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To join the experimental branch, one must first use the search engine.... B) ( Go to your DayZ properties in Steam and opt in the Experimental branch from the beta tab of your DayZ Steam properties)

Although there's lots of other threads covering this issue, I can't agree more. There is official word that it'll change in the future so I'm not too worried. But I have to say that we should enjoy our M4 while we can as innacurate as they are, because they'll become rare sooner than we think. Back to the pistols issue, I hope they "buff" them even more than other weapons.

Since you're in experimental, there's lots of medical clinics now so your chances of finding morphine is higher than finding sticks it seems. Check in "school" buildings (it's not a school...more of an office building) , tech buildings, hospital and the clinics. FOr sticks, I usually find them in garages and two story pubs.

I remember when the DayZ Breaking Point mod first came out for ArmA2 there was really thick fog covering the ground at night. The ambiance was the best I ever seen in any DayZ mod variance and in the SA. I would love to have some fog occasionnaly at dawn/dusk, or after it rained.

I hope they log out while glitching, we get a patch that fixes this, and when they come back online they die for logging in a physical object. (remember when servers restarted without warning in the mod, and you were driving a vehicle... :D ) The sweet sound of hearing their bones snap and their groans while they die... B)

Very nice!! :D Entertaining!! I like it. Thanks for sharing! :beans:

Thank you kind sir! Sharing some in return!

After a few clicks, I figured he was mostly a nobody like all of us, but was consistent that we "need" to KoS because there's nothing else to do, but mostly insists that others shouldn't say we should play in a certain way. Contradiction to his post on your thread, yes, but he has his opinion. We all have ours. There's no right way to play DayZ. If you Xenology, decide to KoS then it should be your choice. I do believe that we need KoS, bandits, heroes, crazy survivors, role players, and friendlies to make the DayZ experience more intense, varied and interesting. It's only an alpha too, the only serious part of it should be the testing. A video game is a video game, a means of entertainment. With the freedom we have right now in the stand alone, some might not have the creativity to fully utilize a sandbox game and have his share of fun. To each his own! Have fun Xenology!

You never know! I hang around experimental a lot lately, regular or hardcore. And mostly using the same name. Anyway, glad you enjoyed!

There goes nothing! :D Alright, I had already done it but somehow Tinypic crashed my session before I could post anything, so this is my second attempt. I'll probly do multiple posts so it dosen't crash again. Free bumps for you sir! This was the first player I met. I gave him a magnum and some ammo for it (yes, I like to live dangerously... B) ) some food and we stayed together till we got him some water. This was the Sheriff of Berezino, Max Neeson, his deputy Mr. Smiley and some woman named Mason. This was on a light RP server so players might participate or not. Seems like alot participate because before I met them, I encountered a Doctor, a Lumberjack and another guy who didn't name himself who were all doing some light RP, and didn't know each other. I had a great time on this server!! This was the first time the experimental branch went online. At first it was chaos since there wasn't enough spawn points and since the servers kept resetting, everyone spawned next to each other... I met this guy near the Refy shipwreck and after giving him some food and having a quick chat, we decided to tag along and go explore the new town, Svetlojarsk. Keep in mind that before meeting him, two guys yelling "friendly" tried to "axe" me a question. I'm glad my answer killed them... B) This is Nathan. We had just met and shared a few supplies. He hadn't seen Svetlojarsk yet and asked if he could tag along. I gladly accepted and we headed there. After some exploration, we encounter a player near the police station and he asked if either of us could give him a saline iv. I then proceeded on helping him. We all parted ways shortly after. I went back to the experimental branch when they added the SKS and like I mostly do, headed straight for Refy. (I love the shipwreck) I met this guy who stated he was a shirt salesman. He was a funny friendly guy, but right after I warned him about the dangers of being close to the ships staircase ledges, he then proceeded to plunger to his death... Shortly after, I met another player exploring the shipwreck. We talked for a while, and deciding to trust him, I gave him a revolver with ammo. We searched the rest of the ship and the parted ways. The next day, deciding to go back to the stable branch, I logged in one last time in the experimental branch. I encountered this guy and after some chit chat about the DayZ mod and our experiences, I gave him my sks and most of my stuff since I was leaving experimental for a while. After a long break, I came back to the experimental branch. I met these two guys who I just bumped into each other. They were assisting one another so I decided to join in. We talked for a while and decided to tag along. Meet Tom on the left, and Richard on the right. The zombie crawling behind Richard wasn't part of the group and we had to dispose of him. We played for a good 3 hours and encountered many other players during this time. I'm not showing every one of them but I'll share our first one. After exploring Svetlo, the NEAF, Kragsnostav* and Khelm we headed for Berezino and found this chap running away from 4 zombies, bleeding heavily. We disposed of the said zombies, bandaged him and provided basic supplies. He thanked us and we continued towards Berezino. After 4 or 5 other players met, we left the town to go inland more. In the end, we added each other on Steam for future playtime since we had a great evening. Richard was a DayZ mod vet, but Tom had just started playing a few days ago and was very glad he met us. Honestly I love using VOIP instead of Skype/Steam/Ts/etc. I know it has a lot of tactical disadvantage but for immersion and RP factor, it's awesome! And that's enough for now I think... :lol: I didn't show the players I saw but didn't have any kind of interactions with them or the negative ones. Overall I'm having a great time in the stand alone. I loved the mod and I still play it, but it has a very different feel to than the stand alone. Leaving with one last screenshot of my liking. My favorite clothes style and gun combo. Have a great time in DayZ and enjoy the "Alpher" as much as you can! :)

