| State Of Decay 2 | STRATEGY GUIDE: Survive & Thrive! 

Indeed! Thanks for watching and the suggestion 👍😎

Excellent point! Thanks for sharing! Yes, the only kills the count towards waking a heart are those that are alert to your presence. That's a great strategy - as long as you don't draw unwanted attention 😂 Thanks for watching and the great tip! 👍😎

Hey Leon! A lot of content you see on RU-vid is by very experienced players playing on the harder difficulties. As a new player, just play at your own pace and feel your way in. You'll know when you want some extra challenge. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍😎

Yeah, I do feel for the Xbox players who pretty much come into it cold. Hopefully these tips can ease them into it 👍😎

Living up to your namesake eh, nice. I'm sure newer players would find the info helpful. I don't think I need a mid game guide, but then again I don't have much experience in update 33 yet, so maybe I do. ^^

Do you know Rycon? One of my favorite RU-vidrs. He always opens his videos with “Kia ora”

@@OptimusGnarkill Yeah Rycon Roleplays! He's a kiwi like me, though big time. He was in the news here in New Zealand. I don't know him personally but like his FO4 stuff especially. 👍

Glad you found it useful! The infestations update sure shook things up 👍😎

My pleasure! I like the update too. Stealth becomes important and devising different strategies essential. More scope for a variety of valid game play in each playthrough. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍 😎

Cheers chicken! Much appreciated! 👍😎

That's exactly what it means Samuel. With the plague disruptor up you can navigate and perform activities in the plague territories without waking up plague hearts. So if you are like me and like to ease into the game, the cell tower is a must! Thanks for watching 👍😎

Double or trip cell towers have always been a boost for me bevause I use drone recon all the time.

@@orionpeterson3042 Watch out though - RvidD found that two plague disruptors running are HALF as effective as just one 👍

yup, absolute must have for leathel

haha! Thank you so much - you young whipper-snapper!😂👍😎

@@gurugamingkiwi man honestly it's great to see all age on RU-vid now, it's so cool to just watch a adult like triple my age enjoying a game i love ^^ i'm definitively subscribing

@@mathieuguenier3658 Thanks dude! It's funny, I was just commenting on my last stream how there are a lot more people around my age, or even older, who are keen and talented gamers and content creators. My theory was we were young when Doom2 came out and showed games could be truly awesome!🙂

And thanks for the sub! 👍😎

Cheers Ted!! 👍😎

Yeah, the Plague Disruptor is very effective but expensive on parts for sure. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍😎

Dude - you will not regret playing this game! 3rd person is locked unfortunately, but you can increase and decrease the POV in the graphics menu. Crash searching, (fast search with fail/crash) will sometimes spawn in zombies where there were none before. Also, screamers will spawn in new zombies when they scream. Careful moving up to the edges of houses and buildings as this can spawn the zombies inside even if you can't see them (they might see you!). Enjoy the game man - it's so good! Thanks for watching and the comment 👍😎

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that and glad you are enjoying the new update. Life is busy but I will stream some more as soon as I can 👍😎

Awesome! I'm so glad it helped! All the best in the Apocalypse dude! Thanks for watching and the like 👍😎

No worries Blair! And thank YOU! If you hadn't suggested I get a cell tower outpost to learn computers, I never would have found the plague disruptor! 🙏👍😎

I used to use drone strikes quite a bit and they were pretty boss! Thanks for watching and the comment 👍 😎

Cheers Jules! Yeah, sorry about the sound, but thanks for watching 👍😎

All good tips - especially not getting overwhelmed and having a back up plan. Thanks for watching and sharing your tips 👍😎

Yes please a full Walk through would be much appreciated

Glad to help! There's a lot in the update and easy to miss things! 👍😎

If I survive into the midgame I will do some more tips 😂

@@gurugamingkiwi yeah I know you do lethal zone. I tried the update on standard and it was harder. Combat was actually tougher

It's been kept a bit quiet for some reason but glad I could help. Good luck in the apocalypse and thanks for watching! 👍😎

@@gurugamingkiwi they just updated with a screen telling you lol.

Cheers Tex! Yeah, I agree totally. It's up to the player if they want to use them, or if they want the full Update33 experience then they can choose not to. Either way, the disruptors put a lot of agency back into the hands of players.

My pleasure Si! 👍😎

Thanks John! My pleasure, thanks for watching and the comment 👍 😎

Ha - really? I haven't tried that to be honest 😂

Yes, you can attack a dormant heart but it will awaken immediately with the slightest damage. So if you can get close to a dormant heart and plant C4 or swing a sledgehammer you'll get the first hit in at least! Thanks for watching and the question 👍😎

My pleasure! Go forth and disrupt! 😂👍😎

Thanks Justin! Much appreciated 👍😎

The main issue I think was that initially the aggression of the infestations meant that too much time was spent dealing with them, and also resulted in only one real strategy which was to take out any heart that awakened - as soon as possible. This lead to a rushed pacing of the game which players felt they were forced to do, just to get into the game. Since the release, the agression has been dialed back a lot and there are mitigating features like radio calls and disruptors to quell the infestation threat. And so that's what my guide is about, giving players tools in order to be able to manage the update and be able to play the game the way they want to. Incidentally, I have just started a stream series where I have woken all the hearts, just to see how gnarly it gets! Thanks for watching Mike! 👍😎

My pleasure! Hope these tips help you enjoy the game 👍😎

Thanks for watching 👍😎 is that the Builders quest where you take a follower and go get 2 rucksacks from a warehouse?

