naizarak

Dayz is all about player-freedom and choice, we don't need artificially imposed "safe" zones. If you want a trading post, you have to secure it yourself - that's how trade works in real life, too.

You're right, this system looks better - but how would it work with 50 players and large numbers of squads?

bump.

doesn't make sense to have an artificially-imposed no PVP zone. if you want a safe trading zone then your group will have to enforce security themselves

Because Takistan is too plain for zombies

There better not be

aren't these the servers that run on recruit difficulty? yawn

If this were a completely standalone game, I'd prefer a single-purchase model, with standardized studio servers. But as long as it's an extension of Arma, it will have to be free.

Another brilliant post from the guy that looks down on everyone that doesn't share his opinion. *golf clap* You made another thread about how a)PVP is bad' date=' b) you can't think of anything to do and c) that you keep getting killed, on a forum where we not only have a minimum of two major threads covering those issues, but a consistent amount of smaller threads in a similar vein because of people whose only way of dealing with things is venting on the Internet. After all that, you expected me to respond with something constructive and sarcasm free? Nothing in your original post is helpful. It contributes nothing at all and has been shown how to either a) not be a problem or b) be fixed in other threads. The comments you got in my previous post were what this thread deserved. If you want to contribute to the discussion, do it in the major threads. We have a search function for a reason. [/quote'] Woah buddy you're assuming way too much. For starters the guy you're responding to isn't even the OP - I am. Secondly, no one said anything about dying frequently - my character has been alive for days and I have plenty of equipment and good guns. I'm the bandit that kills other people, and guess what, it's boring.

guys, if anything, it's actually easier to install mods on the non-steam version of the game, here's how(i have the sprocket games, too) download all the dayz mod files go to your Arma 2 directory, should be Program Files(x86)/BohemiaInteractive/Arma2 in your Arma 2 directory, make a folder called "@dayz" in that folder create a folder called "addons" put all the downloaded dayz files in there to use mods, i like to use a launcher program - my favorite is Arma II Launcher, which can be found on armaholic start the launcher and it should automatically detect all your mod folders. then create a new group, drag the dayz mod into that group, make sure it's ticked, and start the game.

Private servers should be banned outright.

Actually I've been playing Arma since the original game. There is absolutely nothing mundane or repetitive about that game' date=' even in its vanilla form. Agreed, I just hope we'll see an element of "direction" or "purpose" soon, because in its current form it's basically a free-for-all deathmatch. There are different types of zombies, but that's mainly for aesthetics. As a whole, zombies can be easily circumvented and just don't feel dangerous enough.

It's a radio thing that beeps over and over again for years and sometimes a russian hops on and quotes names and numbers for the lolz hidden military cache eh? i can already picture an lav25 rolling through hordes of zombies...

First point is fairly basic: standardize game settings across all servers. It just doesn't make sense to join an "easy-mode" server, like the Legion ones, stock up on items, and then transfer to another server. Second point is a bit more radical, but seeing as how this is meant to be a survival game, I think locking camera perspective to first-person would really add to immersion and make players more cautious. Anyways the mod is great and I can't wait to see where it goes from here! :)

i made a thread about this very problem recently: the game is just too repetitive. most advanced players are just hunting noobs because there's nothing else to do. i think the inclusion of the radio and detective is interesting, so hopefully we'll see more such features in the future

for anyone interested, here's the entire set of numbers in the file 048107 048107 049047 049047 034051 034051 023107 023107 022110 022110 017121 017121 054074 054074 063087 063087 040093 040093 039108 039108 036091 036091 032090 032090 looks like coordinates to me.

yes the game definitely needs randomly scattered "interest points" to serve as mini-objectives for players. to be honest the game is feeling rather dull at the moment - i mean there's nothing to do once you collect the good guns and fix a jeep. from that point you're just killing everyone who gets close to you.

I see you're taking the Fallout approach to morality, but that would contradict the very nature of this mod - a completely open-ended, free, player-run world with no artificial policing of any kind.

agreed. currently the crossbow is useless

I agree that PvP needs an overhaul, but a stun-gun is just silly.