FAAmecanic

Oh noes...here we go admitting reality again that 90% of the Dayz players avoid night servers like a hooker with a bad case of crabs. No all the fanbois and hardcore futnucks will come out and call us pussies.

Agree with point that you shouldnt see all zeds in a town...and firing will bring the horde... But really....120-150 zeds a some small farming town? And in Wave after wave (we would get 30 killed, go to walk outside and 30 more zeds would already be around the barn). I also have to agree with the poster that said that the aggro range is HIGHLY inconsistent. In Soli my bud was using the Zed Trumpet (Enfield)...and I watched as zeds a street away didnt aggro to the sound. But in Gorka One shot with the enfield brought the whole town in on us (as it should be).

LOL Yep.... me and one other mate got cornered in the Orange apartment in Pusta Saturday ....took out wave after wave of Zed. The hallway was literally waist deep with Dead (finally) Zed.... wish I woulda taken a screenie!

Ahhh good to see our experience (as posted in the patch thread in Announcements) is NOT the normal. Getting really old to go into towns that should have had a MAX population of 50 people, and have have to fight off a city like horde of zed Seems like Zed spawing is still off. Me and 2 friends raided Gorka and Dubrovka. Dubrovka was fine... got some zed aggro in Long Wood barn...shot them and then about 10 more came to check out the noise. Then all was clear for us to check out log barn and stable. That seemed right... But Gorka...we snuck into Stable with no aggro. Zeds spawned in while there. Went into log barn and shot two zed in barn... about 10 buddies came to check out the noise...fine. Went to the thrid Big two floor barn and shot two zed.... then about 20-30 zed came to check out noise... we looted the bodies and one zed outside aggro... 20-30 MORE zed came in. Then we went outside and zed had respawned again...20-30 MORE zed. Jezze... finally we snuck down to big Log barn just across the street. Killed two zed in barn.... 20-30 MORE zed came... as we left 20-30 more zed came... Seems some towns the spawn rate is good...and others its just fucking insane!!! I mean really... Gorka was a bit much.

Seems like Zed spawing is still off. Me and 2 friends raided Gorka and Dubrovka. Dubrovka was fine... got some zed aggro in Long Wood barn...shot them and then about 10 more came to check out the noise. Then all was clear for us to check out log barn and stable. That seemed right... But Gorka...we snuck into Stable with no aggro. Zeds spawned in while there. Went into log barn and shot two zed in barn... about 10 buddies came to check out the noise...fine. Went to the thrid Big two floor barn and shot two zed.... then about 20-30 zed came to check out noise... we looted the bodies and one zed outside aggro... 20-30 MORE zed came in. Then we went outside and zed had respawned again...20-30 MORE zed. Jezze... finally we snuck down to big Log barn just across the street. Killed two zed in barn.... 20-30 MORE zed came... as we left 20-30 more zed came... Seems some towns the spawn rate is good...and others its just fucking insane!!! I mean really... Gorka was a bit much.

There are many ONLINE maps to help you (dont have the links) one of them has the cyrillic and english spellings of towns. Learn to read landmarks (Powerlines are a HUGE navigation aid!!). My friends and I have been playing a month now. One of them died just before 1.7.1.1 came out (and made life A LOT harder to start). He has died numerous times, but has finally figured out how to move around the zombies. It has taken us 3 days (about 6 hours of game play) for us to hook up again! Also...a survival hint here.... as soon as you spawn in look to the bottom right...tells you where you are. Then put the ocean to your back and GET OFF the coast. DO NOT go into electro or Cherno as your are 95% assured to die to players. This game isnt for the twitch shooter kiddies. Everything you get is a bonus. Every hour alive is a BONUS. One small wrong move or bad decision ends in your demise. Play smart, use stealth and GET OFF THE COAST (didnt I say that already)..lol

As long as Rocket fixes the "deleted" hatchet bug, and the bug that makes the hatchet a primary weapon vs a gear item Im fine. My mates and I have 3 tents set up...mostly with food in them since we lost all our hatchets and dont want a hatchet to replace our primary weap. We also have quite a bit of hoarding going on...but meh...wipe it and we will just have to find it again. But the hatchet bug is killer....cant cook food... with zeds bugged and food spawns still seeming to be bugged...we will starve! Oh well.. 2 weeks on a toon is long enough. I want to seriously try the new no weapon spawn..this gives me a reason :)

