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If you have a bloodbag you can get someone to take your blood out then put it back in you when you go unconcious. It worked for my friend.

I've spent a couple hours every day this week playing the SA and doing so I've en-countered both the good and bad sides of this alpha. I'd like to say this is entirely my OPINION, it won't match all of those who view this thread, and bugs have not influenced either cons or pros. (Note; I am aware that this is in alpha, again, it does not influence this list) Starting with the PROS: - Character customisation is a great touch, it's a good way to stop people from killing others to get certain skins and you get to give your character personality. - Character movement is really smoothing, jumping whilst running is helpful and is in no need for further works- it's fine how it is. - Gear inventory is good, but might need some improvements. Drag and drop works fine, vicinity works fine, almost everything works fine. - Loot -though some people will say they can't find anything due to connecting to servers that have about 30mins to restart- I find that loot is fair; you can find M4's and Mosin Nagants quite easily if you search in the right places, you can find backpacks relatively anywhere, and food/drinks are there in the right places as well. - Cherno and Elektro are no longer death matches like they were in the mod, they have decent amount of loot- just not enough to kill for, which is good. - Water pumps! Now these are my favourite features, they're nicely put in convenient places and serve their purpose well. - Melee weapons (specifically fire axes) work really well. - Zombies are finally fun to kill! Yes I have been going to infested places with my axe slashing zombies like I was playing Dead Rising from time to time. Not much to say since there isn't much in the game right now, but in the future I plan on exploring this game as much as possible as it updates. Now to the CONS: - Thirst and Hunger. Yes, some people are going to stand against this personal CON and label me a noob, or, as people who came from League of Legends to every game ever like to say; "scrub", but hear me out. Thirst and hunger is really unbalanced, you start out thirsty (I'm not sure if it's purposely put there but it is really unnecessary) and it dies down really fast. You get barraged by these messages on the side constantly like my character is narrating his own stomach (which would be fine if it was Morgan Freeman). Even the food you eat won't do too much to cure the hunger, and you find your self going to looted places a lot (if you get unlucky) finding rotten food. - Starvation, should be in the "Thirst and Hunger" point, but it deserves its' own point. If I do come to the point of starvation, I lose blood almost instantly, and not being able to tell how much blood I've lost is a real killjoy because the infamous grey screen is all you can estimate with- and even that is a con itself. - Talking about blood, this is my favourite con (ironically). Bloodtypes- as if it couldn't get worse. I know Rocket wanted this realistic feel to it, like, worn clothing, worn weapons- worn everything, but bloodtypes is taking it to another level. I personally don't mind taking blood from other players (I do, however, prefer to find full bloodbags because FOOD doesn't do anything to help in my experience), but having to know bloodtypes is just annoying. Especially since every life you need to find a test kit which are RARE (I have not found one in a medkit at all), and even if you do find one you still need one to test on a player which 99% of the time have a different bloodtype so you either have to risk taking blood from somebody else and die, or stay grey screen and die. Now I'm not sure if the bloodtype remains the same, but I've had two different blood types in two different lives. -Zombies can hear and see you from a kilometer away. I often find it annoying that zombies can hear and see you everywhere you go, they can even hear an axe slicing one of their friends up, I know I said I like to kill them but I do like to just go to places without being swarmed- though I understand that they haven't been properly opted yet, so I can say it isn't a solid con like the others, but it's still a con. So those are my cons, it may be less than the pros, but they are a massive problem IMO. Whether or not you're going to get mad at me for stating these as cons, I couldn't care less about bickering with anyone. To the suggestions! My favourite part of anything. (This is alpha so I think most of what I say will be included or done in a different way) -Get rid of bloodtypes! Or at-least come up with a way to have one bloodtype overall, it's YOUR game, you can do anything! -Blood and hunger/thirst icons! Because checking your inventory whilst doing anything (especially when you're in a firefight) is not very helpful, and since the messages don't really explain how much trouble you are in. Yay I'm bleeding, how much blood have I lost?! I kid, but seriously, classic DayZ icons please. -A SQUAD SYSTEM/PARTY SYSTEM (however you want to refer to it). It would be nice to have some kind of system that allows you to identify your friends on a server, whether that be their name above their heads or a green spot like somebody put in the mod. It would be greatly appreciated if you could do that for those who have a squad because sometimes people forget to tell you where they are or they change in to different clothing and you find yourself killing one of your friends. Something like that would be helpful, especially if you have an in game map. Last of all, base building. Being able to build a fortress like people do in the expanded mod would honestly make this game a lot more fun than using vehicles and tents as the only use of storage. Base building, I guarantee, WILL bring this game to a higher level. So that is my pro, cons and suggestion list, I'd like to see others opinions on their own pros, cons and suggestions but what I don't want to see is people being arrogant towards one another. I like to think that the DayZ community isn't like the every other gaming community like....League.... but anyway, share your thoughts whether you agree or not! Thank you for your time.

How does it work? Bloodbags aside, is there another way to regenerate my health?

How does it work? Bloodbags aside, is there another way to regenerate my health?

Just saying but sci-fi is fantasy.

Well they can always add both really. They could always make fortress building a lot more difficult than using tents. It's just in the mod your stuff was a lot more secure if you had wooden or concrete walls around. If you watch FrankieonPC1080p's video called "stronghold" you'll see exactly what I mean.

But DayZ is still very different from skyrim. Magic and all aside, you're just comparing the basic of both games as if it hasn't been done before.

Okay enough with the squad identifiers, I get the message, everybody wants realism- blah blah blah, yeah, okay it's not COD or BF (again with the comparisons... that's not what I am thinking of). I have not regenerated before (when I haven't been hungry at all), if there is one, it is slower than the mods system. If there is a video out there explaining it, I would like to see it. I still don't agree with blood-types.

I don't really see how this game could kill the hype for something completely different lol

Sure, but there are countless ways to balance it. I just thought it would be a good idea so when you are meeting up with your friends you can see them from afar. Though I didn't think of that friendly fire advantage, there are always endless ways to manipulate such systems to your favor.

I know this... but it's besides the point..

Base building wouldn't ruin the game though... it would make it better.

So it will ruin the game for everyone else even though what I was suggesting, suggests that it remains private between your friends who wouldn't mind it? I knew that part would get misinterpreted, but people will do that..

Yeah, here we go with the FPS/COD comparisons. I will guarantee servers who will do that will call them "hardcore" servers, which is what they are if they are harder than the norm. Well if they're so afraid of cursor scanning, work out away to counter it. Which is what I have in mind, something that is private between your friends, and nobody but your friends can see you. Call me a noob, tell me to "grow up" (really?), I would like something that is like that.

No, when I spawn, I guide through them, then move in land with my friends. Too many people camp around Balota.

I heard they were adding a kind of "hardcore" mode. If that is true, then they should make an easier mode for beginners. Knowing who's who is not the problem, it's turning around noticing a dude close up to your face then blasting their heads of is the problem. I know this because my friend mistaken me for somebody else, and he has played DayZ since it was first released (meaning the mod). I just want some kind of identification mode where you can enable it or disable it for your group to see- preferences, it's all about preferences.

You may have glitched outside of the building. It happened to me on my first life. My buddy said I just fell out of the building.