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The whole experience was stupid, really. See- Some squeeker on my friends list wanted to play DayZ with me, him and his friend. I get there, and they are acting like a bunch of idiots, having trouble with zeds. Then, one of them, convinced he will bleed out, retreats to the treeline and then sprays at us with his gun. He was such a shit shot, had I not been on low blood, I'm convinced I could have got him with a 9mm parabella with 1 round chambered in. Apparently he wanted to die without us "taking his stuff and nevar givin it bak". I was going to get rid of them, anyway, they were really annoying. They were talkin' about becomin a "bandot sqod". Unfortunately, bandots don't do well in sqods when they yell at each other in high pitched voices over rags and bandages.

Wow. How can you feel like you're a legit player when you log out from a guy with a knife you literally can't handle to come back and kill him? I bet they were on TS3 or Skype, too, laughing and feeling like "badasses" for ghosting. What a bunch of dipshits.

I want this, just because of how silly it is. Scratch that, I'd give this to my friends to fucking torture them. I'd tell them I have a gun for 'em, and then they get a nice sawn off mosin pistol, and they just turn and look at me and say "you son of a bitch" and I just snicker and watch as we get into combat situations and they have this high-recoil high-kick highly-inconvenient rifle pistol thing that is only one step above an FNX45 without a magazine. Of course, I would carry one, too, for executions. Find a sniper? Sneak up on him and blast him with a sawn off version of the gun he's blasting people's heads with. Then, saw off his rifle and make another one.

Lever Action Winchesters, please. I can't get enough of these rifles- So badass, would go well with a cowboy style loadout. While we're at it, some more exotic revolvers would be great, too.

i hate you

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1. Improved / Complex Melee that isn't Clunky 2. Cars 3. Suits and Fedoras and Thompsons and Cigars 4. Hunting 5. Bows

I went to NWAF with a clan with 8 people + and wasn't shot when I got gear. I went to NEAF with 2 guys and wasn't shot when I got an SKS.

Helicopters gave huge advantages to groups in the mod. It allowed massive loot hoarding, which was rather unnecessary on the group's part. It turned the game into a massive loot hoarding simulator when a group got a helicopter- The only thing left to do was fly around, explore, shoot other people, raid people's bases, and accumulate a ton of shit. This is similar to the current project in the Project Zomboid multiplayer; When you give players the ability to take tons of shit, they will take tons of shit. Helicopters allow players to find that shit, and take that shit- even if they don't need it. Project Zomboid doesn't have loot respawns at all (you think DayZ is bad?) and stuff only respawns when the server is wiped and restarted, clean. This causes a rather tricky predicament. On one hand, its realistic, on the other, players who learned about the server before others get a huge advantage, as they can hit the main places, stockpile all the food, and have an axe and a shotgun within 10 minutes. Other players will have trouble finding a plastic bag and a frying pan, because they joined later down the line. Right now, DayZ slightly has this problem, but the massive amount of servers and restarts allows loot to be rather plentiful if you find an untouched town. Helicopters will expand this issue. Vehicles will be hoarded, food will be hoarded, guns will be hoarded, everything will be hoarded. Though the loot respawn will help, clearing out areas will be so much easier for groups and hiding stuff will be so much harder for normal players.

What the fuck? Players without microphones shouldn't be allowed to play? Your profile image has a nice mustache, because its misleading- Anyone with that fine of a mustache would realize that not every person using DayZ will have constant access to a microphone! If someone is playing in a house with others, he may not be able to talk as others may be sleeping, talking, etc, or playing say, loud music, that will disturb in-game players. Plus, some players may not be in the mood to talk or might just not be allowed. You do not know the current situation of anyone and assuming all those without a mic shouldn't be allowed to play is a broad and harsh assumption. I have a mic, but why should I use it if others are trying to sleep a room over? That is just rude. According to you, though, I better be rude or my copy of DayZ should be revoked. People like you perplex me.

I'd suggest biker helmets for your guards.

I agree. I want to be able to blackjack people.

I have wet dreams about being killed on sight by KoS...

... you do not have to combat log to save your life. There are more realistic, fun, and challenging ways to do so. You can get yourself out of any situation if you put some effort into it- logging out requires no effort. If you're shot by a sniper, and don't immediately go down, you don't just log. You get to cover, bandage up, and wait for him to leave or get impatient and come after you. Or, you flank up behind him and kill him while he's scoped in, or, you get out of their- while under cover, of course. If you're about to be robbed by some guys, you have a few options- Run, let them rob you, or rush them with, like, your fists. All viable options, though if the players robbing you are any good, you'll be shot once your legs start kicking or your fists start pumping. I will admit, hitting a spazzy-running player with a mosin or even an M4 can be rather difficult, so do that. Run unpredictably. If you're in a combat situation with a hostile player, run, hide, get to cover, shoot back. Don't just log. Logging is the worst way to get out of a situation. It stops you from enjoying an encounter and saves your ass as cheaply as possible and takes a fair chance at you away from a player. Combat logging is cheating, as it cheats you and other players out of fun.

