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Grass should be forced to render at far greater distances, make it super-low quality at ranges greater than 200m or whatever, should still be green 8-bit stilks sticking up from the ground to hide you so you don`t feel like a dumbass crawling through tall grass.

Why is everyone so keen on great graphics? I just don`t get it, the graphics for DayZ are perfectly fine, they do the job and more. With great graphics + all of the features and 95% enterable buildings + up to 100 players only people with the most powerful machines will be able to play the game at a reasonable level. Graphics DONT make a game, people still play chess some 2000+ years after it was invented.

As a former mac user Don`t use macs for gaming. They sell overpriced with inferior hardware and games usually don`t come with mac support.

Nice post, i completely agree, don`t care about the TL;DRers, it`s a forum after all, if they don`t like to read they should go do something else instead.

Rofl, if you need a semi-automatic weapon or a sniper to kill someone, the issue is with you, not with perfectly lethal rifles and shotguns. I`ve played alot of Mount and Blade napoleonic wars, where you only have muzzle-loading muskets with bayonets that take 15 secs to reload, to kill people. And tons of people get shot there

I appreciate that you took the time and effort to write this comprehensive complaint of why you shouldn`t complain, but the problem is all, or most of the the people raging don`t take time to think reasonably let alone read a long guide for why they shouldnt complain. They just go to the forum and instantly press the "post new topic" button, because they`re angry. It`s the same reason you get people calling customer service for a common problem with a product even if they have a FAQ on their website.

And people who complain about the one who complains about people complaining about complaining about KoS?????

I see I`ve gotten some answers on my reply. I like realism in video games, i like aiming down the sights, realistic weapon handling, getting effects from bad foods, breaking my leg if i fall from a height, not having a "HUD" that shows how much ammo etc i have... That`s all well and good, i just don`t see what it adds to the game that i for example have to take a shit every now and then, or spend alot of time checking my inventory. What i want to see however, is grass rendering for a far longer distance for example, bush and tree foliage thickness should be the same for everyone, the resolution doesn`t need to be the same. I also want to see features like blind-firing and bullet penetration (which can`t be implemented on 3rd person servers) I don`t see how adding tedious features adds a reason for people not to KoS, it just adds more reason (and opportunity). "It`s a game" is a valid argument, i don`t want an arcade shooter here, i`m just saying that since my body is contained within an awkward vessel in-game, that in no way simulates how i would for example be much better suited to hear where a sound is coming from, or have far more freedom of movement IRL, that we need more clunkiness and awkwardness. Do you want to have a "tired" meter that for example tells you, you have to sleep? Or if you sprint through a heavily forested area that you get a chance to sprain your ankle or stub and break a toe?

Maybe you should do some research on the game before you buy it i mean, not in the "it`s an alpha" way, because i guess you know that. But you know, in the mod it was basicly the same, there was no "end game" except for shooting people and with an unfinished product that consists of guns, some misc gear, and the ability to shoot other people i don`t know what you expected, if you want a zombie survival/builder game with no pesky KoSers go play 7 days to die.

It`s sad when a forum consists of people complaining, and then other people complaining about people complaining.

The problem with realism is that most people play games to be entertained and escape the "tedium" of daily life. Sure, realism is cool to some degree, but when people want to add toilet functions, infections, tons of diseases, psychological issues etc into the mix there will be a line very quickly when everything gets more tedious than fun. Sure, life in an apocalypse would most likely be brutish and short, but i dont wanna spend all of my time playing some miserable wretch on the brink of death from a scratch he got some hours earlier. Checking your inventory rather quickly is one of the gamey conveniences i`d like to have, simply because it doesn`t add much in the way of danger, you`d simply have to hunker down in a corner somewhere everytime you wanted to check your backpack. Yeah, it`s realistic, but in real life you wouldn`t be completely helpless in an inventory screen while checking your stuff, you could probably pick up your gun and aim it towards the direction of a sound in a matter of 1 second. A game like this can never be realistic, because you`ll never truly fear for your life in a video game, and that would be a HUGE factor in how you`d behave in an apocalypse. Most of the time you`d be sleeping or warming yourself in some sort of shelter, with the physical strain and wear and tear of post-apo life, you would easily sleep 10-11 hours a day, given the possibility.

Rofl if you thought that was a "wall of text" i`ll be feeling sorry for you if you ever read a book, a newspaper article, a note more than a sentence long, or anything for that matter. Besides, if you don`t want to read anything more than one sentence, why are you on a forum?

