Homiccus
Member
With the steep learning curve and rather sparse tutorial, we all had to revert to trial & error in learning the ropes and surely we all had our 'sigh' moments. Some mistakes were surely frustrating, some were funny.
I hereby propose to post those silly mistakes you've made when first learning the game, if you can remember them.
Be advised: spoilers are likely to appear.
Allow me to start the thread off with... fighting in the dark. I have decided to tackle the mad, saw wielding carpenter, one of the first truly aggresive denizens a new player would encounter. I've dropped my torch on the floor in the corridor, gripped my barrel lid tightly and brandished the nailed-club. I pushed the door open. The creature threw itself against it, slamming the door shut again. And again. Frustrated, I've opened the door and barged in, using my body weight to wedge the door open and... I've stumbled inside. To my astonishment and growing horror, the zombie slammed the door shut, plunging the room in complete darkness and locking me in...
Fighting in complete darkness is not easy and, for the lack of alternatives, I've resolved to just keep attacking. Luck would have it that one of the blows connected squarely and the opponent was defeated. I have only realised that after some time, as the only audible sounds were of my own...
Now, to get out somehow... Looking around cautiously, I have noticed a very faint light reflection which I suspected could only come through the gap at the bottom of the door. Groping in the dark, I've pulled the handle and... lo! the door slowly opened, letting more light in.
Phew! I got away with just minor scratches this time. Never again.
I hereby propose to post those silly mistakes you've made when first learning the game, if you can remember them.
Be advised: spoilers are likely to appear.
Allow me to start the thread off with... fighting in the dark. I have decided to tackle the mad, saw wielding carpenter, one of the first truly aggresive denizens a new player would encounter. I've dropped my torch on the floor in the corridor, gripped my barrel lid tightly and brandished the nailed-club. I pushed the door open. The creature threw itself against it, slamming the door shut again. And again. Frustrated, I've opened the door and barged in, using my body weight to wedge the door open and... I've stumbled inside. To my astonishment and growing horror, the zombie slammed the door shut, plunging the room in complete darkness and locking me in...
Fighting in complete darkness is not easy and, for the lack of alternatives, I've resolved to just keep attacking. Luck would have it that one of the blows connected squarely and the opponent was defeated. I have only realised that after some time, as the only audible sounds were of my own...
Now, to get out somehow... Looking around cautiously, I have noticed a very faint light reflection which I suspected could only come through the gap at the bottom of the door. Groping in the dark, I've pulled the handle and... lo! the door slowly opened, letting more light in.
Phew! I got away with just minor scratches this time. Never again.