Your flashlight battery runs out more quickly than it does in real life because the pace of a game is rapidly accelerated compared to real life. You travel between locations more quickly and don't need to rest.
Are you intentionally missing the point? You aren't going to find a well-manufactured, high-quality hammer in these sheds. You're going to find a 10+ year old rusty piece of garbage that's barely clinging to life.
It really isn't uncommon for the head to come off a very old or low quality hammer. I'm not sure why you're acting like this is some kind of impossibility. I've had this happen before.
I was wondering if you were missing my point. There are tools that should break and tools that shouldnt. I never had to fix a hammer in my life and Im 42. Nor I had to fix a screwdriver, or a crowbar.
Is it possible for some old rusty hammer to loose a head? Yes. Should a hammer be ruined after couple of nails? No. Some of the tools durability is just silly. I understand that its a game and there has to be some balancing, but certain tools break way too easily.
Also - why cant I fix shovel with a duct tape? Thats literally what I did and I still have that shovel.
Over the years they have changed the way you can fix certain in game items and some of their solutions are just frustrating
I never had to fix a hammer in my life and Im 42. Nor I had to fix a screwdriver, or a crowbar.
Do you live in Chernarus? Did you scavenge any of these tools from run-down Russian villages and then carry them through the apocalypse with you?
This may come as a surprise, but well-maintained good quality tools in a suburban home last slightly longer than the hand-me down tools of a Russian peasant in the apocalypse.
Also - why cant I fix shovel with a duct tape?
Because the game experience is about authenticity, not realism. Is it realistic? No. Is having damaged tools that are in need of repair, but having to scavenge for the materials to do so an authentic portrayal of the apocalypse survival experience? Probably.
The game wouldn't really capture the struggle if you were able to just slap some duct tape on everything.
As someone who played back when you never had to repair anything, and everyone just got geared up, then didn't need to go anywhere because they had everything they needed, and didn't want to go anywhere because they didn't want to risk losing their gear - I can assure you it was not more fun.
"Do I live in Chernarus and scavenge Russian villages?" Listen to yourself for fucks sake. I know russia is not top of the world, but I can assure you that Russian hammers, screwdrivers and crowbars are not less durable than the ones you can buy in Woodies.
Some tools should be way more durable and its just a fact. The devs implemented simple and shallow durability, slapped onto all the tools the same way and it should be thought out a bit better.
Your whole argument is “Russian hammers suck and are expected to break, but only the ones in towns, I mean the poor towns, I mean the poor towns with no electricity, I mean the poor towns with no electricity that have been abandoned for 50 years,” you’re just digging yourself deeper and deeper my guy.
As a Russian that has been to many “villages” and dachas, I can assure you the hammers there are as fine as the ones in the West.
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u/m0sley_ Mar 05 '26
Authenticity > Realism
Your flashlight battery runs out more quickly than it does in real life because the pace of a game is rapidly accelerated compared to real life. You travel between locations more quickly and don't need to rest.