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Happy New Year! Thanks for the update :)

I say fuck it sometimes.. I crank up the settings and play and suffer with the 2-10 FPS I get because I want Chernarus to look awesome haha

That's part of the beauty of DayZ, you never know who's around.. Your never 100% safe anywhere on the map and should never assume to be. Just wait until the server player numbers are increased if you think its bad now...

You bought DayZ to play on a crappy laptop? thats your own fault. The GeForce 310M is the problem.

Dry your eyes and loot him man! survival of the fittest!

My heart bleeds.. Sorry I meant the guy in the ceiling does :)

As title states, I have the money to get DayZ but to be honest was holding back until the game gets a little more mature.. Rocket said somewhere don't buy it yet and for a games developer to say don't get it yet was enough for me to hold off. So yeah, I have been content enough so far with watching a few streams and YT vids of other peoples DayZ shenanigans, until now.. Yep, I could buy DayZ at the discount price for early Alpha right now which is fair enough right?, then not even play until such a time the game gets a little better, or I could hold off entirely and buy it later when it costs more but is a better experience, plus be helping the games development by paying the higher price. So what's for the best? I dont want to buy it and play it now and potentially get bored with it after a couple weeks and to have done that just because its cheap.. or what would be even worse would be to jump in now and ruin any kind of enhanced immersion I could have got if I had have held off. I soooo want to play right now! but on the other hand I sooo want to play it when its more complete and awesome! a truly awful dilemma.. I understand impatience can get the better of many a gaming soul, as you can see its starting to eat at me already, hence the post.. but since I/we have all waited this long what's another few months? Help! TL;DR? Should I get the game now or wait until its better?

Screw it.. I cant take it no more :) Just purchased from steam! Thanks guys, See ya ingame!

No vehicles, minimal/random/unbalanced loot, low players per server.. hunger/thirst, dodgy game mechanics.. poor performance.. pretty much all the things disappointing you so far is due to the game being in Alpha. A severely unfinished, buggy game being actively developed and were invited along for the ride. You appear to have fallen into the Alpha trap. Hype most likely got the better of you, as it almost did myself. I took the choice to wait a few more months and just keep eye on progress through watching vids and streams, yep its boring and man I really want to play! but like you I want to spare myself any disappointment, so will wait a little while to see how things pan out :)

OMG a UFO :lol: Nice shot!

Thanks for the feedback guys.. I have played a few Alpha titles over the past couple years and have nearly always been disappointed in them, its not that they have been bad games but rather my own impatience and jumping on them early has given me a bad impression of them.. for that reason alone I'm thinking its better for me personally to hold off for a few more weeks/months and grab it further down the dev cycle. DayZ however is a different kind of game, I'm sure I would enjoy it right now, no doubt about it, its unlike any other game I have ever played in that it's a unique experience for sure.. but I truly fear that jumping in now I would only unfairly judge it, not because I'm a dick like that.. but because I will have too high expectations for it. I can keep up with progress by watching streams and checkin in the forums :) I can see how that's a viable option to cut costs, on the other hand, I have a feeling DayZ will be worth full price when complete :)

The video.. your name, how fitting.

You could just buy it now at the already discounted price and not even play it until further into the games development? this way you get the game relatively cheap and dont have to worry about the future prices.

Sounds to me like you got scammed bro.

Love the pic! See what ya did there... :lol:

Ahhh, thats right! Show all them fire extinguisher wielding survivors out there how to become even more deadly! without having to venture to far from the coast! I know.. Why not show them how to find a gun. >:(

maybe it would be wise to venture out when you have enough supplies for such a journey? just a thought for next time.. seems to me, since its telling you your dieing that your pretty screwed, I suppose all you can do is head to the closest town and try to find fluid or a water source and just hope you make it in time.

I'm waiting to buy the game when its full price, when its a little more polished with a lot more of the scope dean has for the game added and the way i see it.. it will save myself from such like mind frames that OP has :) I can easily watch streams and YT vids to keep updated on the games progress. Maybe people should put aside the hype, and save themselves from potential disappointment by taking a leaf from my book? I can understand buying the game early as they are excited and for a discount, but for that discount your putting yourself in an unfinished bugfest of an Alpha game. Not for me thanks, I can wait.. plenty more games in the sea :)

Believe it or not I posted that a few hours before the game was released, obviously I need'nt have asked if I'd have known.. no wonder it didn't get answered :)

Another use could be for a 'one pound coin' gap toothed person to use a lace as dental floss :) Gotta keep them teeth clean, dont wanna be getting toothache in a Zombie Apocalypse!

I'm really sorry if these questions have already been asked, but after spending the best part of an hour trawling and searching the forums I cant find the answers to these questions.. So, when SA is released on Steam is there going to be a limited number of available copies? I really want to grab it early on, which I'm sure thousands if not millions of others do too! and How big can we expect the SA to be? as in 5GB.. 10GB?

These gameplay changes to the mod are actually going to benefit the standalone as it will be more 'core' Dayz.

I think you have to run both games independently first.. for example launch Arma 2 then quit the game when it gets to the menu screen, then launch Arrowhead after and quit that. Some kinda 'Combined Operations' thingamajig.. anyways, its what worked for me. Hope it helps. Ahh ninja'd, disregard my input... glad you got it sorted :)

Turn post process effects down in the game options, try disabled :) I also use 'sharp filter' anti-aliasing for crisp edges

Once upon a time, Seemingly born again on a beachfront, I headed toward the town known as Cherno, upon reaching the first building near this town I attracted the attention of one badly dressed Mr Bloodthirsty, who promptly hit me as I was trying to get through the door. Twas not the most pleasant experience as I was now dead, highlighted even more by the words 'You Are Dead', but I already knew that. The End.