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No assumptions made, every player will have his or her preferences and behaviors when new games come out. Player bases will mix no question. Enjoying BF4 right now on twich by one of DayZ main streamers. Not to realise any developer wants maximum exposure and in truth you don’t want to go up against one of the big boys like BF4. They will not launch when a AAA game is coming out in my opinion and will take such things into account no doubt. Twich over the next few weeks will be awash with BF4. Yeah streamers can play more than one game but likely they will bash BF4 over the next few weeks. I don’t know what percentage plays BF and DayZ probably quite high. Given the way BF works ranking and equipping up any player interested in both will I think hammer BF. I know early access I take is limited all the same with more of a dedicated sample to test.

Surly with BF4 now out would you want to release a game still in development and could look buggy to that of the new BF? Or would you want the Alpha to slip under the radar for the good of testing and not drawing too much attention. Pro’s: It less lightly to get absolutely hammered as players will be drawn to the pull of a new BF game. It will attract less attention while they work to improve it, people will move on to BF4 and be less aggressive to hitches and bugs that are sure to be plenty. The right kind of player will be playing and testing over just everyone wanting to just kill in what is new. Let BF4 shield DayZ Cons: Less attention for a release that has been long in the waiting, maybe media will smother anything other than BF2 next month. Less players will spend serious time on the Alpha testing and pushing it when they have another great game in BF to explore.

So will guys be able to stream this on Twich or is it still a test zone that is closed to Joe public????

To me it not about Milestones being reached its just the silence. Lets face it really Dean or one of his developers could not take five minutes to check in and say everything is progressing well. You don’t need specifics or timely video blogs just a interaction with the forum at its most basic. You get encouraged by simply being told “ its been a good week and we have done a lot, you guys are really going to enjoy the end result” It’s nice to have a connection. When nothing is said, nothing is shown and as everyone can see it’s easy to see when someone last logged in to say anything it just irritates fans and rightly so. We are passionate about this game, hell I’ve never even played it only watched it on Twich (Ngotie)and I’m passionate about it. Are we really impatient? Probably but I do feel there is a lack of courtesy to the fans that made the Mod so popular that the team was given the resources and time for the SA. I will not be playing this till I get my new rig next year so I can only imagine the frustration some will have wanting to play this as soon as. I just hope the game is supported afterwards to address the many bugs found while you lot all play it.

The demand for new information is driven by the lack of organisation and communication. Look at the new Elite that 34,000 of us invested in. No demand, no clamour, not even a whisper of “ we have heard nothing for months” Why because everyone is in the loop and I dare say Elite has a smaller group and a real schedule to keep. Over there it’s relaxed, enjoyable as we have loads to talk about and David is always on answering questions even If its disappointing some with something that will not make the first release. The official forum in here was set up to talk about the new game, kind of hard when there is nothing new to talk about and I think that get on most peoples nerves. I don’t even have a machine able to play game till next year but I still come in every few days to find nothing and has been like this for months or so it feels. If they are so close to release, lets face it to not come out by this Christmas after last Christmas promise would be laughable. They must have parts done and locked down that wont change so why not tell us about them. A little info goes a long way to keeping the masses happy. Must say "DayZ Early Access" looks interesting!

David Braben and Elite Dangerous do it so well communicating in Dev Diaries, pictures and newsletters. They are working probably more and to a tighter schedule and yet pull it off. Its one thing to say it slows down the release but we all know that’s crap and just an excuse. I don’t want a early release as it suits me to get a better game given more time but as for communication Dean lets himself and the whole team down and he knows it. If he came on and said “Listen we have been working hard but there is not a lot if anything news worthy just now” It at the very least keeps us in the loop and keep the community feeling its involved. Shutting down the hatches or going Dive, Dive, Dive to simply disappear is not the way to do it. I Appreciate when he started it was just going to be a mod and a fun thing to do that has progressed to something that could be a defining game of all time.

I’m saying this from never having played the game. But I love the idea that you don’t simply know another player or team is in the area if Zombies are there or not. I always hated this in the Twich games I watched. Also it would be great leading a pack of Zombies to a city for them to roam around causing mayhem and even flushing out players. The big question is balance and implementation of the Z. But love if you shoot one to clear an area its gone. The fact it spawns in a quiet area on the fly only adds to the game. But please no super Zombie crap. And please dont follow other games and bumb it down so kiddies can play it, they still will play it and apreciate its hard to master regardless. Do you think they will ever implement setting fire to barns etc. How cool would it be to heard Zombies into a barn and set it alight.

Got to say even the steams on Twich have taken a nose dive for the Mod Although that could just be people are waking up to the idea its better to play than watch someone play a game and in some cases pay for the privilege. I feel it has its place after all I enjoy them not being able to play anything on my rig that came out the Ark in 2004 but once I get the new one high end come early next year why would I watch, I want to be in the game actually playing. But in saying that some of the streams sadly have become more a begging platform than about the game play and I’ve un followed a few on that score. The game needs an injection and that will come when the SA is releases and the masses play the one version.

