Dying Light 2: The difference between the PK's and the Survivors.

A short and simple video about a detail that i noticed people don't really talk about and here i explain the little mechanic in the game that is not talked about enough. The songs i used in this video are: DL2: Aiden, The mission, The Night Runners, Breath Of The City, Left 4 dead Menu Theme

[@just1randomboyo]

Sorry for the odd delay in my video, im working on something and its why i don't talk every few seconds.

[@reddeaddude2187]

Expectations: Survivors: A loving community that comes together to work towards a common goal. Peacekeepers: Highly militaristic, bound by honor and enforce laws harshly. Reality: Survivors: Yellow Peacekeepers: Blue

[@zay_tiggygaming]

Although shallow, there were subtle differences in each zone. I've completed 4 playthroughs earning each ending and this what I've noticed: survivors do live in shanty towns which I hate, they tell stories around fires, teach history, have funerals, grow crops and accept the life they're given with bare necessities. They have artists workshops and supply the land with bread They are free but very weak and will run when a viral appears. The PK have search warrants up, (some are wanted dead for crimes like stealing water or desertion), they will kill the entire family of the thief for stealing water, but stealing in general you lose a hand, they help out the survivors and give them shipments, they will fight infected with you while survivors run away, their bases are constructed much better and they have small checkpoints throughout the city. The boat speaks for itself. They have renegade and survivor prisoners, and they are the ones with any real chance of saving humanity. Also have butchers, basic training zones, laundry sheds. While shallow there are alot of differences but I like PKs more. The endgame city looks medieval and really cool with all the uv lights and castles abroad

[@marijuanaknowsomething6743]

I do like the color blue more than yellow. Peacekeepers it is then.

[@stateportSound_wav]

@@zay_tiggygamingi’ve been looking for reasons to like PK more, thank you. I felt like there were more redeeming qualities to counter the fact they feel like a police state, and you laid it out perfectly to convince me. The video helped too! great work OP edit: remembering now I initially started out going for survivors for best mobility experience. Do you think PK stuff truly outweighs that, or maybe it depends?

[@fleisch4809]

​@@stateportSound_wav In every playthrough i liked the PK more. They do have flaws, but Most of them are Just trying to Help, and all they get Back is hatte and violence from the "peaceful survivors". The survivors May be free, but they suffer under that freedom

[@FBI-ju5no]

​@@stateportSound_wav Literally, every form of assistance, in terms of mobility, you already get better stuff anyway. The PKs give you far more advantage, in all the ways that matter.

[@igrvks]

Only reason I went with peacekeepers is because I am so tired of "shantytown survivors" you can see in almost every single post apocalyptic game. Just because the world has ended does not mean you cant clean your base of random rubble and trash :D

[@just1randomboyo]

I agree with you on this one

[@Tankslayer109]

The left for dead theme in the back gave me nostalgic chills. It's been years since I've heard it.

[@just1randomboyo]

The left 4 dead theme's are always great and even to this day i listen to them sometimes.

[@christopherlee7417]

Fact: if you're in the peacekeeper territory, chances you'll encounter a pk biter eating a corps

[@XRobotWarriorX]

Fact: if you’re in survivor territory, chances you’ll find dead survivors being eaten by basic bitters.

[@CALUNERBILLY]

Help PK as much as you want in the story. But dont forget: Dying light is a Parkour game. Assign resources to survivors makes it sure you will have a great parkour experience

[@_AestheticName_]

I realized that after I gave everything to peacekeepers 😂

[@stateportSound_wav]

damn that’s true, i was about to switch getting back into it, but that’s why I initially went Survivors…

[@RzSnR]

No, the Survivor perks make the parkouring less exciting.

