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Ah crap, the day I decide to not do my uni assignment and play some DayZ instead and the servers are down lol. Thanks for the update mate

I'm getting the same problem, haven't played it in a couple of months so I'm not really clued up to what is going on dev build and patch wise, but I am only seeing exp servers. Although, Steam just updated DayZ and the version says 0.43.116251 - I don't know if that's changed from earlier when I tried

I am very wary of people with payday masks, although I did meet a really friendly person who had one and spotted me at the airfield lol This is what is great about this game, the players create the in-game 'rules' of what apparel is 'bandit clothing', nothing is dictated by the devs or 'rules' handed out. The community creates its own mini pseudo fashion which determine who players are and this spreads through the community. I did/do like the idea of attaining something if you help people or rob people x number of times, but I think in terms of cosmetics, the community decides that themselves which is cool.

Saw these a week or so ago on Reddit and was really impressed, audio sounds are so much better and adds much more depth to the game (like collision noises etc..). Really good work mate :)

Alpha's go on for quite some time, normally developers only have it available to internal testers and we only get small pieces of information through blogs and videos. Just because we have been playing the alpha for a few weeks doesn't mean the problems should of been fixed by now. It's an on going process. A long on going process, it's just that they have opened the door to the consumers to play it while they are still making it. All the problems you are facing usually face the internal testers and developers, but we usually never see that side of things. From a development point of view, I think it's actually pretty cool to be allowed to play and see the development of a game. They have been more than honest about the alpha with all the disclaimers.

Same here mate, tried multiple servers and I can't get on at all. If I do get on once it rubber bands me back and all the players show zero ping. Can't use inventory etc... Must be a problem with the servers

I tried to shoot this poor bunny wabbit, just couldn't though. Look at his little face! He was somebody's pet, or he is the owner of the house :huh: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212334082

It's up to you how you play it, no quests or anything, you make up your own narrative and play how you like. At the moment my 'quest' is visiting all the towns to find out what loot is about, how to get to places and learning the map. I like meeting up with strangers and encounters with bandits. A huge amount of features aren't even implemented yet such as vehicles, hunting etc so it will only get deeper the further into development it goes. Just...use your imagination.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTn7xtVsE6U

i5 3570K 8GB RAM HD7850 OC Edition 1080p everything very low apart from textures and filtering to very high 50 - 60+ out in the open (v-sync on) 30+ in small town and rural spots 25-30 in large cities 20 - 25 around those tower blocks (god they cripple my fps lol)

Yep, I agree. If a player outwits me and holds me up and robs me then fair play to them, they got the drop on me and I deserved to be robbed. I won't log out, that's just un-sportsman like.

I would like to see one or two choppers (maybe one military and one civilian or news chopper) but I think they should be very rare to 1). find the parts or fuel and 2). to actually have a chopper in game. Or randomized across the map so it's not a race to the chopper spawn. If they do go down the route of stats development, maybe a stat required to operate a chopper as well. Yep!

I currently have 4 tin openers in my backpack with my current character. I literally can't stop finding them! A week ago I was smashing tins open with an axe in desperation lol!

Hello! There really isn't anything quite like this game. I didn't really play the mod that much as when I did the SA was already announced so I focused on other games. I think it's the brutality which appeals to people such as perma death and eating/drinking and survival aspects. There really aren't that many games which are unforgiving as DayZ but so rewarding at the same time.

I agree, but I also think there is definitely room for improvement. For instance when in first person and crouched, the head bobs up when you tap the W key and feel somewhat unresponsive (too me at least). I think some transitional animation could be more fluid such as climbing ladders, stairs and navigating through tight corridors. I like the slightly clunky movement of the game itself, I just think things could be tightened up a bit (which no doubt will further down the line). Everyone has these controls, so it's by no means a disadvantage to one over another, I just feel it needs to be a bit more 'snappy' such as removing/holstering weapons when on the move etc...

Nice, I like the colour coded transition messages, it's nice and intuitive and the traffic light colour scheme works really well across all games. I agree with creature though, I personally would leave out the percentages on food etc on screen notifications, however they could be useful in the character UI screen. I think the less amount of text and stuff on screen while playing the better.

I wrote a note a while ago (although I placed it on the floor in a house with a compass and don't now if it actually persisted there) but it read something like: "Three days now with no food or water, I haven't seen my father since the outbreak and my brother hasn't returned from the next town in search for food. The infected are everywhere, some look familiar, but I can't be sure, I don't know if I am starting to see things due to not sleeping or eating. I'm too scared to leave. If anyone finds this note, please pass on this compass to my younger brother Steve, it was my fathers and I promised to look after it for him. I hope I see him again. I hope I see someone again." - Nick Thought if someone saw the note it would give them a little back story lol :) EDIT: Let us pin the notes to doors or walls!

None as of yet, but they will be coming eventually.

Good idea, I like the idea of the success rate thing, adds a bit of risk into a task the player is doing. For example setting traps which would lead to it snapping back on your hand and causing an infection or bleeding. Yeah, this would be my concern too, farming stats. There are people who will grind the shit out of stats which devalues the whole concept of it. I think something like reading books once and only once may be good. For example, there are 50 books on the map, once one has been read it becomes useless to that player so they can't server hop and use the same one again but another player who hasn't learnt that book could equally read it too. However, a player could just use an empty server and eventually find all the books :/ So I dunno really lol, I would like to see some sort of investment in player stats or skills, but not something where people with too much time on their hands will just boost it and ruin the value of it.

I don't have multiple monitors but I'm sure this helps the guys who do so nice one mate :)

I just want to see weapons which fit into the context of the game, such as old farm house weapons, pistols etc.. I think if there is high powered weapons they should be extremely rare or with very rare ammo for them.

Cool, haven't seen any other weather expect sunny days lol

I have been experiencing de-sync problems too which I don't think it's to do with anything my end (all other games work fine, have decent connection speeds etc) I think it's more to with it being the alpha and teething problems than anything else. I'm sure it will steady out in the near future.

Being able to pin paper with notes on them to the door or gate of a house. Or using the sticks, place a sign in the ground. Could be a letter posthumous letter or a warning sign to any other players entering your perimeter to stay out!

I have the same problem, it worked at the beginning but now I can only spawn as the female Asian model.

Cool, nicely presented :) Would be nice to see some guides on possible loot spawns or good houses to loot too.