I didn't see your "edit" when I posted... The only thing you posted I saw when I got here was "Whoever said 2PP = 2D isn't a very bright chap.", the rest wasn't up yet. You both beat me to it. But at least OP got his answer. B)

You can always rebind your Steam screenshot key to another one. It's quite easy to do. And don't listen to Airborne ^^. You don't "need" to KoS. (except if YOU feel like it, or you are at the airfields) I could post screenshot of all the players I met and I didn't shoot on sight or the ones I even teamed up with, but it would take a while. Let me know if you still wanna see those. There are hundreds of ways to play right now even in alpha, that doesn't require you to kill others on sight. To each his own, but please try not to get influenced into a style of play. Find your own. Have fun and enjoy your time!! Edit: Nuggit beat me to it on the screenshot key part. :D

:D Thanks for sharing!! Very entertaining.

I like it. Efficient and classy. No excess luggage! Although the graphics settings make my eyes hurt... :( (Don't wanna be rude, not everyone can/want to afford powerful gaming rigs)

When you look at your character from someone else's perspective. 1pp: you are the perspective 2pp: someone else's perspective 3pp: overhead/over the shoulder/"god's" perspective... :P Edit: Valadain beat me to it. What he said basically.

Uploading some more! I really enjoy taking "pictures" of Chernaurus... B) Funny bug. When you have your primary weapon on your back, and hold another one in your hands, when you fire both guns fire... (although no bullets are really firing from the one on your back) Get well Vandal Gab!!

Screenshot from today, experimental branch.

White check shirt! :thumbsup: Great vid mate!! Thanks for sharing!

On the stable branch I focus more on option 1, while on experimental I focus more on interactions and trying to help out.

Current hardcore and regular Experimental branch characters. (respectively)

I love outfits like this. Looks great. For me it's either this green one or the "hero skin" lookalike from the mod. I like it to set myself a certain look as a goal and find pieces to make it complete. Sort of a personal quest. P.S.: Right now though, I found a worn press vest and decided to test it for the first time. I'll probly switch it for a UK kaki assault vest, but right now I like my little press vest... B) Also, been testing out new outfit looks with the peacoats and I really enjoy a more civilian look. Looks sharp.

Someone taking over your controls at the end?! :D

It happened to me a couple of times back when the stand alone came out. But since January, it never happened to me again. I have 4 characters right now between Vilayer, Gamerservers, Experimental hardcore and experimental regular. Quick tip: Go back to the main screen between your server switching. Somehow, when you log out of a server and go back to the server screen, your character files don't get updated client side, and when you log back in to another server (switching hives, Vilayer, Gameservers, etc.) the information between client and server gets messed up, thus spawning you as a fresh spawn.

Seriously been testing out this Alpha since it came out. ( I love testing video games and been doing it for the past 15 years... B) ) Tip: Go back to the main screen between your server switching. Somehow, when you log out of a server and go back to the server screen, your character files don't get updated client side, and when you log back in to another server (switching hives, Vilayer, Gameservers, etc.) the information between client and server gets messed up, thus spawning you as a fresh spawn.

Wild animals like bears and wolves have been confirmed. Really funny how every time I hear Dean say bear, the only thing I hear is beer... :P Check it out on the devs blog, and past AMA streams/twitter.