Punkrawks

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I don't think so. Bandits actively seek out other players to hold people up for gear, or kill them for gear. Lone wolf may kill if they feel threatened by someone they see, but don't seek out other players as prey.

I wouln't use ruined bullets. It didn't used to matter but it might now. Also, the gun may be broken. If you picked it up off a dead body it's a good possibility.

Wow I expected more murderers/bandits. Seems like that's 90% of the people I run into.

Why wouldn't you take it seriously? Just because it's a game doesn't mean you should dick around all the time. Yeah have fun, but if it helps you survive better then take it as seriously as you want. Sure it has no impact on real life but neither does any other form of entertainment. People take music and art seriously, why not this?

See, this is the creativity that Dayz players are lacking. More of this.

Bandit = holding people up and/or killing them for their things. Items are your goal, their lives are just an obstacle. Murderer = killing on sight regardless of your need for food or gear. Most of the time you don't even loot your prey, just move on to the next. Regardless of what you are, be thankful you have the freedom to choose rather than be forced into some karma system that punishes you for surviving in your own way.

You have to realize, that may not be the gun. It may be latency. Also, don't expect any accuracy with more than 1 shot. Even small bursts will be inaccurate and if you've ever fired a full auto rifle, totally realistic. This isn't Call of Duty or Battlefield. Those games aren't realistic in any way shape or form. Fire a REAL rifle on burst or full auto and you'll see how accurate it really is.

Best accuracy you can get is pristine ACOG, pristine MAGPUL buttstock, and bipod. Lay down and wait until your breath steadies. I can get a nice grouping up to 500m and have taken zombies out at that distance with 1 shot. It is highly inaccurate if you're standing, have worn parts, breathing heavily, or moving. Then again, it wasn't meant to be a surgical gun, it's a broomstick meant to clear out close quarters. Is it possible to hit objects beyond 200m? Easily under the right conditions.

US servers are fine, logged in twice today and still have everything

Was camping Balota for server hoppers and happened to catch one while his game loaded. I cuffed him and had a dilemma. Let him go, handcuffed - unable to defend himself or feed himself.. or.. OR I could just kill him and make him start over. I was merciful and did the right thing.

I'm sitting at 125 hours and have stopped being friendly... way too many times being killed on sight and way too many times being left handcuffed/nude in the middle of nowhere.

He is cuffed, notice the 'loot' icon when I hovered over him. The animation is broken and didn't show him cuffed for some reason. As for the voice chat, my icon comes/goes.. doesn't always light up, not sure why. He may have heard me, he may not have. Don't care, doesn't change the situation. Kill bambis and people get upset saying to go for geared players. I develop a tactic to ambush them and people still get upset. Log out in a military building? Do so at your own risk. Server hopping or not you're an idiot if you can't run 50 feet into some bushes before logging.

And? Bandits are part of the game. If they weren't this would be "Sims with Zombies". At least I'm focusing my attention towards potential server hoppers rather than killing bambis in Kamyshovo. Yes there may be a few innocents mixed in but I won't risk my life by yelling "Friendly" only to get my nuts blown off. I kill to survive, and I have survived a long time.

Should have shot him in the back on his way up the stairs. You'd be alive and with double the gear. Being friendly is high risk, low reward, that is why KOS is justified. You're more likely to survive.

Server hopping is exploiting the game, KOS'ing is a playing style.. two completely different things. Who says it's wrong? You? KOS has always been a part of Dayz and is a legit survival tactic. I've been killed way too many times to yell "Friendly" to a fully armed player so I choose to KOS when alone. Don't like it? Tough beans.

Am I the only one who wanted the blurry vision dude to open his video settings and fix it?

Too many variables? What am I, a cop following some code? I'll kill who I please but just be glad that I'm targeting people MOST LIKELY to be server hoppers. If I had killed some random geared guy in the woods then yeah, I could see your point. But a server with 3 people, popping into a military building? Signature server hopper. So you're right, I wasn't 100% sure, but I was 99% sure and that's good enough for me.

I'm sorry but a guy this geared knows better. I specifically pick low population servers to camp (between 1-5 people) So the odds of someone THAT geared jumping to a low pop, night time server, INSIDE a military building.. I'd bet my beans that he's a server hopper looking for gear. Was I a dick in killing him? Maybe. Do I feel bad about it? No.

That's what they thought about the Sims and it became wildly popular. A game that simulates all the mundane shit you're neglecting in real life? People made the same argument, "Why play a game for fun when it can be just like real life! Logic yeah!" When modding comes out, people will make super hardcore servers, and some will be off the wall ridiculous. Right now it's just getting bugs out.

The devs pick and choose what aspects of realism they want to put in. Certain realistic things can ruin gameplay Certain entertainment factors have to ignore reality. Like what if you stepped on a rusty nail and could only hop on one leg until you found a tetanus shot at the nearest hospital 3km away? Too realistic? What about only eating once every 8 days without starving to death, would make eating far less important and potentially ruin gameplay. Point is, don't expect a perfect simulator. It's modeled after real life but there are some creative liberties to ensure you have the best (or worst) experience possible in a video game.

Meh, killing bambis is like smacking a mentally challenged kid. He has no idea where he's at, he thinks you're his friend and you just smack him. BTW, how many times did you server hop to get all your gear? And using 3rd person to peek over walls? Why don't you upgrade to pro and use 1st person only. Killing unarmed people while using 3rd person to see over walls, lame. Now if you were in 1st person and started taking out ARMED players, yeah I'd be impressed and subscribe to your youtube.

lul

I know this may be a lot to ask for, but if they can do it for Kerbal Space Program, they can do it here. Why not a weekly "This is what we're working on" thread from the devs? Just a quick comment to show the community what their money is going towards. Even if it's just "I'm working on getting silencers to work" or "I'm fixing some code problems" Anything at all to show progress rather than out of the blue patch notes. It gives the community a sense of progress on what's being done, what's being addressed, what people can look forward to, and cut down on a lot of unnecessary threads asking "Whatchya workin on? What's gonna be released next? When is this getting fixed?" Just don't turn into EA or Kixeye and be like "Lol, we already have your money so bitch as much as you want." Yes I know there is already a section in the forums dedicated to announcements and information, just a weekly roundtable saying "Chill out, this is what we're working on this week"

I just hope that car accidents weed out all the idiots. I'll stick to forest travel