I’m the last to comment never played the game (will do when I get a new rig from my 2004 build I still use). Adding all this damage models is all fine and well but I’d hate to think it was done at the expense of well the game just running well with less to go wrong. What I watch granted it’s the Mod, players just walk round Zombies like you would a cow. Very little threat at all. Zombie movement I know is getting worked on as it was shocking looking but did it job. Basically all this damage to items could work well and play well but to me is worthless if the main thing being the Zombies are just annoyances like fly’s. Crack the zombies and then get the other stuff in.

I know this is very rough but I sure hope when you get hit the character gets kicked like mule as they say. vest or no vest getting shot did not move the player much. Damage to stuff is great winding the player would also be a nice touch.

Never played the game but can you actually keep a heli over a server restart????

Death threats to somebody that makes games is a bit OTT… even if it’s by Keyboard Rambo’s. In the UK your toast if you do the like today as they simply track you down and they do actually do it. One poor guy threatened to blow up an airport that had closed for snow months back joking from his office as he could not fly out to visit his Girlfriend. A few days later guys all over him at work with the print out. Great you take them in good spirit all the same, god luck in the Lambo dream.

The one thing I like no matter the hold up is they come off genuine. I’m lucky in that I don’t have a machine able to play it so the longer the better in my case. Getting a game out worth playing come the end of the year or even early next is fine by me. But I’d love you guys to get it as to be fair watching the few streams of the Mod I do is getting a bit stale and going out of fashion a bit. I’ve learned a lot how to play and never even had to boot up the game IRL. But once the standalone comes out and I get my new Rig I’ll never watch a Z stream again personally. I want to experience the game not be a spectator, but for now it’s the best I can do. Great update Dean! Please spend any extra budget or man hours on anti Cheat/Hack.

From someone that trys to keep up I find getting info in here a mess I have to say. I'd love a locked thread run by a few admins only adding what is new this week!!!!!

it will all hit at once and we will not know what to do. I've not even got a PC able to play it even so I'm cool with them taking time. Longer the better as long as I've not got my new rig. But thats a very conceited view on my part and in truth I want you guys playing this as soon as.

If they nailed the Zombies the game could go to a whole new level! With the Film World War Z its the right time!

start a kickstarter selling the game for £20 The money would roll in. We as fans get a cheaper game to that of the finished SA and we get to enjoy the fact we helped. Give us a patch or Badge to put on our characters to show we backed the development. Try a Target of say two Million and watch us back the game plus its fun. Higher backers could get to try new things a week before they go mainstream on private servers for testing etc. Its limitless what you could do. Elite raised 1.6 million pounds in weeks to get it off the ground.

The one thing I’d ask for as it’s a mess is on here!!! Just a simple thread with latest news and thoughts and highlights as it’s a mess to find what’s going on. Blogs that look like last month updated. So you come on and have to go Just give the job to a few volunteer Mod’s to update a page with links and pictures and refresh it when new stuff comes along and keep it locked so you don’t have to read through 20 pages of pap ( yes everyone’s thoughts are very interesting and I respect the members voice on here).

Just watching a stream last night and the group were in a Chinook, for streaming purposes it was great they could move around the map and get into fights quicker. You cant but not be impressed with the game engine when the Big heli spools down after landing and everyone piles out on the loot or trying to secure the area. Its great stuff even had a player appear out of the blue try and nick the heli when the group were out of it. With the restriction in the SA at first I understand but will we see such heavy gear like the Heli further down the line????? To me it makes the whole game more interesting. Even if your just playing solo it must be great seeing something fly over to encourage you on. I don’t want flying gunships over powered all over the place but the transport Heli’s would have been used in any evacuation to a clear Zone…

Roll on the SA!!! Do we think the Tree branches will still give bullet proof protection?

Sad that I’ll never use the inventory that I’ve watched for months and months being used on twitch having never played any DayZ. I guess Ive missed out on its meny bugs and problems. Good news is I'll pick up the new system without the pian of knowing the old one.

We don’t know what version of the SA that is for starters and pity it was leaked by someone that can't stream or record footage but has to use a camera to do it. I could only watch about a minutes worth before I said na its too poor I’ll enjoy real footage when it comes.

Forgive my ignorance but one streamer said you could get shot at, see where it was from log out onto the different server run to the spot and log back in and kill who ever it was. Safeguards need to put in if you move onto another server and move you cant get back on the original for half and hour or something as that’s just getting silly.

Must emit I was cought out with the Down hill quote too, it usually refers to things going from good to bad. I was thinking why does he think things are going to get worse??? But I see where it was coming from with the Mountain reference. All sounds very promising and that’s from someone that’s never stepped into Dayz yet. All I’m hoping for is less of this Dsync stuff and more reliability of the servers. (yes I watch a lot twich) :) New PC end of the year then I’m after peoples Beans!!!!!!!!!!!! I've also never used Steam. I take it now you open it up they way you'd put in your DVD.

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