Sercan (DayZ)

I will tame this beast.

It's out right now! Go get it :)

Ring the bell in Cherno, attract all the local zombies, hide really well in some back room, friends loot up the surrounding buildings, zombies eventually leave, sneak your way out, meet up with friends, result. Of course, it's never that easy! :D

Ye it would be nice to have the weapons do some serious damage especially the lower tier stuff.. I remember sneaking up on a sniper, emptying everything I had in the G17 onto him and he turns around and still kills me. The dude may have been hacking but this was a while back before hacking was as rampant. Another example, a dude has a pistol, empties the whole thing on my character and still I survive and take him out like it's nothing =S Only downside is the amount of KoS in this game already would just get even more annoying. At least now you have a chance to survive some turds but 1 hit kills would be QQx100. If they fix that, then I'm all for weapons (especially lower-tire) doing more damage. Also, when are they going to add wind compensation for snipers? Fed up of people thinking they are so awesome sat up in some hill pointing and clicking. Real life sniping is not that easy! Random Idea: What would be cool is if they made player's characters scream if the agony / pain was too much. Although I'm not sure if the adrenaline would cancel out the pain?

If they could have some servers running day/night cycles at 2 hours that would be awesome for those of us who want that experience :) Day time survival is very different from night time survival. It would be interesting to have the two dynamics forcing you to survive in more uncomfortable circumstances.

People are finding it odd that they can't walk or "stealth" their way around the cities... Have you forgotten it's infested with zombies? Pulling off something like that is going to require patience, skill and a shitload of luck!

This game should be the most devilishly punishing MOFO on the planet! At the end of the day, players always seem to figure out how to beat the AI and the elements. Anything short of a "hell/impossible" difficulty is gonna be cracked by the majority sooner or later. Make it harder. A harsh nightmare filled with these devilish creatures. This game should simulate that.

I'm all for introducing a hell difficulty game mode. Maybe have it as a side option for servers. PvE with E being hell, only way of surviving is proper coop could add a nice depth to the game and a whole new level for us who want more challenge from the elements and game itself. The ultimate battle against the elements. It definitely needs to be there or at least in another similar game. Bear Grylls mode engaged.

Barricading could work really well up until the point that people spawn in your barricaded base/house/floor/building... maybe a solution is to have people only despawn outdoors or something? Breaking into someones barricaded building should be no easy task either if the person has done it well. This way it could fix the problem of being AFK for several hours as most of us are due to life. Obviously explosives are an exception but then you'll just blow up the whole building and ruin the loot so could be a bit pointless...

You must have scared the shit out of him!

Having indoor zombie spawn would be awesome! Always keeping you on your toes :)

Sounds epic :) What if you could hold doors shut too? If there's a zombie or two aggro'd, hold the doors shut effectively allowing your team mates to escape.. Or maybe barricading it or moving objects infront just enough to allow you to climb out of the window or something!

Make it for PC. Release it in early state. Go off to Everest. Everyone plays. Rocket returns. Takes feedback. Improves game over the span of two years. Releases final version. Then and only then think about consoles.

Imagine caravans in Standalone! Would be very cool and pretty handy although the size would make it tough to hide it but I guess that's part of the fun :)

Some animals with solid AI would be awesome! It's the apocalypse too so they won't have their usual prey and start hunting humans. Maybe a pack could stalk a group of players and try picking them off, or perhaps they don't attack unless they are really hungry or have an advantage. Would make going into the woods without backup or with backup pretty scary!

Awesome! :)

Wow! Never thought of it like that :) That would be pretty cool but very tricky to organise / safeguard. I meant carvan as in the vehicle. I live in the UK, note sure what they call them overseas.

Could work to give people a feel of the game but at the moment there are other ways you could learn the ropes. Learn to use guns by using Arma 2 Editor, spawn a bunch of weapons and some people to shoot at and get a feel for the controls. Go through the Arma 2 tutorials to learn general controls, heli flying etc. Jot down the controls on a piece of paper for later. Also jot down all relevant info for DayZ such as how to open a bag, drop items etc. so you can quickly glance over it. As for the zombies, join an empty server and try your best to survive. Each time you die, figure out why you died and try again without repeating that mistake. Then once you feel a bit more confident, join a server with around 10-15 people, max 20 people. Stay there and don't join public 60 man servers anytime soon as they suck balls atm with the hacking that is running rampant. Whitelisted servers and servers with active admins can remedy this situation if you're interested in playing with larger player count so they'd be a better bet.

It would be cool if there were the odd servers here and there which did do accelerated day/night cycle. There's probably not many out there who would like this style but I'm sure there'd be enough out there to populate a few servers with this running! :) Maybe a harsh winter themed server where the sun is hardly around... gotta loot up before the darkness hits and when it does, better get somewhere safe to hold out for the long night ahead! Too much I am legend?

Ahh right... Haven't tried the new patch. Maybe new tactics are in order! Have you tried distracting zeds by throwing empty cans etc. ? Or maybe flares in a night time server? Another option is maybe to predict their path, where they will walk and avoid their line of sight. Easier said than done especially with lots of Zeds about. Heading inland is probably not a bad idea tbh. I'm sure others would have some ideas too, there's always a way to deal with tricky situations. Hang around for a bit longer and see if things change. If not, like AIRCAV said, it might not be for you. Although, have you tried teaming up with other people or some friends? I put DayZ down back in May last year only to pick it up again when a few buddies joined in September :)

Yeah for sure! The community will keep updating DayZ mod, keeping it in the similar sort of vibe it's at now whilst Standalone heads in another direction. That is my hope anyway. Who knows, a few months down the line, DayZ mod might be like a chilled out version of standalone o_O

As others have suggested, start by playing on empty servers or less than 10 man servers. Use a lot of stealth and get a feel for the game. Every time you die, learn from that mistake. After x amount of deaths, you'll have racked up a wealth of knowledge on how to deal with zombies and things won't be so grim! Dieing by zombie hand is a golden opportunity to learn from your mistakes. Dieing by teleport scripts run by other players is where the real frustration lies.

Yeah the loot idea is very interesting! Now there's the dilemma of do you loot quicker and hit more places up or take your time, possibly not going to as many places but searching more thoroughly? Every little detail makes this game much more epic.