Lukio (DayZ)

Averages don't say much as there are many random factors to death. I'd say usually around 4-5 days' date=' sometimes I die to a door, other times I'm not careful and pull too much aggro on Zeds. Depending on where I start between 1 - 2 hours. Preferred set up would be a large backpack, cooking stuff, medical supplies (Morphine/Blood bag), sidearm, rifle + at least 4 magazines for each weapon, 2 canteens, map, compass & binoculars. If I make it that far I'll easily survive several days. All in all I think the whole repetitive nature of dying, re-spawning, gathering stuff without any long-term goals gets a bit boring sometimes, currently I am trying to counter that with having a little group play with friends.

This is a game, you are not shooting on people but on pixels. There is no incentive not to kill anyone if he is somehow threatening or compromising you. Personally I just avoid all contact with other survivors as I do not like having to kill them, I prefer to socialize, but at the current stage there is no incentive to do so (with random survivors). Generally I think player interaction in DayZ currently is a "once burnt, twice shy" thing. Once you've been randomly murdered for a some bandages or just out of bloodlust, you loose any basic empathy towards other survivors, no matter if they say they are friendly or not.

Everyone who played ARMA 2 before DayZ knows and is aware of the glitches / bugs that can happen, especially with objects and collision detection. Most players are used to it and overlook how buggy it seems to be to anyone not familiar with the game. Stairs, Rocks, Doors, Ladders even Walls have always been an issue. Especially on Chernarus many objects are not well placed or optimized, if you check out Takistan map, almost all collision issues with world object models are gone. I'd even wager to say that the issues many people are experiencing is not ARMA 2 per se, but the map & 3D models used in Chernarus.

Haha yeah the "Mad drummer Steve Moore" is close to being an internet legend like Techno Viking. For anyone seriously interested in percussion check out this video. OT: Nope the monkey animation doesn't remind me of him.

In the ARMA 2 community the only resolve to script kiddies has been to make servers private, any public servers mostly are infested with hacks & modifications that will make your gaming experience a nightmare.

If you really want their items, its simpler to just shoot them. No communication necessary, less stress about your hostage needing to cooperate and some people even get a kick out of it. Currently the trigger happy mentality is deeply ingrained into the community and its just another free-for-all shooter. There were times when the experience of player interaction was different and your suggestion would have worked, when people actually wanted to cooperate and wanted to trust another player. The desire to treat any random player you encounter as another human being has diminished to nil I'd say. Makes it frustrating & stressful for anyone who liked to socialize and makes it a happy fragfest for all the sociopaths.

Awesome vid, I always thought directional was much shorter distance. Oh my ... that sound still gives me chills - in DayZ it would make people totally freak out!

Obviously TheMachine and others have never encountered the stone wall of death, the toilet door of peril, the tree roots of terror and lo and behold the stone of deadly plummet. So it should read there is almost no reason to die if you know what you're doing. Because even if you know what you are doing, at one point random death by inanimate object will get you.

Don't run around like headless chickens!

Not RIP Dayz, quite the contrary, this is all good stuff. Admittedly the LP itself was horrible and very misleading, but - the more people find out about DayZ, the more people find out about ARMA (which up till now really was a complete niche game, be honest here). Doing a LP on a hack server isn't really a good way to introduce this mod. I'm also pretty sure we'll have another wave of people just spamming the forums "Lol no gun wtf?", but to be honest - who cares - that's exactly what discussion boards are there for. Some of the hardcore mil-sim people are butthurt, pissed and/or envious at DayZ because their loved little game has gained massive attention by a mod that features so many things they loathe. Still in the end its the best thing that can happen to BI, ARMA 2, ARMA 3 and of course DayZ.

