5P4RK4 (DayZ)

Considering its probably the only reason anyone would buy arma right now.. good luck with that.

After putting over 60 hours into this game in the last couple weeks, I have a suggestion for newer players, or those who are getting frustrated with the experience. Enable No Fucks Given Mode. At first this game was terrifying. Then soul destroying, then I figured out how to play ARMA, but then it became frustrating. Now it is fun again... Why? No fucks given mode. Here's how to do it. When you spawn, loot as hard as you can for a Winchester. Upon getting one, run north and kill every zombie you see. Bandits? I dont give a fuck, come at me bros. Cow? Kill it and cook some steaks, in the middle of an open field. Stary? Lets do this. I dont care anymore. When I get good gear, all i end up doing is getting more attached and more nervous about losing it. Now I don't care, and the game is fun again. Loot is plentiful. Kill some Zeds.

NFG mode ends at a certain point... its more of an early game mentality. Im back to a full kit and a silenced mp5 with a full stack of SD mags so I give fucks again. I think my point is that I realized that killing Zeds in great numbers is a really good time. so until I get something that doesn't spawn in 2/3 barns... NFG. I found its faster to gear up by just running north to stary/NW barracks, than hitting chern/elek in sheer terror, and having a great time along the way to boot. 152 zeds from kemenka to stary, good times. edit- I realize the objection about I came to DayZ to play DayZ for something different. It still has that appeal to me. Its just after a certain point you realize its not hard to survive in this world, save for when you get aced by another player. You start with everything you might want other than blood, winchesters are great and plentiful as are slugs, if I'm low blood I just kill a cow and chow down. I can run into almost any town with a winny, find an interior, and blast away without much consequence. If you started with less, needed to eat more etc. It would make the realism/survival aspect much more interesting. After a while the only part that is still terrifying are the PvP encounters.

All friendlies hang out at Chern, Elektro, Stary tents, NW barracks, Berenzino. Just ask.

I'd be in. The deaths part of it is already built in to the rules. Race starts, all entrants kill each other, maybe 1 gets out maybe not. Spawn on the coast, race resumes. Bandits at the finish line? Mos def.

Don't talk to strangers, they are dangerous.

Bandit skins make no sense. This is a sandbox game, there should be no indication of team or humanity. The civilization in the game is that which you bring to it. This is a zombie apocalypse, there is intentionally nothing. Make friends, go on teamspeak/vent/skype/steam and voila social gaming.

1 min server side timer on disco would solve it. If you abort you can hang for 60 sec and see if anyone rolls up on you, if you disco than your toon hangs out for a minute. I dont think server hopping is that bad, ghosting is what makes this game always dangerous, and the person logging in is always at a disadvantage. 1 min timer would make it less effective though for sure.

HEY MAN THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW THIS AN ALPHA BECAUSE THE NEAR MONTH IVE BEEN POSTING HERE I ENVER ONCE NOTICED THAT THIS WAS AN ALPHA...NOT A SINGLE TIME. THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO STATE THE FUCKING OBVIOUS. y r u mad tho?

Obvious trap is obvious

It doesn't affect anything other than your conscience.

Trying to figure out what happened on the weekend... Was playing in Seattle 8 on the weekend with a few friends on TS and things went a little sideways.. My buddy said he heard a huge explosion, but didnt see it, and couldn't find anything. I was alone looting on the north edge of the map, looting inside a building when BOOM *eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* the building I was in was leveled, I was unco, and bled out shortly. I was alive long enough to see that the building had actually exploded. Soon after... one of my friends instantly died. Along with 5 others at exactly the same time. In looting around after this I found tons of exploded buildings on the coast and in Chern. Anyone else experience something like this? Bomber runs, the military squads I've heard about? At first I thought someone lit me up with an RPG or grenade, but the multiple deaths and many exploded buildings around the map say otherwise.

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