Dustfallen

Interesting read, but something needs to be pointed out here. I think this mod is a lot closer to the way things would actually be than you seem to believe. Without law enforcement or accountability for actions, it's been proven time and again that plenty of humans are not benign in nature. Just look through some news footage of riots, etc. I whole heartedly believe that there would be people exactly like this if such a zombie apocalypse were to actually occur. It's not so much about playing deathmatch, it's that there are plenty of people who would happily survive taking from others. Shooting others for fun? I can see that as well when you have no accountability for your actions, other than being shot yourself. That's what the beauty of this mod really is, that it is capturing things so well. People are acting exactly as someone probably would in the same situation. Not saying that the people doing it in the game are the same ones that would do it in the actual situation, but someone would. You have to take it into account, and truly gauge your decision to enter a city, or to make your presence known to someone you see in the forest. And these would be the same considerations you would need to make if you were truly in this situation as well.

Seems to me the real issue here is that you are looking for a PVZ game. That isn't what DayZ is about. It's a simulation about what the world would be like after the zombie apocolypse. I think this mod does an excellent job of exactly what it wanted to do. Why should there be repercussions for murdering someone else in the mod? That guy who shot you in the forest, exactly how would anyone else in the world know that happened? I kind of feel the whole bandit skin is already bad enough, honestly. I play like everything or person I meet is a danger to me. I barely run 1000 yards without going prone or crouching and checking my surroundings. My biggest ill feeling from the game came last night when I lost my rifle and pack when I swam across a river. Hours of setup lost, and had to restart as I was planning to eat on the other side, so had to respawn as there was nothing nearby. This isn't a standard First person shooter, and you can't just assume you can run around safely. You have to give your surroundings the attention you would if you were really in this kind of situation. The wilderness is huge, and the servers are small. It's quite easy to avoid the other few players and survive if you play it smart and safe.