Mdogg2005

Agreed. If I wanted to deathmatch I'd play BF4. I play this for atmospheric zombie survival horror and such. I can't wait for it to get to that point. That's not to say I don't want PvP in DayZ because it's part of the whole, overall experience which I enjoy, but people playing this as just another CoD deathmatch type game are missing out for sure.

Stopped reading there. Server hopping is bad, mm'kay? I'm tired of spouting the whole "They aren't hackers, they're script kiddies or cheaters" thing so I'll spare you this once. He was not hacking.. or cheating or scripting. It's a known glitch that makes players look like they run through walls or doors or fences and what not. Yes it sucks, yes it gives your position away, yes they're working on it.

If I recall, I have seen a stream where someone shot through a metal fence and it did in fact hit the shed on the other side (1 shot even ricocheted). Also in real life, houses are absolutely not bullet proof and if someone was standing downstairs or just outside the house, and shot through at my position in the house, I'm sure I'd have some issues.

These two features are for sure related. (wat?)

So not killing on sight = carebear. Right then. As I said, play how you want, I'm not here to argue your playstyle. I wouldn't play this game if the penalties for death were so severe. I love having to do whatever it takes to keep my character alive, since death is permanent and I start from scratch if that happens. I also never once said I hate losing gear when I die, or that you shouldn't lose it when you die (because you should). I'm not sure where all of your inferences and assumptions are coming from, but they're not really making much since especially when you read what I've been saying. I could care less how you play. But if all you do is kill everyone you ever see instead of playing smart, more people will start to get tired of being killed at every interaction and start the KoS mentality for themselves. If that's the game you want to have then hey by all means keep up what you're doing. Otherwise you can avoid players until you see if they exhibit friendly or aggressive tenancies, or just avoid them entirely and go around them unless they show aggression towards you. That's just how I feel is a good way to play and it may not be suitable for others. But I tell ya what, I have never once been killed on sight and have had many interactions. Some ending with us going our separate ways, others ending in a death on my end or theirs, but I have not once been killed on sight. I feel I should also mention if you hang around Balota, Electro, or Cherno, you're most likely going to be killed by some beach / fresh spawn camping tryhard.

Right. So shooting someone in the face who's spent potentially hours getting to where they are in the game, who could potentially be an awesome person or even a new player excited to have just found their first gun, just because you feel like it. Congratulations, you defined KoS. If you don't want to talk, why not avoid or go around that person instead of killing them just because you feel like it at the time? I never said there was a proper way to play DayZ, I am just saying that by being a mouthbreather and killing everything you come across is something that takes no skill and is far less rewarding than playing the game other ways. Do what you want I'm not here to argue your playstyle.

Wait.. what? Your entire post was basically the same thing. You claim the game is about PvP above all else. Others disagree and not everyone plays this game as a PvP deathmatch game like CoD. If you want to that's fine - but not everybody does.

I run into people in-game every day. More often than not, they do not try to KOS me. So I don't know how you let your guard down so easily, but handling the situation correctly and having control of the situation are key to surviving an encounter with another survivor. If you want to just KOS because you've been baited too many times, go for it, but you are robbing yourself of some great experiences beyond the neanderthalish mouthbreather "strategy" of killing everyone you see on sight.

Have my beans. This is what the game is about.

Oh you mean that alpha that has more than 3 separate spots where big glaring red letters tell you NOT TO BUY THE GAME IT'S UNFINISHED? Right. Also it's not that the issues are brought up. He spent his money on a game that even the game creator tells you not to buy it. His own fault if he's bitching about it being unfinished. Also we have no problem with legitimate complaints and issues being brought up. But we don't need a separate thread by every fuck wit player who has a problem with the bugs and issues that have been brought up 1k+ times already.

Ah another thread where someone got killed too many times so he just says "Screw it, I'll KOS from now on." It's funny. So many complain about KOS and their solution is always to just start doing the same. It's a slippery slope people. If you want KOS to stop, you can't join in. What kind of retarded logic is that? Anyway, good for you I guess for announcing that you're just another CoD Deathmatch player in DayZ. It's good to see people attempting to stop KOS rather than just making it worse. Oh wait.

If people didn't make the same retarded, bitchy whiny threads every single day, you wouldn't have to see us say "It's alpha" the same amount of times. There are big red letters all over the site, in-game, and on the Steam store page telling you not to buy the game yet because it's in a very early development stage. If people started having the reading comprehension of a 2nd grader this wouldn't be a problem. But until these morons stop buying the game and bitching on the forums about known issues that there are already millions of threads on, we will keep saying "It's alpha."

Oh my God I can't believe there are still threads like this being made. Lol ok go ahead and ask for a refund, kid. Enjoy being blacklisted by Steam's billing service. The game says in multiple places before you buy, to NOT BUY IT. It's NOT DONE.. It's ALPHA... If you can't read, maybe you shouldn't be in possession of a credit card. My fuck. Some people are so dumb.

I agree 100%. Freaking Call of Duty generation is ruining gaming. Your last paragraph sums it up perfectly.

Not saying I disagree with you (Although I do disagree that there should be progression), but I do get a kick out of someone claiming to speak for a majority as if you somehow know.

This. New players are having a hard enough time, hell I am having a hard enough time when they sprint at me from a mile away, or as I'm being sneaky and hidden I just see one turn and face me and start running at me. Until they start working, they should not be made into more of a threat. But I do agree, once they work correctly, they should absolutely be more dangerous.

Lol you mentioned Balota airfield. I know now what your issue is with this game. You're *one of those* players. Move along, nothing to see here folks.

So move away from the SE corner of the map. Before the hive issues I spent like 40 hours or so up north. Wanna know the trick? When you spawn, book it away from the coast. Loot nothing. Find a town that's inland and loot it and start your journey from there and you will go far I assure you. Granted, at the current time you may wanna wait until they get this hive business sorted out but if you don't mind starting from scratch for a while, go for it now.

Oh look another kill on sight thread. Haven't seen about 1000 of these made today. Also, rofl, I've only been *shot at* on sight once. Most interactions I've had with players usually begin with chatting over comms before going our separate ways. As I said. My group and I have been shot at once from a sniper we never saw. We booked it. We also got shot and killed when one of my group members had an itchy trigger finger and got us killed at the NW Airfield. I've never once been shot at by myself, and I have a lot of time clocked on the game. Kill on sight is not a problem if you aren't retarded.

We're here to test. Not to have fun as if it were a released game. If you didn't want to endure lack of content, bugginess, and other issues, why buy an alpha?

Hey I'm at work on lunch at the moment so I don't know what the non-HC servers are called, but I noticed the other day that Hardcore servers are actually in the game now. What is the difference between the two other than that they're on different shards?

NO! Seriously this suggestion is awful. Look at how bad it is in Nether or WarZ. People just camp them all day waiting for free loot. Also you can follow someone out of the safe zone, kill them, and loot their shit from a safe spot. No. Just effin no. As someone said, if someone wants to set up a safe haven and guard it themselves, that's perfectly fine, but there SHOULD NOT be areas in the game where people can't be killed or attacked, or anything that is "safe" from everything. No.. Just no.

Yeah I was referring to the group. And really hardcore servers are locked to First Person only? That's awesome! That's the only difference though?

I'm gonna scream alpha here, obviously, but also the server bug is pretty bad. Just wait until it's fixed. I personally don't care too much since it gives me a chance to experience the coast a bit more (Day 1 of alpha I've been up north surviving instead of DM'ing at the coast), though it is definitely annoying. As I said, wait until it's fixed or just don't play - as you've said. Either way it's alpha and you can expect this sort of thing to happen once in a while.

No shit.