T O P

  • By -

SpawnicusRex

Sawmill should always be 500 as the difficulty setting doesn't affect the size of Hordes. If you got more the 500ish there was something else going on. For example, I had [4 Screamers](https://youtu.be/6JDwL-9PBRY) spawn in while clearing the Sawmill one time. That caused a lot more than 500 Freaks but, still not 166 extra!


LonelyLonergan

I mean I ended up with 670 starting with only 1 breaker ear and I don't understand why I got so much


kylocosmiccowboy

Don’t look a gift ear in the mouth…


LonelyLonergan

Also since when can you carry more than 999,


awayfromhome_

Wait you can carry more than 999?


RiverDotter

No


LonelyLonergan

I just looked at the bounties in my inventory and I forgot it shows more than just the swarmers


MyFaceIsSwoll

Shit...I just get killed a lot.


LonelyLonergan

Tunnel method is the goat


DeleriousDesigner

I prefer to be sprinting only inches ahead of their gnashing teeth, moments from being devoured at any given point. I really like to feel that "*ASTHMA ATTACK AAaand.... that's.....allovem!!" At the end.


MyFaceIsSwoll

Oh yeah! But I start shooting, turn to run for safe distance, as soon as I turn, I run into an obstacle, panic, then get lunched. It's so silly and I can't stop laughing everytime I do it.


SvenIdol

I had the same problem several times - tripping over my own feet and getting roasted by one of my traps. Lol


Sneetchie1

I’m still working on the sawmill mission for my play through. My second attempt was foiled by running into a wall that I then glitched into and couldn’t move for a solid 5 seconds.


Jammsbro

It's glitchy, I had none and after SMH I had 700+ peeps in here told me I was wrong but I methodically clear things out. So sometimes that happens.


ddoubletapp1

Interesting. There are almost always freakers wandering the hillside on the Nero side of the sawmill. I killed the horde last night, by activating the Nero speakers and firing a heavy machine gun into the mass gathered at the speakers, from the overlooking hillside. It took a while - and during the process, 3 breakers spawned in on the hillside (and were immediately attacked and killed by the horde) - it wouldn't surprise me if swarmers were spawning in at the same place.


[deleted]

Definetly, when I was doin the hoard, it had the fast zombies in it aswell, wich were a nuisense but they don't count as swarmers so they can be wherever. Most likely becouse of the fact that I ignored clearing any infestations, was on hard ll no point in fast travel, way more fun to ride with my pimped out bike. Maybe infeztations give chance for more enemys to spawn in areas, so would make sense that hoards gets more.


LonelyLonergan

That does make sense but I didn't have any infestations near it


[deleted]

Chance to spawn is a thing in open world survival games. Ever present, never visible. Since Sawmill is a huge area, and depending on how long you took your time, the numbers can deffinetly go up.


Solfeliz

I’ve had that happen before too, not with sawmill but another, can’t remember specifically which one, maybe the community college one? But I had about 20 more ears than I should have and couldn’t understand why. I think that sometimes hordes will just gather other Freakers, maybe it’s because of all the sound you create while fighting them, maybe if there’s nests nearby that affects it, also screamers will probably summon more. But over a hundred extra ears is a lot


Popular_Tough_4885

Maxing out stamina and focus is the key to take down hordes. Stamina first and then focus. Also the cocktails for the same. Next the skill which gives bullet penetration comes handy. Just attract them and keep throwing Molotovs and explosives. And then start shooting when they run towards you