bloodiedsimper

No you get banned for as long as you survived... If you decide you want to play Hardcore mode. Again I made sure that I made my point very well that these suggestions would be optional. When you beat the game you don't die and you continue surviving.

That's why I said the whole thing was optional.

You know what's sad? The vehicle interiors in arma 2 do have a striking resemblance to NFS:HS (1999). http://archive.arstechnica.com/etc/games/3q99/nfs-hs/castletn.jpg

DayZ needs to be an actual zombie apocalypse... I have been doing some thinking and while losing your gear may seem like a bad enough penalty, it just isn't good enough. People kill on sight because it's easy, and less regret comes with the territory opposed to actually killing someone IRL. My thought is if you die you get a temporary ban.. But implementing that in vanilla dayz would make the people who like their hands being held, pissed. So put it in a separate game mode. My Ideas Is This : If they die they get a one week "BAN" from the simulation game mode. This ( in theory ) will cut back the KOS and actually make people work as a team, it will also make players be more careful of their decisions.

I feel like you are completely misreading this suggestion to be honest. Here is how the main menu would work : DAYZ PLAY SIMULATION MODE---------------------------> [DISCLAIMER WARNING PLAYERS OF THE RISK]----AFTER DEATH---->[You have been killed and must wait one week before playing simulaiton mode. You may play regular] [CHANGE SERVER [Dayz in the mean-time ] OPTIONS EXIT vMain Menu AFTER simulation deathv DAYZ PLAY Simulation Mod [72:23:12 REMAINING] CHANGE SERVER OPTIONS EXIT

Who said anything about banning CD keys? I talking about this being implemented on standalone... I am sure they can put a timer on the "DAYZ SIMULATION" mode button for a week. There is a reason I quoted the word "ban" in my posts.

If you have SIX Updater go to the right side and filter it to hide "unofficial". This will filter it to show only vanilla servers. If you DayZ commander then just type in "EU" in the filter and only go to the servers with EU and a number next to it. e.x "EU 635 1.7.7" That will filter it to only show public hive servers hosted from Europe. ( public hive servers are vanilla, but since it is connected to the public hive it means that your gear carries on to any other server connected to public hive )

No.. You just go and play on vanilla DayZ servers until the week is up. In a real zombie apocalypse you would be with your friends in family, and then a bullet zips through your head or a zombie mauls you. It's just how a zombie apocalypse would work...

You are right about hackers, but the keyword of the game mode is "SIMULATION". So if the servers are low on people because people died, wouldn't that sound JUST like the zombie apocalypse? IRL people don't spawn... It is that simple. I also never said that KOS would be removed completely.. Of course there will be psychopaths that thrive off the suffering of others ( like a real zombie apocalypse )

Here is my take on this suggestion : http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/139090-suggestion-simulation-game-mode/

I am quite fond of melee weaponry. These hatchets and crowbars are a bit tiring... I like to have the upper-hand in melee combat, and fighting a hatchet guy with a hatchet means injury inflicted upon both of us most the time. I find melee weapons work good against coastal/non military weapons as well. I just want to get my hands on a nice steel machete. I play on the public hive, I mainly hang around the coastal region of US 3480. If I ever pickup something worth offering I will definitely offer it for trade as well. I will see what I can pick up off my victims...

Oh will you look at that? My internet tough guy detector is having a meltdown.