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I can see it now. "Cover me while I bring the RPMs up enough for us to take off and not cause wear to the moving parts!"

Basically, everything Dancing Russian Man said. I never even knew about waypoints until a few weeks ago, and I had been navigating for months using just a map, compass, etc. I'm sure the waypoints will be taken out with the standalone (if anyone wants to know, just shift click on the map to set a waypoint). Using the Take On Helicopters engine should make helicopters nice and complicated for people ( i wonder if you'll have to start cars and stuff manually, too)

I like the suggestion - it would make using a melee weapon much easier. Personally, I think there ought to be a seperate slot for tertiary (melee) weapons, like the hatchet, crowbar, etc

what would it spawn? alien weapons?

hahaha i can see it now. 'waaaah I just mowed down two people with my AKM! God I'm probably going to have a nervous breakdown after I grenade the car driving towards me.'

yeah, I like the idea of improvised weapons. You know the fire axe is already in the game, right?

Haha yeah, I just imagined trying to learn surgery / first aid / study the infection in the game. 1. Visit a library for books on anatomy / medicine 2. Shoot a zombie to obtain a body, otherwise find one 3. Dissect body for knowledge of the infection's nature / how the human body works 4. Try to invent a cure / preemptive vaccine / apply knowledge to a real human who needs help

Yes, I think subtle skills and other things dean and his team have discussed would be fine. But they shouldn't be there forever when they occur - you lose them on death, or perhaps if you break the habit that formed it in the first place, depending on the type of skill. IE you gain medical knowledge as you perform first aid on yourself and others, this involves knowledge (and some practice) and won't fade so much over time. But: You have a better immune system if you run a lot, eat healthily, and get sick and recover from the illness. Your immune system loses strength if you are injured and don't clean the wound, are malnourished, or sit around all day (not sure why you'd be sitting in DayZ, but whatever)

In the United States, hollow point bullets are both legal and extremely common. They are sold for self-defense as well as other purposes (varminting being one, I'm not sure of their hunting applications), and in many cases are about the same price as FMJ or regular lead bullets. Perhaps they would not be so common in an area like Chernarus, but they would be a common sight in the US. source - i buy them lol EDIT: perhaps this could be worked in depending on the map ( if they make more maps in the future ). In a country with restrictions on ammunition, hollow points would be rare. In a country without such restrictions, they would be common.

I think allowing unlockable perks were something the dev team specifically wanted to avoid, unless you mean perks are specific to that character and vanish on death - IE, by running a lot and eating well, you can gain a little more speed and reduce your chances of catching a disease. I like that idea. I think increasing health should only apply in some circumstances, like if you do a lot of unarmed combat your character learns to take the punches more easily. You shouldn't be able to eat up more lead than before. That was something they also wanted to do with various clothing types - wearing the motorcycle helmet will reduce damage you take to the head from blunt damage.

I like the idea of zombies in cars from when they were infected - but just sitting there doing nothing. Or else just have them be completely dead. Entering vehicles / driving seems like it gives them too much intelligence.

It would cost enormous amounts of memory to store a character for each and every server you played on, something that is not feasible at the moment - as rocket confirmed, you may only have one character when the standalone is released, due to the volume of variables stored about your character. I do agree that it would be nicer to have each server private, for reasons 2 and 4 especially, but it is not feasible at this time. I especially dislike the fact that you can farm equipment on low population servers and bring it to high population servers for the sole purpose of pvp.

clever russkies.

Weapons that fire 9x19 parabellum and 9x18 makarov ought to get more credit than they're given; they're still lethal rounds and are meant to kill people - getting hit in the chest by one is still going to ruin your day, particularly if it hits a vital organ. Same for lower caliber rifle rounds, though they are more likely to go straight through and do less damage. If you are hit by a 12ga slug, you are going to be on the ground. Certainly the model 1947 AK isn't very good when compared with modern guns, but the AKM is a step ahead of the AK-47, especially when fitted with a good muzzle brake. You have a good chance to die if you are hit with it in a vital area, as with any other gun. 7.62x39 is different from the 5.45x39 and 5.56x45mm cartridges, but it is ballistically comparable to .30-30, a commonly used hunting round. Another point: if we were to use hollow point ammunition instead of FMJ, things would change all over again. The military doesn't use hollow points, but plenty of soldiers carve notches into their FMJ ammo so it will fragment upon impact. And there's nothing stopping a civilian from sticking hollow points intheir AK-47 magazines. I think it would be cool if hollow points were introduced into the standalone.

Not a huge fan of the show, but perhaps you will be able to customize your character's face / hair in the standalone more than is currently possible. Heh, maybe your hair will grow over time and you'll have to find scissors or a knife and cut it.