Kapsar

Thank you for the future heads up, as I haven't done this and that the thread is a repost it might as well be locked now.

Well my original post was about Water infection I didn't really brush up on the lore and the topic derailed into balancing water barrels,a thread I do believe is already done If that is not the mistake please do tell me and I'll happily resolve it

Yeah I screwed up this into a repeat thread, sorry.

More or less id see drinking infected water to be fatal but not from the zombie disease It seems a little silly really

I'm pretty sure if done improperly an amputation is lethal, even if it means stopping the infection. Although a one legged survivor running from the horde wouldn't last long but would look funny

I fully understand how to refine iron. The problem is I would never attempt to do so for multiple reasons 1 where the hell are you going to get the tools to refine iron? I don't think Muldraugh has a Blacksmiths R Us 2 WHO in Muldraugh would have the knowledge of smithing iron let alone have the tools to make different carbon steels The problem is the fact the game would be a generic mine and build a super fortress of iron and steel, why? BECUASE IT'S FUN You see, a lot of things added in PZ would be fun like a top hat wearing cyborg death Machine to guard my base. The problem with this logic is it being worth the Dev's time to make a game just for you because you said it was fun? Bottom line is you can say many things that should be added into PZ that is fun, the problem is without a good backing nobody is going to take you seriously Personally I like the idea in PZ I'm not a super intelligent man with the Knowledge of everything. I'm an average stupid person surviving in a harsh world with the only intentions of doing everything possible to delay my inevitable death I agree mining in PZ would be fun, however that doesn't mean it would be good idea. Don't let yourself down though! There's arcade like zombie games which allow you to mine and build your own base. Personally I don't think PZ is the type of game for this generic zombie surviving genre Tl;DR Minnig and metallurgy is nothing short of a pipe dream but fishing is cool -1

Personally I don't see why not! Possibly even the river could dry up from a drought leaving water another scarce resource. If you fill up a enough barrels in advance to this you could last for some time hoping you survive that long

A realistic weather system Would be good since evaporation and droughts would balance the rain barrels, making the wells very valuable, to when the npc system is refined the well could be guarded or a high frequency raider target. Creating some sort of balance so the well isn't a easy prize and that rain barrels are not easily filled.

Many thanks for the lore advice! Unfortunately I'm currently puzzled on an idea to make water much more valuable and since the animal idea is out of the window it leaves the idea to balance water, a thread I believe already stated.Currently the smallest ideas that come to mind being the well as a highly valued object is the fact of using NPCs such as possibly a hostile farmer who will warn the player similar to the supermarket npc before shooting the player. Or possibly a raider group who will act very similar. Making the well a resource the player has to fight for and not just simply get an infinite supply of water without a struggle. I'm pretty sure this a difficult subject to tackle and myself alone probably will not come up with a solution

Sorry for the failure to make my point clear, it's mainly with animals and infection that if an animal is bitten they will not reanimate as I'm pretty sure it would not be lore friendly,more or less if an animal is infected it will die and not reanimateSecondly I don't think the idea of water infection would relate to the disease being implied as a virus, but more or less if a rotting zombie is in a well I wouldn't imagine the water would be 100% clean I appreciate the feedback a lot

So obviously the water balance issue seems to be discussed quite a bit. I've changed this thread to focus more on fixing the water balance issues Post your ideas and arguments for or against points made by others in a respectful manner and hopefully we can spark some good ideas