Dagwood

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

But it's an alpha. In a year they will start the real balancing act.

I think the key to balancing the civilian and military weapons is the cost of upkeep. Assault rifles should degrade faster, break easier, and eat much rarer ammunition than their civilian counterparts. An M4 with 10 bullets against a sporting rifle or shotgun with five times the ammunition could be a decently fair match. Plus, this might create a little more variety in weapon composition within groups. If everyone can keep their M4Acog fed, everyone will use M4s. The choice in which weapon to take should be complex.

It's $30.... Just fork it over. It'll be $45 when it's beta and $60+ when completed.

Be able to store items inside of cooking pots like we can with the med bag and protective case.

If nobody finds anything, how will they get to test it...? Maybe this is why military loot is so prevalent at the moment...

I suppose that Epoch is more enjoyable if you are playing with people who possess limited imagination/sportsmanship. Epoch fills in the gaps with game mechanics while dayz relies more heavily upon player solidarity and honor to achieve the desired experience. Hopefully the tediousness of surviving in the SA will turn away all but the most dedicated

This sounds like the map for a war to be fought. I didn't hear one mention of infected or anything else dayz related. Just a bunch of pretty guns and cars you want to play with..

If I get killed by a sniper in elektro or cherno, I know that I made a mistake and exposed myself to one of the dozen or so obvious camping spots. If that guy decides to loot my body; good for him. If he just sits up in the same spot and continues to gun people down, good for him. The motives behind his actions make zero difference to what happens to me after I die. If I made an Arian looking character and roleplayed him as a racist that kills any non-white avatars, I would still be killing people on sight, but now I can claim it's not just for the lols. Or a redneck defending his homeland from aliens washing up on the beach. He HAS to kill those freshspawns. Criticizing players for their MOTIVES and not their actions is a pretty weak excuse for getting killed.

Is that because there is a damage multiplier with the headshot? If so, this guy must feel like a real boss being accused of hacking because he kills everyone with head shots.

In the mod, when we lose blood, our vision changes and we occasionally feint. Seems logical. I think loss of some dexterity would be reasonable as well. What do I mean by dexterity? The ability to accomplish tasks that require nimble fingers or a steady hand (zeroing a scope, crafting smaller items, manually loading cartridges, etc). My suggestion is that as a player's blood level drops, the chances of them failing these tasks increases. For you skill progression supporters, imagine this loss in dexterity becoming less dramatic if the survivor has survived longer. Or with certain drugs perhaps? Just had this pop into my head on the interstate. Thoughts?

Good thinking, Brony. I suppose that would accomplish the same thing but be less frustrating and gamey.

But... But it's an airfield!

Wrote up a big long explanation for this once and then my phone died so you're getting the short and sweet. You're welcome. Gear degradation has been confirmed. Some people think players should not be able to loot their "own" corpse. Idea: zeds will attack and mangle fresh corpses; especially if they were in pursuit of the person when they died. If they killed the player, it's game over for anything fragile (GPS, scope, etc.) Everyone has been raving about gear degradation stopping KOS and promoting "banditry". I think zeds ripping your body to shreds (or the body of the guy you just shot in the middle of town) is more likely to make players think twice. Thoughts?

The biggest hurdle to implementing this that I see (furthest thing from a programmer or developer) is creating animations for infected beating and tearing at downed bodies. Maybe they already have it in place for unconscious bodies. But in addition to altering gameplay, I see this feature adding some much needed gore which is missing in the mod.

But if there were no street thugs to worry about, what's to stop us all from merrily skipping down the street? If every bandit just stood you up, you wouldn't be afraid of bandits....

What do you mean when you say, for no reason..?

But a town full of angry zeds is what my backpack full of pellets is for :)

So what should we start calling them?

It's their own fault for exposing themselves to a complete stranger. Why do people trust teenagers with no accountability for their actions....