So I’m just now getting into State of Decay 2 and holy cow, have these videos saved me some grief. I think I’m more into the Brewery than Whitney or farm so I’m going to go with that one. Thank you for the solid intel! Maybe now I can actually git gud.
Whitney Field's main attraction is the 3 large facilities which let you do building combinations you can't do in other bases, but it also is kind of hard to manage since you'll have pretty high upkeep costs.
I love this base! It feels so safe thanks to the towers and the wall, but it's also really open which means it never feels cramped, like you've got a huge bubble to escape the undead
Whitney field reminds me of the fairgrounds from SOD1. I think the fairgrounds did the open base concept way better though. It’s location was great as well. You could make most your outposts around the other buildings in the fair area and basically have a massive safe zone
I liked this base as the final base on the map. I load up Timberwolves and BFG50's on all my community members. If a jugg gets into the base, the layout is so open that they make short work of them. You can also kite juggs at a very specific area on the south side of the base where it rises to the road where your watchtower members with 50 AP weapons will knock them down for you to finish for lots of influence and plague samples (in Dread or Nightmare mode if you've cleared all the hearts). You can make a ton of influence killing juggs (in Dread/Nightmare) doing this. May favorite vantage spot is on the portajohn next to the wall. If you jump the wall next to it, then jump back over one spot over you'll land on it. While you're coming back over to land on top of the portajohn face the wall and move forward...you'll stay on top of it. You can use the spot to get a vantage point on the west side parking lot and a good bit of the hill with the house to the northwest. Good for sniping screamers/bloaters/ferals for influence.
I like to think of C.L.E.O. as some kind of AI contingency plan of some high-tech-military-group... It seams to plan and upgrade its own weapons by itself (that is what I read out of the item descriptions anyway) And it seems to have ... maaaaaybe a mind of its own, as it sends support in the daybreak mission without beeing ordered by the Team (if I recall correctly, I haven't played it a lot recently) like Airstrikes and the support packages. Maybe we learn more about C.L.E.O. in SoD 3 or 4... I'd love to see some vehicle drops or more futuristic gear that gets unlocked if you get further into the story missions. Maybe even some kind of targeting laser for painting zombie groups for an C.L.E.O. Satellite... Mabe even some kind of small combat drone item that gives you a little helper for killing bigger hordes... They can do soooo much with C.L.E.O. I hope they make it awesome!
Hello Fox!! Great content, Would you create one for lethal zones? I choose whitney field because in the winery, I have little defense option for lethal zones, ferals attack relentlessly, in Whitney Field, I chose to build one sniper tower and one trader which helped me defend the bases! I also gave my boys grnade launchers from my previous saves which helped defense a lot! The only problem is the long drive thats why I require myself to take the upgraded van on loot missions/ plague hearts attack, and use the road mangler for long distance response. I did all that based on your guides!
i noticed all your outposts are residential houses?! can you elaborate?! is that so you can boost the amount of community members you have, or morale, or what?! how do you maintain resources with all houses?! lol
The Container Fort it still my favourite. It’s storage bonus, beds bonus, and the fact that juggernauts can’t get into it all make me love it. I just don’t like Whitney Field for some reason. Maybe cause I just don’t like the map.
You guys have interesting opinions of the map. I thought most people's favorite map was Meagher Valley along with mine. I like the whole scenery, it's so beautiful, and the fact that you can drive off road and get almost anywhere cuz the map is generally flat.
Looks like the artillery base. I don't setup my outposts optimally because it's a pain to switch them out between videos. You want to use your outposts to do a few things. 1) Cover your beds 2) Plug up as many material losses as possible 3) Misc bonuses like access to espresso You can lift some pressure off of your outposts in a few ways. Staging Area large facility completely removes materials upkeep. Red Talon Bunkroom small facility (DLC) is +5 beds Level 2 Lounge is +2 beds on top of its base features Red Talon Officer's Quarters (DLC) is +2 beds on top of its base features Some bases, like the Container Fort, has a ton of built in beds (+8 in the case of the Container Fort).
It would appear that thou hast been gnomed. The "odd little device" is actually a better WHISTLING MINE. By the way, what was that OTHER ability for the Announcer Box?
A whistling mine? It's never exploded before. The other ability of the announcer box is constant white noise similar to the white noise mod for a bed room.
You just need either a bag of fertilizer or a compost bin. They'll both grow the maximum amount if you're overseeding and have the associated maxed out 5th skill with it.