​@@gurugamingkiwi yeap that one, in the middle of 2 PH's in the Fairgrounds, such a lovely place. ( correcting the typo in the Op. )

@@Nanox0 Oh wow - yeah, super rough!

Oh wow, I haven't checked my existing communities to see if something like that has happened to me. But definitely something to keep a watch out for - must be a bug, surely. Thanks for watching and sharing what you found 👍😎

Haha! Thanks Ryan - I sometimes feel that I am quite NOT amazing at this game 😂😂😂 Thanks for watching and the comment 👍😎

Thanks Xander! My mum is from Falkirk - go the Bairns! Thanks for the feedback on the sound👍😎

@@gurugamingkiwi Falkirk is awesome. My ex is from Falkirk, he's in Kirkintilloch now. I'm in the south of Glasgow. No probs, guide was brilliant and you're editing was smooth! ✌️

@@Xander_Campbell-yr1mb 😁

Thanks Makr!! 🙏👍😎

At this stage no, plague hearts do not respawn and nothing from the devs to suggest that might happen. Still, lots of other developments- it's awesome this game is still so well supported. Thanks for watching, glad you found it helpful 👍😎

Kia ora Wiremu! Yeah bro, I'm Tamaki Makarau, but living in Taranaki currently. My te reo is very limited but I use what I can 😆 thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the video! 👍😎

@@gurugamingkiwi nice bro, Auckland is nice but it is a little too busy for me 😂 I'm way down the bottom of the North Island in Te Whanganui a Tara or Wellington

@@SkyrimRestorationLoop Too busy for me these days too! 🤣

Cheers Ashes! 👍😎

Thanks Sauce! Can't wait to see Dave go solo in the new update! 👍😎

PRIME! Cheers man - you should do a tips video too, I'm sure they'd be much appreciated by the community 👍😎

When I was playtesting with it I didn't wake up any hearts even though I was killing other hearts in their plague territory so it felt like it was switched off. So you are absolutely right but in real terms , it felt like you didn't even have to worry about it. Good call out and thanks for watching and sharing :)

Not sure I agree with that. The Juggernaut update made the game playable for me, plus weapon switching, graphic improvements, addition of the Trumbull Valley map etc that have made the game much better than had they simply left it. I do understand what you are saying in terms of when development comes out that you hate, that happened with me playing Crusaders II. De-updating it could cause issues in multiplayer and in the future. What in particular do you hate about the update. Don't say everything because the extra trunk space is awesome. There has to be something specific right?

Have you tried adjusting the difficulty sliders? At lower difficulties this update is very unobtrusive.

@@gurugamingkiwi I already told you in another of your vids talking about the update when you asked me something similar, once again. The infestations are not fun. Theres nothing challenging about them. You can take out an infestation by chucking a molotov in a building and that simple. The new plague heart system now makes it tedious to play how you want cause if you go around killing zombies you'll wake up all the plague hearts and its once again gonna be nothing but tedious having to destroy them because the game now locks you into playing a certain way, stealthy which is boring as shit. To the other guy that said well just change difficulty. Thats got nothing to do with it and it shows how they dont know this game. Changing difficulty is not gonna remove the infestation overhaul and how tedious it is when you wake up hearts. If I can't revert the update than I guess thats that. I'm gonna take a page out of Git Gud Fox's book and uninstall the game. Its just funny how yall complain how I want to play the game but I'm not complaining how you wanna play it.

@@gurugamingkiwi I do thank you for all your tips in the game you've helped people out with. I'm not gonna unsub but I'm not gonna be watching anymore state of decay content.

@@abominablesnowman64 Hey man, if it's not for you, then it's not for you. All good my friend - happy travels 🙂

You think so? I reckon the outpost mines are OP and could do with a cool down timer. It's also quite fun to wake up all the hearts first before settling base. 👍😎

Those are 2 calibers I don't often use, unless I have the Scoped Big Hank! I think one of those, not sure which (or both) can take a feral out with only 2 headshots, but it could be cool if revolvers and single shooters did slightly more damage to Juggs to make them a bit more worth our time. But I ramble...thanks for watching and the comment 👍😎

Haha awesome! How did it go with the crossbows, I'm intrigued! 😂

@@gurugamingkiwi I kinda started playing bro that why an I'm brealy 1 lvl passing medium so I'm not on lethal 😭😂not in that lvl yet

I did have some mix issues a while back so sorry if they are present for this vid. Thanks for watching and the feedback, I do use it to tighten my game 🙂👍😎

@@gurugamingkiwi Your welcome. I thought as much but you never know. I could have watch some of your other video to find out. But been playing state of decay so been absorbing as much info to make my game play a bit more fun. Still have not got a good strategy. Feel like the game rushes me or I get over run that I can't get enough supplies and those Juggernauts and Ferals are a real pain the ass. So love to one day rock up at a empty army base and find a broken tank that needs special skills and parts to get back up and running.

