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Stryker, I agree with you, but also disagree. I understand the philosophy from a hardcore roleplay standpoint. And that's something I would usually do as well. But what you need to understand is that some people, including me from time to time, enjoy the endgame (geared and hunting/surviving, be it against players or the environment)far more than the rush of being a fresh spawn in constant danger. For me its the rush of being on the hunt that I enjoy most. But, as said, from time to time I also don't mind starting fresh once in a while. Its a strange dichotomy. Nobody is more of an advocate of realism and sim elements than me, yet, in the end, we ARE still playing a game, and want to have fun in our own way. In the end, everyone, including you, will play in the manner that is most fun for them to do so, whatever gives them the most enjoyment. And in terms of exploits (like server hoping or ghosting, etc.), I would rank this pretty low on that list in terms of offensiveness.

I agree with the OP. You can argue "alpha, growing pains, development cycle" till the end of the earth, it doesn't change the fact that many design choices, and many of those present from the beginning, and the seeming chosen direction the devs have been going, is drastically deviating from what drew me into this game and the mod from the beginning. You know what I love about playing Arma 3 with my friends (one of which is heavily into scripting and coding, building scenarios for our little group) the most? The fact that combat is realistically portrayed. The sounds, the tactics, the weapons, the way the AI in the game (which is drastically enhanced by mods that we use) is ruthless in its use of diversions, smoke grenades, flanking maneuvers, suppressive fire, etc. We have a "game mode" we call "Insurgency". Using the all in arma mod, we are able to play zargabad in arma 3. My friend (the scripter) creates a spawn zone in the main city of zargabad, and spawns enemies to fight. We all then choose one of several locations outside the city to spawn at, where we can find a variety of weapons to choose from in crates nearby. Then we kit up, and move into the city, attempting to infiltrate. Sometimes we have an actual objective. Other times our only objective is to just defeat the spawned army and survive for as long as possible, before dying and respawning again. Sometimes the enemy army is something easy: a bunch of poorly equipped terrorists (and we the us/un/etc special forces sent in to deal with them). Other times its a different scenario, and the army is the Russians, and we get our asses handed to us over and over by their ruthless efficiency. Its always fun. One of my favorite things about this is picking a weapon, and actively needing to constantly adjust the elevation depending on my engagement range. I tend to be very good at judging distances, even in game (thanks to my military training). I will find an enemy, quickly gage the distance, zero my weapon, support it, then adjust my aim for the elevations I cant account for in the games settings (say, enemy is 230 meters out, I zero weapon for 250, then aim lower to compensate) and take my shot and feel the satisfaction when I drop my target....then run like a coward for cover as all of his AI friends begin to converge on me, maneuvering and flanking as I am met with a hail of gunfire...lol. And it is ALWAYS immensely satisfying to launch an HEDP 40MM at a target 450 meters away and watch it detonate at his feet....and those of his entire squad. And its always a surprise when some of them survive to return fire. But in Dayz, I cant do this. I have tried. OH GOD I have tried. Rested, prone, any weapon, and almost any range, I just cant get any consistency. Can I hit my target? yes. Can I do it CONSISTENTLY? NO. Literally every aspect of the shooting mechanics in this game, in my opinion, have been designed to level the playing field between players. And the manner of its design feels, to me, intentional. Its been this way for a long time and I doubt that it is just a place holder or that it will be "fixed". It feels to me like this is intended to be the status quo. Other things really bother me; the constant focus on adding in new, purely cosmetic items, like different colored ascots, or brooms, or a plethora of new, still useless pistols and automatic weapons and whatever. It feels like its meant to draw in the crowd. And in the mean time, CORE game concepts, which SHOULD have been considered from the beginning, like map+compass functionality (like in arma), or functional, fluid melee mechanics, or, yes, shooting mechanics that don't mirror the "no child left behind act" (which was a bill that basically lowered the bar for education, rather than raising those who were falling behind up to it) Are STILL missing entirely from the game. I mean, c'mon. These are game developers. You want to tell me the couldn't design shooting mechanics that were simple to figure out, yet challenging to implement, INSTEAD of just adding in absurd randomization factors so that everyone could play on the same level? The whole thing is starting to feel like its become a giant wall that the developers just throw stuff at to see what sticks. But do I feel cheated? No. I bought the game knowing full well it was an unfinished product. And to be more than fair, I put in a lot of hours. Most of them I enjoyed. I got my moneys worth. I am just concerned that if it keeps going down the road its on, it wont be one I keep coming back to. EDIT: I came back to make one final point: If I had to sum up my major complaints with the game in its current state (the core of the game, not the stage of development) its that it seems to be more focused on being a game, and less on the simulation aspects that made the mod (and currently make arma 3) so much fun. I really think that's it; it needs (IMO) to have more sim aspects, and less catering to the crowd.