I don't know. These guides were never intended to show the "ultimate" setup of the base. They're just there as a way to preview the base so you aren't spending 3500 influence or changing maps just to wind up disliking the base.
There's not very much room for creativity in base building if you want to be honest. You're gonna have a workshop for example. You're gonna have a infirmary. You're gonna have a Trade Depot. You're gonna have a staging area. You're gonna have a garden. That's most of the facilities already. It's 2/3 large and 2/5 small. leaving you with 1 large of your choice and 3 smalls of your choice. You see what I mean? There's not much room for creativity, and what is left doesn't matter that much. Once your base has the really important "must have" facilities, you can put whatever you want in. Maybe you do 2 gardens instead of 1 or maybe you do a farm in the large slot instead of a garden. You can slap in the other RT facilities or add in a still if you want to make ethanol. It's really up to you as long as most assuredly have those must have facilities in.
I guess what I'm saying is, as long as you put in the really good facilities that keep your base and characters running, most bases will do just fine even in high difficulties. The only bases, off the top of my head, that I'd be concerned about are the Bridge Fort and the Corner Office, and that's because they're very cramped, and the AI can derp out in cramped spaces.
You can put whatever you want in for the CLEO Relay since it isn't very good. Anything would basically be better, and just use a normal workshop if you don't have an RT workshop.
I don't use watchtowers. Only thing I use ammo for is giving to friendlies. I am still not convinced that watchtowers are anything more than a wasted slot.
They force your allies to use their guns. I am currently recording footage for another base review, and my guys on the watchtower, spend every minute of the game constantly shooting zombies that approach the base. The field in front of the watch tower always has corpses in front of it. I've left the game on waiting the night out and found 3 dead ferals in the field in front of the watchtower, shot dead by the guards. They do something. I am certain of it.
@@GitGudFox I am not claiming they do nothing, just that having them up and needing ammo is not worth the cost when you can make your base self-sustainable even the trade post is useless, I bring in 6 med, 7.5 food and 5 Mats every day, no tower playing on nightmare if the zeds are dumb enough to come in I have a base full of shotgun wielding baseball bat swinging heroes that eat them alive. All in all I think you get a heck of a lot more bang out of your buck going the infinite I never need anything route.
That sounds like a strictly worse base. I can have not just a self sustaining base but a overproducing base with a trade depot and a sniper tower. Self sustaining is just the entry tier for an acceptable base. I don't break even. I don't sustain. I mass produce resources with Trade Depot setups.
@@GitGudFox I can never my games to last very long, to even do that but then again I do not play multiplayer at all so things change a bit I would take it, mind you I do over produce I am in the early stages, I never have need of inf though so I don't really care to trade, honestly I just beat everything to death with a baseball bat, including the jugs. Hooray for survived blood plague. Best trait ever.
You talked about the "thematic" reasons for wanting to live on the outskirts of a map in another post. The Trade Depot represents the "return of civilization" the "giant middle finger to fate, to the zombie apocalypse" to me.
@@GitGudFox btw your videos are awesome 👌 you should definitely start a series on Dying Light 2 when it comes out later this year. Keep up the amazing work
The thing is that beds provide a very minor benefit. It basically prevents a loss of 7 morale per person with a bed. Missing 2 beds is -14 morale for example.
You should get a trade post. That should be a major priority. There's no replacement for that. You should constantly recruit people, and use your radio command for 150 influence to contact another group of survivors to constantly generate friendly AI enclaves until you can recruit someone who is a trader. Other facilities you might consider include... Spartan Barracks Staging Area Sniper Tower Automechanic
@@Over9000XZ I actually don't participate in sieges most of the time. I literally climb up my guard tower and let them do the work for me while I grab a slice or pizza or take out the trash. Try experimenting with how much help your community needs during a siege. I always help during large sieges, but the common basic siege can often be ignored.
Git Gud Fox so having a bed outpost boosts moral? I think it’s better to not get depressed because there are no meds or ammo vs having a moral boost. Meaning in my eyes it’s better to get rid of what decreases moral instead of ignoring the bad moral and just adding good moral
A. It breaks modded guns permanently B. Makes noise and raises threat C. Is around 1500 prestige(3 hours of pure daybreak) D. Is one of the last unlocked items E. DLC only F. Glitchy af
NOW hear this! As of update 5.0, the radio announcer box facility triggers a real zombie siege instead of just causing zombies to attack.
