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"Taking up a weapon spawn" what does that mean? Diluting the lethality of firearms in the loot table? I don't see what's wrong with that if weapons are difficult to find and field. Ya, if we always have a choice, it's a waste of space. But I doubt it will always be that way

IzH adds another step to the progression towards being geared. You obtain pistol with no mag but you have rounds. Sweet! Then you find 7.62x39mm rounds but have no weapon to fire them. Rats! Then you find a pretty little IzH in a house to fire those bullets with. Sweet! Then you either shoot some other idiot with it and take his better gun, or you find a CR/sks/mosin etc etc and upgrade to that. Rpg 101 guys.

Running around Cherno with a roaring chainsaw and loaded AKM on your back is loads of fun. If you haven't tried it, I recommended that you try it at least once.

If there isn't enough loot in the big cities after people play urban combat, they will migrate north. Maybe not on the public hive, but it would happen on private hives. Give it time.

Bullet was probably still rising at that distance, not dropping

Can anyone confirm that the scope bug with the CR is nullified once the rifle is painted camouflage? Had a camo CR and noticed that it wasn't pulling my eye out of scope to chamber mid firefight. I assumed that the new year patch had fixed the bug, but my new, non-painted CR still has the same glitch.

They also took out military wreck loot because the regional loot control isn't implemented yet. Once it is, there will be many many more places to find mil loot.

I'd personally like to see it continue to accept no optics. We already have the SVD, we don't need yet another all purpose battle rifle. At most, a military-specific "sniper" scope. But an acog or red dot would be too much in my opinion.

Not that anyone else cares... But the CR527 bolting animation has been reworked! Decided to take some pot shots at some zombies outside of zelenegorsk and couldn't believe my eyes. It's similar to the Winchester, but a bit easier to stay on target between shots. Merry Christmas to you, developers!

Had a few firefights in elektro earlier today. Performance was silky smooth. No desync, no frame drops, zombies were persistent in chasing combatants around. And all of this on a 50/50 private HC server. A job well done by the developers. The game feels like it's really coming together.

Rather than giving up sniping, why not give the CR527 a try? I found one with 2 empty mags discarded in a barracks where somebody had found an sks. Yes, it doesn't have the stopping power that the Winchester has, and it has the weird bolt animation. However, because of these drawbacks, it is a great tool for improving your long range marksmanship. Why? Because you have to go for headshots, and the inability to clearly see where your shots land will teach you to use the in-game map for quick range finding. I have had 3 confirmed headshot kills on underground since I picked it up. Also, the ability to apply a camouflage paint scheme makes it feel that much more badass. Paired with a boarskin pack and silenced 1911, I feel prepared to be underpowered yet prepared for engagements at any range.

Ya I got an easy double kill in zelenegorsk with my trusty CR527 yesterday on underground when some poor bastards got their bus stuck trying to get it up the hill out of the plaza going north. It's lack of power literally cost them their lives.

The M4 obsession is real. Shame that they will just get hoarded into barrels on empty servers out of fear of being lost.

Freezing my ass off at work, whip out phone for quick Dayz forums fix, read thread, giggling like little girl. 10/10 thread. Well done, clubs.

Don't climb random barns in the middle of nowhere while carrying VSS? Especially after dying to stairs 3 times before.