Alias Mias

The problem I see with this is, how does the game distinguish between someone you were shooting at and someone who just happened to be in the area at the time? Consider this: Player A is friends with Player C. Player C is being held up by Player B, so Player A shoots and misses at Player B, who then proceeds to run away. Since the game can't tell who Player A was actually trying to hit, Player A and Player C are now forced to distance themselves from each other so that they may safely log out. Other than this, it seems like a viable solution. If there was a way for the game to distinguish between targets then it would probably work.

Most of us would like to see the game develop into something more realistic, but there is a line to be drawn. I put the following scenario to you: You are looting a barn, accidentally fall off of the upstairs area and break your legs. Would you be happy to wait several weeks in real time for your legs to be mended, hoping that you don't starve to death, or would you prefer to reach into your backpack and apply that morphine so that you can continue playing the game. Seriously, things like item degrading is a great addition to DayZ, but people need to remember that it is still a game, and if every design decision was made in the direction of realism alone, not many people would enjoy the game anymore.

The problem is, how do you distinguish between someone that has combat logged/server hopped, and someone that has simply lagged out? This happens a lot on Australian internet, so I know for a a fact that I wouldn't be happy if i had to wait 5 minutes every time I lag out. Combat logging is a problem though, the other day I got the drop on 2 guys outside the Elektro hospital. I headshotted one of them with my mosin and before his body even fell over he vanished from the server. This tells me that the bastard has done it before, his automatic reaction to being shot at wasn't to run for cover, but to alt + f4. I'm sure the problem is being worked on, But there's not think there's really a simple solution.

This is one of the most important things to fix, imo. Currently on Australian servers the sun doesn't come out until about 7pm irl, which means darkness all day, during the prime playing time. It's incredibly annoying, the dark was fun for the first 20 minutes. Now its just a pain, its not the best environment to be learning all the new mechanics. If you can't sync the server time to the real life time zones, then I would honestly prefer it if night was disabled entirely until it can happen. Its simply unfair otherwise.

Holy shit, a server where it isn't pitch black all day? Teach me your ways. The pic is pretty badass, though.

Does your 3D resolution match your regular resolution in the video settings?

I would probably go insane. Very slowly. I mean, all those episodes of supernatural have taught me to stay away from any abandoned buildings but in the apocalypse thats the best place to loot, right? That and I would have trouble killing another man unless my life was in danger. I could never execute anyone.

I loled. A lot.

If you want to get a good FPS then join a server with under 100 ping. Also, just curious but do you also get such crappy framerates in normal Arma 2 servers?

I really hope you record this, it could be a really cool series. The only problem being that the camera man can't die. That would make things awkward. I also don't think getting kitted out should be a part of it, since it's so easy to die on the cost. I think you should all start at say, Elektro, and have a "meet here in an hour" kind of thing. Before you all meet somewhere people should be allowed to die as many times as needed.

Ever heard of Wolfteam? That was a fun game, once. By the time I was done with it I was convinced that I was the only person left that refused to spend IRL money on it. It started out slow, a few new guns were released for IRL money only. They were OP as fuck, but I trusted that they would get patched. This didn't happen of course, instead a whole new range of broken weaponry was introduced. This was followed by new character models and eventually their worst idea ever, body armour. The body armour made it virtually impossible to kill someone unless you had one of those broken guns. It got to the point where if you weren't spending cash on the game, you couldn't win. I was constantly 1 shotted by someone from across the map with his BS rifle, if I managed to land a shot it didn't do anything because of the body armour. The most annoying part is that Aeria Games knew about this, they made a post saying that people were complaining due to the lack of new guns that could be purchased without cash, and said they would fix it. Never happened. My point is that human beings are greedy bastards, and unless the company is being run by a saint then the sale of in game items for real money is the worst decision they could ever make. So long as the money keeps coming in from the people that are buying these items, they wont stop.

I thought that created The Joker?

