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not a bad idea, and actually if you go into editor mode you can run about as a zombie if you make them 'playable' xD MY GOD THE MONKEY Camera is ... interesting when they are doing that crouch run shuffle thing... lol otherwise, would be interesting if you could get a following of zombies and ambush people.. (you would still suffer the degrade over time thing that Rocket added.. so you would have to be somewhat quick) ALSO... being able to lead a pack around would provide ways to actually find zombies in the woods x-x (you outrun the 'older' ones and they just patrol around wherever they stop... or if/when you die or perhaps hit respawn.. they meander around)

Then it is a good thing that guy was crouched/standing! =P

that is a large assumption to make....how do you know that the OP had the same privileged socially acceptable AMERICAN schooling that you yourself acquired? For that matter... how do you know the person even speaks english as their primary language?! (which would make the post quite acceptable lol) they could be trying their best to provide their feedback/opinion in a language not of their own, and simply forgot to hit the enter button due to their natural language being read backwards or forwards or up or down! how many languages have you tried to learn well enough to post on a forum?! *cough* ...in closing... how do you know that the OP is old enough to have actually attended High School english lessons? =P ... ^_^ :D

... they could have simply added a 'are you sure you want to respawn? Yes, No' option to prevent fully geared accidents.as for spamming it till they got where they wanted to be... why is that bad? lol... if your trying to group up with a buddy in OATmeal... and you just spawned in kamenka.... you have either a good 30+ minute run... just to group up (and odds are you will be killed long before you make it there) or you can hit respawn and possibly see 'Elektro' or Cherno.. WOOT! you just saved yourself 30m or more... by using 1-3 minutes hitting respawn and reloading in. it does not provide a player with an 'unfair advantage' to keep respawning till they get near where they are hoping to be.... as everybody else can do the same thing lol...

having 'spawn with radio that = side chat' .. is an EASY fix... those who want the chat can keep their radios, those who dont... just drop it anywhere on the ground and to get another... kill someone! or find a spawn lol

they COULD make it easier by making the bolts lootable through the default loot menu... but no.. at the moment they must be found sticking somewhere random on the body, typically only accessible in 1st person... ... or the zombie landed on it and you never can get it (because you cant drag/move zombie corpses) +1 edit: Default CORPSE loot menu (it just adds itself to the bodies loot )

it would seem so!though an entirely different game with Vamps, wolves, zombies, the grinch. but with this sort of games setup could be entertaining UNLESS!! your meaning 'lulz yay for little/no twilight/vampire named survivors' in which case.... yeah ^_^ yay

I was with you till you said the forest ranger part.... starting with a gun (though I suppose if it did not come with ammo it might not be as good) of any kind.. let alone a hunting rifle (CZ... <3) is a little OP... even without bullets... THOUGH I WOULD LOVE THAT OPTION... and just have to find a clip xD... that would make my life that much easier. otherwise.. yeah.. beans given! (maybe hunter starts with a range finder... or a simple pair of binoculars!)

give them enough reason to look the other way and you will never have to watch your six xD (so far have two accounts, one that has ran through cherno/cities setting up random tents in open areas... and then logging outside the city so that they dont go poof when main dies) having a lot off tents in cherno/cities and then waiting in a secluded spot tends to keep me alive quite often. AND =P most people see a tent, and... cant help going to investigate ^_^

oo love that area lol.. 'back in the day' a buddy lived near there and ... yeah, would pick a random forest and start up paintball wars <3 as for servers to possibly play on... US 741 is a pretty nice one (to play during the west coast night) as it is like... 12 hours ahead or so.. basically from around 6pm to ... 5am pacific time it is daytime (if your a night owl) otherwise.. /shrug lol been mostly keeping to there (note, there is an anti-bandit clan SoH that ... purchased/rents out the server... so expect to die if your in town on their bandit hunting nights lol... or... to move to a different town/city.... but that is half the fun imo lol)

... what area? lol... (Puyallup, pierce county)

http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php/ top left 'latest beta patch' start the download of that, and while it completes go to wherever you have operation arrowhead installed and right click the arma2oa exe and rename it to.. say... 'arma2oa -BACKUP' (can be anything at all really, just has to be different than normal) THEN actually start up the beta patch you just downloaded... run it, do what it says. THEN paste the long link/post at the end of the previous patch.. ^^^ AND try running it! (also you have to run arma 2 as COMBINED OPERATIONS or it wont work) aka right click Arrowhead in steam, select 'run combined operations' and GL! ALSO NOTE THAT IT IS ONE TOON PER CD KEY so... families beware!!!! lol (I actually bought 2 keys ... so i dont lose tents on main toons death lol) EDIT: i... dont actually use the six launcher so ... not sure there... but the above info works for me (SADLY... the old posts that 100% work... were wiped from existence when they moved to these new forums lol)

OOOH... west coast server... not... in game.. x-x was like 'O_O there is now a west coast in DayZ?!' =P GL to you!

