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Now you want to cheat the poor gate out of its loot? After it sitting there for weeks, lying in wait, being thrown around, it finally gets a kill and you want to Alt + F4? You sicken me.

All I'm taking from this is that you really can't aim. I am envisaging you being one of the players that find a perfectly untouched vehicle on the middle of a road surrounded by hills, immediately think 'Yippee!' and jump in the passenger seat without any scouting or checking the more obvious spots. The game certainly isn't 'spray and pray', most encounters I have are nowhere near close enough for that to work at all, I'll give you a little tip though: Fire in bursts. Don't just point and hold the trigger. The guns aren't inaccurate, especially not STANAG firing guns, you just can't aim.

You are literally worse than Hitler. The correct response was to shit your pants while waiting for the Abort timer, do you have no honour!?

I will quite happily criticize people for playing on them, especially new players. I think that teaching new players on a non-PvP server is one of the worst things you can do, the fear of PvP is one of the main motivators early game and learning in an environment where PvP is non-existent will most definitely put you at a disadvantage as soon as you join a server where players are actively trying to kill you. I understand getting shot by others is a major pain in the ass, especially for new players, but guess what? IT'S MEANT TO BE A MAJOR PAIN IN THE ASS. Learning to track/evade players is easily one of the most important skills you will learn in DayZ, it's better to learn them early on rather than 'learning' in a server that doesn't foster a true representation of DayZ. DayZ is really not the game to play if you don't want PvP involved, it's one of the main aspects of the game and by removing the great influence that PvP holds over the game is certainly not contributing anything to the development of the game - these are the players that will buy standlone and whine when there are no super easy mode servers. Everyone always comes with the 'MEMEMEMEME You can't dictate how everyone else has fun MEMEME' and that's right, I don't - the mod does - but they are changing the game away from the original concept of the mod and making some completely bastardised version of the concept.

It genuinely confuses me and I see literally no point in the game if PvP is to be removed. Even if you personally don't look to engage in PvP, just the fact you know there are others that do makes the game that much scarier and means you actually need to take note of your surroundings and take your time.

This is possible the most stupid thing I've heard, I genuinely don't understand how this can even be a thing. PvP is a VERY large and important aspect of the game, what do you even do when it is removed? Zombies aren't a threat whatsoever, even on the highest difficulty level and banning people who kill each other? Alrighty then..

HOLY WALL OF TEXT, BATMAN

I would walk the dinosaur. But yeah, if anyone was to swerve towards me, I'd generally consider them aggressive; but hitting me? Definitely an aggressive action and would be grounds for retaliation.

I feel the same way, but honestly it's down to having played it before. Back when you started it was all about exploring to find weapons, sneaking around in case anyone would appear BUT.. now that you've played you know if you spawn in Kamenka you would go directly to Balota Airfield and medical camp, check the airfield then you know exactly where the farm loot is while you are walking to Chernogorsk and you already know the best loot will be at the fire station and the hospital area. The game loses a lot of the 'unknown' which plays a big part in DayZ, once you know what you are doing it's all just following a set path/method to gear up.

__ On a more serious note :D I want them to focus more on the low-mid end of the game when it comes to crafting, especially concerning the lower level and the usage of melee weapons. I feel at the moment there is too much of a rush to military weapons (Sniper rifles and high-end Assault rifles with attachments) and it really removes the whole 'into' to the game because everyone just rushes to military spawns.

It's your CPU that will be struggling mainly, it was a decent processor when it was released (And for a while after that) but it's at that point where it is ~5 years old and getting a bit outdated. Arma II is a (But mainly the DayZ mod) VERY processor intensive game and can make even the best machines a little sluggish at tims I don't think you'll get it running much faster, if at all, with your current system.

There should definitely be a few more, but honesty - it's not worth it going for public servers in my opinion, they aren't really moderated and tend to be full of hackers and cheaters from my experience. When I play (although I haven't in at least a moneth due to university / no computer) I play on the Balota Buddies servers (Mainly UK46) - decent admins and a lot of the forum regulars tend to hang out there - you just have to look around for a server you will enjoy with a community you like, there are plenty to choose from.

Morons like you ruin the game for everyone. Want to be able to kill people and get loot BUT OMG YOU CANT KILL ME SO UNFAIR *Alt + F4* It is pathetic and I wish people like you would get server banned for essentially cheating.

There isn't any real 'end game' as such and there should never be an 'end game' in a sandbox survival game, especially one going for authenticity like DayZ - the whole achievement thing is just far too 'gamey' and feels so forced. Achievements are generally just a way for developers to push minimal content with replayability only including 'Do x for achievement'. Running 1mile is not an achievement. Killing 10 people is not an achievement. It will just detract from the game itself as people set up stupid scenarios to cheat for achievements like they do in every other game. (Headshot lobbies and crap on COD, playing with groups of friends who won't fight back, etc. etc.)

I'll give it a bash whenever I can get a hold of some new components for my rig. I need me some DayZ.

You need to manually set the path in the settings menu sometimes. http://steamcommunity.com/app/33930/discussions/0/864960354291975585/ Check this link, it should help a bit, just make sure that DayZ Commander is pointing to the right place :)

The naming convention for public servers are a country code then the server number i.e. UK12 but a lot of private servers use the convention too. The best way to check is to use DayZ Commander: www.dayzcommander.com/‎ You can filter away 'Unofficial Servers' using the checkbox on the main interface.

Well, it's more logical than looting yourself, I guess.

The standalone is going to be a proper game, the mod is now run by the community - nothing to do with Rocket and the crew anymore.

It is the way of the internet. That which is must always be.

COME ITS BEEN LIKE 2 MINUTES SINCE YOU POSTED THE LAST DEV BLOG HURRY UP OMG

We can only hope. I do want it to release sooner rather than later but I think it's probably going to get pushed back to at least July. They will still have to go through quite a bit of stress/load testing and bug testing with the content they already currently have.

I think he.. ahem.. meant.. eBay? Yeah. eBay.. it's on the internet. Let's go with that. :rolleyes: ___ EDIT: Oh, also. You can get a free copy of Windows iso images from Digital River (An authorized Microsoft reseller) but they are only 'trial' copies and you will require a key if you want to use it for more than 30 days, you can get one if you click here. It is only a 'trial' version since it does not come with a key, this is perfectly legal and are files provided by Microsoft themselves for anyone that needs an actual image - if you want to continue using it after the 30 days you will need to buy a license but the 30 day trial is good for testing compatibility with a new system.

I'd run DayZCommander as an admin but also go to the Arma II executables (arma2.exe and arma2oa.exe, I believe) and if you right click and go to Properties, click on the Compatability tab and make sure you check the box for 'Run this program as Administrator'.

However you... acquire your copy is down to you. As a student I get free copies and I can also... find free copies if need be. Just install the iso image on a flash drive and follow Apples instructions, it's pretty simple.