Colonel Crybaby

I've never shot a player in this game, and have been KOS more times than I can remember. That said, free will is a very important aspect of this game if it's to mimic reality. The game will evolve over time as the community matures and the gun nuts get their kicks somewhere else. The standalone will change how this game is played, and beyond that DayZ 2, 3 qand 4...etc. DayZ will always be a work in progress. From what I can gather players with medical skills will become very important in the standalone, as there are certain injuries that only they can heal. These players will have a similar status to say the Red Cross or Red Crescent have in war zones today. So if you're a bandit, a psycho sniper or a rookie spawn if will certainly not be in your interest to harm these players. Also there are likely to be trading areas, where players can go to exchange goods (beans for bullets and so forth) These areas are going to attract bandits and attract bandit killers, along with people who require goods and will also kill bandits in self defense. My guess is that as in real life some sort of law system will eventually evolve with bandits being isolated, as a threat to the community. Players could pool together and offer rewards of goods to anyone who can wipe out a gang of bandits for instance. In the long term some kind of social order will prevail as humans are social animals. In the mean time were just going to have to deal with being shot on sight until we reach a better world. At first the west was wild but it ain't so wild anymore.

Good idea or else make a torch big enough to brain a zombie to death with.