7 Days to Die

I've been playing a new Alpha 17 server with a group of 6 others and we've survived our second horde night and are onto day 17 as of last night. Having a ton of fun with it in truth in spite of a few issues with jankiness, it is at least somewhat consistent and you can work with it rather than have to fight it (hitboxes and attack animations take getting used to especially when you're swinging a 2 handed axe).

I'm feeling brave enough in the game now to be able to hop on my bike and go for a wander during the day.

We've delegated all the tasks though, a dedicated farmer, dedicated crafter, etc. It means that our pretty large group always has enough food, bandages, arrows etc. The farming in particular was really important to get up and running quickly as we had a few very lean days between 7 and 14 when the local wildlife seemed to have petered out and there was no more charred meat to munch on.

But I have to hand it to the game, it's a really nice and grim-dark step up from Minecraft with loads of things to do.

That sounds sensible. We're playing on Navazgane and we ran into a Zombified Bear at a POI (I think the Shotgun Messiah factory/head office) which was deeply unpleasant. I went to an Oil refinery place yesterday and managed it all on my own, very few Zoms waiting for me at all I was delighted to see. Loaded myself up with a stack of 30 barrels too which is always hilarious how some of these games manage stacking Got a level 6 Hunting rifle and 90 odd rounds for it too as well as a glut of shotguns and shells. Decided it was a lovely trip and I didn't want to spoil it with hubris, so I pedalled my way home to safety by 4pm

I'm off in a desert now trying to find Shale so we can craft oil - we realised after the last horde night where our base got utterly obliterated and I honestly don't know how it's still standing, that we probably need to get some higher tech defences beyond wooden spikes We do have an iron bars floor above the ground level where we can shoot through from safety and concrete structures to try and keep the bastards out We'll be making a tunnel for funnelling the zoms into a killzone, so fun times ahead.

We're about to do night 21 tonight - I'm told there are some spinning blade traps built. I'm about log in now and see how we're fixed...

So we were properly prepared for Horde night 3. Our Iron spikes as well as 6 spinning blades made pretty short work of the zoms. We have replaced the ceiling of the building we're occupying as our base (The Boobie Trap) with iron grills and you can simply shoot through them without any problem. We also built some iron grill firing platforms hanging out of the side of the building that we can shoot through. The only danger was spiders jumping up high and cops spitting acid (which funnily enough is blocked by the iron grills).

The hoard that came at us had about 10 irradiated cops, 20 regular cops, 5 or 6 irradiated wights and about 100 other random zoms. Remembering to crouch for sneak damage when shooting (I had found a level 6 Hunting Rifle which was quite tasty).

Roll on night 28, we've already got materials to expand the number of spinning blade traps...

Yea, our gang has its own server which only advances if someone's playing. Makes a world of difference.

I just got my first Motorbike. It's a total badass addition OPur server Admin who's been playing a lot more has a 4X4 which is rad and is on his way towards the gyrocopter.