[@stitchfan08]

I like what the peacekeepers offer more then the survivors

[@_the_spy_8867]

I'm kinda pissed that Techland missed their opportunity to make *Renegades be another available faction* for Aiden. It's like what If i want to go a full villain arc and join the bad guys? And to be fair, Renegades are not such bad guys after all except maybe the Colonel. Yeah, Renegades are mostly a prisoners, but if you'll look at their main base(castle) you can see how good this is: Good defence(archers on the towers, the only entrance is thr Gates; Care about other people of their faction(you can see families inside the castle celebrating and sitting around a large campfire); Nice fighters(despite how they suck against Aiden, in numbers they're quite of a threat). _I won't talk about how we change our routes in the Story to become a Renegade's follower, but i will talk about the Rewards of capturing buildings for them and bonuses overall:_ So, to be fair, i think Merchants in each faction should have their own special trades: *in Survivor's faction,* they would be selling lots of most useful materials you can find outside. With Materials they also would be selling Upgrades for natural items, like Bandages. *In PK(Peacekeepers) it's faction,* they would be selling more advanced Gear and Armor you can find in chests in rare occasions. Aside from that, they also sells Consumables like Boosters Upgrades for them. *Now, the Renegade's faction merchants* would sell you lots of better weapons than you can find. While also selling you some rare Throwables and Uprgades for them. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- *Attention!* Weapon Upgrades are available in every type of faction, but they will be specific for each of them. For example, Blunt type of weapon are mostly used by Survivors and etc. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- _I'm wondering if anyone still reads this, anyway, our final topic is Renegade's bonus from Capturing Points and positive/negative things of joining them:_ After you join Renegades in some mission, each and every Renegade will stop attacking you as they see you. Now they're friendly to you, except the Infected Renegades with Banshee Mark on the surface. Survivors and PKs Merchants will raise the price for materials they sell, while Renegade's Merchant would give you a discount of 25% for every item he has. So, we all know how Capturing Buildings works for each faction, right? Survivor's give you more of a Parkour advantage; PKs giving you Combat advantage on streets. But if Renegades were available as a faction, what they would give you as a Bonus? _I ended up thinking of 3 different bonuses -_ *Stealth advantage* (more places to hide; more routes you can cut by using ventilation places; Throwables such as Bricks, Bottles and a Spears appears more often everywhere even inside buildings). *Security advantage* (since Renegades are your allies, they will start to appear on captured places more often, helping you killing zombies. Each building gives you more unique Renegade troops, patrolling the point like there will start to appear Archers on rooftops, Double-handed sword Renegades, Spear wielders and "Firebreathers") *Defence advantage* (In Renegade captured area, there will appear more Stationary Sentries(like that Razor-shooter) and types of them; UV-Trap from first Dying Light will be added as well, it would cover larger area where a VERY powerful UV-lights will be placed. They could kill Night Virals with ease, while also stunning Volatiles completely. There also would appear Archer Towers so you can have some Support firepower if you fight someone tough.

[@antarikshw2888]

That indeed would change the faction dynamics and also leave player with a crazy moral dilemma.

[@gasmask7064]

The renegades aren’t with the colonel.

[@_the_spy_8867]

@@gasmask7064 there are 2 Renegade teams - Colonel's Renegades which you can find only in the end of the game, and Waltz's Renegades which Waltz stole/borrowed from the Colonel while they were allies, so he could do experiments on them to make them stronger. But as soon as Colonel realized that he made freaks out of his renegades, they stopped being a team and separated. Waltz's Renegades has their blood vessels blue around arms and neck, while Colonel's don't/shouldn't.

[@rielochoa4786]

Peackeepers are better in my opinion, why? 1. peacekeepers give you cool weapons around the city, 2. peacekeepers help you fight the infecteds if they see infecteds while survivors will run away at first sight of combat, 3. in this kind of brutal world world "Law and Order" will keep the city much safer. While survivors chat and drinking all day on their camps.

[@stateportSound_wav]

what’s the advantage of the crossbow vs guns? Mostly quieter/ easily crafted ammo? Been trying to figure this out before I go PK or not

[@RzSnR]

Quick and efficient when hunting the special infected from afar. Also…shooting Freeze Bolts at Volatiles.

[@That_Random_British_Dude]

I've played since launch, but I never realised there was a difference between them besides the rewards you get for assigning them a district! Great job dude!