One week, while I was in the USMC: Went to the range for qualification. Day 1: Fired the KD course (Known Distance) 3 times (at the time, running the course once amounted to 100 rounds). Weapon did not jam once during the entire day. Cleaned rifle after returning to the armory. Day 2: Ran course another 3 times. Same story. Did NOT clean the rifle after returning to the armory. Day 3: Ran course 3 times with same, uncleaned, weapon. Weapon did not jam or fail to fire. Cleaned weapon thoroughly after returning to armory. Day 4: Pre-Qual. Ran course 2 times. Accuracy was slightly lower than previous days. Did not clean weapon after returning to armory. Day 5: Qualification day. Ran course 1 time. Accuracy was best out of entire week. Scored expert. Only missed two shots out of the entire course, specifically during the 300 meter rapid fire portion. Scored in the black with all other shots at 2 and 5 hundred lines. Cleaned rifle for inspection after returning to armory. Moral of the story: a typical rifle, in particular, the US M series of assault rifle, can fire MANY rounds before jamming. Usually, jamming or other failure is a result of firing so many rounds the weapon overheats and fails, or rust or foreign material building up (such as the problems experienced by us forces in veitnam, or the constant presence of fine dust in Iraq). A failure to fire caused by a buildup of carbon takes a long time and a lot of ammo and a LOT of neglect. I knew Marines who believed that over cleaning a rifle could actually CAUSE failure on the range, and thus, would not clean it at all until after final qualification and still not experience any jamming. Personally, I preferred a middle ground, allowing a slight buildup of carbon. I did, however, also use a healthy amount of CLP (lube, for those not familiar). Your weapon should not become badly damaged after firing less than 300 rounds. That should take over 3000 to accomplish.

I would like to see a GAU 8. http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--CLcxpcEI--/199ww26mhxzq6jpg.jpg Also (recommend headphones):

You know what else is wrong with the compass? The fact that we STILL cannot use it while looking at our maps. Like in arma.

Don't you mean "COW" is this in general discussion?

I sense the makings for a really bad Doctor Sues story in this...

sorry I couldn't make it guys. I got called in to work :(. Was SUPPOSED to be off today too... I have been SUPER busy at work lately. And when not at work, I have been too tired to do anything but eat, sleep, or play some very basic game that doesn't require much thought. As soon as I get some time (probably gonna get a few days next week) ill be back in the game with yall.

wait, did the date get moved? I thought for sure it was to be the 16th, but now it says 18th? or am I just an airhead?

sooo.... Shrub was banned? Now we can finally go back to eating pork in peace....

so now not only can I die and loose all my hard earned gear, but now I might have to wait up to 12 hours before I can even begin to play again? Screw that. That is a TERRIBLE idea. So what if I die, wait 12 hours, spawn, and die again soon after to a bambi hunter. Or a hacker. Or a glitch. or whatever. Back to waiting 12 hours again? I would straight out not play on any server using this.

To be fair, you DO make a valid point about people harassing fresh spawns. I personally consider it "unsporting". As said, I would have just killed you outright rather than interacted with you, HAD YOU NOT BEEN A FRESHIE. DISGUST is a strong word. More like...disagree. Let me put it to you this way; I was in elektro, attempting to axe another freshie (I was also a freshie, so we were on the same level). he knocked me out in the mele, but just after that a couple of "hero" types rolled up. They were yelling at him for attack ME (I was the aggressor here, they were mistaken). they separated us, patched me up and got me back on my feet, and warned the other guy to "play nice" before leaving. Just as I was waking up, he ran up and bonked me on the head, killing me (to be fair, I was about to try and finish what I started anyway). The heroes saw this, yelling "I JUST saw you kill him!" As they were coming back, through direct I heard the poor bastard continuing to try to explain that I had attacked him first, and that he was just defending himself. They weren't having it, and the last thing I heard before hitting the respawn button was the report of a rifle. I would have missed out on this hilarious misunderstanding had either of us logged. As it was, I got a good laugh, and had a good time. My point is, there is sooo much more to this game than just looting up. You gotta find interaction, in whatever form it may be. And when it comes to YOU, count your blessings and see it through for the excitement! you ARE going to die. A lot. And if it weren't for that, 99% of that excitement would be gone. My main issue with this situation isn't that you logged. Because you DIDNT. Despite your threat, you continued to interact with them, simply by refusing. You challenged and fought them in the only way you were able to. I admire that. HOWEVER, you broke the immersion by reminding everyone involved that we are playing a game, and that as a result, all their effort surviving, gearing, and finding YOU, might go to waste (along with the fun) because of an exploit. You disrespected your fellow player by denying them two things: good interaction, and by telling them that all their work and effort would be for nothing simply on the principle that you don't like getting killed. That's selfish. Why should they be denied just so YOU can go and deny someone else? People really need to stop worrying about how others play the game. Karma will come back on ALL of us for our misdeeds, one way or another. None shall survive forever. The only people that actually need to change how they play are the obnoxious brats that scream obscenities into their mike when they kill you (treating the game like CoD), Script kiddies, and of course, people who have no respect for what the game is about or their fellow players.

