hoax2

Boombox for the win. Imagine being in a building and hearing someone yell "YOU IN THE BUILDING, WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED." followed by this booming through the silence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BulFwGSi8bc Or you are walking down a quite street and suddenly this starts to echo through the town http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU&t=14s I think I would utterly panic.

Nothing? I should have put "KoS" in the title. (Jokes. Kind'a)

Yeah it would be easy. Put paper and a pen in a small protector case and leave it somewhere. Provide server IP and directions. Done. (I left an M4 in a barn and gave a stranger directions to it just the other day). The problem is what the OP is talking about. At the moment items are cleaned up every 4 hours when the server resets (Pretty sure but would love clarification on this.)

Not a bad idea really. Valve do this with TF2. Just get dayZ on the steam workshop

Yeah dealing with the situation is the point. ;) As for 25secs, careful players would log out somewhere safe like under a tree in the woods or the top floor of an apparent block. Remember it's more of a survival simulator than a shooter.

@Jaybopper combat log isn't about how bad a shot you are, it ruins the game. What if you want to tie someone up and take their blood, but they just log off? What if you've walked for 2 hours finally see a guy and want to give him a soda but he logs off to avoid KoS?... It's a flaw in the current game mechanics. @Corecomander my idea above would work for alt-f4 or even turning the power off, and it's also not a hindrance to legitimate players.

Yeah you get it. Normally it's not moved at all, you just add your name to the log to say you found it. IRL it's like a hike with an objective. A lot of people like hiking just for the view; to each his own i say.

100% agree, I think your character should sit down or take a knee with the following overlay. 30 seconds until disconnect. ---------progress bar--------- 1) cancel 2) don't watch The overlay means you can monitor your character. The "don't watch" means you can go if you need to but your character continues to sit there until the time is up and would be exactly the same for a force quit or crash.

TL;DR: please add boomboxes, cassettes, megaphones, and whistles The first time I watched this video of a robbery gone wrong I thought the assailants started basting rap over direct-chat and it continued to play when they died. (Actually it's the victim's companion.) But my first thought was that it added a psychological level of intimidation. The kind of crazy that would likely happen (look up "Blood Diamond Rebels attack" on youtube) and would fit right in with the DayZ-crazy. These items would have a much larger audio range than direct chat. Boombox Requires multiple batteries and a cassette to play music. Could be carried in the riffle slot on the shoulder. It can also be placed in the ground and left on just like flashlights and lanterns which could lure or repel players. Remains playing after player death. Cassette Various songs could be found around Chernarus and played in a Boombox or Vehicle. Audio quality (including lo-fi wobbles etc) could be based on item condition. Bohemia could secure the rights to some Russian, Ukrainian, soviet, songs to paint the scene and use some public domain stuff. Megaphones Ideal for crowd control. Requires batteries. Increases the range of direct chat when in hands and held up. Added feedback and distortion effects. Whistles (sports & emergency) Found in residential, supermarkets, and schools. Audible from a very long range. Useful for executing an ambush or attracting attention. Would be nice if a blow on the whistle was instant on assigned key press so that codes could be used easy. (Three blasts for white-walkers)

When / if tents are added as they were in the mod geocaching in some sense would be possible. Someone can correct me but I think in the mod tents/cars remained consistent on the server as long as it was saved by a player every seven days. I'd like the option to half-bury the small protector cases and have them behave the same as tents did in the mod.

Couldn't this be solved by just providing the option for private password protected servers? Then steamers could hand-pick who can and can't play on their server. Most of the bigger streamers who have this issue have enough fans/friends to organize a game with 40 like-minded people. I imagine clans, groups and PVE players would probably want to do this too. So it also doesn't mean that you're investing a large amount of effort into specialty options for a very small percentage of players.

quite little bump here for all the people in need.

Thanks will do.

It's just a gaming name I've had for years. Screenshot of my character posted to steam. Is legit

If you need medical aid I am in the north west fields region. [Pustoshka, Vybor, Kabanino, Stary, Rogovo, Pogorevka.] Im wearing all orange with a red baseball cap. I also have M4 parts to trade for saline and blood-test kits. Please PM or tweet @hoaxTwo, and we can try and make contact.