[@krme-vp6si]

The only reason i sided with survivors was for the ziplines but pks are way better as a community than survivors

[@Gary-gq2le]

💯

[@Privateinvite]

The PK storyline is the strongest storyline because it's referring to an outsider which most individuals are until they become part of the group. Aiden is a great protagonist because he has no true ties to the people other than the information he can obtain to complete the end goal of retrieval, survival, and to get tf outta that environment. Allied of Enemy PK still fights the zombies with you and day or night you can still go back to their post to evade the infected. The survivor are supposed to make you feel sorry and make it a crappy storyline. The PK can be recognized by uniform and the survivor looks just like the bandits.

[@corykern981]

detail is everything when it comes to gaming if you want to immerse yourself. especially in open worlds

[@coorooo8638]

You know bro I appreciate you doing this stuff, you stumble every once and a while but keep going, no one else is seeming to put effort into the DL2 community, but this is good content.

[@just1randomboyo]

I genuinely appreciate that kind stranger thank you, you made my day slightly better.

[@stateportSound_wav]

I second that!

[@cind_h_er5717]

This was an interesting analysis. But I would never decided on whom to side with based on what materials I will get - I decide based on what I learn throughout the story. For example, learning about Matt's deception made sure that I would never side with the PKs because Aiden would come across either as gullible or as not caring about what Matt did in the past, or that Aitor would burn a healer's eyes out just because he got her instructions wrong. So while I started off with the PKs, I switched to the Survivors later based on all the tapes I found revealing what Matt had done etc. I also wanted to bring the Nightrunners back even though I really did not like the Survivors much. So I think that the game is too nuanced for an either/or siding. You can even end up with Juan, so maybe a video about that and any subtle detail changes would be cool? Anyway, thanks. I love Techland details, too.

[@just1randomboyo]

I do have plans on making a video about subtle changes on the story but it would take multiple retries to attempt in showing them but i am 100% willing to make that video but for now i am working on different videos. Maybe in the future il make one

[@cind_h_er5717]

Yes, it is quite a task. Looking forward to your next video - you're really good at analysis. I think it's the same reason why you love Techland: details! :) @@just1randomboyo

[@just1randomboyo]

@@cind_h_er5717 my next video is gonna be delayed due to my house having internet issues so its gonna take a few days, the way i am making videos is 3 videos on each games and my analysis on a topic is slightly horrid cause im new to this but im doing my best. And i love techland more than any devs.

[@orbix2645]

Heys that’s pretty cool anyway double zip lines go brrrrrrr.

[@just1randomboyo]

haha my criminal records go brrr@@orbix2645

[@hachiroshirayuki7260]

the mag for bolt is a real thing crossbows have evolved

[@Kid_thunder]

Great video! As someone who is relatively new to Dying Light 2 this is something that I always wondered about!

[@just1randomboyo]

Great to hear that welcome to Dying light 2 Fellow survivor wish you the best of luck in the game. If you have any questions il do my best to respond

[@Trikormadeinadon]

The bad thing about all this is that it really doesn't matter. If you want the best weapon in the game you have to go PK anyways.

[@gilbertrodriguez690]

Which would be?

[@orbix2645]

Bro still thinks the pk cross bow is still the best weapon when literally almost all the other crossbows outclass it.

[@damndatscrazyyy940]

@@orbix2645this definitely but his points is still valid tho now for me anyways there is no reason to side with pk because I simply prioritize mobility over defense. But it doesn’t change the story at all except for the first one and that’s it it doesn’t go along with the story u can go full pk but still get survivor ending and vice versa

[@stateportSound_wav]

@@damndatscrazyyy940 I’m early on still, is that because you just end up choosing certain key story moments, to side with one faction or the other?

[@damndatscrazyyy940]

@@stateportSound_wav it’s just the first tower which is tied to the story which I think is ass especially if u look how they designed it up to this point before they gave multiple times to chose to side with the bazar or pk who want to attack the bazar just to say “fuck all ur decisions” at the water tower section. And the worst feeling is if u continue playing it u going to realize how little it really matter the pk always gets destroyed in the old town and the bazar depends if u sided with pk or nah gets also destroyed and it doesn’t help that if u wanted to max out the survivor perks for example but chose pk for story reason (which again matter a little) yeah then yeah fuck u cause now u can’t. And to ur question yes the game portrayed the towers as important for the story but they are just treated as content and have little to do with the story except the first one which gaslights u it’s tied to something bigger but it isn’t.