O_O did you created the sub folder in Operation arrowhead C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\@DayZ\addons and unzipped the files from this website to that folder? (if you are not using steam.... not 100% sure what to do =P but willing to assist) IF YOU HAVENT.... go go and do so lol that is why! ^_^ also... a way to save time trying to join servers is wait for the list to load. and pick a random one(with low ping).. then use the UP/DOWN arrows to move around the list... if there is a giant red X near the server name... YOU CANT PLAY ... (it is a different version) ALSO once you install the addon files... go to your steam library, right click operation arrowhead, go to properties and 'Set Launch Options' and paste: -beta=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -nosplash -mod=@Dayz (which means you probably will need to install the beta.... will repost with that info lol... OTHERWISE just put in the ' -mod=@Dayz ')

yeah... and the fun of being ... absolutely NOWHERE NEAR CHERNO and going 'anybody in cherno' just to scare people xD ... and as a bandit it was actually FUN to see the 'OMFG WTH?' followed by lots of 'lulz, lulz, silly noob in cherno' or.. 'Bandit in cherno, careful' (which is really fun on the rare occasion you had a sniper that could shoot from well out of the town) and YOU saying 'omg guys he is in the grain tower (biggest building in Cherno... only access = one ladder) ... and either waiting for noobs to try and ambush a ghost... or people to reply 'ok We are moving in!' (clans) xD getting them caught on a ladder or in the wide open top was the greatest. I miss the chat.. to help make it fit more into the game could simply start all people with a radio... and they could drop it if they dont want chat, or keep it to have chat.

how about a nice in between? have it be a low-medium (10-30% or 10-40%) chance of a bandit skin spawning on a player who is killed by another player. that way Bandits are not FORCED TO GET BANDIT SKIN IF MURDERING... so they can remain anonymous, while those who liked the different look... can kill a few/many people(depending on % chance) and possibly find a skin. THIS would also have the added benefit of ... the bandito must leave his 'fortress/tower' to go into the fields and loot.. /shrug

why not lol..... you can be seen without moving while crouched at 200+ yards.......through buildings..... why not pull the entire town of cherno with a winchester... or a revolver? xD add that 'special survival' aspect to the game.... lol and... bandits would have way to much fun with that xD (sees a person sneaking through the city... shoots a Lee shot to aggro all the zombies in the entire map... which means that at least a couple would aggro onto the bandit's Victim as it ran past lol...... and seeing how bandits tend to be in towers or places with ladders... they dont really have to worry at all lol) ^_^ I approve those changes for Extreme difficulty lol edit: AND... yeah... it pretty much would aggro every city on the map with a single shot of a Lee... if a m9 SD was audible at 123m and the Lee's audible levels were held to that same scale

might make it fast lol... as they are fixing it with the very next hotfix....and in hindsight.... it also causes sooooo much more paranoia and psychological distress.... (think : Rat wanting to grab cheese, knowing he will probably be shocked for it... but wants cheese anyways.... except in this particular instance... even when the Rat grabs the cheese and wolfs it down without being 'shocked'..... the cheese(skin) is poisoned and 'kills' them)... /shrug lol thanks for the fun reply ^_^ edit: and in the idea I posted 'cherno' simply because you have the best odds of SEEING the trap work... but you COULD place the tent anywhere... with the knowledge that it WILL WORK eventually. /shrug

... like the X in a circle placed randomly about the map? yeah.... that is everybody elses markings on the map... mouse over the marks and hit the DELETE key(not backspace) to erase the marks... BUT KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT BE DELETING THEM FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PLACED THEM... lulz.

MAKE A FOLDER (in documents or wherever) and keep all the files for 7.2 in a subfolder, and go RE-download all the 1.7.1.5 files then simply copy paste to the @DayZ addons folder depending on whether you want the GAME to work.... or the game-breaking DayZ mod to work.. (yay for mods that make the host game unplayable except for the mod!)

