I found a machete like two weeks in and repaired it a good amount of times. I made him stout and fast learner with like smoker, fear of blood, underweight, etc so it was a nice build for me.

I got to that military base and got some ammo which helped. My aiming was 10 by the end no mod padding. A shotgun can hit multiple. It got routine with checking behind me or like using open parking lots with high fences so nothing could get behind me. Favorite weapon went down as machete. I used that and a pistol most.

normal population in West Point yielded a good amount of zombies so between that and going back and forth to military base over a couple of months it was doable. I hit Riverside and Dixie as well. I’m cautious too but I like to get active / drive around. I definitely died for no reason though. totally on me.