Last_Survivor

Different way of playing The DayZ was originally advertised as a zombie-apocalypse SURVIVAL SIMULATOR. However, it seems that currently the majority of players do not care about that much about this crucial aspect of the game, instead they perceive DayZ as a shooter, where the only way of how to communicate with other players is by using your gun. I personally think that such an approach is slowly killing the project as it is incompatible with the grounded ideas of DayZ. Of course, I do not want to say that players should not shoot at each other at all, indeed It is quite fun. What I am trying to say is that many players feel dissatisfied because of the common trend which is present in DayZ nowadays – if you see the player, kill him. Instead, players should try the very best NOT to get into trouble by opening fire as it usually brings mortal danger to the character. Players should value their life and try to SURVIVE, rather than get as many ‘frags’ as possible. This approach is essential for DayZ project, because exactly HARDCORE SURVIVAL was the main feature which made us love the game at the very beginning. Unfortunately, now DayZ is more like a shooter and we do not need another shooter. Fortunately, in my opinion, this problem might be solved in a few ways: -first of all, the process of getting a weapon/ammo should be more complicated which would make players value each bullet and think twice before shooting. In addition, it is more realistic; -secondly, there should be penalties for dying. For example, after each death player will be banned for N hours (24 would be perfect, but even less might work out as well). This would make players act much more carefully and value their life; -thirdly, the game should itself be perceived as a surviving simulator, NOT a shooter so as to attract only those players who want to survive in a post-zombie apocalypse world, rather than casually run around Chernorus killing everyone they meet. This idea should be emphasised to all new players. P.S. please, comment on this idea and tell what do you think DayZ is all about. Maybe I am just the only one who thinks so and everyone else is happy with the current situation in DayZ. P.P.S. sorry for any grammatical mistakes :)