Add a fedora, thompson, and I'll wear this jacket and combine it with the items I listed above to be the ultimate DayZ mobster. I will go around shouting "FORGET ABOUT IT" and making consistently annoying Godfather and Goodfellas references. Anyone who doesn't get them dies.

When will this be held? During the weekend?

I once found a group of AI soldiers in DayZ SA with AS50's who promised to provide me with aimbot sniper supports if I went into Elektro with no pants on. When entering Elektro I found a tank with artillery mortar minigun modules that I used to murder everyone in the city and then my AS50 sniper support killed everyone on the map in a 100000000000000000000m radius and I let a tear come out of my eye and then my hand turned into a rabbit and my keyboard melted away and then I realized that winners don't do drugs and the morale of this story is to not play DayZ SA while on any sort of illegal substance.

I would only give my (high quality) blood if provided with a pair of shades for each bag filled.

The terrible, unpolished zombies make the PvE aspect of this game clunky, frustrating, and not fun. Sometimes you'll hit, sometimes you won't, sometimes they will, sometimes they won't. You can't hide in buildings from them as they are like, zombie goasts and zoom right through the walls and doors to get to you. The only real way to deal with them is an annoying strafe tactic while hitting them if you have one of the incredibly useless melee weapons and not an axe. Even when they fix the zombie pathing, PvE and melee PvP will still suffer from the clunkiness. The new animations are a start, but it still feels unrealistic and lacks any sort of "oomph" to it. It forces you to constantly move around instead of being able to effectively hit something with the damn thing.

... I don't even want to talk to you.

Then all we will need is an in-game suit from Manhunt, or a varsity jacket and a Rooster mask.

lets add fast travel and a mode that protects you from pvp while we are at it

Zeds are only difficult due to their wall walking and general glitching. I love a challenge when it isnt a fristrating clunky mess. Fix the zombies, add in stealth, and fix the melee. Then we will have a fun challenge. Good challenges do not make you feel cheated by clunky glotches, they make you feel accomplished or stupid, if you make a mistake.

I agree, this is literally the only reason I can't see DayZ being the "perfect" survival game, if the controls stay this clunky. The clunk of the controls makes indoor navigation terrible, and also makes melee worst then it really is. It also just feels so damn foreign. When I walk in a building, it is like my character is drunk! Really, if a game was released tomorrow with smooth controls and the features DayZ currently has, I'd switch over to it. If someone made a game with the tense combat of DayZ, the harshness, and the character customization, I would move to it immediately. Though I enjoy DayZ, I wouldn't be able to stick with a game where everything feels stiff and clunky. Due to the clunk of the controls, I don't think we'll ever get a game where you can enjoyable kill zombies. Lets compare DayZ to Project Zomboid, an isometric Zombie Survival RPG- In Project Zomboid, melee combat is tense, yet fluid. You can charge up a swing, knock down your opponent, and then bash their head into little bits. You run out of stamina, can only really shove when the zed gets really close, and most importantly, taking out the zombie isn't frustrating- Even the worst weapons don't take ten hits or more. Despite how tense the combat is, it is enjoyable and feels damn realistic, for an isometric RPG. The gunplay isn't as good, however, and it becomes point and shoot due to the game's perspective. In DayZ, melee combat is the definition of clunk. You strafe and run around a zed, repeatedly hitting it, sometimes up to 12 times depending on the weapon. When it eventually goes down, you let out a sigh of relief- Not at the fact you killed the zed, but at the fact you FINALLY KILLED THE DAMN THING. You're more grateful for not having to deal with the clunk then eliminating the threat. It gets to the point where you just run away, lose them in the trees, then turn back to where you were, unless you have an axe. If you have any sort of axe, melee becomes clunky, but easy, since you just have to nail one - two hits on the zombie. Without an axe, melee is overly long and frustrating. With an axe, its easy but still clunky. Fortunately, DayZ's gunplay is a lot better then Zomboid's, since it is an FPS. Despite the weird and unrealistic spray / spread, its still tense, and feels precise (most of the time.) The problem with DayZ's melee and controls right now is that if they stick, how will players deal with hordes without utter frustration? It shouldn't be easy, but it should feel as if you're not getting cheated by the game's systems. Hordes should be scary, not because the clunky controls prevent you from combatting them, but because they are hordes. Right now, players shoot zombies with their M4A1s because they don't want to go through the process of using melee, though abundant ammo adds to this. TL;DR - DayZ's controls need improved or the game may go down the drain as more zombie-driven features are implemented

So, yeah. Sometimes I feel bad about killing players when they're not doing anything wrong. Other times, I get a nice rush and some tense excitement from killing those who are being assholes (i.e sniping bandits at Kamyshovo who are murdering / mugging freshspawns.) Do I need to grow some balls and realize this is a game or just not do anything about it? Is the fact the game giving me such a reaction a good thing? I think so, at least.