Dagwood

Bribase's post just gave me wood...

Do you think dayz caribou died because all of the original players couldn't stand life without 3rd person? Because that definitely is not why I stopped playing.

No. Please do not turn this thread into another retard shit slinging competition. This thread is here to bring like minded people together. If you would like to preach the truth (FPVFTW) please continue the righteous fight in another location. But I support your enthusiasm gibonez! I've seen your posts on the subject in other threads. While I agree with what you are saying, your delivery method is all wrong. You need to remember that this is a videogame forum. People will ignore your real argument and just continue to spray shit in your face until all you can do is the same. If you would like to continue playing fun with feces, please take it elsewhere. I would like to keep at least this thread somewhat civil. Edit: wow that came off much more aggressively than I intended. All I was trying to say is that I think it would server everyone better if the discussion did not carry over to yet another thread. My apologies.

While having it as an OPTION may seem like it guarantees player traffic, it does not. We saw this in the mod. If this is because I am part of a very small minority, so be it. But if that is the case, we need to do a better job of concentrating that small population. I appreciate your support ryzoh, but history has shown that we need to be more proactive if we want to attract a more refined crowd to a common playing field.

Were you asking because you would be interested? I'm a club of one at the moment...

While snooping around earlier, one of our dignified brethren informed the masses that there was a patch available on steam that disabled 3rd person. If this is our only option at the moment idk. If someone not limping around on a cellphone could provide a more informed response, we would all benefit.

And implement the ACE system on hardcore systems. If you make killing each other more of a real challenge with more "hardcore" features, many of the players looking for kills will stick to servers that lessen the time spent roleplaying a survivor. As the OP mentioned above, it doesn't really make much sense that people play a game with a massive map, far too few weapons, and a skillcurve-crushing 3rd person following just so they can pvp around the same 3 towns... Why not play pvp on arma 3 where there are way more weapons that are more easily attained? I've hopped into overwatch servers just to pvp before. It's soooooo much less rewarding than hopping on even BF3 to play a round or two. If I just want to get kills, why wouldn't I play a game that provides me with more guns, ammo, and targets? Can someone with half a brain and enough courtesy to ACTUALLY READ AN ENTIRE POST BEFORE REPLYING please fill me in on what I am missing?

Dat Kentucky windage

Plus all of the bloodsuckers are in the north...

And everyone else trying to do your little loot run will be standing in your way. 125 people between balota and zelengorsk.... Jesus Christ

What we need to remember is that loot spawn rates will change dramatically over the next year. My hypothesis is that the devs are flooding us with weapons right now to make sure they get them right. Once that is done, they will start flooding us with vehicles or something. The increased number of barracks on the western half of the map will make loot distribution more fair when loot rates drop. Locking down the NWAF no longer makes you king of the armory.

Do you think wearing non-military garb makes you seem less threatening and as a result less likely to get shot after being seen? I've always liked to think so, but I can't say whether it works or not. Thoughts? Experiences? Please share.

There should be a trade off. Forest dwelling creatures are more dangerous. Field dwellers are domesticated and not a threat. The advantage of domestic game is that it gives more meat and you won't get hurt by your prey. The disadvantage is that you have to expose yourself to gut your kill. My .02

And having some kind of excuse might make my comrades hate me a little less :)

I just think it's boring wearing mil garb like every other geared person I run into. All three of the guys I play with wear masks and rock vests and all that. Boring. They all look the same with just different colors. Playing at my best while not using the very best equipment brings my family much honor.

Hitting a person with a pistol at 100m? Ya fucking right, man. Maybe if it's braced. Don't come in here thrashing me for admitting that I am not as proficient with firearms in real life. Those snipers killing people at 2000m have fired their weapons millions of times. You and I have not.

Or he's a hacker and was warning you?

Why can't we have it? I'm an occasional hunter and shoot probably once or twice a year. Shooting is fucking hard. I zero my ruger hawkeye .308 with a 2x7 scope to 1 inch high at 100m, fire off a box of rounds, and then put it away. Even a headshot as close as 100m would be beyond my ability if I had to fire standing without a brace. Maybe I am just not that naturally talented, but I like to think that it's because shooting anything without bracing the weapon is very difficult. Survivors in an apocalypse should not be as proficient as the Spec Ops we control in arma that have drills with their weapons endlessly. Dayz already hinders our ability to snap our body around quickly to simulate the same limitations in reality. Why not make the controls for aiming less perfect. When you adjust your aim and sight picture, the rifle should not perfectly mirror you inputs. There should be a small amount of coordination lost in translation; especially if the survivor is young. The longer you survive and the more that you fire your weapon, the more "skilled" you become. This means that your inputs would become less altered. Please don't flame the shit out of me for hinting at some form of skill progression...

No a shotgun with a rifled barrel in addition to the smooth bore for the shotty shells. Will probably fire 20 gauge shells and a .22 Am I the only person that uses the M1014 as an endgame weapon...?

Beautiful. But don't you need to possess the same blood type to successfully transfuse?

The answer to Bambi's getting blasted while unarmed is simple: don't let the hunters of the most dangerous game see you! You see fresh spawns carelessly rushing around for the first minutes or their life before they find something to kill with. Then they slow down and begin to play carefully. Ungeared players have nothing to lose and they project that sentiment to everyone around them. The game is split basically into two stages for them. Stage one is to find a weapon to fight with. In this stage, the most important thing is speed. If you don't have a weapon in the first 15 minutes, you'll become bored and probably change servers. Sage two is kill other players and obtain better player killing weapons. That's it. My policy on unarmed players? If he is sprinting around with no fear and no attempt at stealth or some form of self-preservation, I blast him. This is the guy that will pick up a weapon and come back for you. It's the guys who actually try to hide from you or ask for your mercy that will do what it takes to survive. If you want to live you have to earn it. The idiot running around without any protection in the open is the one that deserves to die every time. KOS should be teaching players to go to less populated areas if they want to loot in relative peace. Instead, they continue to run headlong into elektro, cherno, or balota and charge up the stairs into the military loot grind houses. These 3 places are where 80% of the dying is happening on the map. If you don't want to get shot on sight, go somewhere else. IN A 225sq/km MAP THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR GETTING SHOT IN ELEKTRO, CHERNO, OR BALOTA. DON'T GO IN THE KITCHEN IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE THE HEAT!!!

The argument that this could leave players vulnerable to attack is pretty weak. Falling asleep or taking a shit would leave you vulnerable for much longer than 30 seconds. If you are worried about getting attacked in the mere 30 seconds that your character is in game, log out somewhere safer....

I might be an idiot, but is it even possible to load single cartridges into a semi-automatic pistol for real? I thought you needed the magazine no matter what..,

I would recommend ticking the "hide unofficial" box on your dayz commander (assuming you're using dayz commander) and theon sort by player count. If you're on American time I would suggest US3480. It's the most consistently popular public server. I wouldn't bother trying to find a truly vanilla private servelr. A lot of the ones that say vanilla are not. I have been playing the SA and a newish mod called dayz aftermath. I would recommend dayz aftermath to you if you are looking for the vanilla-feel in a more polished package. They have included weapon crafting like in the SA and other great features. Good luck to you!

^^this