Etherimp

I just wish they would make the down jackets take up the "Vest" slot instead of being "Shirt" with the inability to wear a vest.

I'm sure it will, and I'm hanging in there for that time. Just sick and tired of the peanut gallery flinging meaningless non-sense every time someone brings up a legit issue.

A little difficult to carry around morphine or sticks when you spawned within an hour of having your legs broken, and the town you're in was mostly looted because it's 3 hours into a populated server. Of course, I bet this is somehow my fault too, that I joined a server with people on it and went to an area that people have already been.... because there's SO many options when you spawn in the same 4 places all in the same area of the map. I am the last person asking for a fucking easy button and I am so incredibly tired of people making exceptions and excuses for when the game plays like shit. Sorry, but crawling around for 2 hours looking for a stick or a morphine injector is NOT riveting game play. On my normal server character I've been alive for almost 2 weeks and have everything I possibly need, including 2 morphine.. But you can't expect every fresh spawn to immediately come across all the medical supplies they need in their first hour of game play. I am ALL FOR a DIFFICULT but FAIR game.. In it's current state, DayZ isn't even difficult, it's just UNFAIR. In fact, as evidenced by my previous statement of being alive for 2 weeks on my main character, it's EASY AS SHIT to stay alive.. And the longer you're alive the easier it gets. All the difficulty comes within the first 2 hours, and whether you're successful or not OFTEN has nothing to do with your actions.

Link that please.. Because from what I heard, Dean has said that there will be seasons.... and as far as I know the Arma engine has a full calender complete with full astronomical cycles. It may be impossible to show snow build up on the ground, but there's no doubt they can have it fall from the sky.

Yes. No. Not a developer. There are rules for what makes a good video game and they're tried and true. You can look up some of the lectures online if you'd like. I'm sure there are some posted on YouTube. It's important that games give players proper feedback. For example, in real life a person could FEEL that their arm is broken.. In DayZ, there's no way to know that. Games have to simulate senses for us that we do not have through our online avatar, otherwise the interface is not user friendly and it confuses the player. Risk and reward, another staple of video game design. If you reward players too much, the game becomes easy.. If there's no reason to take a risk, people won't take it. If the risk/reward system is imbalanced, the game is broken and imbalanced and loses it's appeal to the audience. Simple shit. Problem is a lot of people on these forums talk out of their ass without thinking things through to their logical end.

In real life you have physical indicators.. Like, YOU CAN FEEL THAT YOUR ARM IS FUCKING BROKEN. In game, I can't feel my characters arm, and without any kind of game feedback telling me something is broken, how am I supposed to know? Jesus fucking christ, I am glad you're not a game developer, because you know absolutely jack shit about making a good game.

You're an idiot. I bet you're one of those kids who screams "ALPHA" anytime there's a legit bug/glitch being reported by people?

Yeah, that would almost make sense, except tonight my legs got broken on a hardcore server for what seemed like no apparent reason at all. I went inside of a building, looted a can of beans, and heard "UGGGH!" and my characters legs were broken randomly. I assume there was some desync as I was going up the stairs, but that wasn't really my fault was it? So, there goes your stupid argument.

Except currently there's no way to kill yourself when crippled other than starving to death. Way to think your posts through.

We're saying the same thing then.. I do not understand where your "You're not the center of the world..." statement comes from though.

And yet, there's been a study done which suggests that people who enjoy griefing others are more likely to be sadists, psychopaths, and narcissists. If you joke around with your friends about raping them, that's fine. I am not judging you. I am not saying you shouldn't. If it's all in good fun, whatever. Nobody is getting hurt. If you and your friends are not rapists, then my statement is not for you. Got it? Now, let me make my point crystal fucking clear for everyone reading because it's obvious that some of you have missed the point. 1. I am glad that DayZ is a "moral free zone". I would never encourage Dean or the Dev team to implement restrictions on player behavior in game, assuming no hacking is involved. 2. I am ultimately not judgmental of peoples actions. 3. I have no doubt in my mind that there are people who play DayZ which are capable of raping people IRL, and they *MAY* attempt to act out this fantasy in game for some level of fulfillment/enjoyment. *IF* this is the case, and the person who this statement applies to is reading this, then I am recommending with no irony or insult that they seek out professional help so that they do not hurt someone.

There's a difference between murdering people in a game where murder is part of the game, and creating a "rape" scenario out of your own fantasy in order to fulfill your desires of dominating another person sexually.. Male or female. Doesn't matter. I never specified whether the victim was male or female, so that shoots the shit out of half of your argument. Also, if you read back, I never condemned people for doing WHATEVER they want to do in the game.. I just suggested that if someone DOES have the desire to rape others, they should probably seek help. My lines between Reality and Fantasy are quite fucking clear, thank you.

