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Sorry. Came here thinking it would be interesting, but it'sd just another KoS thread! Yes it's necessary. We can't have those 12-yro KoS-kiddies roaming the streets!

Yes you can. You can put a Med kit inside a case inside a backpack (small) inside a backpack (large) and you get to use all those extra slots for holding all your inventory goodness. As an added side effect, it turns everyone else's FPS to shit! So it's gotta be good, no?

I think you must have bought the single player version.

Last week I couldn't spell DayZ, but now I've got 208 hours in game.

I don't think it's an 'exploit' in an illigitimate sense. There is a glitch on reloading a character that means you can't load up with something in your hands, so instead of throwing the item away it glitches into your inventory. Would be good to get a definitive answer, though, from the devs as to whether this is going to be a feature or changed to diallow having something in your hands on character save.

There's your problem, right there. Should have stopped there and reread it a few hundred times, and eventually you'd get it! Now go back to Steam's DayZ store page and read the big note at the top. Yeah, that's the one. Here's a link just in case:http://store.steampowered.com/app/221100/ The bit on the right there under the DayZ logo thing, that says something like: Yeah, exactly that! This here is one of those 'SERIOUS ISSUES'. Hah... LOL... But all joking aside, I think that the Devs may already be aware of it, because here on the roadmap they specifically mention it. Something about server stability or something like it. Oh, you already know that. Good. Good. Glad to be of help.

It's something to do, and saves me from having to spend 'quality' time with the wife and kids. But don't tell them that, because I told them I'm 'working' in here!

I knew they tasted funny. This need to be the No. 1 issue for the devs. I'm not joking. <_< This is not my smiling face!

Sir, I am deeply offended by this! Dr Pepper Drinker

But you can do that already, with the built in OP protection that if you change gun mid-fight the other one goes to the ground. You got to remember to pick that back up before you move! Has the advantage that it's quick, and doesn't require any inventory screen BS to do it as I'd expect with a bag or backpack. EDIT: I do know about the current bug WRT two primaries and the slight glitch on DBase save/load of a character. But I'll assume that that will be rectified in due course.

LOL!! "He ws shot in the back of the head by his own backpack!"

You're just lucky, I guess.

These would be a problem to get past some country's media prohibitions. Smoking, drinking and drug taking, even with the context of a game in a virtual world, would see the game getting an outright ban in some countries. Remember, shooting someone in the head = R15, doing it with your shirt off = R18+. Don't even think about it with no pants!

Welcome. As already stated, Zs are already there, just not in quantity, and quality is sadly lacking also. I wouldn't start playing now if your only intent is gearing up. This is only the Alpha, and I'd be assuming that bugs aside, we're probably going to be in for a few Hive/DBase wipes as we transition up through the Beta and to Release. But don't let that stop you jumping in. It's not going to be any cheaper than it is now until a good while after release, and the game is still a blast even with all of the current issues. So: Get It! Play It! Enjoy the ride.

Great! Good for you! Your mum must be so proud! You're now a fully paid-up, card-carrying member of the KoS-kiddie fraternity. Welcome aboard and we hope you enjoy your stay. Don't forget to pick up your Official Arsehat on your way out.

I like it the way it is. If I want to be a Medic, I just play a Medic. I go out into the world and gather up the required items that are necessary and then post out my shingle that says 'Medic'. I don't need anything in-game arbitrarily limiting me to only being able to apply a bandage until I get 4th Dan Black Belt Medical-Foo. Besides, the fact I am a 4th Dan Black Belt Medical-Foo Medic is not going to count for a hill of beans to the KoS-kiddy who can 1 hit kill me with his Level 0 gun and arsehat of fleetness. He sure as hell doesn't care that I've spent 20 hours on this character and helped millions survive for another day. So sorry, nothing in this proposal is going to make MY character any more valuable to any player for whom my character isn't already valuable. Private Hive/DB, Private Server, Private Community - Then we can utilise a system like this in an enviroment where the game can be the main driving force and not simply a kill count PvP deathmatch, as it is at the moment (with a few minor exceptions).

If you don't have any saline or blood to bring up your blood levels, then you're in for a long wait, and your friends are going to have to be feeding and watering you for a fair while. Saline will get you on your feet almost straight away, and blood may do but has side effect if you don't know what you're doing. Other than that, you're screwed. Have your friends have a little memorial service and then send you packing for the coast, Honestly, it takes less time! NOTE: Sometimes even after saline, you aren't able to stand up or move. A simple relog seems to fix that problem, though.

The reason is simple. An M4 on your shoulder frees up backpack space, and a large proportion of it to be sure. I'm all for you using up all that space, though, but if you put an M4 in there, I'd also like to insist that you can't have it on your hot bar and instantly have it in hand at the push of a button. Same with the gun bag idea, but I fail to see how a gun bag would be any less identifiable than a gun slung over your shoulder. You might not know if it's a Mosin or M4, but it's a gun!

But they can guess, unless you ARE excited to see them!

I see another flurry of posts on the forums: 'People who don't use PP are CHEATING ME'. I'd laugh if it wasn't going to happen!

Everybody in most of these '<x> is a problem' threads spends too much time thinking up elaborate solutions that as usually too cumbersome or computationally intensive to be any good. Just stop loot from being transportable server to server.

Not allowed ATM. Not worth paying YOUR money so BI can have another FREE Public server. Until we are allowed to host and CONTROL our own private servers, DayZ is just one big badly done clone of CoD/BF deathmatch gameplay. This echo's my thoughts on this: http://kotaku.com/how-dayz-ruins-your-hopes-and-dreams-for-the-perfect-zo-1500567194

Zs turn slower than they can lunge or run. If you want to melee them at close range, your 'A' and 'D' keys are your best friends. An axe is the melee weapon of choice, here. Aim for the head. Head shot = one shot kill, most of the time with an axe. If you elect to run, you have to break contact by about 100m, be out of line-of-sight, and be quiet. Plenty of opportunity to practice that. You can use the reverse to actually place Zs a some specific place, too. Think about that.

Because they want/need DayZ to be a PvP arena, and are only interested in grabbing a gun and shooting it. It's very sad. And like someone once said WRT to something completely different: 'What we have here is a failure of imagination!'

Dynamic weather is hard to do in the RV engines. Takes a lot of network traffic to keep everything in sync across all players. We've tried this in ArmA II and III with varied levels of success.