That they do! Cell tower outposts just leveled up big time! Thanks for watching and the tip 👍😎

Thanks jamMod - that's really great feedback, appreciated! Glad you enjoyed the video - thanks for watching and the comment 👍😎

@@gurugamingkiwi I liked the bgm guru, lol... can't win I guess! :)

And Soundproofing

Soundproofing reduces noise, so this should reduce the speed at which infestation hordes proliferate. Basically, any skill or trait that reduces noise will reduce infestation "speed of spread" and anything that reduces Threat should reduce the chance and severity of sieges...although I think the severity is much more impacted by the severity of the siege sites. Thanks for watching and great comments and questions! 👍😎

@@gurugamingkiwi so this would be a great way to help the new update?

If you want a lot of big sieges I would play Lethal Zone and I would choose a base that has a lot of available siege (infestation) sites around it. Then make a ton of noise! 😅 Thanks for watching! 👍😎

Hi JackRabbit! A few folk have asked and I don't know the answer - so I have asked Rvid - if anyone knows, he will! Thanks for watching and the comment 👍😎

@Guru Gaming I actually already asked over on one of his videos a few days ago and at the time he didn't have an answer...yet. I wonder if he's come up with one.

@@JackRabbittm I went and asked him directly. The answer is in the description! 😁

​@Guru Gaming what!? It reduces it? Lmao that's so weird.

That's a good question! I don't know if it stacks but it lasts about 1.5 hrs so even just one use is very effective. One I thing I noticed is that it doesn't seem to work on zombies you have ALREADY disturbed in the plague territory PRIOR to activating it - a bit like scent block. But apart from that it's very powerful. Thanks for watching and the question👍😎

@@gurugamingkiwi Wait, so just one cell tower stops the chain reaction of plague Hearts awakening in Lethal Zone?

Pretty much. I've heard nu,bers thrown around like it makes it 5x harder etc but in my experience, you can pretty much do what you like!

If you are connected to the internet - it will update automatically when you load the game. Thanks for watching👍😎

Any other options?

@@isaacmumba2642 SOD2 updates just roll over the last so when you login, it will update to the latest version. There aren't any version options apart from the PTR beta (if you have SOD2 on Steam).

Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching 👍😎

It shouldn't do that! Do you have multiple profiles or instances of the game?

@@gurugamingkiwi I was bugging I was logged in under my girlfriend account and didn't realize it.

@@THE_REAL_EXECUTIONER Super happy for you man! Phew!

You mean you find the update makes the gamer easier? I think if you know how to use the new features like radio calls, plague disruptors etc then for sure. Thanks for watching 👍😎

Sounds like you need to start a fresh community! 😂😂😂 But I can suggest a few things that I do to make the game harder. And not just banning weapons and stuff.

@@gurugamingkiwi I just stared a new game with no boons Just bash the first ph get a gun and rinse and repeat. I really like this game it's just far too easy.

@@62calum I know what you mean. Here's how I play - it might work to spice things up a bit: - Always take first available fresh survivors (no 5th skills, no rerolling) - No boons, no mini-map, no aim snap, no using stuck if you crash yourself, no radio calls you didn't earn with the community you are playing - No OP: no Red Talon survivors or facilities, no trader outpost, no pyro weapons - No cheesing: Cheesing hearts, standing on cars, reversing into juggernauts, overdoing dodge spam (to exit heart zone = yes, to enter heart zone = no, to just dodge around the heart endlessly = no), etc You'll probably still find it easy as you sound like a good player but I found I had to take away the extra help the game gives you to make it harder. Otherwise it's just more of a beat-able thing. Keen to know how you go!

@@gurugamingkiwi are you even playing the game at that point. Sorry mate it's up to the devs to sort all that cheese out. Remove plague cure for a start in lethal,dodge spamming scent blocker standing on things and the amount of guns you get. You should be lucky to have one gun in lethal. They should have base attacks like daybreak on your base as-well and no cars jeez.

@@62calum Dude I love this game. I forgot, yeah I don't use scentblock - except for body recovery sometimes :D. And standing on cars is basically a cheat live-pause function. But not everyone is an expert and I have used all of these things in the past. As I got better I just stopped using them. It's up to players to make the game work for them too, not just the devs. Quite a few players say it's too easy but they are using all the helps with maxed out RTs. Well go figure,.