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Good idea, but it wouldn't matter anyway. You forgot to factor in that not everyone is using a mic when playing Dayz and some people might have cool headphones that allows you to mute the mic at any time, like mine (logitech g35). There are enough people that talk to their friends in proxi chat and give away their location as it is lol. What I would like to see fixed soon is the in-game ambient sound. I tire of hearing rustling chainlink fences in the woods, and the random zombie scream with no zed nearby.

Yeah, I think they will remove it and make the mosin the civilian sniper. Here I am, just waiting for the SVD...

I found one in the huge building in Novo (one of the new cities). On a side note, I found a Longhorn there too.

Agreed. However, the fact that these companies are just now jumping on the bandwagon means Dayz has a decent headstart. The other companies will try to rush their product to beat Dayz's release (much like Warz) and make a shoddy product.

I was just responding to the comment that Dayz uses an old crappy engine, when Arma2 was released after the frostbite engine. I'm just trying to get people to understand. Dayz isn't a game yet, its still an alpha. While bf4 has been released already and when it came out it was barely playable (but it has gotten better). If we were to compare Dayz Alpha vs. Battlefield 4 Alpha, which do you think would have been better? That right there, is the most fair comparison we could have.

Well, bf4 uses the Frostbite engine which has been used since 2008 and Dayz uses the Arma 2 engine which was released in 2009 (both of which were updated/improved for the newer games). Not to mention the fact that bf4 still has terrible tickrate, misaligned hitboxes, broken hit registration, and several other 'core mechanics' bugs...and its been out for several months while Dayz is still in alpha state. So I think its a fair comparison.

Actually I'm just playing HC. So, I guess I have fewer problems because very few people play HC. Sometimes I have to press a key multiple times to get a weapon out, or I get rubberbanded into the building I was just in, but nothing I would say is broken core mechanics.

I don't see how the fundamentals of the game are 'broken'. I can play the game just fine with no lag and minimal rubberbanding. That's more than I can say for BF4, for example. And yes, I'm comparing a 'complete' game to an alpha...but Dayz doesn't have nearly as many bugs/broken aspects as BF4 (and its a RELEASED game).

Guns were developed to cause the human body to bleed to death, not result in instantaneous death (but can still happen). When the human body has adrenaline flowing a person can withstand MANY shots before dying, because adrenaline dulls nerve endings and localizes blood flow to vital organs/muscles. The human body is a lot more durable than some of you give it credit. If you got shot in a non-vital organ, controlled the bleeding, and took antibiotics to fight the possibility of infection you would survive. You wouldn't even need to remove the bullet or undergo surgery (however, your recovery time would be greater without). Considering this, the game isn't actually that far off from reality. Back on subject, the crossbow is definitely a little overpowered but nobody would use it if it did less than rifles (except if it took the place of your melee weapon).

I think he was stating that is his personal preference in weapons, not that they aren't fully operational. I have no problems finding pistol magazines...in fact I have 3 FNX mags on my person right now and my buddy has 3 of EVERY type on him. The reason people don't use the sporter .22 is because of its garbage damage. I often find the magazines to my weapons right NEXT to the weapon I picked up, which is already way too easy. The devs will never spawn the mags with the guns because they are making this an "anti-game", meaning the difficulty of the game SHOULD cause some people to rage and never play the game again (i.e. Dark Souls/Demon Souls). If you expected an easy game where you can just shoot other people, you might want to quit playing now.

No. Once the loot starts respawning, all of this will be pointless. I don't want noobs running around with fully kitted out guns that they got from 2 hours of playing the game. I'm actually hoping they make it harder, imho.

I agree with most of your 'rules'. My group tends to 'claim' anything they need on a first-come, first-served basis. I always determine the threat level of an enemy before shooting (i.e. If he has an m4 and is moving away from my position, I won't HS them). Definitely don't gloat over your kills!

You'll stomp Dayz. I have a GTX 680 and i7-3930k and don't have issues (except for network latency and generally bugginess). You should be able to rip through pretty much any game on the market.

Rant. Lock the thread mod. Honestly, its a WIP. The zombie movement is easy to predict if you learn to adapt to your environment. I rarely run into problems with the 'new' zombies unless its like 5 of them at once (only using the axe). BI has an entire 40 man team in Slovakia only working on zombie AI and pathfinding so they will be fixed eventually. Just give it some time. And yes, it's an alpha. You gave examples of games that were finished.

Yeah, Berezino is getting more attention because of all the new weapon spawns nearby. However, many people still don't know about the ship and still miss important spawn areas. All in all, Berezino is still my favorite spawn point because its kinda hard to get killed there if you know the layout.