Bombolz (DayZ)

You might be able to open the lock with a crowbar, or lock pick it. You may also choose to lock a door in case you don't want other people coming in while your looting (if you have a lock which may be rare). People will be able to climb through windows by smashing them though (this will make a loud noise). ALSO, I think this IGN zombie apocalypse ideal is pretty good, it points out what DayZ should have and can have. (although some of this won't work since DayZ is a multiplayer game). http://www.ign.com/blogs/jamiemad66/2013/01/27/5-ways-to-create-the-ultimate-zombie-experience/?zeta_id=20277357&utm_source=Monday%20newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1.29+Dynamic+Newsletter_NO+FNAME_11940_632529_632551&utm_content=20277357

I wouldn't exactly call myself a new player but I didn't know where else to Put this question. Anyway, I know that eating food heals you a small amount. (wiki states - 200 for canned food and 800 to cooked meat). Now I know we have 12000 blood, so can I gulf down 5 cooked meats at once or do I have to wait a certain time before another heals me. What I'm trying to say is will eating 5 cooked meats in a short duration (let's say 20 seconds) heal me for the full amount (4000 blood)? Or do I need to eat one every 10-20 minutes or so? Can someone explain to me how this works?

I'm going to be upfront with you. I think some of these ideas are shit due to the unbalance it would cause. Bandits never kill heroes? That's just bullshit, also, that love scene... will not work, actually I'll just say that the only ideas I like is the petrol trail (which has been suggested) and locked doors being open-able with gun shots. The rest are just weird or put too much of an imbalance in the game's combat.

OMG I come back 2 weeks later and I see soo many suggestions being repeated. Someone shoot me in the head. Please use the search engine plox

Could work but I'm going to add on to it. Once you exeed your use of 3 lives or whatever the amount you will be forced to wait a certain amount of time afterwards - 4th death = 10 minutes wait, 5th death = 30 minutes wait, 6th death = 2 hours and so on. But I'm just giving random numbers which I think would suit it. You wil get 3 lives after every 22 hour period or something.

Agreed as I'm not always with friends.

I think there needs to be more interaction between AIs. Such as an wolf hunting another animal regardless of what happens, so a Player may stumble on a pack wolves eating a dead deer, or see an half eaten deer or something. I mean this would increase the amount of threats you face in the now safe forest, but in my opinion would be more interesting, also wolves that eat infected flesh become infected themselves, attacking anything on sight. Infected wolves mutate which will make it look slightly different but also may increase how deadly it is.

Well, if you want zombies all over the map, including the forests since they don't go there, rocket could try zombie animals. Especially meat eaters like wolves who eat dead infected people and get infected themselves.

I believe this is in the wrong section of the forums, I don't really see any suggestions here. If your gonna post this kinda stuff, post it in the other section.

Naw, maybe bounty hunting is a good idea though, if you can somehow incorporate that. Again this is solely my opinion.

Not a bad idea at all, nice work chump! Though you can add an option to peek inside or listen closely to what is going on inside - zombie or player footsteps but if your listening your ears are against the door so when the person on the inside kicks out, you get knocked down. Well you could add those ... Or not?

Nice! And I agree with what everyone said, it's too big of a task and dayz needs to be long in development before they can add something like this. There also needs to be blood everywhere, on the streets, inside the houses, etc. also more rare, but random blood in the forest, possibly with a carcass from dead animals or people, either a zombie got them or an animal like a wolf. Personally, I found the interior designs slightly disappointing, it's mostly empty, there needs to be blood, stuff knocked over, as you said maybe broken picture frames, and maybe some food left in the fridge - people can't take everything with them.

Increasing zombie stats will do almost nothing. 1-2 zombie attacks for a kill will piss off almost everyone. If you want to make zombies a threat then you should be able to grab you, preventing, or obstructing you from shooting, in other words, shoot them before they get to you. Also, getting grabbed leaves you open to other players, and especially snipers since they can spot someone easy once they see that the zombies attention is focused on someone. Anyway, if you want to make zombies more of a threat, it has to be something like his rather than increasing damage to 1-2 hit kill, but I sort of agree with you to some extent, because in the mod, right now it takes about 20-30 hits for a zombie to kill, whether you bleed, or break a leg, it's still about 20-30 hits for zombie to kill when it needs to reduced to about 10. Maybe a bit more/less, but I think 10 is a good starting point, especially so players can get used to it. 10 does sound quite a bit, but they can grab you for other zombies to attack, and can be as fatal as breaking your legs.

Music sorta fits but that would be copyright. Also rocket needs to add some blood on the walls. Not every zombie attack is going to happen outside because your wife said that it would dirty the carpet. Also there needs to be blood on the outside too. The game just needs to look a tad more appocalyptic.

I've suggested this before, but I think it's good that you managed to get some people's attention.

I came across a thread discussing whether third person should be kept or removed. Hence I was curious as to whether how many people want it removed, and how many want to keep it.

Well I've left the poll open for several days now, and it seems the public has spoken, 3rd person is favorite choice, by a vast amount. Thank you for your time people!

Reminds me of the sims.......... Don't like this idea, but maybe something that allows you to spawn close to friends, but personally, I'd like to keep the spawning random.

It annoys me when people like you who have 0 posts that you make a new account to post a suggestion without reading the rules. This has already been suggested, and MANY times. Please refrain from suggesting, unless you are think that no one has posted it already.

Wait, so rocket2guns is him legit :o I saw him several days back, and our my memory serves me right, I was on a private server for the map panthera. Well, was that actually you rocket? If it was then :o sorry that I didn't realize it was you or I would've given you some praise personally for making such a great game, but back then I didn't know what to think, whether you were legit or not?

Before I forget, a little suggestion - maybe it has been suggested before, sorry, but I didn't see it anywhere. Anyhow, your character should be able to switch to melee weapons without dropping your main gun. This also means that there should be a secondary slot - pistol, and main weapon slot - your main gun, as well as a melee slot. What do you guys think?

Don't think it's gonna happen, nor do I think it's a good idea - but take into consideration that this is my opinion. I believe that dayz is about the surivors and their story, how people survived the brutality of the zombie apocalypse world, and why it is dramatic. Dayz should focus on the survivors and their story, but if you like to Play as a zombie, there's always left 4 dead, or something I suggested - make zombie mode playable on mini-game servers that have no impact on the game.

Well either way, whether you like it or not, I think it's here to stay. I prefer to keep it, since there are server options.

Size changing the actual game stats. This is brings MANY disadvantages for bigger guys. Even though they have more health they are easier to be seen, (snipers still 1 shot kill) and easier to be shot. Also makes more easily for the zombies to detect uou because your also louder and bigger. When you said it lets you reach up onto the top shelves this also means you can't fit through certain doors or someone else's base. Crouching next to the window also leaves your head open. Also being bigger means you have to eat and drink more. Being bigger also means your more prone to animal attacks and you would get cold faster and would be harder to warm up. Hence I would not like character customization to affect gameplay. Remove character height, but keep the actual customization such as clothes, beards etc...

This has been suggested by myself and several others, but yes I very much like the idea.