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Now I have a reason to jump back in, find a tracksuit and a VS3, and start driving around ina V3S bumping Leningrad over my mic while swerving all over the road.

I can't locate the post (It's buried somewhere in one of the many 'what year is it' topics that have more than likely gotten merged), but the 'guess' by one of the devs is that it's late 2013 at the earliest. It's also been stated that Chenarus is a Post Soviet Republic. Now that that's out of the way, I don't think We'd be seeing F-150s or Mustangs cruising down the asphalt. I do think there'd be room for things like a Corsair or Galaxy, but the majority should be thinks like GAZs Skodas ect.

I haven't seen this info that was 'confirmed' on the 8th persay, but I'd say it's more than likely as they want to focus more on civilian weapons (and I don't mean American 'Civilian' weapons like the Sporter version of the FN P90)

Looks pretty cool, though honestly I'd like to see a Vodnik or some other Russian/Soviet scout/light vehicle added in first. Damnit that thing looks so 'cute' I want a real one now...Don't think I could justify it as a beekeeper though...

The game is also heavily unoptimized at the moment, and according to the Devs there's not really anything lasting they can do to till the beta phase to improve performance.

Not gonna happen, dead is dead, which is why we can kill the zombies with non headshots/brain destruction. They are not the undead, they are rabid.

Because there are no consequences. That's what it all stems from. Other than someone screaming at you after they've been killed, nothing bad will happen. There won't be the police showing up to arrest/kill you, there aren't enough zombies right now to make a difference when you 'ring the dinnerbell'. After that it branches out, 'everyone's gonna kill me, why should I give them the chance?' 'lol ima quickscope dat n00b', ect, ect. You either kill or die, you keep on going. If you kill you get their shit (if they have any) and you keep moving, maybe you hang around a bit in case they had any friends or come back for their stuff. You die, you respawn, you get angry and gear up again and want to kill someone. And of course, some people are just fucked in the head and we don't have asylums anymore. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/219094-creative-ways-to-rob-and-kill/

Which will be never. I'm a little surprised player run/sprint speed hasn't been nerfed already.

The damage would already be done if you get cold before you take off the wet clothes, especially if it was still raining when you put on the new clothes. The only cure would be fire...also did you really craft a full ghillie suit before you found a book of matches? Priorities... Assuming you were running around a lot BEFORE you got overheated? That would be the culprit in this case, you were wearing a heavily camouflaged suit which was made to be worn by people who lay down or stand still for very long periods of time and move very slowly if at all to avoid detection, and I'm sure they still get dehydrated and overheated in real life (and they're expected to make an accurate, long range killshot after all that).

Nope, sounds like it's working good to me. A ghillie suit is not waterproof, otherwise it'd probably be HOTTER. Try wrapping yourself in a blanket that was left out in the rain overnight and tell me how warm it is? I would assume you were running around like a chicken with it's head cut off while you had the ghillie on?

Does it really matter?

They tried something similar in the mod and they ended up scrapping it.

How do you tell if they're in combat?

Judging by the Roadmap, 'Steam community integration (Achievements, Steamworks modding, etc)' is slated for Q4, so that'd be the absolute EARLIEST we could see mods (though more than likely not till 2016 for any real mods that aren't something simple like UI changes or a kill counter). Even then they didn't say Modding persay was a goal of Q4 2015, that's just an assumption on my part.

The game is more World of Warcraft than Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed. We'll probably see expansion packs (more than likely in the form of Dev released maps) and of course we'll see regular updates, but a sequel? Don't think we'll be seeing one. I mean why have a sequel? You have a squeal when you have a story you want to continue telling after a conclusion has been made. DayZ has pretty much no story and no endgame, there's no rescue team coming to get you, there's no scientist in a bunker that you can help find a 'cure' for. I mean really, any sequel they can do would/will probably be modded by someone in his free time where it'd take them another 2-3 years to get DayZ2: DayOne up and running.

Was in since the Mod, and I think it was in Gorka Heav. I want to say it was in a couple more villages but can't think of any so it might very well be 'unique'.

It is against server rules to advertise as 'Non PVP' on a public hive server. Feel free to report them so they get their server taken away without a refund (don't have the link handy)

A sharp stick can stop a tank if used right. I've not gotten into many Melee VS Guns fights (or any fights for that mater) to know how well a Farming Hoe would do against someone geared...also ALPHA, values get tweaked all the time. Sounds like this guy just got the drop on you and your friend, especially if the only shot he got off missed. And again, that's assuming he's not a SK that's going to be bitching on these forums in a week or two after he gets a global ban.

Not 100% but I think helmets are split up a bit. IE Ballistics protect more from bullets than melee, and moto helms protect more from melee than bullets. That might explain it. As above, you could have been low enough on health for that one hit to matter. The farming hoe is on level with a splitting ax. There is also the possibility of the player being a script kiddie.

You can also eat bamboo shoots, not to mention the crafting potential (can make a pretty nice 4 prong spear with just 2-3 cuts and a bit of trimming/sharpening). Temperature wouldn't be a problem since some varieties grow high up in the mountains and can survive temps of -20 degrees (F). However I don't think it'd be a very good fit for the area. There's no native species in Europe, that would mean any bamboo that would be found in Chenarus would be either decorative or farmed for material. Since it's a rather poor country I doubt Mrs. Chenarus would be growing a decorative plant from Asia in her garden, and with an active lumber industry I don't see them allocating land for bamboo farms or a businessman being farsighted enough to start bamboo farms in Chenarus.

Server files are not public for the time being, meaning you'll have to rent a server from one of the approved providers. They will be open to the public one day. Sorry to say but DayZ probably isn't for you (at least not yet). There's no real end game other than just surviving, and once you get 'established' (have all the gear you need and a steady source of food/water) the game gets a little boring, which is why most people turn to PVP. Before suicide I'd usually give a zombie a hug when I got bored with my current play though.

Good idea but as above... Certain areas would be viable to install a well, some wont. Now if we could pipe water from lakes or 'rivers' (when/if they get added) that'd be something else too. There's a camping trick where you use a milk jug with holes and a filter connected to some tubing to get water from upstream to your campsite and the flow of the river/stream 'pumps' the water for you. Still need to boil it but at least you won't have to lug water jugs around.

I doubt it, European Countries usually have stricter gun laws than the US, and while I don't think Flechette rounds are banned federally it is kind of a state by state thing. And even then there's laws regarding just hunting too (IE its Illegal in Pennsylvania to hunt with an autoloader and here in Hawaii it's illegal to crossbow hunt (unless you have a valid disability and a special permit) yet it's not illegal to own an autoloader or crossbow in either) That said, Chenarus is a fictional country with only a fragment of established lore (were not even 100% sure that the events of Arma 2 occurred in the DayZ universe) so for all we know there could be NO gun laws there, or there could be extremely tight gun laws but just a well established black market. For me it makes little sense to have something like Flechette rounds to be common, as I don't even think most militaries use it for shotguns (and it's more or less banned in artillery)

Not yet, and there isn't a font size big enough for the No to that question.

Need to be careful about this though as using 3" shells with a 2.75" chamber can cause problems. I think this might even be true for break actions such as the IZH though would defer to Gews' wisdom on the subject. Question is would it be simpler to make a shotguns 'magnums' and just use the 3" rounds for everything? Or split up the guns, military guns (if added) chambered for 3" and civi guns chambered for 2.75"? Or have Civi guns in 3" and 2.75" and have the player have to check the gun and ammo before use?