[@meer2690]

Another detail i noticed, is there is more zombies when you get the survivor ending which makes sense, tho i personslly prefer PK because well, blue is a cooler color, and i like the goal of law and honor compared to SV, but i chose the survivor ending since i like parkour more

[@killerninja4416]

While I more prefer red colour I side with PK they may be assholes but they are the good kind of assholes in a apocalypse like this

[@amirali31317]

The bad thing is the pk traps don't scale to your level, they're always stuck at level 1, the goddamn car trap can't even kill a regular biter at level 9

[@just1randomboyo]

They are not meant to kill them but rather keep them occupied and distracted or make it easier for you to kill them. But thats simply my personal opinion

[@amirali31317]

@@just1randomboyo yeah I just wish volatiles would also be distracted with car traps and such

[@just1randomboyo]

Volatiles are really easy to lose if you know where you are going. But yea i wish they would get distracted by the traps( to be honest i barely use the traps)

[@amirali31317]

@@just1randomboyo yeah the paraglider is literally an escape button from everything

[@viktorvaughndoomthevillain3747]

I went with PK because I hate how Survivors are always carrying weak planks and pipe weapons, PK carry cooler and more powerful weapons and also have some sort of armor protection and even heavy types

[@mobr8230]

Meanwhile, during prologue after following Juan story line, Meyer casually trying to kill me with a pipe alongside 2 big boys with axes, but the point stands: Pk have generally better weapons, but it's not shown everytime

[@mirelcostin7538]

I only saved the Bazaar because i spend most of the time in the first city free roaming,if PK base was still active,i would've chose them

[@mobr8230]

Yeah, well, i think I watched this video and decided to go for the Pk's after initially rooting for the survivors in my first days of playing the game, mainly so i get the crossbow, but I was with the survivors at heart, because Jack Matt is the actual villain alongside Waltz, not the colonel, not anyone else (actually Juan is a villain without power). After not having all the parkour advantages of the survivors, seeing the ugly PK establishments they build in their territories, 100h of playtime, after discovering NG+, which was so late, becoming cracked at the game, I would go for the survivors anytime. It just feels right, having known the story and what they offer, which is the ease of traversal, although, in the endgame, with maxed out stamina and paraglider, you just fly all the time where you need to go, making parkour really useless... which is counterintuitive for a dying light game. Conclusion: you can do your first playthrough with PK so you get the crossbow and then switch with NG+ and do your preferred story line, even though it doesn't influence the open world post-prologue, unfortunately... Time has definitely passed so fast and the video is 8 months old, but I stumbled upon it once again and i've decided to leave this comment. Good video, nonetheless

[@just1randomboyo]

Glad you liked it. For me it was surprising the fact that the colonel wasn't the main villian when i first played it. After watching videos of people explaining the whole lore of the game and finding out Jack Matt is the real villain is something that caught me by surprise. But i don't really care about the story that much i prefer watching organs and body parts flying around hence i chose the pk's

[@Nathan35077]

The weird thing is, I attempted to play this game at launch, had a hard time getting into it then. But I barely played it, I got through the prologue and got to the open world, and I remember the first (and only) thing I did was go to one of the locations found in the binoculars during that section. I’m 99% sure it was a windmill. And I remember after conquering it it asked me who to give the windmill to. The PK’s or survivors. And I remember thinking “wtf, I don’t know anything about either of them? Why would it have me choose already?” And then I didn’t play again until like a month ago, starting from scratch. And not once did a windmill ask me to do that… in fact NO locations for a good amount of the game asked me to choose who got it. Survivors always just showed up automatically. And I feel like they either changed it, or I’m having a Mandela effect in real time 😂

[@MattBruuh]

Nah I feel like that was the case too. I stopped playing when Harper was introduced. I played this game a shit ton but I swear you can do that.

[@Nathan35077]

@@MattBruuh yeah it’s weird. I can’t find any evidence of it though… but I swear that happened

[@declanjones8888]

​@@Nathan35077 What the fuck, is this Mandela Effect Gaming edition?

