Ovation

^ yep.. playing Justin bieber music... but, insect, i do like the idea to stopping spam

^ I agree to the extent of "nothing should be safe" These underground bases Beast are already planned. i am suggesting them to be as no more safe then your backpack, once you die..you lose it.

*Kneels* You have my sword.

I'm sure there sleeping the days away, it's like time travel! good guy fraggle keeps up the moderation though.

^ your Avatar + baths salts comment = Win

Fraggle are all other mods on holiday? you are all we have left! they must be plaYEN SA Also on topic I'm fascinated by how long it has been since the Apocalypse anyone know? Another thing in mind, would you all agree it would be cool if the game textures got older looking the longer the DayZ world lived?

Also note this "testing" thats starting is more like a stress test then anything, So don't expect it to last foreverNote: i'm adding onto what fraggle said, not telling him something he already knows :)"

I'll give it realistically next month before you'll get a chance to play SA, so i would say Arma II is worth the buy in the mean time

double post..fixed

Player underground bases I have no confirmation of this information, I wanted to underline and clarify how i imagine base building will work. Rocket has stated these bases will be instanced "As in separate from the game world but at the same time connected. He stated them as a personal place to store gear and keep your character "safe" so what does it mean? My understanding goes something like this theoretically As you survive in dayz you come to collect "tools" these tool slots are not connected to your bag but our fundamental things to find as they increase your survival in different areas, like matches/axe/hunter knife, are required to live purely on bush survival, i think base building will have the same type of tools required to build. Once you have built your underground base i imagine its a place to store items, But here the catch.. these bases are connected to your living character, These bases cannot be "destroyed" while the player is alive, but once you die in game these bases become "open" to anyone who finds them. Why are they not destroy-able when the player is alive? simple; they are safe havens for logging out and in, This does not mean they are not loot-able from people with skills capable of "unlocking" personal locks, But bear in mind they should not be either easy or safe to breach. Traps/defense of such bases should be apart of there design ext ext: But they give a player more purpose to protect/trade/stay alive and collect more items because once you die, that base is no longer yours, it is open, unsecured and totally loot-able/destroy-able to any Wandering Bambi.. this adds more concern to your life in-game you are not only to lose what you have on your player but also what you have collected over time with that character. but remember they cannot be "destroyed" while a player is still alive that "owns" the base it should be safe to logout of the game, go to bed, wake up with no concern of your player or your base, BUT!! looting of your base can still happen!!, think about it, if some lucky joe with skills managed to unlock the base, avoid a trap or two, then he is rewarded by filling he's back-pack with as much stuff as he can grab, but thats not alot of things remember? it's only he's backpack he would have to risk two trips through your traps to get more things so your looking at minor theft possibly but no major sabotage. Until death... Exploration of the big wide world means death is almost always imminent. once your character has died, BAM!, your base is up for grabs of everything in it, including being trolled by some 13year old by destroying it completely!. harsh yeah?, tuff bickeys! Also to mention it cannot be retaken, its security is now breached completely and your new character will have to start the collection all over again, he can try go back and scavenge some things but overall its unsafe, This way we all have a meta, we all feel longevity is rewarded, and death.....is hell. *Just also note there is blacked out text up the top* HA!

I like Side chat Text, Adds community for when you're bored and is easily ignored in immersion situations that said i really do not accept side chat Voice communication it is unnecessary its easily abused it will not be in SA if i can help it. direct chat Voice comms absolutely stays, its perfect for tense realism

Mods and devs gone a little quite again.. Not complaining it's actually exciting!

Yeah from what i heard there is no video restriction some mods think its stream only, but its also upload, because it's just silly, People will record the streams and upload anyway

I just thought he wanted me to kill myself... with style http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?q=style&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=1344&bih=759&tbm=isch&tbnid=DtPVbDA32xExmM:&imgrefurl=http://lifestyle.yahoo.co.nz/mens-health/style/galleries/photo/-/14481384/50-style-tips-every-man-should-know/14481403/&docid=q69j6QKqkgNZ7M&imgurl=http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/120807/style_tips_bad_sunglasses_1820qcf-1820res.jpg%253Fx%253D450%2526q%253D80%2526n%253D1%2526sig%253Devv7Kre8WO2KCL.cvbGMoQ--&w=450&h=520&ei=Uc_wUNAmlKOJB87kgeAH&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=343&vpy=217&dur=2446&hovh=241&hovw=209&tx=153&ty=147&sig=105569482318864880603&page=2&tbnh=132&tbnw=112&start=32&ndsp=41&ved=1t:429,r:43,s:0,i:292

Zombie spawns: I want to clear an area then zombies start walking back in from a distance, make it feel like you clear a house you have some time before the next wandering zed comes over

Agreed, i am most looking forward to approaching small towns or lonely country houses Who knows what to find, or who Also Little to no hackers will make gearing up all the more rewarding, and people all the more "unpredictable"

Well i cannot wait to play, but not literally if i was, then that katana would be great ;)

Fraggle is best free katana for release you heard it here first folks!

Need a way to recognise each other in fire-fights? LOOK NO FURTHER! we have a special offer for youuuuuuu! Find some cloth in a building, strap that hanky to you arm, find yourself some paint and you got yourself clan straps! Paint a pattern on that sucker'' an share it with friends and walla! in-game clan/friend recognition clothing item!! http://www.google.co...,r:25,s:0,i:162 So what do you think? suggestions welcome!

To reduce freedom of creating racial/sexual references, It's important to have a select amount of pattern designs available. Perhaps with levels of decal like tier 1 colour tier 2 shape tier 3 logo this way individuality and recognition are achieveable while also limiting hate crime

could be out tomorrow its that unique

Well i imagine there being some type of customization involved in making them unique, though it sould still be possible to make similar decals to add the confusion. or even infiltration ;O

Question for you guys How or will poop dispose of itself?

Also when Rocket essentially stated that zombie AI would be looked into after foundation release, Matt stated they are looking into it now, and improvements will be "in the very near future" They either put it higher in the priority list, or are making fantastic progress

Essentially there working on a few interesting topic's "zombie AI" currently stated completion/improvements on zombie skins and animations, also looking into other said AI improvments what else there working on depends on department Art is looking at polishing and revamping building decals/skins to improve immersion Rocket is enjoying being banned from SS13, I am sure doing some work also Matt is probably busy responding to waves of closed beta requests..."