mr_chabowski@live.co.uk

Actually, common sense says psychotic-cannibal density is highest in the cities, so your chances of survival would be significantly lower there.EDIT: It shouldn't be a question of spawning in either the south OR the east. The entire coast should be spawnable area. The beachlander intro leaves the scenario open to your imagination and having the whole seaside area to start in (potentially) would increase the options open to you without raising too many questions about how you got there.

SA might cause fainting, but comas would be a bit extreme.

Yummy. Better than horse-burgers I guess.

I like this. IIRC we were talking about something similar in a topic about dragging dead/unconscious players. You could (if zeds ate deads) use player corpses to "herd" zeds in particular directions so you're free to slip by unnoticed. Or build-up your own horde to use as a trap. ;) Obviously a lot of commotion (players running around/loud noises) should distract zeds from eating, but it'd be cool to have something to attract their attention if you're sly about it.

I thought that too. Some bonny rock formations would be a nice addition to the map.

Lovely stuff.

I get what you're saying. It made me think of the context-sensitive death animations of Resident Evil 2 It's always good to add variety. This suggestion would make death a more individual experience instead of a "You Are Dead" screen, and it would definitely be suitable for DayZ. I just doubt the emotional impact's longevity. Folk become desensitised quickly.

As an emotional cue, it would soon lose its impact. I agree that we need more feeling for our character's demise, but I think anything along these lines would be more of an annoyance than a trigger for remorse. That's just my thought on it. If I'm honest, the 1 death animation from BF3 is playing in my head, and it's pissing me off.

It's been said plenty of times, the SA will be locked down, at least to start with. Mods may get a place eventually, but that's not going to be any time soon. EDIT: Ninja'd

You upgraded your rig to get better graphics, now everyone else MUST upgrade to at least having the capability of using the settings you use? That's selfish. Everyone uses the optimal (or lower) settings for their hardware. That's just how it works.

They can't force video settings. Every rig needs to be configured individually to run optimally. I guarantee you'd have been up in arms if this had been the case before you upgraded. Just play the damn game and stop being so selfish.

Take out ALL guns. You can easily kill folk with a hatchet. Firearms are unnecessary.

I think you're supposed to freeze the blood-bag, use the knife to cut the top off (ask an adult to help you) and eat it like an ice-pole.

Of course it's going to happen. It's part of the game. But if you're hunting players because you're in need of food (Whether to heal or just to stop you from starving), getting shot, even if you DO get the resources you wanted, could potentially leave you worse off than you started.The more folk you have to provide for, the more often you need to take that risk. You arent' even guaranteed to bump into a player, unless you just stalk high-traffic areas. On the subject of group regearing. You might as well say "If you buy hacks and put on God Mode, you never have to worry about getting killed". If your everyday tactic involves exploiting loopholes in the game, I don't think you can be a good judge of whether healing needs to be made more difficult.

I think you're missing the point there. Hunting other players may be a source of food, but without the "easy-mode" blood-bag option, attacking any other player comes at a HUGE risk.

Like I said before, 3dp was included as a "substitute-sense" to give players awareness of their own body and their positioning in relation to the environment. Removing the free-look ability would be defeating the purpose for which it was included in the first place. That being said, I would be happy enough if 3dp showed only your own character and the surroundings, without showing other players, zeds, animals, loot, vehicles etc. That's just my take on the subject. I KNOW that other folk don't agree with me on this, which is precisely why I don't keep suggesting it over and over and over and over and over..... (Hint hint ;))

It's hardly unreasonable for me to defend folk when you attack them. I can only base my opinon of your attitude on the things I read in here. And as it stands, it's not exactly flattering TBH. A response such as that is a perfect exaple of being totally oblivious to what someone is trying to tell you. You think you know better, when you clearly don't. You just presume that everyone must be thick. I'm not here to flame or fight, just trying to encourgage folks to take a less selfish view of the subject. The "FPV servers are empty" is the anti-3dp crew's rallying cry. If you've never used that excuse, congratulations, but if you've witnessed any of these discussions before you can't honestly blame me for anticipating it. EDIT: I have to admit, I might have jumped to conclusions about you personally, but if you jump on your high-horse regarding view configuration and the only point you can make is that in your opinion, everyone is cheating, you don't give me much else to go on.

You would NEVER have to.It's your FPV crew trying to enforce your choice onto those who play in 3dp. Not the other way round. The answer to your problem is in your choice of server. (and don't start with the "FPV servers are empty" bullshit. If you and your likeminded FPV-only advocates played there, they wouldn't be empty) You clearly don't understand the motion sickness issue either. Countless times folk have stated their inability to play for extended periods of time in FPV. Do you REALLY think none of them know they can reconfigure their settings? That whole banter stinks of ignorance, dude. Seriously.

It's OK folks. The next DayZ SA map will have no hills, no walls and no cover, taking away your need to cry about "exploits". On the subject of vehicles. It doesn't bother me either way. 3dp won't do much to help when you're driving. In fact, your vehicle gets in the way of what's in front of you. FPV is more comfortable. PiP rear-view mirrors will improve the whole experience. Not everyone has the same preferences. The one thing we have in common is everyone seems to have the same attitude towards others' preferences.

Fuckin' right! I'm willing to go bandit for a decent pair of DC high-tops.

Hardly.It's the only reason I bother with 3dp. Since the new inventory menu from the PAX demo shows your character, clothing etc. 3dp loses its necessity. To me at least. EDIT: Bear in mind, there's still folks who get legitimate motion sickness from FPV in ArmA2. Even with FOV up and all head-bobbing/aim-deadzone off entirely. I haven't heard much about it in regards to ArmA3. But that's probably because I haven't looked it up. I'd imagine DayZ will be closer to A3 than A2, and they're getting a NEW player skeleton and animations, so it'll be different still.

Bricks will be shat.

Awh! You're so cute when you stamp your little feet! ^_^ FYI, There's a stickied topic at the top of the thread entitled : "Please read BEFORE posting" which seems to have slipped right by you. Show some respect for the Admins and Mods. Make a little effort to play by the rules. If you just want to carry on trying to insult me, take another hour or two to type up a response. EDIT: I decided to take a moment to clear a couple of things up. "Balance" in DayZ is an occurence, NOT a design element. The playing field is NOT level. This is done intentionally. "3dp freelook" in and of itself, is NOT a tool to "bypass game mechanics" as you put it. It's an intentional, purpose serving, gameplay feature, which just so happens (in many circumstances) to be less suited to this style of game. You have the choice to play without the chance of anyone in your sever using 3dp against you expoitatively. Play on a 3dp-disabled server.