a need for more cities. Furthermore, it's just not that good an idea overall.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 22:13, 2 September 2009 (BST)

Yes to implementing this in another city. In Malton? No.--Maps 13:43, 3 September 2009 (BST)

Agreed... on a side note, if you want to play like that, go play DND or scroll wars --Gat 04:07, 5 September 2009 (BST)

Things similar to this are often discussed by people designing theoretical cities for UD, I know I did way back. Your problem is Malton is open beta, so you'd have to have a new city to test this in (similar to perma-death in MV and BHW) or a new game to try it in. I outlined something similar to a programmer I knew when we were considering something similar. It's never going to fly here though, this is about alterations to the current game, not whole new ones. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 21:53, 12 September 2009 (BST)

I would consider this interesting in a new city (especially given that Romero's got a new film in the pipeline...), but I don't see any need or desire for it in the Malton map. It's an interesting idea, but ultimately unwise for the main game. 05:04, 18 September 2009 (BST)

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