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Sadly your option is not playing and waiting for Rocket's stand-alone, SP, or THe War Z... Arma2 has been plagued with hackers forever

I find the game is more fun and immersive without it . Why? Because it is more unpredictable and I dont walk around just trying to find loot...

I'll chime in late but i like the idea of needing to be around people BUT, I think that Survivor styles should get a benefit for banding together and Bandits should have a penalty for being around others (this will support their play style and prevent blob-banditry to some extent). I also like the idea of a medication to help stave off the lonliness for survivors, though I think they should be moderately common (on par with... maybe bandages? or morphine?). This provides a grouping mechanic AND another survival aspect

Laptops can run this game just fine, you just need a good lapto. I run pretty similar specs on my Origin PC and i can max out the game. I have a desktop I use normally (with triple monitors, etc) but when i'm on the road I like to be able to game still. My recommendation... order from Origin since if you need to upgrade your CPU/GPU/RAM you can just mail it back and pay the difference. Sometimes they will give you some cash for your old gear. I have an older 17" unit which actually fit two 680M's but if i disable one card it still runs super smooth, so I'd say get a 680M. Either CPU is fine. As for the RAM questin, it only matters IF you have a dual channel RAM, in which case 2x4G >>> 1x8G. It decreases the bottleneck. If you REALLY want to futureproof your computer, why not get SSD's over a faster processor. Anyhow, don't believe the naysayers.. I was killing zeds on a hotel wireless connecion with all settings maxed while i was in Vermont...

I'm pretty cumptarded (computarded?) and I've been able to figure this out... here is all you have to do EVERY time... This assumes you have it installed already! 1) Upgrade your Arma2 Beta to the latest... how? Use Arma2 Launcher and it will have a button in "launch options" to get the latest beta. Download and update. Its self explanatory 2) Download ALL the files from the main page (I use the mirror, i dont torrent) to a desktop folder (I call mine DayZ Current) 3) Unzip ALL the files into the same directory 4) Delete all the old zip files (i think they are rar?) 5) Highlight ALL the files, select "Cut" 6) Paste them into your @DayZ folde and when it asks what to do... REPLACE the files 7) run game takes me 5 minutes.

Well done! I didnt know what that command did and forgot all about it... gonna use that to show people i'm not there to shoot them! I wonder if we can maybe make it to instead of bandits killing everyone they can rob you, take x number of items without you being able to stop them while in surrender mode... could be a great idea to improve gameplay

If rocket only fixed the ability to hack the game, I'd honestly be satisfied with a lot. Balance will come, no matter what you like to think, because its the essence of games. I like a hardcore survival sim. I dont love PvP but its reasonable. Lets just agree this is HARDLY a failure...

I read it, I understand it, and I agree only with the part that boredom is what keeps people killing eachother. OK, well not just boredom but a lack of any reason NOT to kill people. To call this mod a failure is like saying Motzart couldnt put together a good piece for an orchaestra... wtf son? This game is a mod and is ON THE MAP... people have been talking about this across the world. Arma2 was a hit, this rejuvinated a game that most had started to leave waiting for Arma3... so I ask you... how can you call this a fail?

OK here is my current impression of the latest patch (1.7.3?) 1) Servers are a nightmare. Not sure if better or worse. Lots of locked servers is annoying (thought no private servers? maybe i missed this) but really I have to say I spend a lot of time rebooting Arma2 now with the "Loading" screen stuck. When it loads its fast, otherwise it locks 2) Zombie Aggro seems to have hit a bit of a sweet spot if you ask me. I cant be careless and crouch-run into towns now, I spend a lot of time carefully and methodically crawling around.I like that, it makes the zeds viable without the HUGE aggro they had before 3) Hatchets work well, not great, but its good enough for alpha if you ask me. 4) Animals behaving better, more zeds than i've seen before (yay!) 5) desync issues still plague pvp but I dont pvp much so i can not say i test it often 6) Food is now pretty scarce. I like that, though it makes it a lot harder. found 75 marakov mags, no beans. Damn you rocket.... had to play another 2 hours to load up on gears! 7) few recommendations: should need to eat less. I understand drinking is necessary, but food should be more periodic. Also, drinking from water. This should be something we can do at a water spicket or pond. Maybe even make empty cans able to carry water.... it IS a can after all (maybe not store the water but maybe you need an empty can to drink from streams/spickets?). I'd like to see scoped weapons much more rare, and increase the range of the noise that all the modern firearms make. I have shot a zed with others around and they dont even notice the dinner bell... lastly, something to encourage grouping would be nice. I dont want to play the bandit punishment game, but its something to keep putting out there that people really should have incentive to band up. Otherwise, this mod is getting better by the day.

