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I agree. Surviving is easy and secondary, at best. It\s basically Arma II Multiplayer with a couple of zombies which have almost zero impact. I hope the Standalone will make the survival element primary again.

I do hope its back to basics. Dayz, while very fun, has degenerated into a deathmatch with zombies. Mostly caused by the fact that survival i so easy, and everybody has top end weapons. It feels very much like arma II with zombies.

I'm happy they decided to go from an key by key basis, towards the 'Minecraft' model of distributing alpha. I don't mind the wait so much, but I hope the time is near. It'll be something for me to play over the summer. I understand they want to make the alpha the best it can be, but I'm not under any illusion regarding playability on day 1 and probably a while after, with millions of people trying to get (into) the game. The release will probably be rocky, no matter how long they wait.

I'm 24, Dutch, familiar with the game and looking for people to play with. Vent/teamspeak (which I can provide if necessary)/Mumble preffered

Dont expect too much of the game in terms of performance, no matter what rig you have. Arma is known to be an absolute unoptimized mess, technically. Hopefully this will change with Arma III, though I doubt it.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16919

yes' date=' i can't find any good info about it, but from what the maker said, it sounds promising. he's enthusiastic, ambitious and wants to go against the grain, kinda reminds me of Rocket. I hope it will be great. [/quote'] It's worth to keep an eye on. Any innovation in gameland these days is a godsend.

It's personal. Sometimes I feel that I don;t want to spend so much time trying to get back to a half decent state, and I just respawn and use the time to get some new gear. But as said above, anything can happen, it may be worth the shot and you may end up with a good story or two.

Arma games have always been a complete mess technically. Hopefully Arma 3 will be different, but I somehow doubt it.

This exactly. I agree with most that It's a legit tactic, but don't act like it's a super skillful or elite thing to do. Nothing to brag about, same as camping/sniping in any other shooter.

Also. very little info. Although the whole class thing suggests something much more traditional than DayZ.

I would play any game that I think could be good.

I don;t think it should be like that. I'm just saying they can leave the leet attitude, since sniping and camping isn't that hard.

I think zombies don;t work completely properly at the moment.

I broke my legs so many times falling off of various platforms, it's not even funny.

Lol ghillie suit required? How is that a measure of dedication to the game? I was interested in joining, but now not so sure.

What you describe has been a part of gaming(communities) for as long as I can remember. Nothing new. :D

Meh, survivability in Elektro is much better than at any type of airfield.

Its also fun how the selfproclaimed 'pro snipers' always point out that people are not careful enough. I've been sniped plenty of times, and I'm mostly okay with it, but telling me I wasn't carefull or that I'm a noob just because I didn't see a tiny speck in the treelines 800 meters away, which happened to be a camping sniper is a bit elitist and self-serving to me. Snipers need to start realizing that being a camper isn't that pro. As said, I'm mostly okay with it, but I just hate much of the attitude, because it's really not that hard/

Even with great hardware, do not expect too much in terms of performance. The Arma engines have been notorious for being an unoptimized mess. With decent hardware, it's probably playable, but with the last 3 rigs I have had, the performance on the games have been subpar of what you would expect for a machine of that quality. I just hope they fix it with A3.

shameless bump.

Avoiding zombies is an acquired skill. Its also my understanding that zombie detection is not working as it's supposed to right now, but sooner or later you will figure out how close you can be to zombies without them hearing or seering you.