RAM-bo4250

Wow!

YOU GOT IT. That's exactly what I'm talking about. I feel like I'm in a real place, not a computer environment. Immersion, what a beautiful word. I wouldn't mind state of the art graphics but it has to fill the space in realistic way. What's the point of having photo realistic trees and grass if it feels like you're walking in a park. Or the most beautiful buidings if there are only a handfull. The devs have hit the sweet spot here. To that I congratulate them. I want this feeling, this immersion, in all my games. I love Skyrim but it still feels artificial.

Now this was a satisfying moment for me in Dayz. I was going to the 2nd climb up in a red roofed barn when I noticed a zombie through the round window near a building about 50 - 75 yards away. I took out my .22 silenced pistol and one shot to the head. Ragdoll zombie. The next thing is cool too. No magic zombie respawn. No being chased for km like others say happens. Just a stealth kill and no one would know I was there. Ahh, that's satisfying. I'm not a fighter (killer?), I'm a survivor.

PvE should never cease to be challenging. If it stops becoming challenging you basically have a delayed COD game. I want what is in the intro to the game. A survival game with all the elements - environment, zombies, and yes KOSers. All elements remain challenging. The beginning game - survival. The middle game - survival. The endgame - survival. Why does everyone want a game like the rest? Don't confuse this by telling me I don't want player interaction. That's one of the elements. I just don't want all player interaction. Gearing up shouldn't be easy. Staying geared up shouldn't be easy. Bottom line - survival shouldn't be easy.

My number one goal in this game is to survive. My goal is not to PVP although that COULD be part of it. I have never killed another player but in self defense which if I think I am backed into a corner that is self defense. I TRY to not have any interaction at all with other players. Yes I know the counter, "well you could stay in the woods forever." But I don't. That would be boring as hell. I however do like exploring and taking risks. That means possible (probable) player interaction. That's where you the PVP player comes in in my adventure. You are a dilemma I have to face or stay in the woods forever. Now to my opinion. Yes I have one and yada-yada-yada. I think the PVP mindset prevents you from exploring some of the real potential of this game. Don't take this to mean you or most players do this but I have seen it alot. Especially from streamers. You spawn in. You head into a high loot area running around like you don't care about nothing. After all you're really not going to die. You may even server hop low pop servers until you're armed to the teeth then go looking for a fight. You're gonna hate any real threatening zombies because they are gonna spoil your playstyle. But weak, who cares about the zombies, ruins my gaming experience. In the explanation is given that this is supposed to be a survival game. Don't get me wrong, I want you in there because you are part of the threatening environment, but don't complain because the environment elements are made stronger. Try, for once, to have a survival instinct. Put it in your mind that you only have one life. Make decisions from that point of view. That point of view is what I (and others) believe was Dean Rocket's goal. After all he thought of it while on a survival ex and it is described as such in the introduction to the game. Bottom line though, play how you want. You paid your hard earned money for it. You also make my game more interesting. But please, please, please don't crap on my point of view. Don't throw insults at my playstyle and I won't throw insults at yours.

Guess whose gonna be whining like a little girl when environment elements get harder?

I don't seem to have the probs others are having with the z's. Yes, it is a little bit harder to melee the zs but overall going in right direction. I used a silenced pistol. One shot to the head. Then I moved away. No z respawn chasing me, great. I like it, that when you shoot a loud weapon you are basically ringing the dinnerbell. On a thread I started it's all about dilemmas. You shouldn't get away with stupid play.

Guess it'll be a little bit harder sniping bambis now won't it? Just kidding but a step in the right direction.

Also try sticking to the same group of servers (ie:vilayer.com or gameservers.com). It used to happen to me but now I stay at one group of servers. Hardcore and regular servers hadn't made a difference to me. I have never yet fully lost a character. EXCEPT by death.

Devs, if you read this at all. My contribution to the Alpha process. These are the three things in the game I want to see to keep me on my toes (and having fun playing): 1. Dangerous (not just annoying) zombies. 2. Dangerous environment. After all it's a zombie (SURVIVAL) game. Survival has to be there. 3. Do not in any way curtail another player's playstyle. Cheating (ie; server hopping, hacking is not a playstyle) aside. Why you ask? Because, like Dean, I went through a survival school. There must be dilemmas at all times to keep the game interesting. I just got whacked by a zombie. My blood is low. Do I go to a less populated area to find food or do I take a chance and loot a major area or find another person to blood bag me? Each and every decision will have to deal with the possibitly for a zombie attack or being shot in the back of the head (or to the face you sadistic KOSers). Good play should be rewarded. Bad play, well a quick ticket to the beach or elsewhere. Dean had a vision. A really good one. It's all about dilemmas.