[@stateportSound_wav]

Can anyone answer my own version of that? It was at launch I had people pop into my game randomly, we’d silently kick zombass together and I never understood how it worked, never having had PSPlus or whatever. I didn’t question it though, and now it doesn’t work, just wants me to subscribe. So which outcome was the correct behavior it’s supposed to do?

[@stateportSound_wav]

@@MattBruuhI stood in front of Harper last session, about to pick it up and meet him 😂 Am I gonna regret it?

[@srmitch9260]

Thanks for the great video 💪👍👏

[@siriust3461]

i just went full pk for the crossbow in the normal playthrew, than full survivors for ng+ i think it is the best now that you get to keep the crossbow

[@Octainze]

What is ng+?

[@gregbrewer3555]

@@Octainzenew game + after completing the game you can start a new game but with all your stats and gear from the last.

[@aldvier8849]

Its an interesting detail... but I found myself more into combat & carnage. While ofcourse I need exploration to unlock more stuff, I still ended up with more parkour combat & farming thropies more... or for the sake of just killing zombies. So more weapon & enviormental weapon to keep blowing them and finish them of quickly is my best choice.

[@rainngcows3408]

I love the pk more bc I think that in such a situation you need to have a strong groop otherwise jou wil die

[@jaimedelasmontanas]

this is one area of dl2 that really disappoints cause the original plan of this faction system was much more refined and complex, for starters it wasn't just 2 options but rather a few more and add to that some minimal ones like small groups you could help or not. the other thing is that the game fails to convince the player to have this conflict of which side to support, literally early in the story the survivors try to kill you, they treat you like crap and are generally terrible people, while the pks treat you like a human being, aitor even cares for you, etc etc. and finally there seems to be an identity crisis with the groups that the ending reveals a little, if you get the pk ending they are shown to be this merciless group that uphelds the law, but in the game they are never seen acting that way, the biggest example for me is how in the ending they are shown how they hang people who steal but this event is never shown in the game, atleast not to my knowledge.

[@just1randomboyo]

This is a valid opinion. There are a few times where civilians and bandits are tied up and a pk officer is waiting for a detain team to arrive(dunno what its called precisely) but yea the pk's are unpredictable on one hand they treat you like a normal person but on the ending they are seen as a merciless group that shows no remorse

[@ryangosling3331]

I'm pretty sure there were originally still only 2 main factions, pks and scavengers. The smaller ones were called "wild card factions", an example is the renegades where you could've helped the colonel or doom them basically. There was supposed to be a lot of this stuff with the changes to the environment and helping/destroying factions but it got cut unfortunately. There were even supposed to be side quests which changed the safety of the area among other things

[@logankelly6807]

Ok, i know we got this from the dlcs, but i would've loved getting faction specific armor like survivor armor, which would be faster, and pk armor would be slower but way higher defense like i always bothered me that i couldn't dress like the armored pks with the metal plates and maby an option to broker peace betwen the two cause i feel like it would be easy for them to work together the pk would keep the peace by killing bandits and zombies and the survivors would be helping the wounded etc

[@LionofDawn]

I started off by believing that the peacekeepers would be the better choice for order and stability and peace. But as the game progressed i notice some stuff, and especially that ending made it look like they got waaay too authoritarian. Peace means nothing if it's at the cost of freedom. And i didn't like how the bazaar got all emptied out and now we got a bunch of people just referring to you as either "Pilgrim" or "Citizen". It felt all wrong. So on new game plus, the survivors felt like a much better choice. People call you by name, and it's like they want more than just to survive. They actually want to enjoy life when and if they can.

[@just1randomboyo]

I think originally the PK's were actually meant to be far more peaceful and less authoritarian but because one of the lead writers got fired, and thus changed the perspective of the PK's entirely but this is simply my thoughts

[@cassy8834]

Can you tell me why the peacekeepers anytime you go near them in their little post they yell at you to leave or there’s gonna be problems

[@just1randomboyo]

Its mostly due to Aiden not officially being part of the PK's and because of him being a pilgrim add a sour taste in their mouth

[@monthasir_afnan6367]

Hey, what are your graphics settings? It looks so clean

[@just1randomboyo]

I just simply set things to low nothing surprising. Which actually looks good

[@jaybangerang4618]

The fact you feel you have this game figured out, the developers themselves don't is kinda funny.. I can't even remember the last time I bought anything from shops.. 😅

[@just1randomboyo]

The only reason i go to the shops to begin with is because of materials hence i side with the survivors more, meanwhile when i create a save i always go with the PK's due to the weapons being better.

