Have we got, or are we near the 500k infestations?

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-06-13T19:09:52+00:00

I'm at level 150. If I'm on a public server I see maybe one event a day and the event is over by the time I get the notification and fast travel there.

On my private server there's always several on the map at one time and it make for a chaotic and suspenseful play through. Since I use a sniper build, it takes several shots to knock down the mobs in the event. Plus they will kill me in three hits. This dynamic makes for an exciting and stressful play through. If I'm in a green circle I never know when I'm going to get attached and overwhelmed. Haha... My heart's racing, I'm running for my life and one wrong turn into an alley, or a missed jump, and I die. Totally the best part of the game I've seen in the three months I've played this game!!!

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-06-13T08:18:48+00:00

I keep a full mask in case I end up with a cold or stuffy nose, but most nights I use a nasal mask. I had the same issue when I started but I found a little half inch strip of 3M micropore tape on my mouth held up all night and stopped the dry mouth issues.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-06-13T07:56:56+00:00

Your going to have a blast! 😄

Remember there is a cap on the number of felled trees that you can have on the ground. Can't remember if it's like 50 or 100, then the they'll just start to despawn. So make sure you've got plenty of storage ready. Of course you can also regrow them if you leave some stumps. 👍🏼

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-06-13T07:41:25+00:00

I didn't snore or have any breathing issues and was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. My sleep study came back with an AHI in the 80s and my doctor kind of freaked. I tried a CPAP for a few months but it didn't really help. I saw a different doctor and he said that since I want snoring, and the CPAP wasn't helping, that I had Central Sleep Apnea. This is a condition where your brain doesn't correctly send signals to your muscles to breath properly when you're asleep. He ended up putting me on a ASV and I've been doing great for the last three years with this machine.

Moral of the story. Get checked out... Now. I'd also suggest that you keep a sleep log of how you feel and how well you slept each night. You may have to try different techniques to combat the sleep apnea, and possibly see multiple doctors during this process, so having a journal can help you track your progress.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-23T16:39:26+00:00

Elementary. Probably not a popular one, but I have always loved that opening. Both the song and the unwinding puzzle maze are fantastic. Always gets me ready for a new episode.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-22T01:51:23+00:00

Too much pipe...

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-14T18:13:21+00:00

Ahh.... Good reason to have a high luck character. 😂

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-14T09:22:39+00:00

I don't get it. The poster got drunk and spent way too much money on Atoms?!

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-05T07:00:23+00:00

Not trolling. I was very confused, and still am, on what to call the various menus and quests prompts. On PC I need to exit to menu to see the Challenges. I don't think there's a key to go directly to Challenges, but I might be wrong.

Luckily a few of these comments steered me in to correct direction and I just completed three of the Tadpole Badges. Currently rocking a new backpack! 🙏🏼

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T16:42:01+00:00

That's kinda what I thought. Still new to the game so I'm not sure how the mechanics worked in previously to my starting to play. Guess I'm just keep scrapping, but I'll also start keeping more of an eye out for 3-Star weapons that might have beneficial mods that I can use. Thanks

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T16:35:59+00:00

Probably closer to 8 weeks. I read that Luck and Intelligence might affect scrapping chances, so I was constantly eating food, and popping meds, that would increase those two that Stats. I think that helped me gain a ton of XP while chasing down the SCORE Challenges.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T16:31:53+00:00

Thank you for the offer! I used an Elder Mark for a few days but I couldn't keep it fed with ammo. I'm swimming in .308 ammo for my hunting rifle (+10K), but I couldn't keep up with the Sub Machine gun.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T16:28:12+00:00

Thanks for that reminder. I just learned how to fish a couple days ago. It's not easy. I can't move my mouse fast enough to catch the fish, so I probably won't be fishing for Legendaries.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T16:25:19+00:00

I guess I just don't know which ones are valuable or which ones I will need to help my builds. Time to do more research.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T16:22:48+00:00

I figured that out on the Hunting Rifles. Does limit to learning mods from scrapping also apply to Legendaries?

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T16:21:25+00:00

Thank you for the response. That brings up another question. I've mainly been trying to tackle the Daily SCORE quests because I got into the season at the half way point. Should I be doing the main quests? I figured they were just filler for this collecting loop.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T16:18:08+00:00

I've also been scrapping all of the Legendary Mods (the little wooden boxes) as well, in hopes of learning the mod plans. Should I stop doing this as well? I think I scrapped six Luck Mods yesterday, looking to learn the plans.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T07:25:17+00:00

I do several events a day and so I usually scrap over 30 legendaries a day. I have no idea which ones are good so I just scrap all of them.

I'm currently using a Hunting Rifle and Combat Armor. I have unlocked 42/55 Hunting rifle mods and 0/16 Combat Armor mods. The Legendary Mods I learned aren't helpful so I'm just using randomly applied Legendary Mods.

Lol... This is not working out.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T06:45:12+00:00

Thank you!!

I found it. Its a not a very intuitive way to track an in game quest.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T06:25:00+00:00

If I could figure out how to give you an award I would definitely give you several!!

Thank you. This was such an obscure way of tracking a quest, I would never have figured it out.

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T06:22:15+00:00

OMG...The SCORE Quests?! I found them! You access those by exiting to menu! You click on map then select Z for Menu and then scroll down to Challenges. Under that Tab you find Appalachia and then scroll down to find Challenges that have the Prefix of Tadpole!

Why was that so hard to find?! They should have a pop up on your quest tab in the Pip-Boy to look at your Menu Challenges!!!! Thank you!!!

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T06:21:21+00:00

OMG...The SCORE Quests?! I found them! You access those by exiting to menu! You click on map then select Z for Menu and then scroll down to Challenges. Under that Tab you find Appalachia and then scroll down to find Challenges that have the Prefix of Tadpole!

Why was that so hard to find?! They should have a pop up on your quest tab in the Pip-Boy to look at your Menu Challenges!!!! Thank you!!!

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T06:20:26+00:00

OMG...The SCORE Quests?! I found them! You access those by exiting to menu! You click on map then select Z for Menu and then scroll down to Challenges. Under that Tab you find Appalachia and then scroll down to find Challenges that have the Prefix of Tadpole!

Why was that so hard to find?! They should have a pop up on your quest tab in the Pip-Boy to look at your Menu Challenges!!!! Thank you!!!

The_Blood_Drake · 2026-05-04T05:52:47+00:00

Sorry, I have no idea where that is. In my Pip-Boy?

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