Itsnotcrazyuntilchachacha

Brace yourselves.

As opposed to what, calling in the CopZ? I mean I really don't get this point when people bring it in. What are you expecting. Dude, you're gonna get killed, as much as I will. Get over it already, or you know, feel free to elaborate to the point that it makes sense.

Actually, not quite imo. You see, the field of view is in fact closer to reality while in 3rd person. Need proof? Stand up and take a couple steps back from the screen. Take a look at your actual field of view, and how much of it are you able to see through the screen in the 1st person. Thing is, if games 1st person was actual 1st person, I would hands down be able to spot anybody on a 180º in any direction but right behind. A game's first person is what, 50-60º? EDIT as additional input, just look at any gameplay, and the way players react to peripheral input. Basically, they can't react to it 'cause they don't see it.

Sorry pal, but as much as I'd like to see things balance, not allowing zeds to behave similarly to how they do in other environments would be redundant. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in for zeds falling more often, not coordinating their movement as the clumsy meatbags they're. All in as well for allowing players to throw chairs at them, push tables/furniture on them, etc. and I think that'd pretty much do the job.

Your input is absolutely awesome. Let me put it this way. There's this video that, to me, portrays many of the things this game would need to improve in order to make an entirely thrilling PvE experience. It's completely random and unrelated to the topic, but it sums up much of what DayZ is about and therefore, by watching it, many of the things show: ( ).As an example: around the 2:30ish, this bandit is sitting by the fire, all alone, at night, thinking about his stuff, which is something cool and touching. However at the same time I'm like... where're the zombies? I mean, in an actual zombie apocalypse, this guy (anyone, given the case) would be in the deepest trench/hole he's been able to find, all surrounded by sandbag piles and barbed wire, praying for his life, while in the darkness he hears the mourns of the dead, and not being able to sleep, standing guard with whoever he was with. And this does not require heavy scripting. Only some, you know, decent FX effects, actual darkness, and maybe, maybe an script here and there that'd regulate random attacks / zed assaults, etc. in a completely aleatory way.

Dude you're the sickest.

The arguments for being for or against the skin circle around the debate over this game needing or not needing a moral compass. The actual fact is, this game needs the turbant, not because Rocket wants you to believe in god, but simply, only in order to repress the deathmatch epidemic. Proving that, all in all, it's a mess of a measure, goes the fact that it's bringing to its ranks those who try hard to believe there's some kind of cosmic justice, that's brought over those who do certain things. Not to say that it fails miserably to make bandits stand out, rather forcing itself on whoever kills anybody for any reason, whatsoever, triggering suspicion over self-defendants and not-abusing PvPers (duelists, clan warriors), suspicions that more often than not lead to more unjust murdery. Do we want a crude, god forsaken, realistic gameplay, or on the contrary, we prefer to believe that in one way or another, crime gets punished ''from above'' / heteronomously? Rocket's intentions doesn't seem to go towards this second path, and in my opinion, all what remains is to hope the standalone will bring unobtrusive balance to things. Because, as much as many don't want to believe it, in real life (of which this game is a simulator, even if it's a zombie one), you could go on a rampage in a mall, kill 47 people, just take a shower and then take a cab to the McDonalds next town and nobody could ever expose you.

the way this guy speaks is psychologically unsettling.

that weird moment when you realize the brony thread has more posts than all the other threads in the general discussion forum, combined.

guys you just killed the thread

Well all in all. I'm sorry, you can not justify that skin being there. Again sorry, but if I right now went downstairs and festered on all my family's bodies, took a shower and went for a walk, nobody could ever tell I just killed anyone. And that's only an example. If anyone goes no food for you bitch and well, you've a motherdrilling shotgun, quite stupid of him to give you that. If he rather goes oh sure please take my beans, and you still tear him a new bellybutton, well, whatever float your goat as well. This is all about a context in which (as Fallout 3, to set an example) families could easily be feeding off a bunch of homeless beggars' bodies, and you couldn't blame them you know.

You considered Animal Crossing yet, right.

Ok everybody look at me now: I'm the guy who wants to be KoS, betrayed, sniped and robbed by people, 'cause in real life -> my perfect zombie apocalypse videogame, the uncertainty is one of the things that make this game feel alive. Not knowing what to expect from the person you're aiming at, or the one you found scavenging the same house.

Looking at it with a bit of perspective, I think WarZ's community inability to just accept that sh*t happens is strong around here too. I mean I picture myself in, you know, some long surviving session in which I was looting my righteous way to the top of the chain, only to get headshot by some of those half-assed, moral relativism preachers that thrive just so well around here. So what? Are you gonna blame the guy for acting the way he is? I rather pity those guys, really. They're some of the loneliest, most bitter, psychologically butthurt individuals IRL. I mean even if one just killed me. The thing is, I'm convinced, they're suffering, much more than you by behaving that way, regardless of you know, getting to loot whatever you had in the moment. And that's pretty much why I don't blame them, 'cause even though next thing they'll be doing is bragging 'bout the kill all over the forums and ventilate the supremacy of their morals, the real thing is, they've lost the battle in life already.

However, this is an argument I'd have to concede to. I feel this makes more sense than any other attempt people are making at justifying the mechanic.

No offend meant, but honestly, I hardly see any of the things you're putting down there sounding like actual immersion breaking events. Branding myself as a somewhat realism demanding kind of player, don't think player-reactive game features can compare to context choices or platform limitations.

Now I think about it, being re-skinned when I kill somebody sounds like sucky. This being a pacifist, but what a bummer anyway. way to kill realism :|

Well even though the OP is making it unbelievably hard for anyone to agree with his argument, thing is he does have a point. The fact that bandits are reskinned does not fit at all with the spirit of DayZ. I'd daresay the whole thing was forced in by, you know, people with similar opinions to those you're putting down here. Don't get me wrong, but people in this thread seem to be rather in the 'survivor' side of things, what means some opinions are not as objective as it would be desirable in a, you know, civilized debate. Not that that the OP is, but still.

hi i'm new. how do I buy game. i throw $10 bills at the screen,, insert checks in disc drive. not worked, it's making noises now. plz help. nah now seriously, I'm jimmy wales can i have $5 now for real, can't wait for this to be released. specially after reading you actually need to know how to triangulate your position in the map, find out where's the north... sounds s-sweet. What do we know about player generated mission boards, bounty hunting? Ty everybody.