05-22-2020, 01:58 PM
Had a harrying couple of nights but avoided dying, barely. Was all setup for the blood moon, having made a lower platform to stand on, off the side of a water tower, ready to lob pipe bombs and use my junk turret to farm some XP. Spitter knocked out the very floor piece I was standing on and dumped me on top of the horde. I actually got out of that without too much trouble but then spend the entire blood moon night running, not quite able to shake the last zombies. I was throwing pipe bombs at my feet as I ran to try and kill or knock down the ones on my ass but mostly I stuck to running around the mountains where zombies have a harder time keeping up (rough terrain fouls them up as they have to jump more).
Got back to my place around dawn, used my setup there to kill a couple zombies. Then a mini-horde spawned like 30 meters away so I basically said "fuck that" and went out to do a mission.
Mission was at the Bates Hotel which is actually a great spot for loot. I don't think any of the hotel rooms have any zombies in them. There is a ladder that goes underground that I've never been in and the attached house has zombies but I was able to clear just enough to get my fetch item and beat feet as the ruckus woke up more zombies.
Got back to my place and the horde was partially still there? Ended up killing one zombie with my last couple of blunderbuss shots and then stabbing him in the face through an opening but the next one tore open a hole and I ended up rodeoing him around in the dark for ages, unable to entirely shake him for quite a while.
Finally got back and settled into mining. Dug up some more coal so I could get some more pipe bombs and blunderbuss shot made.
I have a rank 3 iron pick I'm keeping in repair and I looted a good iron axe but otherwise no new tools. Still need a wrench or preferably two.
Got back to my place around dawn, used my setup there to kill a couple zombies. Then a mini-horde spawned like 30 meters away so I basically said "fuck that" and went out to do a mission.
Mission was at the Bates Hotel which is actually a great spot for loot. I don't think any of the hotel rooms have any zombies in them. There is a ladder that goes underground that I've never been in and the attached house has zombies but I was able to clear just enough to get my fetch item and beat feet as the ruckus woke up more zombies.
Got back to my place and the horde was partially still there? Ended up killing one zombie with my last couple of blunderbuss shots and then stabbing him in the face through an opening but the next one tore open a hole and I ended up rodeoing him around in the dark for ages, unable to entirely shake him for quite a while.
Finally got back and settled into mining. Dug up some more coal so I could get some more pipe bombs and blunderbuss shot made.
I have a rank 3 iron pick I'm keeping in repair and I looted a good iron axe but otherwise no new tools. Still need a wrench or preferably two.