Etherimp

Look at the forums once a day and you'll see what I mean.. Every day there's several threads bitching about combat loggers, server hoppers, and hackers, as though this game is somehow competitive. Meanwhile, I've seen very few people bring up the fact that ladders frequently kill players. I've not seen a single thread mention how sometimes players get stuck in an animation where it looks like they're gliding across the terrain flipping an item under their arm repeatedly...

I think a lot of people here need to realize the difference between a Bug Report and a Feature Request.. People who request features -> ITS ALPHA.. Wait for the development process to flesh out a bit, and you may see your feature.. IF you don't, THEN you may request the feature come Beta/Gold.. People who report bugs/glitches/serious issues with gameplay -> The "It's alpha" bullshit doesn't fly. It's our "job" to report these things and give feedback. That said.. People should STOP requesting features.. I am pretty sure Dean knows what direction he wants to take the game and there will be plenty of time for community requested features to come to fruition. Until then, let's focus on the important issues.

I have a badly damaged pen, and I have pristine paper.. I can drag the pen to the paper and it says "write on paper", but it does nothing.. If I click "read note", it does nothing.. If I put the pen in my hand and put the paper on the ground and mouse-over it and click "write on paper", it does nothing.. Anyone know what gives?

Okay, so it doesn't work yet? I could swear I've seen photos of notes, and people saying that they work.

It is.. My friends and I figured this out around the first 2 days in game.. We crouch-run everywhere now. Only works if you have your weapon "down". Also worth noting that it seems like the noise of crouch running is "louder" than jogging.. However we have not tested the range of the sound, only noticed that the sound is more obvious.

I tend to take the more tactful approach when holding someone up.. No reason to yell and call people "mother fucker".. Just maintain control of the situation, and realize when someone else has control of the situation.. and if you get held up by a couple of incompetent fools, wait for them to lose control of the situation and take advantage of it.. Was held up by 2 guys in Payday masks at the Kamenka military base a few days ago... I saw 1 guy had no ammo in his M4 and the Mosin guy was using his rifle to clear Zeds. They instructed me to follow them to the "other" barracks so his friend could search it, while the guy with the Mosin "watched over me" because he "didn't trust me". Then they hear a new voice from inside the barracks "Hey I'm friendly in here, don't shoot.".. The Mosin guy ran in and started barking orders at the new guy, at which point I ran up the hill to the other barracks.. I heard gunshots while I was grabbing myself an M4 with a 60 round mag. I came back down the hill to find the M4 guy bandaging the Mosin guy inside the barracks. I went from Fresh Spawn with no control over the situation, to a dominant position in a matter of seconds.. I knew it, and they knew it.. "Drop your weapons, and face on the ground..." Needless to say, they complied.. I made them run out of there with no shoes, no backpacks, and no weapons. Moral of the story? Same as I said in the first paragraph: MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION, AND KNOW WHEN YOU DO AND DO NOT HAVE CONTROL.

This guy has it right.

From what I have heard, there will be a patch Friday (or possibly this weekend).. After that, the DayZ team is going to be on vacation for a while, so there will be a couple weeks (probably) where nothing happens.. After that, I am going to estimate there will be at least 1 patch a week. 2 patches if something goes wrong with the first patch, and only 1 patch every 2-3 weeks as development goes deeper and more content is completed. Of course, this has not been stated by Rocket and is not official by any means.. It's only my best guesstimation and it sounds reasonable.

Gun w/ Silencer DOES attract zombies. I know this for a fact. Also, show me a video of someone using Rope or Duct tape as handcuffs.

Paper can be written on. Pens can write. Books can be read. Weapon Flashlight can be attached to the M4 with an RIS foregrip. I BELIEVE (have not proven) that you can use Wood + Matches to make a fire pit.. Have not confirmed this yet. 300 round boxes have 10 slots and can only carry ammo.. You can fit 600 ammo in them by loading your ammo into a 30 round (Coupled) Mag, then unloading them. They come out in stacks of 60..Then load them into the box.

In reference to the discussion we were having about hitting a target at 100m with a pistol: And here's a guy firing a 1911 at 230 yards and hitting a gong.

The original CS did anything BUT blend in with other shooters.. If you recall (or if you're old enough to recall), CS was the first shooter of its kind. Pre-CS there were VERY few "tactical shooters".. Most shooters were along the lines of Doom/Quake/Unreal.

I officially announce the opening of the "Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster"... It's in Zelenogorsk. Meet me there for Ravioli's. Ramen.

I never trashed you. Furthermore, 100m is not that fucking far. And, your response "Those snipers killing people at 2000m..." .. What the hell does that have to do with DayZ? Nobody in DayZ is firing 2000m anyway. I said "Doing that is difficult, hitting someone at 200m with an assault rifle is not."

I understand that. And I was not suggesting taking the gun characteristics from CS:GO.. I was just giving CS1.6 as an example of a mod which found success, and balanced realism. I never said anything about making the game like CS or blending in with the competition.. As I said above: BALANCED REALISM.. Too realistic is boring, too arcadey is stupid.. But the game should be accessible while also being "semi"-realistic. News flash: The DayZ mod was not ultra-realistic, but it was more realistic than the average Shooter, while still maintaining some decent shooter mechanics. You ever shot a person from 400m?

Was he carrying The New Testament?

Firstly, whoever says "GUNS ARE HARD, MKAY" clearly has no fucking clue. Sniping a Taliban insurgent off of a mountain 2000m away with a .50 cal rifle, IS HARD.. That's why sniper teams work as TEAMS and have spotters. It's necessary for their shots to be very accurate and there are so many factors to take into account, and they will probably only get 1 shot.. Shooting an assault rifle and hitting someone at 200-400 meters SHOULD NOT BE THAT HARD.. It's NOT that hard IRL. Shooting a hunting rifle is even easier. Shooting at pistol and hitting someone within 100m is moderately difficult if they're moving, but overall NOT very hard.. Ask the city of Compton. As to the poll: I like realism in gunplay. I think DayZ has "survival aspects", and probably a lot of them.. more than most games.. but I don't want it to become a hardcore "survival simulator". I also think there needs to be a balance between realism and gameplay... Why simulate every nuance of reality in a video game? That's so fucking boring.. I would rather just live my life if that were the case. Games like Counter-Strike (for its time!) offered a good mixture of fantasy/reality. You could use real life weapons and there was bullet spread and recoil, but you didn't need to understand calculus to snipe someone from across the map. Not saying DayZ should be quite as arcade-style as CS.. only that Dean and company should take a lesson from games like CS which were very successful: Balance realism...

Rumor has it suppressors work for other players, but not zombies..Not sure if it has any affect on the damage output of your shots, but players around me (friends) have said that my gun was nearly silent when they were only 15m away from me, but I was still pulling zeds from across town. This is just hear-say at this point, though, unless someone else can do some legit testing.

Yeah, but you can't use it.

"toaster cord" is a word, right?

Chem-trails, dudes.

If his dad was any kind of real man he'd beat some sense into his kid.

Probably DeSync and/or laggy servers. I have been experiencing it a lot lately, myself. Very frustrating.

HAHAHA.. "don't you get it? I'm god on here".. Can't wait for this pussy to eat a dick. (re: Aussie Bogan)

Nope.. it won't.. Ladder demon never lets you live.