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  1. Posted

    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.

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  2. Posted · Edited by RAM-bo4250

     As it should be on all servers, doing it rarely is still combat logging, yah fight it out till yah dead, or they are, only way to play. I recall in one o my first games o dayz, getting all ammo-ed up to the hilt, and getting caught in that red house by the cherno store with a mate, i had a 1911, he had a lee enfield( before we clicked it was a Z dinner bell)... he died quick, i got up past 50 odd kills before i was swamped (.45 used to kill a z one shot to body before BI pistol nerf) Good times :D

    I feel ya, check out my post "Still killed by zombies" and you know why.

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    Never stop to loot if zombies are chasing you. Don't shoot zombies unless you have a silenced weapon (with a lot of ammo, preferably a sidearm), because it's too messy.  Just try to lose the zombies or sneak past them.

     

    I know that. But I have to check that loot spot. It may have more than an empty can. Oops, there goes that white pulsating screen again.

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    Embarassing isn't it? I can run into a building. I can run into a pinetree. I can run even into a bush. I can even run until I lose them. And I do all the time. You know what kills me all the time? Bad decisions. Let me try and loot that last house in town, dead. Zombies spawning like crazy but I have to get to that one last doorstep, dead. For a can of food, a can of soda, an antiseptic wipe. It doesn't matter. Bad decisions all. Greed, maybe?

    But do you know what? My favorite game ever. And even though the zombies are easy to beat they are still a damn danger. Get hit once or twice and then boom, hardly any blood left. Even if I don't get infected. Now all of a sudden a pulsating white screen. Here we go again! I've had the perfect kit too. Silenced M4 with plenty of ammo, silenced pistol, huge backpack filled with anything I need. And then Bam another bad decision. Come on guys, I have to climb the steps of that house, I don't know what's there?

    Or, I'm killing zombies left and right with my machete. You know the place, top of the stairs in the barn. Then guess what happens? Yup, forgot I had run on and jump off, either getting a broken bone or a pulsating white screen. Here we go again!

    What a @#%&*@# blast!

    You know what? I don't think I would survive a zombie apocalyse. I'm too stupid.

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  6. Posted

    I understand PVP and am not against anyone's right to play it as they wish. PVP, KOS it doesn't matter. It adds a little flavor and makes the game interesting. There are people who would do exactly the same thing in real life (although not too many as they couldn't reload when they themselves get a bullet to the head). All the apocalypse movies portray this kind of rampage. I don't buy it. People have a way of helping each other out in a crisis. However, there are still those selfish SOB's out for themselves. Again failure to reload will keep most of those in check. In real life you only have one life.

    Again though, why do people play a zombie game (this one in particular) to cheat and avoid zombies or other players for that matter? Other games (COD, BF3/4, etc.) you get shot and respawn in less than 10 seconds. To any player who logs out to avoid zombies or other players can you please explain the rationale? I'm just curious. Why do it? I am not talking to those who do it only sometimes.

    I play games for immersion. Feeling like I am part of the game world. As such I usually play stealthy. That's what draws me to this type of game. I get to do in fantasy what I probably (who knows nowadays) can't do in real life. As such I will be more like Rick from The Walking Dead. To me what is the sense of surviving if I lose all my values and my humanity. I know I could only take another life in self defense.

    OK, the biggest question of all. Even if the game allows some things, why do it? Why cheat? You are really not gaining anything. Basically I feel you are cheating yourself. I don't condone cheating but I could understand it if you had your life or your money on the line. Then at least you are gaining someting from it (albeit for a short time, anyway). But in a game?

  7. Posted

    Can someone please explain this to me. I was recently watching a Dayz video on youtube recently and the player was drawing a lot of zombies in the market. What did he do? He logged out to get rid of the zombies. What I don't get is why play this game at all. There are so many other run and gun games. Other games have pretty good weapons data. So why? I am constantly scratching my head over these types of play style. I guess its good for Bohemia. But still ...

    Well let this start the conversation.

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    Yeah the old zombies could beat you for a couple of minutes before you would die

    I remember when dayz+ came our I compared it to normal dayz (old dayz zombies) and found that I could last at least a whole minutes worth of continous punches, now you last about 20 seconds if you stand there and get hit

    I like hard zombies. They should be a concern and not just an annoyance. I reaaly enjoy the survival part of it and it just keeps getting better.

    After SA comes out do you think people will still play this mod?

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    It just takes time to learn how to move about the zeds while still staying in cover.  You gotta stick close to walls and stay out of open areas, and when you have aggro go around as many corners as possible.  You also have to figure out where players will typically be and where snipers can see, and stay out of those locations as much as possible or just don't linger.

     

    It is possible to stealth, even on high-pop, just takes practice, and lots of corpses.

     

    Also, living in the forest isn't boring, just different.  It can be plenty challenging, especially if you don't do the initial coastal loot run and just dart right for the forest.  I find it plenty more interesting than making the same old run through the cities or NWAF.

    Yeah, I actually do know about sticking close to walls and such. I just never knew you could run into a bush or tree. I used to run through these things to escape the z's view but never thought to stop in one. Also I didn't exactly mean not to camp out in forests but just not to stay in one for the whole game. You have to adventure out eventually. Just staying in the woods would be boring. After all have to search for the holy grail (nvg's/rangefinder). I have never found any of these items. Also don't tell me where to find them. I don't look at loot maps or any map for that matter until I find one in the game.

    I don't do loot runs through the coastal areas either although I like to have at least one food and drink before I leave the coast.

    This has been the only game I've ever played on multiplayer. I hate multiplayer (COD Types) games. But this game is fantastic. Can't wait for the SA.

  11. Posted

    Well I guess since some people are still responding even though it has been discussed before might as well thank you all for continuing the conversation. At least the z's are a bit dangerous hitting you. Every time I get hit it seems I lose half my blood. I guess the reason I didn't notice the ease of hiding from zombies is I usually like to play stealthy and don't like getting spotted even once. I figure if in a real zombie apocalyse (yeah right) I wouldn't be running all over the place since I only have one life. Don't get me wrong. I still get killed ( a lot), usually by another player because I am too concentrated on the zombies. I used to crawl a lot but found, if spotted, I can't get up fast enough to run and get clobbered. I still try to play stealthy though. It is a game after all and I could survive forever in the forest, but how much fun would that be? This is still probably the only game though that makes my heart pound. Not realizing a zombie aggro'd from the distance or getting sniped there still are plenty of wtf? moments.

  13. Posted

    Hey everybody,

    Sorry if there has already been a major discussion of this but it is something I just noticed. Zombies are really easy to hide from now. All you have to do is run into a bush or pine tree and zombies chase you but can not hit you, then they wander off. Is this how it is supposed to be? It seems too easy. I thought I used to have to run until I was far off from the zombie and evntually got lost because of trees and bushes. Sorry again if this has already been talked about.

     

    Ron

  15. Posted

    I use Trackir and it is working fine. All my axes are checked and movement shows on head tracking screen. In game my character won't lean. "Q" and "E" doesn't work either. I checked in controllers and Q,E, and Trackir are shown for lean right and lean left. It's the only function of trackir not working. All other head movements are working fine including zoom in and out. Any ideas?

     

    Ron

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