Steam_Power

Nope,do not agree with this at all, I have made a thread that probs found its way to the graveyard but Private Hives are the way to go. More of a community in them, while some private hives I would never play, such as the ones where you start with gear (like what) I like the one I play on, made improvements in the code, such as loot spawning everywhere as soon as the first people log in the server, adding new buildings and loot spots on places that usually arent explored. No no no, while some may be bad, the over all of the Private Hive case is that you find what you like, not to mention it reduceds the PVP, certain you have your well known bandit groups in the small private server I play on, but the other survivors after a month of being opressed overthrew their rule of "running the server" by coming together. This is DayZ and this is your story. My story belongs with my community I have built a reputation with. Not with a bunch of random people all the time on random servers. Not to mention it takes away the odd's of someone spawning in behind you when they know you are inside a building or what not... My 2 cents.

Wasnt it Friday? Who cares, Rocket does what ever he wants, we just wait like hawks until it happens! :D He just gives us target dates on when we should have our eyes wide.O.O

I don't think I understand where you pulled that estimate from?

Here's my problem with this situation, and its the fact that it is not going to happen. There will not be private Hives during the DayZ SA release. This is very disappointing as the Private Hive has not only: Helped release a massive load off their central Hive servers Brought a sense of community to those who play on their servers making the game seem more of a realistic community during a Zombie Apocalypse, making you aware of who is out their in your "world" and what they are capable of, whether its helpful to you or not. The time and dedication all these server admins have spent on their servers and money out of their own pocket. Provided a revival of this game as it was in a lull during the wait for the SA. They bring customizations that appeal to the styles of their players. With all the things I feel Private Hives bring to the community of DayZ, with all the sacrifices of time and resources they have made, it really disappoints me that they will not at least be rewarded by hosting their own servers during the SA. I am not the only one who is disappointed by this, and while my 25$ may not mean much because everyone will buy this game anyways, I refuse to put 25$ down during the release if their is no support for the Private Hives. Also my message to Rocket is this: I know they were never promised to be in the Stand Alone, but you are throwing away a huge part of your community (and what really makes the community) by ignoring the Private Hive guys. Also Mr. Rocket, please try to make a decision and stick with it. You promised us a Minecraft-like Alpha release deal. Which you pumped us up for at the end of the year, now you took that away are adding all the bells and whistles that do not need to be there at release, like Shitting and pissing for example. You are biting off more than you can chew. Give us what you promised. When Minecraft did their game they released it for 5$ and no features and they worked through it. For someone who was so set, and constantly brought up the Minecraft style so much you seem to be double backing on that. I was really excited that the few lot of us (and quite a few) of the people who were playing your mod before it blew up like TNT, would be able to down the road, say we were part of the Alpha stage. Not the case anymore, for 25$ I would expect a lot more, and I will be critical, we should all be, because quick frankly, we strapped in for the ride back in late 2012 and we have been stuck at the top since the first date the SA was supposed to be released. With all that being said Mr. Rocket, I am not your enemy, I am the consumer of your product, I am also your paycheck. I am also a friend of yours, the idea you have is a grand one but you are doing to much at start. I hope for you to address these concerns I have or I wouldn't have spent the months of playing and reading and stalking on the fourms to provide this feedback. I hope this feedback comes off and constructive criticism and no a whiny bitch. I am your friend, you will always have my beans. This was only supposed to be about Hives and their privatization, however it seems I had more to say. I love this community and I feel comfortable in posting this knowing I presented it in a well enough fashion that will allow other members to provide constructive feedback to myself as well. “Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” ― Winston Churchill Thanks to everyone who reads this for your time! I'll see ya around! :) -Steam

I suppose so, but nothing so far has been "minecraft like" anyways. So since that is the case and we do not make the assumption that we are on the small scale 5$ for alpha, we are now looking at a 30$ late stage beta.. at least thats what I expect to get, and with that it should be beyond the 1-2 week guesstimate you are making. I'm just expecting more. Also, private hives are much different and much more impactful than those of Minecraft, thats in my opinion however.

So.. we are looking at how crosshairs will work in the game now... NIICE! :P

But what I am saying is that they KNOW where they are swinging it. We arent in the game to see and feel where it is going, but in real life everyone can put it in the direction they want it to go.

Doesnt sound realistic. If I am swinging it, I know where it is going, I'm not gonna guess where I have to swing and then try it again until I am right.. haha

I think he means a melee weapon. How do you aim those things.. They do not have sights...

Why would you need training wheels on a trike...? You already have three wheels. I feel bad for THAT kid.... Also, I like Third Person and I like CH, The game is too clunky and too slow to move around in short range to get a shot off accurately unless I had CH. ---With Third Person I like to see my guy and how he blends in with the environment, when it comes to aiming I move into first person and look around. ---With CH in close I use them to aim, because in real life I would have a grasp on where my gun is actually aiming, I'm not holding a mouse and wiggling it around to hope I get it right.

Annnddd thats where you lost me.