MystoganXIX

You people DO realize that fresh spawns are actually much more dangerous than they seem... right? If you get punched in the face and fall over, chances are your weapon will now become their weapon. You will then die and lose everything to a guy that had nothing. Now obviously chasing a fresh spawn is pretty much just a waste of time/ammo, shooting them immediately when they approach you is completely understandable.

I fully support this. Though I think they need to add a detection mechanic that isn't dependent on something stupid like "Is player moving? If not for x amount of time, stop counting survival timer." It needs to detect complete afking. (Snipers may be prone for hours scoped in and not moving) Remember that people can put a couple dimes then a stack of quarters on top of one of their movement keys and stay moving into an object to avoid the afk detection. AFK bots and anything of the sort need not be accounted for since they are something that VAC and anticheat systems are responsible for.

Found one in one of the spawn towns at the coast yesterday. Pretty sure mags for it don't spawn anywhere other than military areas so I didn't bother picking it up.

There's really no point in helping new spawns. Giving them food doesn't help because its gonna be a while before they need it. Water/Soda is much more beneficial to them anyways, but anyone who seems to help them prefers to give food. But if they get a weapon, chances are you're gonna die or have to use bandages if you don't kill them quickly. If they are naked, chances are they're gonna steal your gear if you don't shoot them before they get too close. It is just way too much risk and way too little reward on this task.

If you don't want PvPers/griefers/thieves to ruin you when you lack the ability to protect what you believe is yours, just join a private server in which random PvP/Griefing/theft is disabled or bannable. I'm sure one of them will pop up eventually if it does not already exist, but I'm not sure how popular it will be. (I can see people getting banned from these servers for looting houses/cities that other people have "claimed".) Same thing goes for spawncamping. If you can't handle it, go join a private server that does something to enforce that this does not happen.

"I had to cut my own leg off because of frostbite yesterday. I found this prosthetic leg in an apartment complex today though and now I am just as functional as when I had my real leg."

You can't blame people for playing this game the way they want to play it. And using the whole "Everyone has a KoS mentality" excuse for not being able to play the game the way YOU want to play it is really just your own personal issue. Obviously I cannot play this game as a child character or as a zombie trying to infect newly spawned people because current mechanics do not allow for it. People complaining about player interaction or "KoS" cannot play this game trying to chat (annoy) with every single person they see without dying alot since freedom of action does not allow for it. Really, if you want to chat with people all day, go on chat-roulette or something.

I never figured this was a bug... I just didn't use it since it would be an absolute pain in the ass trying to get to the items that are inside the bags that are inside the bags that are inside your backpack.

This has happened to me 4 times today... starting to get ridiculous. I cannot even build up my gear anymore. Until today, I've only experienced this three or four times. Now after dying to a bug yesterday, (instant death for no reason) I find a safe place to log out in the city so I can go eat dinner. I went between some building and what looked like a major gas or propane storage container. Log back in and bam... I'm a fresh spawn. This just happened 3 times earlier today. As I constantly switch between playing DayZ, doing something productive, or playing TF2... I keep logging in to a freshly spawned character.

3rd person view imo should just be removed. That's just like, your opinion, man But whether it gets removed or not, it can't stay as is. I discovered yesterday how people were able to always view my location during standoffs inside buildings. You can just go 3rd person and press Q or E into a wall. This makes your camera start clipping inside of the wall and with a little change of view, you can get some BS views of the building or even through other walls that you should not be able to see around, even in 3rd person perspective. Maybe we can just have less of a top down 3rd person view and more of a straight forward. When trying to smash your camera up against a wall hoping to clip through it, the camera would instantly just be forced forward into your back turning into a rough 1st person view. Would still need to find a solution to peeping around corners though.

Yeah, it seems like whenever I'm geared up, the zombies that manage to surprise me never make me bleed. But when I start out and meet that first zombie, he will always draw blood on the first hit.

We probably won't need scripted heli crashes. I'm sure as soon as player operable helicopters are ingame, plenty of dimwits will be crashing them all over the place. The smart ones will be the people zoomed in on a helicopter and laughing hysterically as the pilot causes their own demise.

I don't see why you can't substitute your axe/melee weapon slot for another gun slot. I've carried an axe before, I've shot an AR-15 before which is pretty similar to an M4A1 as far as space and weight are concerned. They weigh less than an axe.

Remove/fix some of the random retarded sounds (from the random zombie noises and soda can cracks to toning down the overly obnoxious moaning when you get hurt and when you're healed, but still whining) Fix zombie clipping Move spawn points to another stupid location Make M4A1 more accurate Fix random deaths and character loss Decrease lethality of falling stupidly short distances.

Thanks for the tip. I was thinking it may have something to do with the places I'm logging out. (I'm always smashed up against/inbetween some objects to conceal myself, possibly causing problems on my placement during relog)

Wow had no idea you could poison your own food... Unfortunately since I keep dying to bugs or getting my character reset, my body will probably never get looted by some poor bastard who's a bit hungry. Still, thanks for the info. I'll be sure to keep this in mind the next time some naked guy follows me around asking for supplies.

I'd prefer a customizable cape. Capes are badass. This may also spark a nice little game of espionage. Find a clan or group you'd like to infiltrate and possibly assassinate. Copy their design. If they aren't coordinated enough to figure out that you are not one of them before it is too late... well then sucks for them.

I could see this being useful and not have too much coding effort. These days avid firearm shooters (at least where I live anyways) don't particularly like to spend shitloads of cash on bullets. They buy an initial supply of bullets or even scavenge shell casings from the gun range. These shells (brass only, and old primers popped out) along with the other required items are then assembled and put into what looks like a cranking device at first glance. (Based off the few I've seen. There are plenty of differently designed handloaders out there.) I don't think the animations are necessary, but as long as a player has the required recipe and a loading device, ammo could just be self crafted in the inventory screen. Of course... its said that shell casings aren't able to be used indefinitely. Most people throw them out after 3-4 reloads. But I doubt they'd want to go that in depth with this.

Yeah. Show off your pants collection... Probably one of the most normal collections one could have in this game.

Okay douchebag. Whenever I start experiencing a gamebreaking bug that needs some attention, I'll just read the damn message that pops up? So whenever we encounter some bugs, theres no point in giving them any attention, lets just read the message that pops up at the start of the game and continue. Maybe someday someone will fix them without being made aware that it is affecting the game. Lets stop reporting all bugs this instant because the game is in alpha! They're supposed to be there and nobody is supposed to say anything about them.

been having this problem all day buddy. Can't even build up gear anymore.

I love threads like this. Reminds me of all the similar things I have done and sometimes gives a feeling of excitement when the OP could possibly be the person that I shot. I do wish that I could converse with people that I killed while looting their body. THAT would be some great entertainment. "I'm taking your food... and your water... and your ammo... and your pants. Thanks buddy. Don't get shot next time."

.45 is better for looting/zombie clearing. (Much much easier to reload provided you have 2 mags) (Magazines for this weapon are the rarest item in this game) .357 is better for PvP provided you can actually aim the damn thing. Since I use a Mosin instead of an M4 and refuse to put up with the BS of carrying both, I have to use a .45 for looting.

Would be interesting if they would let you load any type of ammo into any gun. Now I'm not saying that the gun should fire unless it has the correct ammo type in it... but maybe just blow up or cause some type of injury to the idiot who somehow put a shotgun shell into a magnum.

Some of us would actually prefer to join a Fraction, not a Faction you know...