Git Gud Fox workin on the cleo relay. Also I just talked to you on xbox
The cleo machine is a doctor who reference "this is a machine that goes ding *ding* "
Never seen that show before, so I'm not surprised I didn't catch it.
So I’m just now getting into State of Decay 2 and holy cow, have these videos saved me some grief. I think I’m more into the Brewery than Whitney or farm so I’m going to go with that one. Thank you for the solid intel! Maybe now I can actually git gud.
Whitney Field's main attraction is the 3 large facilities which let you do building combinations you can't do in other bases, but it also is kind of hard to manage since you'll have pretty high upkeep costs.
I love this base! It feels so safe thanks to the towers and the wall, but it's also really open which means it never feels cramped, like you've got a huge bubble to escape the undead
This is probably the best base in the game.
Whitney field reminds me of the fairgrounds from SOD1. I think the fairgrounds did the open base concept way better though. It’s location was great as well. You could make most your outposts around the other buildings in the fair area and basically have a massive safe zone
I liked this base as the final base on the map. I load up Timberwolves and BFG50's on all my community members. If a jugg gets into the base, the layout is so open that they make short work of them. You can also kite juggs at a very specific area on the south side of the base where it rises to the road where your watchtower members with 50 AP weapons will knock them down for you to finish for lots of influence and plague samples (in Dread or Nightmare mode if you've cleared all the hearts). You can make a ton of influence killing juggs (in Dread/Nightmare) doing this.
May favorite vantage spot is on the portajohn next to the wall. If you jump the wall next to it, then jump back over one spot over you'll land on it. While you're coming back over to land on top of the portajohn face the wall and move forward...you'll stay on top of it. You can use the spot to get a vantage point on the west side parking lot and a good bit of the hill with the house to the northwest. Good for sniping screamers/bloaters/ferals for influence.
It can be a little awkward figuring out how to manage the supplies, but I really like how wide and open it is. It's ideal for snipers.
I like to think of C.L.E.O. as some kind of AI contingency plan of some high-tech-military-group... It seams to plan and upgrade its own weapons by itself (that is what I read out of the item descriptions anyway) And it seems to have ... maaaaaybe a mind of its own, as it sends support in the daybreak mission without beeing ordered by the Team (if I recall correctly, I haven't played it a lot recently) like Airstrikes and the support packages. Maybe we learn more about C.L.E.O. in SoD 3 or 4... I'd love to see some vehicle drops or more futuristic gear that gets unlocked if you get further into the story missions. Maybe even some kind of targeting laser for painting zombie groups for an C.L.E.O. Satellite... Mabe even some kind of small combat drone item that gives you a little helper for killing bigger hordes... They can do soooo much with C.L.E.O. I hope they make it awesome!
It’s canon that CLEO is an AI created by the DOD.
Hello Fox!! Great content, Would you create one for lethal zones? I choose whitney field because in the winery, I have little defense option for lethal zones, ferals attack relentlessly, in Whitney Field, I chose to build one sniper tower and one trader which helped me defend the bases!
I also gave my boys grnade launchers from my previous saves which helped defense a lot!
The only problem is the long drive thats why I require myself to take the upgraded van on loot missions/ plague hearts attack, and use the road mangler for long distance response.
I did all that based on your guides!
This is my favorite base!
Potentially the best base in the game.
@@GitGudFox Yes, you can do so much with the 3 large slots.
i noticed all your outposts are residential houses?! can you elaborate?! is that so you can boost the amount of community members you have, or morale, or what?! how do you maintain resources with all houses?! lol
I use spare cars to block off all places zombies can climb over the fence, and to block doors on the fence I do not use.
Sometimes I do in that bases I plan to stay in for a while.
The Container Fort it still my favourite. It’s storage bonus, beds bonus, and the fact that juggernauts can’t get into it all make me love it. I just don’t like Whitney Field for some reason. Maybe cause I just don’t like the map.
Container Fort and even the Barricaded Strip Mall imo. Meagher Valley is my least favorite map as well.
You guys have interesting opinions of the map. I thought most people's favorite map was Meagher Valley along with mine. I like the whole scenery, it's so beautiful, and the fact that you can drive off road and get almost anywhere cuz the map is generally flat.
Cause the Whitney Field is suck,the Brewing Company is far more better in this map.
Quick question. What's the outpost that you have that isn't a bed? I'm trying to make an efficient build for the base and I'm wondering what it is.
