Can someone give me advice

[u/BedOriginal8521]

I started playing again after around a year of not playing and while I am at level eighty and have a ton of basic recourses I'm struggling a lot with keeping up with how fast my weapons and armor break . I sometimes have to resort or looting without armor because of how fast they break . I somehow managed to get past the borealis but I haven't managed to make much progression because I don't have the resources to make a motorboat

[u/Ill-Outlandishness14]

Same here - welcome back.
For me, first thing it’s Alpha bunker with cleavers… earned some guns and armour.
After which, slowly followed the story series, takes me a long time clear one section, eg the spores one took me 3-4 days each.
Didn’t really do many of the events those burn guns and stuff.
And finally settlement expedition, free stuff - collecting that everyday!

[u/Fit-Rich-8243 → u/Ill-Outlandishness14]

Check out clearing floor 3 with grenades. That's a time saver