[@lilericsilva]

Only difference i see with them is one has a op crossbow the other can revive you and it can save your drops. Farming chase 4 for drops has never been easier incase you make a mistake. Yes you still lose the exp but the drops stay on the floor. Theres a few times i died with like 1 min untill daylight that could have cost me a whole nights worth of drops.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

I go with the PK mostly for one thing, i fuckin hate those Survivor bastards. From the Preacher and his flock, to Barney to Sophie's bodyguard hermann, Fuckin bastards tried to kill me multiple times and even if you're allied with them they still treat you like shit. I'll take PKs respect than Bazaar Disrespect any day of the week. 😂

[@We.o]

Great video !! U look Middle Eastern by ur accent right ? And thank u for the video ❤

[@just1randomboyo]

Das right.

[@We.o]

@@just1randomboyo Iraq ?

[@just1randomboyo]

No i wrongfully Read your comment as *Eastern European* i didn't notice the Middle eastern part. So i apologize@@We.o

[@THUNDERZVOICE]

This guy has a Hungarian accent I believe

[@just1randomboyo]

Wrong, i have the Balkan accent@@THUNDERZVOICE

[@dbs7932]

How dose he have night time so dark mine is way to bright?!

[@just1randomboyo]

Darker night filter

[@anonymousr.9333]

It's called settings bro

[@jaybangerang4618]

The whole point of the game is this 😅.. what would be the point of different factions if everything was the same... but in certain aspects a Bolter is just a Bandit at Night.. they definitely need more versatility in that sense 😅 even more dangerous Bandits should rolling around at night aswell.. the Bandits protecting the witch hag in the day is dumb too..! They should already be turned, instead of waiting for green smoke to turn them!.. what a weird plot twist.. completely goes against story line... but if they were possessed already, atleast we know the witch had taken over thier minds or some.. 😅

[@just1randomboyo]

It is odd sure, but im presuming the renegades don't really know what a hag's nest is so they are likely investigating it. And the only reason i can think of them not turning due to them being *possessed* is the THV injection they got from Waltz hence preventing them from turning until they are dead or come in direct contact with it.

[@cassy8834]

Could u pick both

[@just1randomboyo]

If you are referring to giving a specific territory to a faction no you can only give it to one faction to control it

[@user-vk6hu8gp6f]

Nice video but what the f*** are those random tf2 sounds!?!?!?

[@just1randomboyo]

To add a small bit of touch. Its like adding hot sauce on milk. Finest eastern European meal

[@user-vk6hu8gp6f]

funny addition i think@@just1randomboyo

[@Tricky260]

Survivors are too annoying for me, the fish eye has that stupid idiot that does the renegade animation of jumping on a car that won't shut up and honestly makes me think the children of this game are more mature, the bazaar has 20 different coughing noises someone saying be quiet do you want the whole bazaar to hear? Quips

[@wojo6135]

Activate Windows, Bro xD

[@just1randomboyo]

No

[@laurencemichelle6132]

You're so vague 😂

[@jamesmancini1506]

Before you start a new game. Snap a picture on your phone of the open map, before you do. I love being able to know exactly where to go, to open up specific places, while playing the new game. Metro stations, windmills, and other places.😊

[@just1randomboyo]

I mean i never take pictures of the map mainly because i somewhat know the map with muscle memory, but i understand where you're going with that

[@jamesmancini1506]

I'm about to start a new game. I'm going to dedicate myself to the survivors. I have always tried to distribute everything evenly in the past.

[@just1randomboyo]

Good luck with that one stranger.

[@Spriggen1337]

I would love a renegade path that lets u access Ur beast mode with that green smoke

[@mirelcostin7538]

I only saved the Bazaar because i spend most of the time in the first city free roaming,if PK base was still active,i would've chose them

[@Wolverine-ky9gk]

its stupid the PK base in Old Villedor becomes empty if you side with PKs or not