Looks like the artillery base. I don't setup my outposts optimally because it's a pain to switch them out between videos.
You want to use your outposts to do a few things.
1) Cover your beds
2) Plug up as many material losses as possible
3) Misc bonuses like access to espresso
You can lift some pressure off of your outposts in a few ways.
Staging Area large facility completely removes materials upkeep.
Red Talon Bunkroom small facility (DLC) is +5 beds
Level 2 Lounge is +2 beds on top of its base features
Red Talon Officer's Quarters (DLC) is +2 beds on top of its base features
Some bases, like the Container Fort, has a ton of built in beds (+8 in the case of the Container Fort).
@@GitGudFox Thanks man.
10:20 What the heck fell from the sky? Where did it come from? xD
Haven device + announcer box = easy influence
How are you providing power and water to the base?
Amenities, the Builder's Legacy. Watch my Top 6 OP things video to learn more about it: th-cam.com/video/dLvqFh29d3Q/w-d-xo.html&t=
The boom he's telling you to get is so valuable
It would appear that thou hast been gnomed. The "odd little device" is actually a better WHISTLING MINE. By the way, what was that OTHER ability for the Announcer Box?
A whistling mine? It's never exploded before. The other ability of the announcer box is constant white noise similar to the white noise mod for a bed room.
@@GitGudFox This is actually wrong, the announcer box reduces the threat level but at a cost of some morale penalty.
@@axlggv4391 recent updates changed some functions of unique base of facilities
@@LoneWolf-kw3ol Yeah, forgot to mention, but better to clarify this unless someone gets the wrong idea when watching this video ^^
What do you use to record your videos?
An Elgato HD60 and Open Broastcast Software.
If you move bases or dismantle the facility, do you get the core back?
The CLEO Core? Yeah, it'd reverted into an item and placed in your storage locker.
Got a full community of red talon soldiers they are awesome
lol at the cleo machine troll (its a mine btw)
How does he get the hydroponics to grow 9 food/meds? What mod is it, and does he boost yields?
You just need either a bag of fertilizer or a compost bin. They'll both grow the maximum amount if you're overseeding and have the associated maxed out 5th skill with it.
I think it's time for a fresh review? Cause I'm thinking of a setup for lethal on Whitney and this is kinda outdated
I don't know. These guides were never intended to show the "ultimate" setup of the base. They're just there as a way to preview the base so you aren't spending 3500 influence or changing maps just to wind up disliking the base.
@@GitGudFox true true but any advice on a trader lethal setup for the base?
There's not very much room for creativity in base building if you want to be honest.
You're gonna have a workshop for example.
You're gonna have a infirmary.
You're gonna have a Trade Depot.
You're gonna have a staging area.
You're gonna have a garden.
That's most of the facilities already. It's 2/3 large and 2/5 small. leaving you with 1 large of your choice and 3 smalls of your choice.
You see what I mean? There's not much room for creativity, and what is left doesn't matter that much. Once your base has the really important "must have" facilities, you can put whatever you want in.
Maybe you do 2 gardens instead of 1 or maybe you do a farm in the large slot instead of a garden. You can slap in the other RT facilities or add in a still if you want to make ethanol.
It's really up to you as long as most assuredly have those must have facilities in.
I guess what I'm saying is, as long as you put in the really good facilities that keep your base and characters running, most bases will do just fine even in high difficulties.
The only bases, off the top of my head, that I'd be concerned about are the Bridge Fort and the Corner Office, and that's because they're very cramped, and the AI can derp out in cramped spaces.
@@GitGudFox valid , thanks a lot man
If i dont have the daybreak dlc what would i replace those facilities with
You can put whatever you want in for the CLEO Relay since it isn't very good. Anything would basically be better, and just use a normal workshop if you don't have an RT workshop.
I don't use watchtowers. Only thing I use ammo for is giving to friendlies. I am still not convinced that watchtowers are anything more than a wasted slot.
They force your allies to use their guns. I am currently recording footage for another base review, and my guys on the watchtower, spend every minute of the game constantly shooting zombies that approach the base. The field in front of the watch tower always has corpses in front of it.
I've left the game on waiting the night out and found 3 dead ferals in the field in front of the watchtower, shot dead by the guards.
They do something. I am certain of it.
