Zeymere

I spawned near a town, I don't recall which one, and found some cool zombies that wanted to party, except I was the piñata. I ran and ran and ran and came to a dock and some water; so I was like ha I will ditch them. I jumped off the dock and broke my leg and landed in the water and well drowned/bled out I guess. Ahh good times ;)

Thanks for the very well thought out idea and you have my beans.

Seems simple though if it is harder for one person to get to resource A and more difficult to get to resource B and almost impossible for an individual to get to resource C then you would need to team up to accomplish a certain goal. I am not saying team work is my ultimate suggestion here, I just think the zombies need to be harder or more plentiful. The fact that I can get through a large town and not be concerned about zombies, too much, says something about a zombie game.

So I guess that brings me to another question then what is DayZ? Most people on the forums tout it as a survival game. I guess there are many possible aspects to that but when you add a specific element then in my mind that should be the prevalent force.

Zombies should be harder! Almost all books and shows pertaining to zombies end up with a team of people needing to group together to try and survive. Very few loners make it in any zombie apocalypse. In DayZ zombies are too easy to avoid and maneuver around to get what you want. I am still a newer player and I only see zombies as a nuisance that require me to be a stealthier to achieve what I need. I don’t know what the right combo is; but I think it would be better if you needed a team to get something you wanted, especially the high end gear. If in the end this boils down to just a PvP game of Bandits vs. Survivors then what’s the since of having zombies? Z.

I am also shopping for a new video card. I have narrowed my search down and here are the sites I used to come to my conclusions. This site is very useful for finding out what power requirements are needed and what connections are needed. http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm [*]I did research from Toms Hardware site and looked at benchmarks and pricing etc. Here is a link for some information from that site: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html There are other useful links on that site so take a look around if you want. [*]So there is a lot of people saying get this card get or get that card, which usually boils down to an AMD Radeon card or a NVIDIA card. I went with NVIDIA because it is what I know. I can’t personally speak on AMD Radeon but from what I hear they are ok as well. I did find a website that does some basic comparisons of cards and I used that as well, here is the link: http://www.hwcompare.com/ Just select a card in the drop down on one side and a card on the other side and compare. I coupled this with some information from Toms hardware to narrow my search. In my case I am ending up with a NVIDIA GTX 660, probably an MSI brand. Yes brand does matter ;). In my research I had to upgrade my power supply and I had to make sure I got one that had the right PCIE connectors. I have purchased the PSU from tiger direct and I am saving for the card and hoping some good deal will come from cyber Monday. GOOD LUCK!! Z.

Unless I know someone personally I consider them a threat. Especially in the supermarket! Actually any high spawn rate area like the supermarket or Air fields/Military areas = don’t trust anyone unless you know them personally.

I am newer to the game and have found that some people play that way and some don't. If you play on a populated server then the chances are the bandit scenario will increase significantly. As a newer player I can understand some of your frustration but for DayZ you need to throw any pre-conceived notions out the window. This game is hardcore. If you ever see someone creeping around chances are someone is watching you too. If you don’t see someone chances are someone is watching you. It’s not paranoia. To me it’s DayZ. I find when I am trying to play survival I choose a server that has less people and just go into survival mode. When I want more interaction, for whatever, I choose a highly populated server. Yea this is meta-gaming but that’s me! Z

Yea I know, but it is all I had at the moment, the ak74 didn't have bullets. But I have been around some goats and some are not so domesticated. Even if I shot one with a B.B. gun/Pellet gun, ahem not saying I have, well maybe, it would still take off running like a bat out of hell ;) *edit Goat out of hell?!?

I would like to add that I am the survivor type in game and hunting is easy. I ran up on a, goat? I couldn’t tell what it was; it looked like a goat and stopped right at it. I leveled my pistol and fired. I either missed or hit it in a very soft spot because it didn’t drop. I shot it another time and it did eventually drop. Several things here, I was able to get very close without any stealth. Also the first shot should have made it bolt and run but it didn’t. I have only killed a few things so far but most of the animals have behaved similar to this. Realistically you should have to stealth up to an animal to kill them. if a shot doesn’t drop the animal in the first shot then it should bolt and run. Either you have to track the blood or go after it until it stops. Even if it is wounded most animals can get a ways away before they drop or tire. Z.

I ran into an issue last night and I am curious about if it is a hack or a bug. My first inclination is that it was a hack but this game is still in a working state so I thought I would ask. I spawned as usual and ran around doing stuff for up to like 15-20 minutes or more. I ran into a town, I don’t recall which one, and then vaulted over a fence. Next thing you know I am in an area that has no landscape kind of like a desert but not. I am on the ground and there are several other people on the ground as well. Also there are like 4 or 5 other people standing. All I know is I get wounded somehow and start shooting then I am dead. Is this a typical hack situation or a bug that possibly ported us to a null zone? Thanks for any input. Z

A few questions from a new player… Is there a way someone can tell if you are dead? Does your body look much different? Also, you can loot someone’s pack while they are alive? I didn’t know. Do they get a message or something? What controls do they have over “not” letting it happen? I ask because: I had what I think was a hack in a game I played last night. I spawned and then next thing you know I was in the woods with a guy starring down a sniper rifle at me. In the distance sat his beautiful helicopter whirling away. The guy shot me in the leg broke my leg then bandaged me so I wouldn’t bleed out. I was left to crawling. He then came over to do something else and I could stand. Then he proceeded to shoot me again. Long story short the last time this happened I just sat there and didn’t move. He came over to bandage me and I looted his pack I took his sniper rifle after he bandaged me and got up and I ran like hell! So a bad experience really turned into a learning experience. So this brought me to my questions above. Thanks for any input, Z

I really like this idea. I am a Bow user and I think this would be a great addition. In my one experience in using the crossbow it was quiet and deadly. The only downside is how much space the bolts took up in inventory and the bolts I shot into the zombie I wasn’t able to retrieve. If your quiver idea could be implemented and a percentage of arrow retrieval could, if not already, be simulated then this addition would be welcomed indeed. Now for the sword… Z.

I like the cause and effect idea. Let’s take it a step further similar to Hoik's idea: If players kill more Zombies in an area then that area thins out some. If Bandits or Zombies kill players in an area then that area increases in Zombie volume. I guess the main problem with the current state for this possibility is that if an area gets to Zombie populated then people will just jump to a different server. But I guess with server restarts the whole timer and spawns could be reset. (Assuming this isn't already in game, as you can see by my post I am new ;) ) Z.