And Rocket knows this is borked and is working on it.... as well as balancing the loot spawns and zed toughness. Its going to change...a lot more..... hate to say it...it IS alpha. He is trying stuff out (and sadistically starting with the hardest level and ratcheting it down). Im as eager as you to play...was REALLY enjoying 1.6.0.1 and 1.7.0...and bummed right now with all the bugs (not having a hatchet and trying to survive up north...SUCKS). Also the food/drink and other spawns still seem off quite a bit. But it will be fixed all in due time... So for now I have a nice 12 steaks, getting wood from forays into barns on outskirts of towns to minimize zed exposure, and surviving in the woods. Pretty real simulator to me :)

I started playing 3 weeks ago. In my first 2 weeks I encountered 5 survivors. 3 ended with us shooting at eachother 1 ended with the survivor killing zeds that we were trialing out of Mysta, then he hung with us while we went in town, then as we were leaving he shot us both in the back. 1 ended with me at the NE airfield and seeing 3 survivors in the tower. I called out "friendly in tower? I have only a makarov, no ammo, and I need food and water..flashing red and dying!". They replied "Friendly..come on in we left you some stuff". So I cautiously went in..and the stood there and left bandages, an AK with ammo (TRUSTING!!), and one guy even dropped 2 tins of food and a soda. I picked all up and we raided the hangars together...when done they were headed to Kharno and I to Berezino. We all saluted and went out seperate ways. Moral to this story is...shit I dont know... it seems you are LUCKY to find survivors that wont just pop you. If I wasnt desperate for food and water... and it was a single survivor in the tower I may have waited or run in and popped him. I dont trust ANYONE. If Im ok and healthy I will hide and wait for survivors to move on...but if I run into a building and a survivor is there... I shoot. I try not to...but just been whacked too many times.

I think a lot of people are complaining about 1.7.1.... THAT was hard. Zed with UBER sight in 220 degs around them. That or the spawns being F'ed up with 1.7.1.1 (loot that is). My mate made it all the way to Berzino (NE city) and died from thirst due to no canteens or sodas...

I believe Rocket said something about holding your tongue on these posts' date=' they aren't useful seeing as how adding melee obviously took only hours, whereas the fixes you are speaking of take weeks. Please read the forum posts before posting. [/quote'] I was merely making the observation that if these were taking time away from fixing gamebreakers...then leave them aside. Sorry if I offended your assholiness..... thank you for being the forum police and putting me in my place. Ah, and I was merely correcting a post no "assholiness was involved." Sorry if you took it that way but resorting to insults is petty arrogance, you should learn to accept when you are wrong, it will help in life. It was the somewhat condescending attitude that I see far too many in this forum in particular that gets on my nerves. But its all good.... I will take back the assholiness comment (but the forum police stays... :P )

I love hot fixes which introduce new features' date=' hehe. [/quote'] I would rather Rocket fix the seriously broken shit (like no food/drink spawining) rather than adding new shit. Save that for after the game breakers are manageable. Did you not read the first post? Rocket already fixed food. Oh...and I guess you didnt read all the posts either...page 26 rocket is saying he is still having issues with food spawning.

So being as the game is broke due to no food/drink spawning... why not release this portion of the patch? Oh... because we need hatches and crowbars now... this is a real game maker... Oh well ....guess I will wait for the hatches to spawn with food before I log in again.

I believe Rocket said something about holding your tongue on these posts' date=' they aren't useful seeing as how adding melee obviously took only hours, whereas the fixes you are speaking of take weeks. Please read the forum posts before posting. [/quote'] I was merely making the observation that if these were taking time away from fixing gamebreakers...then leave them aside. Sorry if I offended your assholiness..... thank you for being the forum police and putting me in my place.

I love hot fixes which introduce new features' date=' hehe. [/quote'] I would rather Rocket fix the seriously broken shit (like no food/drink spawining) rather than adding new shit. Save that for after the game breakers are manageable.

SWEET!!! :D

I wish to file a complaint on the person complaining about the person complaining about complainers complaining!! :P