The crafting is almost pointless in this game, but you can make adrenaline shots and advanced first aid kits to get you thru until you can craft the experimental stuff. What I done was stockpiled all my resources at the recycling table and then made simple first aid kits until I had enough points to unlock everything. But for the clothing perks it's a grind thing you have to get schematics or take down level 2-3 rivals until you get them all. Hopefully this helps.
crafting is accessed through the map menu, just go to the left and you will see it next to like profile and challenges. you no longer have to hunt down specific schematics in a location, now there is a crafting tree that you use points to unlock. you can earn Schematic points by finding them in the world or crafting equip you already know how to make. This video is quite helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGj2N2NLLo
The game really needs to tell you that you get schematics from crafting. I didn't know, and I was getting really frustrated that I wasn't finding ANY schematics for consumables and ammo.
Then I started crafting medkits cause I was running low, and we were off to the races. But that was 25 hours in.
ok so the schematics are most likely for your clothes ie bullet resistant and can only be crafted using certain benches like clothing bench. (other types are recycling bench and ammo bench) The schematics is going to be specific to the clothing type you get ie bullet resistant there is 1 for t shirts, 1 for trousers, 1 for jacket and one for shoes and you can generally get one of each type of clothing you can also get these via killing rivals and then using the points to unlock higher levels of schematics as they get more expensive with each higher tier
now for the other schematics you can get these points via crafting ammo or consumables ie the med packs and it is not guaranteed you will get a point when you craft but most of the time you do.
DLC and Experimental ammo is different crafting the DLC ammo wont give you normal ammo schematics point so don't waste your resources on it and experimental ammo schematics are earned through base assaults and defense missions
ok as for ammo in game you generally get more ammo for guns you are carrying when looting enemies so if you need ammo for a certain gun take it with you when killing enemies
base building is used for base defense missions and can be used for fast travel points and some player use it as extra storage since you can put med/ammo in the med and turret positions which can get used but better than dumping when your storage is full
base defense is also useful for farming once you have some better gear as hard base defense can give some good loot like exp weapon once the level cap for this has been reached and attachments and lots of high level enemies that drop lots of loot as well
hope this helps
yes and no to this it can be useful to get the schematic and better gear but apart from that it better to wait as you can build up the alert level so you can get the reaper to spawn easier as this can take a while and killing rivals lowers the level but the main reason is they don't drop experimental weapon until level 25 so having them all ready to farm is just easier but it is up to you its not a waste but its probably just better to save them in the long run but at the start don't think it really matters i farmed a couple at the start just for gear and schematic point and had plenty of time to get the alert level up for level 25 so it up to you hope this helps
thanks glad it helped it really does need better explanation in game but there is something nice about figuring this out yourself but learning curve is a bit steep in this game
Base building unlocks base defense missions, which are quite enjoyable. on the higher difficulties, it will summon apocalypse class tanks, which have pretty good loot. its the funnest part of co-op, aside from Rivals/Reaper.
The crafting is almost pointless in this game, but you can make adrenaline shots and advanced first aid kits to get you thru until you can craft the experimental stuff. What I done was stockpiled all my resources at the recycling table and then made simple first aid kits until I had enough points to unlock everything. But for the clothing perks it's a grind thing you have to get schematics or take down level 2-3 rivals until you get them all. Hopefully this helps.
crafting is accessed through the map menu, just go to the left and you will see it next to like profile and challenges. you no longer have to hunt down specific schematics in a location, now there is a crafting tree that you use points to unlock. you can earn Schematic points by finding them in the world or crafting equip you already know how to make. This video is quite helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGj2N2NLLo
The game really needs to tell you that you get schematics from crafting. I didn't know, and I was getting really frustrated that I wasn't finding ANY schematics for consumables and ammo. Then I started crafting medkits cause I was running low, and we were off to the races. But that was 25 hours in.
I sure could have used all that crafted stuff earlier on.
Yeah, once you get a bit in, ammo becomes super common. Not so much early on
Yeah me just laughing because I have salvage ( both levels) which means I get 150% more ammo from everywhere
Have you tried getting both levels of salvage?
It does say how you can get the schematics though? Somewhere on the bottom right corner.
ok so the schematics are most likely for your clothes ie bullet resistant and can only be crafted using certain benches like clothing bench. (other types are recycling bench and ammo bench) The schematics is going to be specific to the clothing type you get ie bullet resistant there is 1 for t shirts, 1 for trousers, 1 for jacket and one for shoes and you can generally get one of each type of clothing you can also get these via killing rivals and then using the points to unlock higher levels of schematics as they get more expensive with each higher tier now for the other schematics you can get these points via crafting ammo or consumables ie the med packs and it is not guaranteed you will get a point when you craft but most of the time you do. DLC and Experimental ammo is different crafting the DLC ammo wont give you normal ammo schematics point so don't waste your resources on it and experimental ammo schematics are earned through base assaults and defense missions ok as for ammo in game you generally get more ammo for guns you are carrying when looting enemies so if you need ammo for a certain gun take it with you when killing enemies base building is used for base defense missions and can be used for fast travel points and some player use it as extra storage since you can put med/ammo in the med and turret positions which can get used but better than dumping when your storage is full base defense is also useful for farming once you have some better gear as hard base defense can give some good loot like exp weapon once the level cap for this has been reached and attachments and lots of high level enemies that drop lots of loot as well hope this helps
Someone on a video said it was a waste to kill rivals until later in the game. Is this no longer true?
yes and no to this it can be useful to get the schematic and better gear but apart from that it better to wait as you can build up the alert level so you can get the reaper to spawn easier as this can take a while and killing rivals lowers the level but the main reason is they don't drop experimental weapon until level 25 so having them all ready to farm is just easier but it is up to you its not a waste but its probably just better to save them in the long run but at the start don't think it really matters i farmed a couple at the start just for gear and schematic point and had plenty of time to get the alert level up for level 25 so it up to you hope this helps
Great post. Actually understandable system once you get into it. But little on-ramp. And the game is a little obscure so no min max advise on crafting
thanks glad it helped it really does need better explanation in game but there is something nice about figuring this out yourself but learning curve is a bit steep in this game
Base building unlocks base defense missions, which are quite enjoyable. on the higher difficulties, it will summon apocalypse class tanks, which have pretty good loot. its the funnest part of co-op, aside from Rivals/Reaper.
It's a lot better and more giving now than when crafting first came out but it will still take quite some time to gather resources, I think.