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Same issue for me as well.

But making it no-PVP doesn't kill the wonder? I'd say it's better this way. Even if, say, 90% of encounters result in firefights now it is better than 100% of encounters to result in peace. Just boring.

I feel like if one person has all 4 of those things, it doesnt matter what gun he has. Case in point: I was nearly killed 2 days ago. I had sniped someone with the AS50 and went in to loot the body. I wanted the kill to get some loot and not just kill for the sake of it, even though I shouldn't have gone in; I was attacked by a second man at 100m with a Makarov who nearly killed me due to his awareness and my lack temporary lack of it.

That's a good, obvious point I did not consider. I suppose a feature such as this would be for those without mics, or the ability to bellow out a gut-wrenching shout. Though I have a mic, I cannot always use it since I've already got a few noise complaints.

If there were a teammate nearby, the one could draw him out with it and the other could take them out.

I saw a post the other week where someone suggested that more "fluff" be added to DayZ; guitar-playing and such. This got me thinking, as I felt it was going in the right direction. More fluff would do this game very well in my opinion. So my idea is to implement a "war cry" feature, which when activated causes your player to scream loudly. Imagine looting elektro, when a group of hatcheteers sprint into town screaming. You'd travel around the larger cities hearing distance shots and cries of war all around you. Or yelling out before lobbing a grenade onto a surprised enemy. Or shouting out your final breath as your ATV rockets off of a cliff. It would make encounters more interesting, and hair-raising when one or both parties are vocally expressing their desire to fight or die trying.

My friend "Lord Humungus" having a "humungus" headache.

My friends and I decided to take up positions in the Elektro firehouse by the powerplanta couple weeks ago. We were there for about a half hour when we see a large group coming in from the field to the East. After a very bloody battle, I was the last remaining man in the area, stationed on the rooftop prone; both teams were completely wiped out after I had killed the last man on their team. As I'm scouting out to make sure I'm clear before heading down, my character decides to walk off the edge of the roof. Not a single man survived.

I'm quite sure that joining a beta server does not guarantee that they have changed the losing-stuff-in-water setting, and that a beta server simply gives the admins the *option* to change it.

Yeah I just noticed this as well. No idea where to get the latest Beta patch now :-/ EDIT: I just checked again a few minutes later and it's back to being password-free!