The one part where you went wrong: You mentioned the words "log out". Why is that wrong? Because rather than just kill you outright (as I might have done had you not been a fresh spawn) they approached and interacted with you. You could have at least given them (and yourself) the satisfaction of a little role play. Isnt that what all the non-kos carebears are always crying for (and theres nothing wrong with wanting it)? But I'll give you one thing: at least you don't go around screaming PRESS F2!!! PRESS F2!!!". Last guy that did that to me got my axe stuck in his face...not sure how that happened, but he didn't have a good time.

Weeelll partnah', tah ansah yer question; no. cant rightly say ah' do.

The Holy DayZible: The Book of Berezintinians: Chapter 45: Verse 17-27: 17; And yea, the forum apostles, whose names were Orlok, and LVG, and Boneboys, and Kichilron, 18; And SmashT, and sula, and others whose names I verily shant seek out, 19; Gathered at the foot of the Mount of Green to hear the sermon proclaimed from atop the great spire, that they might convey to the masses by speaking in incomprehensible tongues (which a man could only understand if huffing orange kittens) the sermon that was to be delivered. 20; And yea, the preacher did verily begin the sermon, which was to be about looting, and the farming of loot, and the gathering of loot, and the looting of the bodies of those who loot, and of the looting of the bodies of those who loot the bodies of those who loot, and of rotten kiwis, saying: 21; BEHOLD! Mine bretheren, be ye bandit or hero, or hopper, or seaker of trucks, or treater of broken limbs, or bambi, or Script Kidde (yea, even ye, script kiddie!), or that player we hath all seen, he who is named "Admin", or "Administrator"! 22; The LARD (no, not lord. LARD) hath spoken to mine ears, as I huffeth the orange kitten, because the orange kitten fuketh up the most, saying; 23; SEEKETH NOT, AND YEA SHALL FIND. OCCASIONALLY. BUT IF THOU DOST SEEKETH, THEE SHALL not FIND. INSTEAD YEA SHALL WANDER ENDLESSLY ACROSS THE BARREN EMPTY SERVER THAT I HATH SET ASIDE FOR THEE. 24; THOU SHALT WANDER FOR 40 KILLOMETERS AND 40 HOURS, AND STILL SHALLT THALL NOT FIND. 25; EVENTUALLY, IF THOU STILL SEEKETH, SHALT THALL FIND, BUT IT SHALL BE DAMAGEDETH, OR BADLY DAMAGEDETH. 26; IF THOU DOST SEEKETH, AND DOTH FIND, AND IT IS PRISTINE LIKE MY GLORY, THEN SHALL MY WRATH FIND THEE, AND SMITE THEE, THROUGH MY ACCOLYTE, THE MAN WHO HATH BEEN FOLLOWING THEE FOR A MILE. 27; IF THOU DOTH NOT SEEKETH, THAT WHICH YOU SEEKETH NOT, SHALT THEE FIND....EVENTUALLY. EDIT: im jus gonna leave this here: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Kitten_Huffing

I have on SEVERAL occasions advocated for a more fleshed out inventory system that combines the realism (actual volume and weight of items) of the arma 2 system WITH the user friendly version one we have now. I often use the words "arbitrary", and "bullshit" when describing the current system (but I DO always mention how user friendly it is. Gotta give credit where its do..), citing the example that nobody would even TRY to carry a 5.56mm US Military ammo can in their jeans pocket. yeah, you could CRAM it into the space between your waist and the waistband, but running or even walking with it like that would be EXTREMELY uncomfortable. YEAH, you COULD tie it to your belt, but walking or running with it dangling and flopping about, smashing into your leg, and unbalancing you with the weight of it (if full), while constantly trying to pull your pants down, would be uncomfortable AND annoying. AND either way, you would STILL have 4 individual pockets, but they are somehow full now. So I can only assume that all pants in this game must therefore split the space-time continuum so that the ammo can divides into four equal, pocket sized pieces until needed, at which point it answers it's summons by re-merging into your hand. Pistols? I can EASILY fit a Sig Sauer 2022 Pro Series 9mm into any of the four pockets, leaving 3 more still available. So yeah. Arbitrary. Bullshit. Unrealistic. Hopefully to be tweaked to represent dimensions, weight, AND volume realistically. But DAMN is it user friendly!

Cudos and beans for you, OP. Very interesting, concise and to the point, and well said. I find I have no arguments against anything you said. Very nice. Can we get a Chuck Norris Meme in here? You know, the one from dodgeball?

