x0pticLukeZz

If you're using a sniper rifle to shoot zeds, you're doing it wrong. But yes, it's loud as hell! Experienced this yesterday :P I think the mod is a lot harder now. Too hard? No. I love it more now and find it more, not less, fun.

Good point' date=' well made. I think there's a sizable chunk of the playerbase, like myself, who enjoy the new challenge and would pick no gun. It's not just that it's more challenging either, it really is more fun, I think.

I'm the same Heme, I like it a lot more now. There are so many people complaining about starting with no weapon, though, that I think it'll probably be removed. I guess I could settle for dropping my makarov when I spawn in :P

I love that starting weapons were removed, it makes the game a lot more fun for me personally. You're right, I didn't complain about starting with a gun, but when Rocket mentioned that he might take it away all I was was excited. It's so much more fun (for me) to sneak around zombies and it makes finding your first weapon a real good point in your game. I always found it really easy to survive zombies in previous versions and I'd quickly end up with a decent weapons stash and nothing to do. Now I need to find meds, ammo, food, etc etc. Not to mention that for me, coming from England, this is more realistic because noone here owns a firearm :P. I also like the fact that it removes the chance of someone coming to get revenge on you after you killed them, since they don't start with a gun.

I put on a camo suit yesterday, I saw a brief flash of ocean (less than a second, I guess it was recreating my character) and then I was back on the exact same spot I put the suit on, no bugs, no problem when I died and respawned. I don't know about the ghillie suit itself, but I would assume it'd work like the camo suit.

I know there's nothing realistic about healing yourself with food, I didn't say that there was. It's just what the system is at the moment. I was saying food being rare is realistic, but since we need it to heal it's not right to make it uber rare. And I would eat meat, but apparently Chernarus families would rather have multiple hatchets and Lee Enfield rifles in their homes than a single box of matches.

Any bullet can insta-kill you if it's to the head

I got rid of six updater.. on my machine at least it was horribly sluggish to start up and took a while to download updated files when I could do it myself in less than half the time from the mirrors. Good riddance I say

Or you could not play till they fix this mess. The mess was fixed in the 1.7.1 update as far as I'm concerned. Unplayable lag is a mess that needs fixing, ramped up difficulty is what was needed and I love it. I've not encountered any new bugs in the 1.7.1 version.

Can you "roll back" to a previous beta without reinstalling the whole game?

do you have the Arma 2 beta patch? If yes, does it say 'beta' on the right hand side of the main menu where it says DayZ when you start up the game?

I think possibly you might not hear shots if the shooter was far away, since the bullet will travel faster than the sound. You don't then hear the sound afterwards, because you are dead

I wish the lag issue was released as a hotfix :( I just want to play, having serious withdrawal symptoms

YES I think it's a good idea but as someone said above, make it reset for each new life.

I used to avoid using the Lee Enfield because of everyone saying it was too loud. However, against players it's very effective. One or two hits usually sees an opponent dead. I recently managed to win a firefight with a bandit who shot me first from behind (this may have been partly due to his poor aiming ;) ) and as a result I've kept hold of this rifle instead of my usual favourite scavenger gun, the Winchester.

You have to be fully standing up to salute (i.e. not crouching, press C first)

I'm hyped for more dangerous zombies, pretty sure 4-5 hits and unconcious is a bit of an exaggeration. I've only died to zombies once and that was a test to see how long it would take. Right now they're a joke at best and an inconvenience at worst - bring on the challenge!

I think the humanity system will be left in because Rocket has stated he would like to encourage teamplay in some way (I can't find where I read that but I know I have). I think it's a good idea too. Everyone shouting for realism and stating that in reality you can't tell the difference between a "bandit" and a "survivor" need to realise that DayZ is built for entertainment and is not wholly a simulator. There's only so much reality you can squeeze into a game where human beings can't jump ;) The humanity system is a rudimentary way of telling whether someone is trustworthy or not. Obviously it has many kinks that need working out before more teamplay objectives are added to the game but the idea is in place.

look for it on the dropdown on this site and it'll tell you whether your pc matches up to recommended or optimum specs and what needs improving http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ Mine matches recommended and the Arma II demo didn't run very well at all. DayZ seems to run better though, at least for me