Agrefits

Have you realized that even in the Trailer the got the location of Gorka and Stary Sobor wrong? .. at Gorka they zoom in somewhere near Myshkino, while Stary Sobor zooms in on what appears to be Polana

Not everyone wants to stick to an axe as melee secondary, why not give us the ability to use the hacksaw to collect firewood or the sawtooths on the combat knife for example?

for a fire you don't have to cut a tree man, some bigger branches would do. You're placing "firewood" onto the fireplace kit, and not a tree.

We should be able to ignite fireplaces with road flares in the case you get unlucky regarding a box of matches ... would seem logical to me as those sticks sure burn like hell. One time use only of course. Would be usefull especially when/if wind gets implemented and matchboxes fail to work.. discuss. edit: To be honest, i just came up with that and i don't even know if we can do so already .. never tried .. i guess not tho.. can anyone verify? .. Can't test it right now as im still not at home.

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Me and Brumey on a night raid through Stary and Novy Sobor, on the hunt for an MP5K and a headtorch. Be sure to check the whole gallery in the link below. previews: all 14 pictures http://imgur.com/a/ulCg5

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she's done runnin' ... :)

So what weapon have you swung over your shoulder then? .

all you need are rags, matchbox and a hatchet, you don't have to carry sticks nor logs, as you can just search for them / chop them once you're in the wood?

You appearently don't get it that the advantages far outranges the effort put into it no matter how "very rare" it is, if its not tweaked / balanced massively regarding gameplay. . .

do it with style. Go to <insert random location> and turn on your Walkie Talkie on <insert frequency> . From there on, you better be sure that i have eyes on you, and a sniper waiting to counter any foul moves. As soon as you are on location call for <insert codename> and i will reply on said frequency and guide you to final trading position.

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i'll give you mine, you poor bastard. :P

and when you're low and slow. you're more likely to get hit ;)

to be contructive onto OPs .. to balance a chopper much more than rare availabilty and hard maintenance is needed, for example : - be able to hide stuff from said chopper efficiently (including cars) - make things harder to see for spotter and pilot (no 3pp, interior that blocks sight (especially downwards and anything thats off a 80degree cone from infront), probably dirty windows or anything that makes spotting harder) to see something below you must be either on low altitude, far off, or tilted downward and therefore moving. - damage taken by chopper from regular rifles must have serious impact on flight behaviour, (rapid fuel leak, tail rotor damage uncontrolled spin, main rotor damage missing lift etc. ) - make the insertion process harder .. no more easy landings, give the chopper a wheeled gear, if it hits the ground to hard, wheel breaks and chopper falls aside ramming its blades into the dirt .. no more parachute insertions - add the possibility for random system failure (yes, flying a patched up heli should have some risk involved .. and yes should also happen with cars.. from cars, you're more likely to get out alive tho.) - Balance the amout of space the more people are in the chopper, the less loot it can carry. and even then i still want my manpads! :P

Thats not my point at all..My point is that possessing a helicopter, shifts the balance of power a ridicilous huge amount of power into those who own it. Whoever has the heli, has complete map control. not just a minor advantage. but: - being everywhere you want in a matter of seconds, bringing in reinforcements to a firefight, regaining the control of a lost one, dispatching sniper teams to literally not enterable positions - seeing everything you want from a safe distance, act as spotter for snipers, and cover a HUGE area doing so. literally ignoring walls and stuff, because you change your direction of view as you circle over target area. - being able to put a shit load of pressure to the enemy, by keeping him "supressed" to concealed position, and therefor being a sitting duck for the flanking ground teams guided by the heli's spotter. - being able to scout the whole map for hidden bases in a matter of minutes. - being able to track down and steal every single car on the server easy mode. - being able to see if someone is actually there guarding those assets or if its easy picking. And if its easy picking, why not just fly there again a couple of minutes later, only take us 2 minutes, wait.. lets use those 2 minutes on the completely opposite side of the map. and guess what? you don't even have to run for your corpse no more, the rest of your imba special forces combined arms team, that got the guy due to the advantages stated above, will just collect your stuff, and fly it down to the coast and pick you up again so you can jump right into the next firefight literally 5 minutes later. And guess how i can efficiently counter that thread built up by a group with likely 5 times the manpower of mine? .. By wasting a whole day running around the outbacks of the map, looking for a grounded heli to destroy it. Now thats sure much of a fun than loosing your gear in a more adrenaline heavy way you've pointed out. You want a chopper? Give me underground stashes and manpads then!. How'd you feel in your chopper when it get hits from an inbound manpad as soon as you pass over that hill in front of you, and you and all your team goes down in a big ass fireball? .. Thats most likely how those feel, who be forced to act against chopper teams.

its not the logout system that needs to be overhauled, it's the game ;). I like the current method of the logout system. Being rewarded for logging out somewhere safe, and not having an escape panic button for those who don't. But for that system, stable clients (crash free) and restart warnings are a must. If it's the server that shuts down.. there aint no zombies left that may aggro you, as the server is non existant after shutdown. But if you haven't had your prior warning, you may reappear in the midst of zombies.

which forces me to spend my time ( a shit load and ton of time) into something i have absolutely no interest in.

except they have a chopper, then it doesn't matter anyways.... ;) Seriously.. choppers always had one single purpose in DayZ .. Find and loot all the player bases, do quick insertions to your dead corpse / pvp zone ... generally speaking.. having easy mode and advantage over anyone else.. and as if group players don't already have enough of an advantage, hell lets just give them a shit ton more.

When you're at NEAF you know what you're up against in the current patch: Server hoppers / wall glitchers are more or less expectable.. a random kick however isn't. .. How would you explain that unlucky random guy you've kicked that he is most likely being eaten up by zombies during his relogging process in the midst of a heavy infested area such as novy sobor for example. Not trying to defend hackers at all, don't get me wrong. I sure wish they'd all get permabanned and stuff.. Just pointing out joe random view on your global kick. Guess i want to say, as long as there are security leaks .. and no admin tools for to ONLY punish the hacker, you just gotta be patient until said features are implemented i guess.

Got that thing with my arma 2 collectors edition ... still got it hanging on the corkboard next to my desktop. <3'ing it! ..Whenever i quickly need to find my beeline bearings, i just turn left and have a quick peek. The home map offers so much more just because of the elevation lines overall better layout. Always hated that sattelite view of dayzDB's map. Hope they'll make one for Chernarus+ aswell.

if it's for me .. i vote no to choppers (doesn't matter if armed or not) .. just because, in my opinion it desn't fit into the gameplay. No matter how hard the maintenance is, or how rare one will spawn, because any human being with brains, would use it to get the hell out of chernarus and try his/her luck flying somewhere far off, instead of wasting your precious fuel for circling an area you already know is doomed. It should be endgame, as you say. As soon as you fixed it and put it airborne, your screen should turn black with a message "Congratulations, you have escaped the apocalyse" .. just a personal opinion.

In the 0.46 hardcore Apocalyptic days, she decided to do, what she could best ... ...and ran away.

The Valley of Shadow and Death .. There is no Stairway to Heaven ..