Karmaterror

See this illustrates my point perfectly. Rape will never be in the game because its a line the devs WILL NOT cross. Racisim is just as unacceptable, and they should take measures to stop it. Like the devs I mentioned in the OP PS you can spend a night in the cells in the UK for using racial slurs....im sure something similar applies in other countries no?

That's just the point.....only in computer games. Not in any other public situation would it be acceptable or tolerated. Things have to change IMO

They could monitor local chats, and/or deal with voice racism on a case by case with evidence needed. Kinda like hackers now. Not saying everyone should be nice all the time, insult me or whatever while cuffing me but as you say, racism is something different. That would be the main thing they could combat. IMO people should not have the right to be racist A-holes anywhere. Start doing it in a pub (and if you don't get lynched) you will be thrown out or reported to the police. Do it at work you will be fired. Games become this no mans land where people seem to think they can say whatever they like. I think its about time the companies started policing things like racism themselves. Sending a clear message that just as in any other situation in your life, racism will not be tolerated. I do understand that its a bit harder because they aren't official servers. But for the pub hive at least id like to see Bohimia follow the other devs approach of stomping it out where necessary :) PS should also apply to screen names

That's true, but to me they aren't experiencing Dayz. Its like I dunno....I could get a bunch of guys to cooperate on an CS server and rolplay something....but then am I experiencing CS? I can see the appeal of doing that, I even tried it on the mod once. I joined a PvE only server (where btw the admins were allowed to shoot ya.....but if you shot back you got kicked lol!). Played a day or 2 and got bored same as you, even though I was getting some of the experience I wasn't getting the higher pulse the second I loged in, knowing I could be shot right then and there. What I meant wasn't about PvP though, it was if you strip survival and perma death away from dayz......it truly is arma 2.5....with no editor lol ;)

So I got back into the mod past few days. Spent my first 2 days getting a car fixed then the next day getting a heli fixed and moving them both back to camp. My plan for today was to refuel the heli, and do some loot runs, hopefully find a tent so my vehicles weren't primary storage and I could take them out more. Well, I log in and instantly my heart sinks. Heli isnt in the clearing, some bastard ribbed me. Im fully aware that my truck will be gone aswell and I start telling myself at least you took all the dmr ammo and food before you logged. Now here is the funny bit....I always keep my heli empty of gear bar 3 jerrys and a hose. Everything else lives in the car. The car had all my guns, ammo, meds ect in it and was sandwiched between 2 pine trees 20 feet away from the heli. There eyes must have lit up at seeing the heli....and they have flown off leaving the UAZ and all my loot intact :D God bless pine trees :)

Havent had one in the SA yet because not really as much of a timesink as the mod was. But back in the mod I had a camp up formonths....heli couple cars 4 or 5 fully stocked tents, even started adding barbed wire and sandbags for asthetics. We truly believed no one would ever find it..... We log in one day and all gone, tents cars even the heli. They must have takenages moving itall and that feeling of all those months worthof errort just vanishing was painfull. At first I wanted to quit, then I thought no!....that stuff is still out there somewhere, I just gotta find it. About a week later I found all my stuff in a forrest on the opposite side of the map. I called in my 2 buddies and we lay in wait at a time we usually didn't play. Low and behold in they log 4 of them. We check the player list to ID them and then end them from about 600m out and relocate all the gear again. Cant wait till these little clan war./ vendetta things start happening in SA :D

......Try to get off the beach ;)

Me too, I wish I was back not knowing the mill bases existed, feeling lost 50m away from the road ect.....ahh those were the good old dayz :)

Isnt it just a quick tap of P away though? I can see the logic for sure....but hitting P never been that big of a deal for me to chk ping amd desync and players ect :)

Been discussed a lot recently, big thread about it I general. Personally I say no. The mag is the most important gun upgrade piece. It does more for your combat effectiveness than a scope or bipod or any other attatchment. We should have to work hard to find a mag and achieve full auto fire mode :)

Dosent this kind of rob dayz of the very things that define the experience?

Maybe been suggested before, but I think could be usefull in holdup situations for the victim. When crouched you have option to "grab dirt" Then you have to raise your fists and click to throw it. I would have a dispersal like a shotgun but wider, so you could miss. If you hit the player in the face they are blinded fr 2-5 econds then it works back from blurry to full definition over next 30 seconds. Thoughts? EDIT - maybe some coughing aswell that makes your aim a lil shakey for the first 15-20 secs after being hit.