One thing about the zombie respawn ( I know it's not finished) is that when using a silent pistol no zombies should respawn like using a melee weapon. Overall, hurrah to finally seeing zombies become a threat. Can you hear that? It's the bell ringing on the beginning of the end for all you COD and BFers running around aimlessly looting everything in 5 seconds just to shoot and kill innocents. Well, maybe not, but it sure will be harder.

I could be mistaken but I think we are finally seeing the start of this. The navmesh is AWESOME.

The worst written show? What planet are you from? I don't like the show because of the zombies, I like it because of the great character interaction. I always hated zombie movies because of the slasher film slant. I absolutely love the Walking Dead.

Let me start by first stating that I do realize this is an alpha. I also want to say that every person has a right to play the game how they want. Be it KOS or whatever. It makes my gameplay more interesting. With all that out of the way I do have a lament. Most players choose to run around like mad collecting the good loot as fast as possible. Yhat includes all youtubers (that I have seen). When I play I have one goal. Not to loot. Not to kill. Just to survive. I know that's easy with not a lot of zombies. As far as I know this game was thought of when Dean was on a survival ex with the military. So I believe this game was designed with survival in mind, not a COD style of gameplay. I went through Air Force Survival school in the US and the number 1 goal was to escape and evade (ie: survive without being seen). That meant staying away from everyone. In an escape and evade scenario you are in an enemy territory. I'm assuming in an apocalypse everywhere is enemy territory. However I'm not jaded enough to believe most people will act the way they do in this game. For those of you who play to run around and gear up as fast as you can, what's the point? There are so many other games you could play where you start just like that. Geared up and ready to kill. I especially don't get the cheaters and hackers. Where's the skill there? Unless of course your whole deal is just to piss people off. Sorry for the tangent and small rant. I am not against KOS. See first sentence in post. But why is KOS the way most play (sorry I'm assuming from what I see). Back to my playstyle (boring to most of you I assume). I do believe the saying "to be killed on sight, you have to be seen". That is how I play. If I am spotted I feel I have failed, period. I've seen tons of players but they haven't seen me. I could have killed most of them. I play with the mindset, if this were real. My biggest lament is that I do not get the chance to watch someone else play with this playstyle on youtube. Awhile back I used to watch a YT named Zemalf. To me it was fascinating to watch him make blunders and get killed. Usually by being to impatient. I have died most of the time this way. Now does anyone know any YT that actually makes videos with this playstyle? If not can someone step up and make one? I am sure there are many of you out there that play like this even within a group. This is the main reason for this post. I want to watch others play with this style, survive, and make blunders. So there you go. Please chime in everybody. RAM-bo out.

Wow. Derailment.

Plenty.

When I asked the question I didn,t really think you did. You play exactly like I do. It is really tempting at times to take the respawned loot. One time I respawned in a barn and there in front of me was the item I was searching awhile for. Damn that was tempting to make up some BS story to soothe my conscience but I didn't break my rule. I left it.

Trust me. I'm entertained.

Thanks Dok. This is exactly what I'm looking for. I don't find your playstyle boring at all. On the contrary. If a lot more people played like this I don't think my heart would stop pounding. This makes for suspense. Right now it's not very suspenseful in game because almost everyone runs around like there isn't any danger. Let's face it. There isn't much danger. Unless you run into somebody like you. Thumbs up. Quick question. I see in your last stream you were pretty well geared up. How did you acquire that gear? Running around like mad? Server hopping? I think gearing up is or may be the most exciting thing in game as long as you play stealthy right from the beginning. Can you imagine taking hours gearing up then being impatient and bam, bullet to the head. I play like my life depended on it right from the second I respawn.

Devs, please give us a few more zombies along with better pathfinding. Guess I'm asking for a lot here. I know, Alpha is moving along.

I played the mod. However from what I've read there are very few servers with people on them.

To correct any misunderstanding. If I stayed out in the woods, which I can, that would indeed be TOTALLY boring. However I don't play that way. I love exploring and finding loot like the next guy. I just don't advertise my presence.

This is just my personal opinion so don't crucify me. To me most multiplayer games (COD,BF etc.) become nothing more than glorified paintball matches. Remember a map and all you have to do is move downfield. I love these open world, sandbox games. I can't wait until there are more players playing so there are more full servers to stealth against.

Azrail give it a shot. I'm almost certain there are other players who find this style of play more exciting than a COD killfest. Love to see you in action. Part of what interests me is learning what not to do. I promise I will watch.

This I do as well as get off the coast FAST.