I actually think the aggro is just about sweet spot right now. I can play, but i can not be careless. Its better than the superman aggro from before but not as back as pre 1.7.1 era.

I have had this happen as well, however... my guess is the sync issue will probably be fixed with the A3 engine, I think the sync has been a problem for A2 for as long as MP has been around since it used to happen in Warfare BE as well

Uh, can someone tell me if this is a hack, but i was on a US server (sheit... I dont recall which) but I was walking east from Balota airfield and all the sudden everything got a red hue (middle of the night, mind you) and I realized that there were flames coming up from what appeared to be the western edge of Cherno. It was late, and I tired, so I logged off and then wanted to know... is this a random game event that I'm unaware of? Can I be hurt by it? Or did some hacker burn Cherno just to be a dick?

I prefer the hatchet and a pair of binos. Sniper rifles are for bandits. Not for scouting. Get yourself a hatchet, a M1911, and stock up on beans and cola!

Yeah, figured it was a hack and it DID look cool. But it spoils the realism unless there is consequence to it. And I hate hacks, so i'm off that server...

I'm inclined to say that banditry is rampant because people are playing this as a game and not a simulator. If this is rocket's intent... to not have any real social (in-game social i mean, not mumble chats etc) interaction then he has created a phenomenal lone-wolf survival game. Its still fun, and there is a lot of cool PvP. However, if Rocket wants (or has any desire) to have people group up he will need to make an incentive to group or disincentive to being a sociopathic killer. I do agree there should be SOME disadvantage to killing a human. This is the apocalypse... there may only be 10 or 20 humans left alive and people in a real situation would band together for safety with RARE sociopaths killing eachother. I feel like these natural human instincts go backward when there is no consequence other than respawn. So, like i said... I have my opinion but the eventual outcome will come from 2 places: 1) Game or Simulation 2) Rocket's desire on social or anti-social gaming Neither is truly right or wrong, but rocket (and BI) want to make a lasting game. Pure PvP works, but only in the context of still being able to enjoy a game as well. PvE works, but the challenge is lost once you figure out the AI. I think the game needs a balance of both. Maybe punitive for killing a LOT of people, maybe make incentives to grouping. Maybe both. Maybe make a disincentive to being alone (like a hunger meter) and force people to make at least one friend. I don't know what the answer is, but like i said... much depends on HOW you play it. To me its an RPG-Simulation, so I play it like my life depends on it. If someone wants to group and help me haul beans... awesome. If you want to shoot at me... be prepared to be hit with a Lee-Enfield round in the face. I don't care... but I love the idea of a hardcore sim. Bring on the complexity. Bring on the bandits. Bring on the zeds :)

and... i have no idea why i called it forrest with two R's... its really late and i missed that...

I hate to say this, but my last few times on I was going to chat with some people I met, who then ran into cherno and got eaten by zeds. I didnt want to waste so i have a crap ton of bandages now :) Thanks for letting the zeds eat you. More noobs being stupid means I get more free stuff when the zeds are done feeding

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Its not really a game folks, its a sim. A brilliant sim of what would happen if you were alone with only your wits and a bandage on the beach durng a zombie apocalypse. Don't get attached to your stuff. Dont get attached to your toon. Just SIM! Its a lot like Project Zomboid... its more the story of your death than success!

No, I think a gun is a crutch and learning to be sneaky is the way to go. NO GUN

I think there is a cure for this disease... I make a Gin and Tonic, throw in a lime, and shut down the message boards while i play DayZ ;)

going on 18 days... HOWEVER... after about 10 days I get bored and decide to try and push the envelope a bit. So I'm sure my next session I'll get pwnd a bit trying to do something absurd...

Agre fully with OP and a bunch of other folks. This DOES remind me of the early EVE days, and like the OP it reminds me a little of SWG (my other fav sandbox that distracted me from EVE and then was suddenly closed for the crap that is SWTOR... or WOW in space) without a crafting system. I started playing Arma2 a while back, and mostly multiplayer since i found the campaign boring. I love the patience, the waiting, the tactical nature beyond just run-and-gun. I love the fact you arent running through corridors and hunting for medpacks while your shield recharges or whatever crap mechanic they made to not lose the noob player Its a bit RPG, its a lot sandbox-MMO-shooter. Its brilliant and a great use of the aging Arma2 engine. Kudos, and I hope that over time its developed further in terms of what will happen with the A3 engine and hopefully the game will be built with ready-support. This game sucked me back into gaming and has ruined my flight time in DCS-A10...

My thoughts: This is great for the mod and its deveopment. Why? If BI finds that DayZ is SUPER popular they will spend more time devoting resources to it. The noobs who want to run and gun will not get far so they will probably buy Arma2 (yay!) and soon after be like "WTF? I Don't start with a gun? This is a lotta work" . Wait a few weeks for them to flood in and get bored