BareSkin

The Great Source of Snowballing, Where It All Began: https://hinterlandforums.com/forums/topic/13627-snowballs-in-hell/

Borrowing the borrowed term... First time I wrote this, in my mind it was already "copylefted". This is a very little contribution compared to the great time I spend reading your stories. Nearly as good as a WW&S WIC bargain!

I live in a place that never goes under 23°C. Today 37°C. A little fan, TLD loading screen a nice cold beer, it's already much better

I would definitely not like some kind of happy ending. Maybe Astrid and Will could break free from the others (thugs, Matuselah?), because they have this loneliness in their personalities even before the Great Apocalypse. But I don't see them living together. There's a reason their couple didn't work out the first time: he's too fragile ans she's too egocentric. Whatever lit their divorce (lsot child or what?), it was doomed since it started. I see Will as the next Metuselah, and Astrid as the next Molly.

I have to agree 1000 times. Can't think of a better implementation myself (not my job, right?). But the mere idea to be blocked because not having a tool seems so stupid and "fake". It is as bad as a McGuffin in a cheap movie. I get that a rope is needed to climb a cliff. I get that you need a prybar to enter the Gas Station. I get that you need the key to enter the Milton Farm. It seems there's some equivalent mechanism to the cannery with auroras (never went there), fine with me too. But these bushes, Oh My! And as an answer to OP, that's exactly why I've always had bad memories from playing TLD there. So far.

The codes (hashes) provided may not be valid in 2021. Many updates have seen changes in custom codes, so I guess they would still be valid only in a 2018 time-capsule game. I was also suprised in your screenshots that you're not freezing waiting in a car. When I played it the scrappy clothes weren't implemented, did you craft them? Or maybe Interloper is less cold in the beginning than before? No idea. A good challenge that might be for you @Dalos would maybe to not use the codes but make the custom directly in-game from Interloper settings at Sleepwalking7 level. Also at that time Birch Tea didn't exist so I would set both sleeping and awake recovery to "None". But clearly once you're OK in a DMC, Sleepwalking would be easier.

It's farily simple tho. I'm quite good at surving on Loper, don't worry. Not the best, but good enough to survive even harder setups. But I would like maps to be hard to survive because of natural conditions. Be it cold, winds, ice breaking, wildlife, whatever. Not because some devs designed maps to be puzzles. Surviving HRV needs puzzle-solving, not survival skills. Timberwolf Mountain already had this puzzle-like mindset, you have to find the way to the summit, I get it because well, it's a mountain summit. Climbing in itself is not a problem, as long as finding the way is obvious. Typical example Milton Map, the best one imo. Multiple levels, challenging, but you never spend your time "solving" the puzzle of the terrain. You don't need thaat or that tool to enter the Church. You see it, you go for it, you get wolfed period. The gas station needs a crowbar? You can find it nearby and shelter in a car if needed. Same with CH, really nice diverse map, but the ways are quite easy to find. In HRV you're in one spot, you can't go a bit higher just because some stupid 1m-tall bush is there and you don't have a hatchet? You can harvest as many branches as you want but not this bush? Come on, this is ridiculous! I expected much better map-design.

This is a way too easy answer. Starvation hack is used by default because of game mechanics... you know... when you starve. that's the exact same reason I could never play Outerloper, I can't refrain from entering a shelter if needed. If I come to TLD, it is because the game is punishing on mistakes. But if you have this kind of willpower good for you Lol yeah, that made me laugh out loud in real life. Try that against a T-W pack and good luck for not dying from either the cold or "blood loss".

I made the choice to play directly on Interloper after playing hardened survivor for Episode1 & 2 (at that time). Good for you if you could do all the above said directly on loper, I couldn't. I'd love to know how you survive a T-wolves pack without firearms and Loper weather. That's why I said the price I will have to pay is to go to Stalker or Voyager in order to enojoy the latest game contents. Cause I love this game. I just don't love it as much Voyager-style.

This is so not Hinterland style. They don't make CareBear games, there's not even a tutorial so...

Well, yes. The reason behind is strictly the same: starvation hack can make things boring and unrealistic and loper sleeping recovery is too high, but sleepwalking was really imposing on you a run to a Forge. Here since firearms exist the playstyle can differ in various ways, there is more freedom. That may make it a bit easier, but also more fun and diverse. Had it been possible at that time, I would have played Sleepwalker with only revolver activated (is it possible nowadays?), the rifle is quite a game-changer. Anyway, all those customs have starts that are really harsh to survive. Thanks for sharing @Dalos! Reporting my sleepwalking runs took a lot of time so I appreciate your dedication for this topic. I am reading it late but it has the same taste!

A real pleasure for me too! I'm a bit confused... are custom modes runs counted towards achievments now? I missed some of them, mainly about reading and firearms...

Hello there! Really hope we won't have antoher puzzle-like map in December. Stopped playing new maps since Hushed River Valley came out. -HRV too puzzly, and OMG thoses bushes seemed stupid implementation. Even only on Loper I never found this other fire on the other side of the map. Made this a reflex: spawn in HRV = quit immediately. HRV in 2018: played it maybe 2 hours. -Bleak Inlet: Even only on Loper, you just can't survive the TW pack, cause no firearms. No idea if they tuned it down. Already was enraged with them (the wolves) in Episode 3. Bleak Inlet in 2019: never went, period. -Ash Canyon: An HRV-live puzzle map. Man that day I lost it. I bought (twice!) a survival game, not a climbing-and-mapping one. You just can't survive at all without knowing those maps by heart. Ash Canyon in 2020: never went there, because of HRV. -Played Episode 3. Was happy to finish it. Well, relieved more than happy. I really like the first 2 episodes, even replayed them several times. But the whole drag-a-corpse-and-can't-defend-yourself, over and over, was really boring, plus the plot development... well... was there any? Astrid not even looking for Will? - Not to mention the adding of firearms instead of survival functions that made me completely stop playing after Episode 3 (bones crafting? fire starting alternatives? Candles? Pleaaaaase!). TLD Episode 3 was my video-game equivalent to StarWars Episode2: useless and forgettable. - No fix to the starvation hack that completely breaks immersion for me. Survive long-term Interloper with 720 calories par day? Really? I don't need the Well Fed buff for the cost of eating a complete deer every 48h. This is not an efficient incentive to me. Conclusion: I feel sorry I have to lie down my criticism about my favorite game to feel better. But I guess it shows how hooked up I am with TLD? games you don't truly like, you don't come to the forums to complain right? I will have to get back to Voyager or Stalker to be able to "explore" (=learn) the last 3 years of development. That's a bit sad IMO. But that's the new price I will have to pay to enjoy again the game I played the most in my life. I would totally pay 34.99$ for exchanging thoses last 3 maps for more "real-life" ones (all those present before HRV). Let's hope -at least and at last- that this Will&Astrid story will get somewhere. Will our true hero - Will - finally understand that Astrid doesn't give a **** about him, and maybe never did?

Long time I didn't play TLD, even missed Winter's Embrace. Logged back in for this Darkwalker thing, and had a lot of fun. Started in Broken railroad with no previous reading of the event, learnt the mechanics the hard way but didn't die. The Ravine was a bit tricky too, very spooky indeed! Was surprised to meet wolves in Coastal Highway for the first time. I'm at 5 pages in my first attempt, but getting fires of PV and then TM should be that hard as they are well know maps to me. 4DON was 'meh' to me, but this one has been a lot of fun, thanks and congrats @hinterland!

definitely rabbits. I owe them every nice run.