@@GitGudFox I am not claiming they do nothing, just that having them up and needing ammo is not worth the cost when you can make your base self-sustainable even the trade post is useless, I bring in 6 med, 7.5 food and 5 Mats every day, no tower playing on nightmare if the zeds are dumb enough to come in I have a base full of shotgun wielding baseball bat swinging heroes that eat them alive. All in all I think you get a heck of a lot more bang out of your buck going the infinite I never need anything route.
That sounds like a strictly worse base.
I can have not just a self sustaining base but a overproducing base with a trade depot and a sniper tower. Self sustaining is just the entry tier for an acceptable base.
I don't break even. I don't sustain. I mass produce resources with Trade Depot setups.
@@GitGudFox I can never my games to last very long, to even do that but then again I do not play multiplayer at all so things change a bit I would take it, mind you I do over produce I am in the early stages, I never have need of inf though so I don't really care to trade, honestly I just beat everything to death with a baseball bat, including the jugs. Hooray for survived blood plague. Best trait ever.
You talked about the "thematic" reasons for wanting to live on the outskirts of a map in another post.
The Trade Depot represents the "return of civilization" the "giant middle finger to fate, to the zombie apocalypse" to me.
Anybody still playing this on Xbox? I'd love some people to co op with
Your best bet would be to join an Xbox club.
Whats your Gamertag homie? Still going strong on this game 👌
@@GitGudFox btw your videos are awesome 👌 you should definitely start a series on Dying Light 2 when it comes out later this year. Keep up the amazing work
@@ThaoLand all day @ joker heeere86
Want to play ?
The Cleo mystery thing attracts zombies and then you explode it
i actually like camp kelenqua more then the baseball field. built in beds in the camp.
The thing is that beds provide a very minor benefit. It basically prevents a loss of 7 morale per person with a bed.
Missing 2 beds is -14 morale for example.
Wheres my locker?
Its a win win imho
How do you get to whitney field from providence ridge
That's on a totally separate map. Whitney Field is in Meagher Valley.
what do you think I should substitute out for the Cleo relay and the trading post because I don't have the option to build either
You should get a trade post. That should be a major priority. There's no replacement for that. You should constantly recruit people, and use your radio command for 150 influence to contact another group of survivors to constantly generate friendly AI enclaves until you can recruit someone who is a trader.
Other facilities you might consider include...
Spartan Barracks
Staging Area
Sniper Tower
Automechanic
@@GitGudFox alright thank you so much
When he plants a bomb and keeps staring at it *anxiety increases*
Influence farming made easy.
Penguiat!
Threat level midnight
Is that a big threat? Or a quiet one? Or a mysterious one?
Git Gud Fox idk
Git Gud Fox oh it is a movie
I hate this base takes too much ammo
You mean for defending the base from sieges?
@@GitGudFox yeah defending
@@Over9000XZ I actually don't participate in sieges most of the time. I literally climb up my guard tower and let them do the work for me while I grab a slice or pizza or take out the trash.
Try experimenting with how much help your community needs during a siege. I always help during large sieges, but the common basic siege can often be ignored.
players: this base takes too much ammo
Modders: what if, what if we had watchtowers IN the parking spaces
what?
im one of the weirdos that looks at older content :
Sometimes people leave a comment on my original video.
You get 9 food per day, wtf
You need the right skill and mod. Check out my agriculture video to see how it works: th-cam.com/video/35vjalNcHcY/w-d-xo.html
Very helpful, thx
I get 18 a day
Why are all of his outposts beds? Beds are shit I don’t have even 1 bed...
It's terrible for morale, and you're inefficient if you aren't in the highest tier of morale.
Git Gud Fox so having a bed outpost boosts moral? I think it’s better to not get depressed because there are no meds or ammo vs having a moral boost. Meaning in my eyes it’s better to get rid of what decreases moral instead of ignoring the bad moral and just adding good moral
It's the other way around. Not having beds lowers morale.
@@GitGudFox and after a few days inflicts fatigue, and can start fights
I hate this base 3 community members died in this base in a single seage
RT workshop is the worst
It's self-powered, so it can be useful in the Nightmare Zone when you don't have electricity.
Its way beter than a lvl 3 what could be beter. Stupid peapole thinking they are cool only beacause they say they are in reverse of normal peapole
@@jolly1131 had your english been comprehensible,we may have held a conversation.
A. It breaks modded guns permanently
B. Makes noise and raises threat
C. Is around 1500 prestige(3 hours of pure daybreak)
D. Is one of the last unlocked
items
E. DLC only
F. Glitchy af
@@knightmare1267 Can you elaborate on RT WS breaking modded guns please