I take it very seriously When i play i have a frown of utter concentration and seriousness. I shut my girlfriend in a soundproof room, turn off my mobile phone and make sure i sit on a non-creaking chair so that i hear no sounds other than those from the game. I have my monitor so close so it is all i see, including in my peripheral vision. In my voice you can hear the utter seriousness of which i add to my life in this game, if you have me at gunpoint you will hear me cry for my life and beg for mercy.

Just saying The shooter experience of CS, BF, CoD, TF2, DoD etc.. Are VERY different from the one in DayZ How? The world is bigger, you seldom meet people, you have to go from place to place and gather gear, you die from a few shots. You can stalk someone for a long time them being unaware of you, you can use camouflage and the night to be harder to see. The guns act more realistically, gunfights are usually short and brutal. Also, it`s an alpha, the content is kind of skewed against banditry and killing ATM (handcuffs, forcefeeding, only military high-end gear, few survival mechanics)

From a gameplay perspective, yes, you should be able to see better in the dark From a realistic perspective, no, without the moon and with electricity down, you don`t see shit.

There are alot of tables in game... Just saying Would you open a can of beans inside a house or in the middle of the forest? Even in the forest you can support the can on a stone or on some even ground, you dont have to open the can of beans whilst under fire or chased by a fuckton of zeds.

I don`t really think whether or not you murder someone in a video game or not says much about your humanity IRL I KoS sometimes for the simple reason that sometimes there are people in the room with me and i don`t want to sound like a dumbass screaming "Hey you, don`t move" over VOIP. Sometimes i`m in the mood to socialize, sometimes not. Sometimes i have a friend over, and he`s watching me play and i can`t bore him by simply avoiding people, or risking getting killed by interacting with them. There are literally tons of reasons people shoot that don`t have any relation to their empathy as human beings IRL

I actually read your entire post It`s amazing how many posts can be answered with "It`s an alpha" I never even knew you could play GTA: SA as a MMO, i played it with my friend in coop mode sometimes, but i was 12 back then Anyways, there`s nothing to do in the game ATM besides shoot people, or group up and shoot people. There are several times i`ve interacted with other players, but since there`s little content and no danger from the environment there`s nothing to do like in classical MMOs where you can make friends by killing monsters and doing quests in the same area.

Some people... I won`t defend every decision made by the dev team, and i don`t even care, everything i want to suggest has already been suggested or even confirmed by the devs that they are working on it. I bought the game in early alpha because i wanted to support this vision, because i had played the mod, and enjoyed it. Part of what i enjoyed about DayZ is that it didn`t focus on cutting-edge graphics or fancy effects like level-up systems and unlocks. It was old-school gaming, you, your gun and your wits, oh, and interaction with other players. 30$ to support this vision is acceptable for me, and i will thoroughly enjoy every major new patch as a new game, those 30$ will offer me months of excitement and enjoyment. I don`t play the SA that much, i`ve gone through all the game has to offer ATM, but next week i`ll be on again testing out the shotgun and the spray paint etc.. Meanwhile i can play any of the other metric fucktons of games that are out there.

Yeah, Ennio Morricone was epic But IMO, the tune should be more modern. It would be cool with something dark and bassy like this:

It`s night, winter, i can see my breath, i`m sneaking through a rural area, on the outskirts of a forest. I`m passing a group infected who are not aware of me. Some of them are standing around in a "slumbering" state, others are feasting on decaying livestock, there are bodies on the ground, and the smell is terrible, i feel very uneasy and scared, mostly because of the unhuman sounds the infected are making.. You can hear their pained groans and grunts as i do my best to walk as quietly as possible. I`m holding a shotgun tight, but my hands are freezing.

Seeing as this guy can hit a torso-sized target at 45 yards (about 40 meters?) with a SAWN-OFF double-barreled shotgun (with slugs) i would think that hitting targets at medium to semi-long range with a shottie shouldn`t be a problem with good aim. My experience using a shottie in the DayZ mod, they`re pretty reliable at ranges that would be realistic for them, so hopefully that will be reflected in game.

"Gucci appearance?" Are you kidding me? In what kind of situation, social, survival, whatever is there an advantage in wearing ruined clothing? And if you want to wear ruined clothing to look like a hobo or hardcore survivor, whatever, why should your clothes have the same functions as the "Gucci clothes" you`re talking about? Doesn`t that defeat the purpose? You make 0 sense whatsoever.

A place in the internet wirhout idiots, elitists, butthurt people, trolls and spammers? Good luck. Or you know you could just take a break from the forums for a while

Are you sure you want to watch other people play DayZ SA, seems like you get too annoyed at trivial stuff instead of just enjoying.