Such hostility. Don't get me wrong, I have my own issues with the op (such as poor tactical movement decisions, repeated skylining, and playing in 3pp). But who are you to dictate what someone else's play style should be? And to be fair, he DID get screwed over by desynch. But you seem to think that the desynch was some sort of divine retribution brought down upon him because he choose to harm another player. You know, the other day, I MET some of those "people like you", watching over cities. I was in electro, as a fresh spawn, and had nothing but a splitting axe. I found someone, whose only weapon was a crowbar. I chased them into a building, and started to attack (to be clear, I was the aggressor). He got lucky and knocked me unconscious (partly due to how clunky melee is), and as I lay there, with him hitting me, I can hear someone come in. "HEY! You! stop hiting him!" "He attacked ME!" "get on the ground, now!" At this point, Im laughing my ass off, because now the guy is getting harassed for defending himself. So the two guys revive me, and turn to run away. At which point I pull my axe back out and turn to attack the guy again. He saw this coming, and immediately bopped me on the head, sending me back to the floor. Next thing I hear: "I SAW THAT! I JUST saw you attack him after he got up! You killed him!" "He attacked me first! I was just looting alone when he ran up and started to attack me!" "Yeah, ill just bet" *BANG BANG BANG! I found this entire exchange to be one of the funniest things I have seen in game thus far. So tell me. How does it make YOU feel?

"They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!" Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, LT General, USMC

356 hours in game. THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX. And I have only met this ONE hacker. I used to see the bastards DAILY in the mod. Hell, sometimes HOURLY. I don't know what you devs did to combat them, or what, but you did it right. So well done guys. So, the story goes like this: I was just in the process of getting myself kitted out, when I encountered another player. He claimed to "Know I had no ammo for my gun", which was true, but I figured it to be a guess. I ran away, he chased me, and I managed to escape and patch myself up after a brief axe exchange that neither of us won. A few minutes later, I was running and hiding, proceeding building to building (this is elektro, btw). As I neared the edge of the city, while I was hiding inside a building, I heard someone playing a song in direct ( ). This music was BLASTING in my ear, despite nobody being near me. I realized I heard the word "COBRA" in the lyrics (my in game name is CobraCmndr[FOG]), then I knew (the actual line goes "so that birthday cake, get a cobra, buggati fer real, Im a cold bruh). This guy really DID know that I had no ammo, he knew my character name without any input from me, and as I ran away, the music followed me through several buildings and up stairs until after several missed shots, he finally got me. I gotta give the guy props for at least being creative, I suppose. So anyway, once again, good work guys on keeping the vast majority of these scum away from my in game fun.

I have had a few of my topics in recent days deleted. No explanation, no reason given, I don't even know who DID it so I can make a complaint to the correct person. Most recently I posted a topic titled "So, why is nobody talking about THIS?" (or something to that effect), in which I left a picture of an underground hole. This topic received likes and comments, but I cant read it because it is gone. There was no explanation, no word about what rule I violated, and no person accepting responsibility for the deletion. So what is going on, and who do I talk to?

I looked there already. Its GONE. Not there, not the graveyard, just gone. Im not bitching here. I just want to know what rules I violated, or whatever, that got my post deleted. Why was talking about this: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/546391566528120486/FDB1B94DD36F953498F9DCF4331CA32BF760BA99/ not allowed?

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/546391566528120486/FDB1B94DD36F953498F9DCF4331CA32BF760BA99/ I assure you, its real.

First, allow me to apologize for a misunderstanding brought about by YOUR poor choice of words. If you are hopping servers to find a good server to play in, rather than to farm loot, then obviously you are not doing anything exploitative. Second, why are you so dead set against private servers? I myself now play almost exclusively on the [FOG] Clan servers, as they have plenty of loot due to persistence being turned off, which means every reset brings fresh loot AND consistently respawns new heli crashes. This is because persistence, still being a work in progress, is bugged. Because they are private shards, this also means that server hoping loot farmers cant come in and clean the good loot spawns because they cant take what they get with them back to public shards. This ALSO means a reduced number of hackers, as the admins eventually get them banned from the servers. My recommendation? Get yourself whitelisted to a private shard run by a clan that has a server nearby where you live. Get good ping, good loot, good people, and good fun. Try the [FOG] clan servers! http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/214588-fog-clans-4040-club-1pp-persistence-disabled-all-playstyles-encouraged/

Philly, why would you offer ANY advice to an admitted server hopper? I hope this exploiting jerkoff gets nothing. I hope he gets reset EVERY time. I hope he learns to play in a manner that respects the game, his fellow players, and himself. Ass...I mean Ace....may your character die in a fire every time you deliberately leave one server to join another for the sole purpose of loot farming.