So I just finished reading the latest status report and was really happy to hear we finally have a helo on the horizon. However I do have some questions, and suggestions! #1, The first thing I noticed is the crane on the side. Will this be functional? Because I really really want it to be. I'd really like to be able to drop in, and pick up people without having to land. Even if it's just a rappelling line for quick dismounting. #2 Is there a spotlight underneath the nose, so we can light up a small village from the air, look/hunt for people at night, and land the helo at night. #3 Is the controller support, and behavior going to be the same as, or similar to take on helicopters? #4 Are there thoughts about weaponry attached to the helo, or the ability to use it as a sniper/rifleman platform? #5 Can you satisfy my eternal wish for an optional attachment of speakers so I can play die walkure as the people in the rear spread death and mayhem? #6 Speaking of attaching stuff I wouldn't mind the following; Getting just the barebones helo Having to choose between a crane/rappelle/speaker/gunt mount, with the ability to pick per side. So you can have a gun on the left and a crane on the right. Rear passengers being able to fire their weapons if there isn't a gun mounted. Having to look for every upgrade, and perhaps even being able to craft the speaker/spot light/rappelle. Being able to paint the belly white/light blue sides and top woodland camo, or even completely pink for the adventurers amongst us. The crane specifically should be operated by someone in the rear, I'd like to be able to notice the weight of the person hanging on it. The littlebird is a very light airframe so an 80kg adult with another 30kg or so of stuff hanging on one side of the helicopter with a crane operator hanging out of the door is pretty noticeable to the pilot. It also ought to be maintence heavy and once degraded to a certain point have a non zero chance of snapping/clogging/spinning loose. To be fair I don't know what the ballistics are on this however I doubt a 5.56/7.62 can penetrate cockpit glass at 1000+yds Are we going to see ammunition, and rifle platforms that can? Rear passengers ought the be free game with the side door open obviously. Anwyays thanks for reading I really hope some of my ideas make it in eventually.

I would love this, I always pick up a teddy bear when I see one!

Hi there I've put a fair amount of time in DayZ, been playing it since the mod, and bought it the day it went into early access. With servers becoming more and more stable and persistent I had some ideas on some more ways players can interact with the world. I usually play as a hermit, and only really attack players when I have to. I tend to follow someone from 2-300m away and get them to take me to a tent camp. What I would love to be able to do is to lure zombies to spots using freshly killed animals/players. So I can trap small groups of people when it's just me versus a clan. Poison a water supply with a rotting zombie carcass. To deny other players the use of the water supply. Put a landmine, or handgrenade under a player's corpse so that the next person to loot it blows up. Have corpses of players stay in the world for at least 90 minutes, so they can be used as lures or traps. Zombies should be attracted to the scent of a freshly killed player. The ability to carry a corpse. So we can hide the fact that someone died, or lure players in an ambush with potential loot. I tend to stay away from areas with dead players in them that have kit on them as I usually expect there to be a sniper on me. Traps for players and zombies. I'd love to be able to whistle at players, or shout over longer distances. Perhaps add in an alarm whistle. Maybe bring back the yell channel from the mod so stuff you say gets amplified over a further distance. If possible I'd also like sound to propogate further depending on terrain features. The radio is underused, the few times I got one working while on a busy server I never had a response. Also please for the next vehicle patch add in a bicycle. I'd also love to see a moped those are pretty common in europe and really easy to fix, and maintain.