Communication is vital Under twilight I woke up a bit west of Elektro near the Gas station, quickly ran through Elektrozavodsk, grabbed some medical supplies, a revolver and some food, then decided to bug out. Next best place to go was Castle Rog, because it usually has something like a backpack and other useful things. Upon arrival I saw some dead infected and I put my guard up. Used directional to announce my arrival. No response. Right behind the Bergfried I heard someone frantically running away, I never saw him. The castle was completely empty, only a canteen, tin cans and bandages left over. After making a brief stop at Topolka dam for a refill, the next step was to move to Pusta, then Mogilievka. In both towns I barely found anything, just a hunting knife, soda and another empty canteen. This was very disappointing. Nearly through with Mogilievka I spotted one lonely survivor leaving towards the northern treeline. I tried calling him out on directional but to no avail, he was too far away. After looking at everything I had found, equipped only with a hatchet and my trusty revolver I decided to make a final stop at Castle Zub, as it was really close. On the way out there was a boar near the forest which provided me some meat. Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to cook it yet, but I kept those delicious steaks for later. Upon arrival at Castle Zub there were only very few infected which was a good thing. In the gate house I only stumbled upon empty tin cans and some road flares. Hoping to have more luck in the tower I moved up when I heard steps from inside the tower. Again I called out, said I mean no harm, that I am friendly to others if they are friendly as well. No response. Believing it was the same person I saw before I said "I think I've seen you at Castle Rog and Mogilievka before". As an answer I just heard some feet shuffling - else wise silence. "I'm approaching the tower entrance, don't shoot me ok?" Nothing. When I was in front of the entrance I saw the barbed wire, blocking the passage. "Is that your barbed wire? I do not intend to hurt you!". Again no answer, just some more footsteps and suddenly a crunching sound. Finally I saw the refugee, probably with broke a leg and being unconscious from the steep fall. He was bleeding. "Look if you hadn't set up the barbed wire I could've helped you but now you are going to die a slow, painful death." I tried somehow stepping over the wire, a last chance to save the poor guy in the tower. When I finally made it, it was too late, the flies were buzzing. His name was sn0Rk. I picked up what I could find and then upon inspecting sn0Rk I was assured that it must have been the same survivor I had seen before hand. Beans, Pasta, Sodas, Ammunition, a 1911 and even a Winchester Rifle were on him. Matches, toolbox, compass, map, binoculars were on him as well. No wonder everything was picked clean. Dear sn0Rk (and everyone else!), next time someone tries to talk to you, maybe at least respond, it could have saved your life. Not everyone is out there to get you!

Really cool vid and looks like a trailer for some kind of "I am legend" type of series. Just one question how did you get the frontal shot of the character? All done with the editor? I'd like to make a short video but just can't get the camera to show my character from the front.

Its not about others being lazy, its just that as your thread title and also the information in your video post is in English, this suggests the videos are in English as well. Its just misleading, so maybe add somewhere (I think its Portuguese?). Without understanding anything it though seems you had fun with your boats :-D

Pointless' date=' its quicker to shoot a zombie in the head than to carry and setup a bear trap to kill 1 zombie! [/quote'] Dude ... you could lead a horde into a building, trap one zombie, everyone else gets stuck, then throw in a grenade or go full auto on them just for fun. On top of that sometimes I want to continue looting a house and personally hate it when random zombies come walking in, so with a bear trap you could keep em away until you are done looting, then shoot. There are many viable uses. Which is exactly what they are going for with 1.7.2 - better stability & security.Anyway its just Rocket experimenting around with some stuff, its still alpha so better test it now than later. As he said "Where's your sense of adventure?" :-D

Press ⦻ to find the secret weapon cache. Seriously - I do not know what kind of weapon you were looking for, but basically go into any industrial building and you are bound to find either a hatchet or a crowbar, those will suffice to find food & something to drink. From there you can move on and find a firearm, because I guess that is what you are looking for when you talk about a weapon

1.7.2 demo on Utes! That sounds pretty cool. I always was fond of Utes for some kind of DayZ intro scenario / tutorial so this is good stuff.

As bear traps also will trap infected I can see uses for other players as well. Also discourage people of just blindly running up to the nearest hunting stand to grab a gun and "frag bean coast noobs", when spawning in Kamenka or Kamyshovo.

Minds blown! Are you really really 100% sure? I think Rocket should include a RMAH so that people who die and loose their stuff can instantly get the bestestevar gear!

Well its up to you how you play this mod, if you think you are done with it, then so be it. Have fun!

*ding* *woosh* Achievement unlocked: Complacent survivor Oh wait you didn't get that? :D