Shag

Never played a server with more than the standard vehicle count, I'd imagine a 500 vehicle server is just devoid of any atmosphere. Why not just play Arma?

cpu count doesnt really mean proper multi core utilisation. Vast majority of load still sits on one core, the other cores run scripts etc. not properly balanced at all

they smell fresh blood!

I go out of my way to find servers with no crosshairs anyway, so please lose them. Regarding climbing ladders etc, it is no harder without crosshairs, but I wouldn't like to try this without the arrows for help. This is not attached to the crosshairs at the moment, I see them on No CH servers.

dont agree with half of your suggestions so lets just leave it up to the devs for now. im sure univerally unpopular stuff will get reworked or removed

cold war infantry weapons from the 70s and 80s would be best, plus local type weapons. if this were an unstable eastern european country, those local type weapons would again be, old soviet type weapons from the 70s and 80s.

The first footage of SA the zeds will be same crap they are now. It will change, but first footage will be too soon.

I think it may have been the harder lessons, couldn't fly through the hoops.

I can see people not only stealing choppers but also kidnapping the chopper's pilot as well in order to make their escape - which is only a good thing :) I have ToH and am failing badly when it comes to the most basic flying lessons - hehe

Agreed on the fuel causing smoke, but lets not forget this is eastern europe, it rains almost every day from what i can make out, and you don't have a load of covered firewood. I would guess a lot of the wood you burn will be damp to some degree. Tents are already destructible with explosives or vehicles, and many already destroy them on sight. And yes, the reward for killing zeds should be survival people, come on! As for tents/vehicles despawing, I firmly believe that perma death is utterly necessary to bring back the emotional connection with death, you've all got it too easy. I preferred it back when tents didn't work (was almost impossible to errect one) and when you died you knew about it. Had much more fun back then.

This mechanic is already one of the pillars of DayZ. Not really through any imposed developed mechanic, but by natural consequence. The high risk areas of the map are those that have high loot reward. The NW airfield for example, there bandits lie in ambush for those who need better equipment. There are also moves afoot to add more risk/reward mechanics, like the introduction of disease. It will become riskier and riskier to enter highly populated areas of the map. Are the devs missing a trick in other areas of gameplay? Where else can hard choices be forced onto the player? 1. Lighting a fire gives heat and the ability to cook food. You can see the fire from 100 meters, but really the smoke should be visible from much further. With higher visibility, you need to think, can I light a fire here? I'm freezing/hungry but I saw a squad 5 mins ago.... The flip side, lighting a fire as a lure for bandits? Do I investigate that smoke or is it just a trap? 2. Storage should disappear when you die. You should not be able to die, then go back and re-arm at a tent, it destroys perma death, especially when you don't have any built up skills/levels to lose. My happiest time playing dayz was before I started using a camp, where dieing caused real pain. This is tricky when you have groups who share storage, perhaps when the clan mechanic is working you can have tents linked to clans. When the clan goes down the tent disappears. Either way, the game absolutely has to bring back perma death for it to become a challenge again. There has to be a risk to taking risks, if you get my meaning, otherwise no emotional attachment to gameplay anymore. 3. Zeds. What a joke. There is no risk to aggroing them, so everybody just runs past them. They pose no risk at all anymore. I'm sure there are plenty more... but every feature the devs should ask, what risks can I add to this to force some kind of trade off. Nothing should be a win win no brainer.

I have to admit I thought the initial release was going to be the mod made into a game with some new security to stop the hackers (scripts not acceptable from clients anymore) but you guys have already achieved quite a bit more. This is on top of the major architecture change, and the (hopeful) ability to have many many more zombies and players in game at once. Pants officially peed!

We understand and appreciate the ethics behind the game - people are inpatient and are excited for the standalone. I'm one who has stopped playing so much in anticipation for it. I'm alos one who would prefer to wait for a better product than some rushed piece of shit. I feel I trust the Dayz team and BIS. I also trust that the standalone is not the end and it will only get better and better. Happy new year and get back to work :D

slow run bug is their machine isnt fast enough to run dayz - HDD isn't up to scratch. wont be fixed

Maybe they should make the night absolutely pitch black again and remove thermals and nvgs. the only way you get any light is by torch and chem/flares. messing with the gamma then makes no difference. Maybe Rocket was right before we nagged him to change it.