for those who happen to have a couple 'spare' camo/civilian skins lying around and are bored...(and not wanting to risk losing it all just to wear it) and wish to stoop to a 'new low in banditry', AND don't really care about getting loot at all, just laughs USE THEM AS TRAPS! lol .... (kinda troll-ish but 100% grief lol) pop a tent in cherno outside of the firehouse door(on the road so it can be seen by those leaving church... or wherever that is rather open and easily seen) and place a civilian/camo skin in the tent and save the tent to the spot. (dont use Ghillie suits as... q-q that is far too valuable to waste on this.... lol) THEN beat a hasty retreat to your personal favorite camping spot (with your tent in sight range of course.) and ... sit back and wait for the fun to start (note, could take 60 seconds, could take 60 minutes lol.... depending on population and how the people spawn of course) when the target sees the tent.. they probably are expecting a trap(and rightly so ^_^) and will either crawl to the tent, or sit watching it and looking around full of 'man.. a tent... could be great loot/ammo.. near a fire station... but could also be a trap... but the loot, but the risk' and other such conflicting thoughts..*imagines a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other* (be sure to be well hidden at this time... but keep watch as the trap is about to be sprung) Eventually they almost always break down and go check out the tent (or if they dont seem to.... simply kill them as normal =P ) Seeing the Camo/Civ skin... they almost guaranteed are going to pick it up, and put it on... THAT...... is just what you want them to do =P ... as the moment they put on the clothing, they get either A. instantly WHISKED AWAY TO A MAGICAL LAND OF 'oh ... #$$#^$#^&%^$&%@$#$ .... i have no gear, and am in zombie infested lands that... can see me from miles away due to 7.2' (due to teleport bug with clothing... drops/deletes all gear/items) ... and ... generally within 5m the ticker will say '______ has died' (whether respawn or not.. still a death) OR B. lose all their gear and are not teleported (in which case you can kill them as per normal... or watch them try and escape the town 100% ungeared... or take out their legs and ... watch them try more pitifully) Yeah I know that this is a rather ... wasteful way to use civ skins... but.. who uses civ skins?!@#!! lol ... that and I tend to get bored of simply 'point, shoot, kill, ignore-loot.... repeat' AND this also works as a 'Grief/kill from beyond the grave' by keeping the skin in your inventory/Bag so that if/when you die... the player gets teleported away, loses their stuff... and possibly leaves YOUR stuff where it is (if they looted the skin and applied it first) for a chance at getting your gear back. /shrug just thought I would share ^_^ TL;DR place tent, place civ/camo skin in tent, SAVE TENT, wait, noob loots trap, puts on skin, 'dies', 'TROLOLOLOLOLOL' bandit strikes again! also.. cant wait to find a bear trap xD anybody know if they ARE in game, and if so.. where? ^_^ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- May God have mercy on the noobs. Cause I sure as hell wont

yup... this is simply a variant for letting noobs basically.... doom themselves (or to wipe out your killers)... (and it does not have to be cherno lol was simply providing an easy way for others to do the trap with the best chance at results they can SEE vs knowing it will work eventually somewhere else)and as I wrote.. IF they dont take the trap, shoot them dead ^_^ I just know I happened to find a couple civ skins and... wanted to put them to use. this simply adds some extra paranoia and psychological stress* to your victims for the lulz (whether you end up killing them with your gun, or with the trap) *Psychological stress = (the rat going for the cheese despite knowing that a 'shock' might be present on/at the cheese... with the rat being victim and the cheese being the tent/skin)

do note... this will ONLY work for a short time as it seems the new 'beta' DayZ patch is already in the works to remove the skin swap teleport/'death' ... ^_^ have fun till then lol. ALSO to add some more possible 'fun' ... log out and act all 'oh no,what happened' in the lobby when the person dies ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- May God have mercy on the noobs. Cause I sure as hell wont

... to me... basically that.. lolOR... in my case, I simply changed tactics for 100% moar douchebaggery! *finds civilian or Camo clothing.... but not Ghillie suit* 'WOOT time to make a trap!' *places Tent... in Cherno, near clocktower/pub/firehouse/grocery-store puts clothing in tent, runs to nearest tall building and whips out some binoculars/scoped-Wep and waits* .... 'this is gonna be good' *time passes until a player walks by, sees tent... crawls along the ground towards tent, wary of bandit sniper fire... or a trap* ^_^ and... then it happens *player reaches tent, looks in..sees a 'free' skin... takes out skin and applies it* POOOOOF!.... another one 'dies'... having fallen to my traps, they lose their inventory, and either die by my hand... or from teleporting to a random spot with 100% nothing...(and zombies in their current state finish the job for me)... *walks back to tent to put in another clothing item* =P or.. using it as a kill from beyond the grave tool against bandits/looters (leave it in your inventory so player loots you after killing and ... poof.. you 'killed' them, and deleted their inventories) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May God have mercy on the noobs... Cause I sure as hell wont.

try logging into 7.2 servers WITHOUT UPDATING YOUR FILES from 7.1.5 some people it works fine for them... (or simply ignore the latest update till Rocket fixes it... as... in its current form, it breaks your Non-DayZ game... Arma 2 stops working most things .. like missions/editor) or copy paste your addon files to another folder (in your documents or... anywhere) so that you can swap between 7.1.5 and 7.2 (as some people basically.... CANT join 7.2 servers even with the 7.2 patch... stuck at loading screens)