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Lord of the Flies.. lol

So.... parkour? lol

Not a single one.. :P

Yes.. you could barricade them into a shed using tank traps. You had to ensure they had no tool box on them first, but it worked.. and quite well. EDIT: oh wait.. you meant in thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat way. I think they banned that in the mod since this game was made near Russia. ;)

Look, it frustrates me too. I have a new baby and have to dc without notice many times per day.. i usually get timers when I come right back to play. It sucks. But its better than the alternative of having people just disappear all the time on you. Its not as bad when you get used to it. Disconnects outside of your control can be a pain too.. and I would hate to be that guy who has bad internet trying to play this game. But rules come into play when people decide that they do not need to follow a set standard and want to find some way of gaining an advantage on others. Just like IRL.

it may be interfering with the signal in DayZ?... I just use 2 audio cables. When I dayz its hook it up to the one end, when I watch movies its to the surround speakers in my living room. All I do is take 3 seconds to swap connections first. So maybe that is a good option? Use direct to PC when on dayz, and route through the receiver when not.

Well, I dont want to beat a dead horse. But there were mods that had some serious issues with survival. Like the last vanilla patches that made zombies ruthless and you got infected like 9 out of 10 times from doing anything at all. They had major population drops and almost instantly, like overnight. People hated it. They wanted to kill each other. And wanted that to be an easier and more enjoyable experience. They as a whole did not want a strict survival game. I mean look at the PvE servers that go up, dont stay up for long do they? Ive been playing this mod since it came out basically and it will always be a KOS game. If SA strays too far from that, well people will go back to the mods. Or something new. What you want than is what I fear. A game that was born in shooter roots, becomes a mainly survival game. At that point, when managing your health is so tough that you dont want to go get in a gunfight, is the day I find a new game to play obsessively. But I completely respect your ideas and wants, its just not for me. I like the fear that KOS brings to this game, without it I would struggle to find a reason to play at all.

Its like fishing, if you dont throw back the small ones.. one day all of the fish may be gone.

its your headset then man... I use Astro A40's with the razor surround sound app installed (free app) and its crazy accurate with directionality.

Um.. ignore his stating No. YES, they do. If you have surround sound headphones, all sound is directional. Proxy, gunshots, etc.. Meaning you dont just know there is a sound, you know where. All sound is also limited by a set distance. So when you hear a M4 round, you can be certain that is is within X distance of you. Also why some may hear a sound, and others may not along with needing to face the direction of the sound itself at great distances.

More content? Have you not played Epoch or some of the other mods that are literally chalk full of content? Its still KOS fest, because that is exactly what this game is. More content, just equals more content. KOS is not going to be affected by anything other than limiting loot/gear and only providing cheesy bows and arrows. And even then its fists-city.. And thank you. I dont really care about the post dying.. its more my loss of respect for this community. Thats the tough part. I thought they could handle something simple, and for what appears to be a majority that is not true.

Havent you heard? Its super hard to survive.. so everyone is a fresh spawn on the coast. I guess I need to die soon and get the hell out of NWAF :(

They (pristine condition) will in the least stop a point blank Mos.. one shot. That much I know.

DayZ took a sandbox shooter and mated it with a survival game. As long as it sticks close to its roots it will be fine. The real problem, as far as numbers and population go is if they make the game too directed at survival and not at the core shooter theme. People will leave in droves to go play Rust or whatever is new out there. The game will die off slowly if that ever happens and they dont quickly fix it. You cannot have DayZ without KOS, or with some diluted version of it where no one has guns and everyone has a crossbow. It fills a particular niche that not many other games can, and if it starts feeling like another game out there.. no more reason for people to stay. I mean.. you add in heart attacks and illness from the cold rain, stuff like that. Fine. Guess how I will play? Ill kill myself and start over if I need too. Ill metagame. Ill do what I need to continue to enjoy the game until I cannot any longer. I dont play to just eat food and loot. If they make that the sole main focus, its bye bye for me.

See: Books

Really? Thats weird.. ;)

Ive used them lately to great success, but not sure if it was dumb luck or thats what to expect now?

Pretty much every bit of it. FIrst thing I did to see what was different from the mods.. I have 1 thing left to explore, the mil base NW of Balota. See you all there! ;)

Gone Home had in game radios with tapes you could find and play out lout. Real bands that allowed their music or no longer had copyrights on it. It was a nice touch, and could be really good in DayZ. Its probably the easiest to implement too. People would be trading tapes all over the place, and I could play long tall sally in my huey once they add in helis. :D

Here is why I posted what I did. 1st and foremost as a simple discussion. I like discussions on subjects I find interesting. One of those subjects happens to be peoples view on removing or curbing KOS in a game that is built around it. I disagree that it would ever be a good thing, and I see that BIS seems to be content with eventually making the game much less KOS oriented. I think that is a failure from the ground up and I dont want it to happen. So I sat back and tried to think about the most extreme thing you could do that would still leave freedom of playstyle but perhaps would curtail the KOS in game. And then I wanted to see what the community thinks would happen. I have my own presumptions. It was essentially a coy way of saying to the DEV team to ignore the "lets push out KOS in favor of survival" idea, and just focus on leaving content and making the game run smoothly. The really funny part was when people got all ragey at me thinking I was wanting no KOS, or disliked it, or anything other was just popping a question. Its also sad. Thats why I came back just for this and walked away last night. People completely missed the point and just killed it. So I will let it die, and walk away with the lesson that you should never start conversations where the short bus line starts.

Im just wondering what everyone's experience is as far as best places to find an ACOG.. its the one thing I cant seem to find really anywhere. I've seen doubles of so many other rare items back to back in buildings... but no ACOG. (btw, the 3 door small garages 'garaz' I think is the placeholder name is the best place to find PU scopes from what I have seen) So any helpful advice?.. I know where they spawn, and will just keep checking all the spots. But maybe someone can say they routinely find them here. Maybe not. Worth a shot

I really, really, really am starting to get sad about this community. I know you're not all 12 year olds. Most of you are grown adults and you cant handle basic reading comprehension due to a built up tension over KOS? I never once even made it sound like I was against KOS outright, it took your own presumptions to get there. I am pro KOS. I love it. Without I would not play this game for faks sake. CALM Down.

How do I explain this to you? dis·cus·siondisˈkəSHən/noun 1. the action or process of talking about something, typically in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas. "the proposals are not a blueprint but ideas for discussion"

In certain mods of the dayz mod.. you had money, gold, etc.. You could buy gear with it. You wanna know what it did? People bought gear, made bases and killed each other with glee, much faster than they ever could before. Made it sort of like Wasteland. Fun for pvp but not so much for survival.

Really.. I had to add an edit for people like you. So thank you for that.. it felt good taking the time to hold your hand. Want to tell me a story now?