Nobody is acting like it doesn't happen in real life. But if you have a desire to role-play a rape in a video game the odds are you're probably a fucking sociopath. It's not crackpot psychology. Stop hiding behind the realism argument. Fact is, this is a video game and many of the people who play this game are teenage boys, and it's wholly probable that many of them would act out their rape fantasies in game, and it does indeed say a lot about their true character. Anonymity allows people to express their normally inhibited desires.. and as I said in my post: If your inhibited desire is to rape people, you probably need psychological help before you hurt someone in real life. This isn't a joke or an insult.. I'm being serious. Furthermore, read this: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_narcissism_psychopathy.html

One thing that really annoyed me in the first video was how long the player you guys shot ran around bleeding without bandaging himself... Also, he was "hungry" and did not have healthy status.. Sigh.

I don't think the game devs or server moderators are going to punish you for playing however you want to play assuming you aren't cheating... ...but then the question begging to be asked is, "Why would you want to?" If you do want to, I strongly recommend you seek professional help in real life, and with a quickness, as you may be suffering from a serious and potentially dangerous personality disorder.

Or... Maybe you could get better at the game and kill people with conventional weapons rather than having to use AOE Damage and 200 round magazines with 1000RPM as a crutch? I've been a good player in BF3, Counter-Strike, and other FPS games.. I'm not afraid of dying to any weapon and I assure you I can get kills with any weapon as well if not better than the average person. That has no bearing on the fact that they don't belong in DayZ. An EXTREMELY rare RPG with EXTREMELY rare ammo would be "okay", but odds are nobody would use it anyway, as it's extremely cumbersome and not practical for most engagements. Only time I could see one being viable is if you kept it in a tent/stash and only pulled it out when you knew you were going to need to destroy a vehicle/helicopter. LMG's I have no problem with.. HMG's I have no problem with IF Helicopters are added and the HMG is attached to the Heli. Mortars and other indirect fire weapons have no place in DayZ. Sorry to break it to you people, but DayZ is not a fucking military simulator and it's not an Arcade style FPS.

How about our characters just die as soon as we log off? Because that's what this suggestion essentially is. In real life, if you hear someone approaching from the woods around you, you can actually wake up and defend yourself. Also, in real life, you're awake for about 16 hours a day... In DayZ, people could log on anywhere between 10 minutes to 8+ hours.. So, not realistic.

Well in the Mod, there were a lot of vehicles that spawned in this area.. 1. White Offroad west of Zelly 2. Military Offroad at Green Mountain 3. Another White Offroad near Myshkino 4. A hatchback North of Myshkino It also had a lot of good areas to set up tents, that were very rarely searched/visited.. It was also a place where a lot of Fresh spawns that DID NOT want the death-match PVP of Balota/Cherno/Elektro would go to pick up supplies as it had a Market, a lot of Farm houses, a lot of Tree Stands, and it was close to Green Mnt which had some medium value military spawns...

Zelenogorsk and Green Mountain, like Frosti. Been my favorite since the mod.

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/597028518827037261/ED5F468A5FA1FD6467152E81AA553A9ABB8AFD93/ I dunno what MOCKBA is.. but it sure as hell is far.

Well, we now know Moscow is 2100km from Lopatino.. I think it was Lopatino anyway.. Possibly Pustoshka.

Wiggle around until you break out of the handcuffs.. once out, you'll need morphine or a splint to heal your broken legs.

You can break out of handcuffs.

Here's a simple reason why some people do not want heavy weapons: They're not appropriate for DayZ. If you want heavy weapons there are plenty of games which offer them. Furthermore, vehicles can easily be destroyed with high-caliber rounds. And to the whole "mortar" thing... Mortars are devastating to structures and infantry, but a setting like DayZ would not be appropriate for people to realistically use mortars.. They would simply be used to shoot into towns and frag fresh spawns. You say "Oh well people already kill fresh spawns!".. Yeah, but currently people have to have line-of-sight on a fresh spawn to do so.. With Mortars they could sit 2000m away and fire over a hill, bombarding heavily frequented structures, killing everyone inside EVERY TIME.. there's no counter-play for that from the perspective of a fresh spawn (or even someone with an assault rifle.).. That mortar team could literally be ANYWHERE within a certain radius. At least sniper rifles you can hear the shots. Fortunately, no matter how much some people want this, I highly doubt it will ever happen in DayZ, so have fun with your pipe dreams... and in the meantime, go play BF4 or ARMA3. Just to give you an idea...

Good shit, boys..