Nalamin

KOS11 Wow...your an ill-educated bore who can't get out an intelligent thought out without name calling and spewing hate. Hell, you can't get an intelligent thought out at all. 1) I own guns myself and have used them...have you? Some how I think you may have raped or murdered someone. Seeing as how you sound like a sociopath. 2) I lived through Katrina myself. Not in New Orleans but not super far. My neighbors and I made sure anyone like you was sent packing. You are the one with stupid attitudes about what happened. In "reality" people would group up and kill people like you. It is just human nature to remove threats. However, in DayZ, reality is not in play, PK'rs are pretty much anonymous and death is not a permanent state. This allows people who enjoy killing to get their rocks off without getting sent to prison or executed. Maybe its even therapeutic in some way to kill in game. Do you feel better after murdering in game all evening? Has your rage decreased? Lets hope so. P.S. From your writing skills I think I can assure you that my education level is well above yours.

I am glad to see some sanity in this thread. Human beings by their nature group up to overcome the environment. This has been shown to be true throughout history. There are exceptions and in any situation where there is no law evil things happen...but this does not change the fact that most people would be driven to find a group in which to exist. I am a historian and can not think of a situation where what the OP states is accurate. I am open to suggestions. First off... I have heard Katrina mentioned: This is Bullshit. The hurricane effected millions but the number of murderers was quite small. Most of what we saw on TV was HYPE for ratings (or political benefit). Katrina is not a valid example in any case because every one knew that the rule of law would return in a few days. The closest event I can think of was possibly behind the german lines in the U.S.S.R. after Barbarossa. Millions slaughtered, SS hunting down and killing almost anyone, food and meds short. No idea when they will be gone. People grouped up and fought back. (Even this is not a good match)

All this whining from PK'rs is amusing. I don't understand how DC'ing helps once you have been shot anyway. You just die on another server. I suggest head shots to keep them from DC'ing on you. Killing them was the point wasn't it? :D As to timers...one minute is ridiculous. I would suggest 15 seconds. More than that will be an issue when looking for a day time server. If they fix the darkness issues then a longer timer would be ok.

I agree he shouldn't be exploiting... but his bigger point is that matches/lighters should be much more common in the game. I probably have fifty matchboxes and 6 lighters here in my house and I don't even smoke. In a world where 99% of people are dead or infected what happened to all those fire sources? Just curious.

This darkness thing is a real problem. Logged into a server the other night. It was PITCH black in the forest. No stars...nothing. I had just been in a night time ARMA2 game and was able to fight in the darkness. I set my video options to max and it was STILL pitch black. What is going on?

I agree! Its called Death match.

I know! Lets add clipping our nails to the game. Maybe you will get shot while clipping your toe nails. :D I think this is almost as bad as the defecating thread. This is just clutter...how about we "assume" that survivors wash them selves from time to time when not in game? Can they shit and piss at the same time? Wash hands?

A good start to what you suggest is the ability to make a stash. This would tie survivors to a general area. Groups of players could place their stashes in the same general area. Perhaps a group of survivors could create a large stash that would be more persistent. Why we must be lucky enough to find a tent in order to save anything off the body makes little sense to me. Putting stuff in a hollow log or stump would be quite easy. Digging a hole with a number of implements would also be easy. Of course, this might cause lag issues if done to often. The next step up would be to create a lean-to or shack. All of these would be available for theft of course. This entire area will need to be explored to add definition to the later part of the game. Right now once you get well equipped there is nothing to do but PK.

The search engine here is terrible.

Where do people get the misconception that CHAOS broke out after Hurricane Katrina? The area struck by the storm had some 3 to 5 million residents depending on how the area is defined. The number of those who committed crimes; particularly murder; was in the hundreds at most. You people need to become more discerning media consumers...a lot of what you saw on TV was hype for ratings. In any case, the situation is not comparable. EVERYONE in the Katrina storm area knew that law and order would soon return. It might take awhile...but any brazen lawlessness would eventually be punished.

Since when is shotgun shells gun specific? I own multiple shotguns (80 year old single shot; double barrel; pump) and have been using them for over 45 years. Shotgun ammo is pretty generic. 12 gauge is 12 gauge. I hold judgement on the military guns...I've never held one. Shotguns should be loaded one shell at a time. If this isn't workable in the ARMA model then at least make shells more generic in some fashion.

Deviant is correct. What you suggest has pretty much been implemented. I use fire from cover and shoot and scoot all the time now. I have actually started killing them just to see how they react. It is an ALPHA after all.

This can not be a serious suggestion. When I start having to shit and piss in a game I am moving on.

Hmmm. What is my definition of insanity? One hit kill zombies. How about we make nuclear weapons available? That would be fun...for a minute or two. Nice ARMA graphics...

I like the winchester as well. I had to drop it on my current character because I could never find more than two packs of ammo. They do seem more rare than they used to be. Shouldn't the other 12 gauge ammo be usable in the winchester? I have two shotguns in RL and interchange the ammo all the time.