Ok, how about you show a struggle on the bots as the intro. You could have someone being shot, this angers John so he gets into a fight with the executioner and the brawl results in him being punched and falling overboard. He wakes the next morning on the beach. I'm imagining this being done at the crack of dawn, the sun is only just rising. Everyone is a shadowy figure, you can't really make out any faces, just shapes. Of course, this idea requires a reasonable sized boat, I don't know if you have access to one since their so expensive.

I really hope this doesn't turn into an "I'm more violent than you are" contest. I don't think this idea is necessary, this would be done in a real life situation to get information, and you would only get a response from the individual because they are afraid of the pain. This is a game, because there is no pain torture shouldn't be considered because it simply wouldn't work.

If I were you, I would make it so the survivor is put there by a group of bandits, perhaps. He worked with them but something happened, something that caused them to betray him (maybe he let someone escape, instead of killing them like he was asked). They turn up at the beach in a boat, a bag over John's head. The bandits hit him over the head with the butt of a rifle, or a fire extinguisher or something. This knocks John out cold, he lies unconscious on the beach as the bandits throw him a backpack and drive off. When John wakes up, he doesn't remember a thing. Basically he has too kind of a heart to be a bandit, which is why his buddies cut him loose. Perhaps, if you were to make a sequel, you could explore John finding out about his past life. He could interrogate one of his old bandit buddies or something.

I'm going to support this, just so I can point over Elektro and yell "CARRIER PIDGEON!", and watch as several lee enfield shots and crossbow bolts fly into the air in an attempt to down the bird.

Your just trying to I make him say it, aren't you?

It would be cool to have in the standalone, it would add to the atmosphere. Especially if someone did this around green mountain or something, after killing the bandit there would be a real sense that justice had been achieved.

This could work in theory, but people are assholes. Once everyone goes offline that 1 guy will remember that it's a game, and get a few kicks by running over the town tents or crashing the communal helicopter. Also, as a note on the leaders, I don't think they would be elected. It would just happen. They would be the one that knows everyone, that invites everyone into their camp. Their kinda elected subconsciously. Everyone asks them permission before they take supplies and this same individual is the community representative, speaking with the leaders of other communities to setup trades and treaties. They are the one that holds everything together.

Fucking hell I hope not, that movie scared the shit out of me. Worst part is that we never found out what they saw... My friend is constantly telling me about how the bible should be a melee weapon..

Don't you mean farm a possum? Anyways, today I arrived at that very same trading centre in my Humvee, put my backpack in there to avoid being stolen from. 1 other player was there. We exchanged greetings and went about our business when the bastard made off with my Humvee. I took his SUV and went north. Came back a few hours later to find the very same asshat trading again. Instead of running him over there and then I refrained, only to have him go full auto on me with his DMR. That pretty much ruined Epoch for me, idk how anyone is supposed to trade with those dicks lurking about.

I actually respect you for this, since your not just KOSing. Your stalking your prey, waiting for the right moment to strike and getting maximum loot out of your kill.

Then make it a huge risk. Lets say, once you are below 4000 blood and infected, it mutates into the zombie virus. Once a player becomes infected they have the chance to take antibiotics. Once it mutates they have to find various medical materials and craft a cure, antibiotics won't cure it anymore. Of course, once it mutates the player becomes a half-zombie, occasionally letting out an involuntary howl and being invisible to zombies. All the while their still very slowly loosing blood, so at some point the player HAS to cure them self, or they will die. It's a trade off. Do you want to temporarily infect yourself to make it less obvious while you loot the airfield, or take your chances against the bandits.

I don't mind this idea, I can definitely see certain people deliberately infecting themselves so that their harder to detect. The downside being that they could be one-shotted by a makarov.

Although it isn't DayZ, if your looking for something that's more focused on base construction/crafting, I suggest you try the 7 Days To Die Alpha. I've played it and its quite good.