James Hawke

There are no friendly players near military loot. Ever. ^^

Hell yeah it does xD Don't get me wrong though, I'm not saying that I just shoot everything that moves. I much rather shun other players, observe them from a hiding spot. If they see me and don't try to talk to me, I'll probably try to shoot them before they can shoot me. Last week, I think, I was in the school building in Vybor with my friend. We were on the upper floor when we heard shots outside (not aimed at us, but it was rapid fire). So my friend having a sawed-off shotgun and me having an SKS went into the only room on the upper floor and decided to wait that player out. I was aiming directly at the stairs, hoping nobody would come up. But very soon my friend said he hear footsteps below (I don't know why I couldn't hear it). A short while later, that guy with his AKM came up the stairs. I landed a few shots at him but he killed me on the spot. He didn't expect my friend though, so when he walked through the door he got blasted away point blank by the shotty. We weren't really trying to kill that guy, we wanted to wait him out. But he came up there, which was unfortunate for both me and him. Now I'm dead, but my friend has his AKM.

Everything got much better for me when I started to see most other players generally as dynamic hostile NPCs.

Certainly not. The stable build is called stable for a reason xD Well, not for that exact reason, perhaps... But you get the idea ^^

I think so, yes. At least I know I've played the mod with a laptop that had very similar specs. I'm not sure about the "decently" part, but you should be able to run it.

*sigh* Yes, your laptop should run DayZ pretty much without a problem. You basically have the same specs my laptop has, but a much better graphics card.

Mh... have you played the mod? There was quite a variety of vehicles... bicycles, motorbikes, atv, several different cars, even humvees and military trucks, buses, helicopters, planes, some servers even had an Osprey VTOL aircraft. But the idea with the horse - Yes, please! :D

Well the bike doesn't need fuel. It also doesn't need much of a bodywork. Or a windshield. Or engine parts. I just think they should start with a vehicle with which it is possible to test most important vehicular gameplay mechanics, if not all. The bicycle just seems too simple to me.

EDIT: I should stop drinking. Please excuse the double post.

I don't think server hopping in this case will do anyone much good. Usually, you server hop one place like a military compound, loot everything, then go on to the next server, because that military compound is one of the only places where the items you want can spawn. With vehicle parts, dynamic loot respawn and global loot tables, that's a bit of a different story. You can server hop, but it won't do you any good unless you know for a certainty what server the part you need is on. Vehicle parts will (if it's similar to the mod) be able to spawn pretty much anywhere. Server hopping one single tool shack won't get you anywhere. There are just too many of them.

Oddly enough, I can't see why they want to release bicycles first, of all the vehicles. I mean, yes, it's a very simple vehicle, but it's also the only simple vehicle. Not a particularly smart choice for something supposed to test vehicle mechanics, in my opinion. Not representing the average vehicle very well.

I can't see BI making it an option to remove zombies. Why would they? It's a zombie survival game. It's in the title for crying out loud! They could just as well make it an option to disable survival mechanics. Give the game both and you're basically just playing a clunkly deathmatch. Yes, zeds are barely more than a nuisance at the moment, but enabling the option to remove them entirely would be like programming a flight simulator, and upon noticing that the landing gear of 50% of the planes doesn't work right, get rid of the landing mechanics alltogether instead of fixing them - Oh come on. Nobody actually wants to land his plane...

Me neither... I only have ammo for my sks because I happened upon a drum mag...

Especially since the description specifically reads "ultra-rugged leather jacket, durable and protective" ... Nothing's rugged and protective about this thing. My friggin' T-Shirt takes more hits than the jacket. Heavy duty sewing kits aren't gonna change that - You can't fix what's ruined. I love this jacket. It looks good. But that's about it. With my current character I had four of those things and they all were gone due to zombie within a few minutes. I really hope they fix that...

I just picked up two (!) pristine Raiders Jackets in Svetlo. Both of them went from pristine to ruined in one hit from a zombie. The description says it's leather, but I suspect that Raiders Jackets are actually made of wrapping paper.

EDIT: Sorry, doublepost.

Well but here's the thing: How does this particular "end game" content give me an edge over other players? Say you find one of these funny little red cars and you want to repair it. Since there's no way to lug the whole chassis with the body around, you have to repair it where it is. If there are too many very particular parts you need, you will spend a lot of time there. And you will need lots of people to effectively defend that thing on a full server while you repair it - many more than you can actually fit IN that car. So just for the heck of it, let's say you manage to repair the car and get it driving. In our SA Chernarus that's being peppered with new towns and cities practically in spitting distance from one another, driving a car like that exposes you. Nothing else. Or do you plan on creeping over meadows and forests with that little car with walking speed? xD

I feel like if they make vehicles too hard to obtain, hardly anyone will bother. I mean you can traverse the map just fine on foot. Not that I wouldn't like to drive a car along these many many roads, but if I have to invest maybe thirty hours to get one working for an hour, I think I'd rather like to take a 'meh' approach to it xD

Oh my... what a story xD I've tried being on the 'medic team' with a friend once in the mod. It didn't work out. We drove around the map in a convoy, we had a truck, loaded to the brim with medical supplies, a bus with some more, and the bus was pulling a car in good condition, in case anyone needed it. We didn't get far. Someone put a bullet in our bus and a tire broke. Quickly enough my friend got out, got into the truck and we drove off - The sniper didn't get us or our truck, but our bus and the car behind that. It was a pity, really - I'm never doing that again.

I see what you mean, and actually I've been thinking more about having a normal hatchet (civilian version) and the tac-hawk (military version). Both would fit in a beltloop instead of on the back, be used in one hand instead of two, be quicker but have less range. I just mentioned the tomahawk because... well because that's the thing I want xD

Walther Tactical Tomahawk. I want that thing in my beltloop, not on my back. I want a quick, multi-purpose tool that works as a melee weapon as well as a splitting axe.

Ahahah, such a waste :D Good for a laugh though... I think my funniest moment was a work of sheer stupidity. Me and my friend were going through Devil's Castle, up in the tower... my friend walked down the stairs and suddenly he was like "Uh... I'm dead..." I tried to tell him that he has to be careful with the narrow stairs in the tower - I hadn't quite finished as I made one wrong step and fell to my death as well. It was quite hilarious actually...

I don't think it's just about the size. The improvised backpack and the improvised leather backpack have the same size, yet the leather backpack has five slots more. And I think that is supposed to be due to leather being able to hold more weight than burlap. But yes, the leather sack should have five slots more in my opinion too.

So I've just been back to check on my stuff. As expected, the leather sack was gone. I know someone took it because he left his badly damaged talon backpack in return. The courier bag that couldn't be picked up was still where we left it. So yes, it does work.

Hahahahahahahah :D And when's that gonna be?