Have to disagree I can always get some loose soil off the top with my hand here in the UK, and its cold a lot of the time here. I aint talking about digging just running your hand along the surface and picking up the loose soil. Spread is down to how you throw it and the effective distance should be only 2 or 3 feet, after that yes the spread will be large and the wind could take it. IRL one tiny little piece of dirt in your eye can be very restricting. I work with cars and when ya under one and some dirt falls in your eye its freeking annoying as hell. Eye starts to water , then you rub, then it gets worse till eventually you end up at the sink washing out your eye. Particles in the eye can really mess your combat effectiveness up no doubt. Its not exclusively for freshspawns its for anyone that finds themselves in a holdup situation.....although it would be funny seeing all the freshies running round throwing dirt at eachother to try and blind before fist fighting lol. Lets say you have been alive a while, you are looing NWA and you hear a voice from somewhere telling he can see you and to drop your gun. So you say "yes sure il drop it don't shoot me" but as you drop it you scoup some dirt up. As your mugger comes to handcuff you you throw the dirt,sucsess!, you hit him in the face and hear the coughing and spitting to get it out of nose/mouth. You run like hell and throwing dirt just saved the life of a long term player :) Now I really like the idea that some eyewear protects from it. Id say sunglasses and normal glasses negate quitea bitbut they aren't 100% sealed round the eyes. So a smaller chance for a smaller effect. Gas masks ect should stop it outright. I also like that you bring up different types of dirt as I think OFC this shouldn't be poss on tarmac. But maybe sand on the beach could be the most effective, followed by dirt when its dry and sunny, then dirt when it rains ect ect. Lots of different surfaces around ingame...I think theres a gravel surface aswell. Gravel on a hot day would be one of the most effective because of the dust in it :)

That's pretty much what would be happening...if you didn't throw it you could move it from your hand to your inv or just drop it. But for speed when you pick up dirt with the scroll wheel it should go directly into your hand ready to throw :) Yeah they could play with the timing to get it right. Im thinking maybe that depending on how far out you were hit on the dispersal, it could be worse or not quite as effective :)

So much this^^ If im wearing anything over my eyes like a gas mask or sunglasses...maybe even the peaks of caps aswell, anything like that...it should all show up in 1pp :)

Yep, c'mon devs you can do it....500 zombies on NWA alone!.... Lets see how many fully geared rambos we have running round then :D

Just from my experience fruits and stuff may as well jusrt be drinks, they seem to hardly effect hunger but really help with hydration. Maybe you did just overload your stomach with "food" that's mostly water :) If not then yeah try throwing up and see if that helps :)

I got no probs with something like an RPG7 being in the game as long as its spawn chance is like it was on the mod. I only ever found 1....in months and months of play. Then one day I found 2 rockets to go with it, was so chffed. But weapons like that need big drawbacks. Like in the mod...take the RPG...no backpack...and a rocket takes 6 inv slots, so it put you at a massive disadvantage storage and survival wise. It was only really practical to have proper defined roles within the group to make it work :) Something to think about is when the everything fell apart and the soldiers abandoned there posts, they wouldn't have taken 10 guns each....they would have taken one or 2 and all the ammo and mags they could carry. Soi feel like the devs are going the right way keeping mags scares but guns abundant. All id like to see is ammo go down a lot. Also other survivors would have picked through the mill locations. The other thing is that maybe gun spawns aren't too bad atm....the real problem is tere is nothing guarding it. When zombies increase in number and lootng a barracks can lead to being trapped by 10-20 zeds, then getting a working gun becomes an achievement, not just the chore it is atm:)

I always assumed we were pulling it from the big cylinder at the station. Never saw any evidence of the typical underground wells like the refill pipes sticking up thrugh the ground or the service manholes. Guessing its just bried pipes from the cylinder to the pumps. Based on that assumption id like us to need a hose to fill a jerry can, just as we need one to syphon fuel in the mod. Then its nice and logical, hose out of the top down to can of the floor, profit :)

I agree with whover said its moving that way with each patch. There wont be a day when you go to sleep, wake up and boom, dayz is a survival over guns game. I think it will be a gradual transition as new features are added, and balancing starts :)

As mentioned you have to rent a server if you want one. One of the reasons for making SA was to keep the code all serverside and not release it to players....to cut down on hacking. Currently you can only rent as small as a 30player server. You could rent the 30 player and then lock it so only you and your friend can join. But beware, from my experience if you don't have the threat of being shot all the time, the game looses all tension. I wouldn't waste my time and money to achive a 2 plaer dayz environment. You would be bored within an hour or 2 :)

Haha, no way. That should be a terrible place to be in a gunfight.....the phrase fish in a barrel comes to mind lol Grenade in the door for now then huh :)

Started thread about mags too rare.... 1 day later got one.... Patience man :D

So much this^ IMO... If you saw that pic and lolled then you have the right idea for testing an alpha If you saw it and got mad....then stick to finished games, because stuff like that will be fixed by then :)

I hope it ends up that way aswell, what you described was exactly how I would love dayz to end up. I fear that the community will react so negatively when they tune it that way though, that they will fold and up the gunz again :( Can only hope that as the survival aspects start to really stack up and be balanced, that it naturally moves players after "quick" gunfights back to more suitable games :)