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S'all good. As for when (or for that matter IF) they fix that... dunno. Not a whole lot has been said by dev crew about this topic. I think theyre just testing some shit in order to finalize a more accurate system for gear/items damage as per the shot placement.

I will not risk a trade. I will sooner risk the ruined beans, and my own starvation, than being a hippie carebear getting capped in the forehead; All because i was too scurred of a stupid zombie chasing me if i shoot?

No. I did not say to not take it seriously. I said to let loose your inhibitions. As in... You know what, this stopped being a conversation when you had the language skills of a toddler... Go brush up and re-read what i said... Yes, I am being an asshole. The end. That's all you really need to know about me anyway. PS: For as long as people continue to (for lack of a better word) ILLEGALLY imposing rules, kicks, and bans on public hive servers ---> I will continue to be the WORST kind of asshole on the face of this planet. If that makes you sleep easier, have at it. Your loss.

Theres no option for "Yes, but only once melee is WAY less wonky" ;)

Thats what i said... Bullet damage isnt the problem. The problem is that "absorption values" are out of whack.

Something like that. That corner you can crouch under and be under the floor. Only checked it out to see, never used it to do anything or kill anyone. I do have SOME morals ya'know?!

Almost same. Did die once. Learned why it happened (weapon or other object in hands), as well as prone pose can do this too. Never did it that way again. Many ladders later and no further incidents.

Have some beans! That out of the way. I, like everybody else belonging to any form of society, adheres to the rules. We are forced by these bs norms to be nice (fake) to each other. This, however, is a game. Let your inhibitions go for a while. Be the asshole you NEED to be. You talk about being immersed in a world, and all that. What do you think I'm doing when i'm playing? (or even using the forums for that matter...) I am immersing myself in the EXACT setting provided by the game. The only laws that you MUST obey are the laws of nature; You drink you get drunk. You sit on a tac, you bleed form the ass. EVERYTHING else is imposed upon you by society. EVERYTHING that applies to you are the law's you CHOOSE to be subjugated to. Well... there is no more society in this world! There are no laws. No courts, No laws. None, except for those that nature intended. And I play this world to it's fullest. My character is batshit insane. You wouldnt want to meet him IRL if your hair was on fire and he had the monopoly on liquids... You honestly think that people like my character would not exist in such a world?! Take off those rose colored lenses if thats what you really think. Shit man, we have them RIGHT NOW IRL!!! Play your game. You go ahead and respect whatever rules you CHOOSE to have imposed on you. I choose to break them all. On purpose. Repeatedly. For fun! Because I immerse myself into this world, and more importantly, my character - in a way that you cannot even BEGIN to understand.

I do not chase players. If they escape my range, good on em. Chasing another player would NEEDLESSLY risk my own position and life.

Zombie bunnies... ALMOST as scary as ZombieHorse. http://imgur.com/h7rFoEs YOU KNOW HES OUT TO GET YOU!!!

As long as I have even the slightest physical advantage over a Zed, it won't matter. If I can outrun them as an only option, I will do so. If i can kill them with melee oneshots from a Fireaxe, I will do so. If i can hide/los them (like in mod) then i will lose them behind a hill or building and flank back around. There is nothing they can do to Zeds that would make the sort of impact that people think it SHOULD. Sure. The Zeds might slow me down overall. Instead of killing 2 players per X timeperiod, I might only end up doing 1. At the same time, factor that with all the "roadblocks" that affect me, will also affect my "targets". So instead of 2 people per X timeperiod coming into my "killzone", now it might only be 1 anyway... There is always a give and a take for everything that happens in such a system.

If anything, all those things would make me want to kill others even more. Above and beyond that, the few who make it out alive from a hail of bullets as provided by me and my kin, are more likely to go find someone else to kill if they were, say, caught in the middle of a blizzard and looking for clothing that isnt ruined...

Being the game that DayZ is, and me being who I am... I am MORE paranoid when someone is with me, and feel MUCH more comfortable alone when i'm out and about taking care of buZiness.

Not that I am aware of, No. Maybe in future. Maybe not.

My experiences never go that long...

The point was to illustrate that not only will carebearing NEVER be an intended mode of play for the developers, but the following: NOTHING will EVER make us NOT kill you.

The character would go ONE position lower than what he was. If he was standing, he would crouch, if he was crouched he would sit, if he was sitting he would prone, if he was prone... he would... uhmmm.... implode? Anyway. He would remain in that position for 30 seconds staring into the middle distance like an idiot, upon which he will disappear. Unless he got killed.

I'd be more inclined to take toes as a trophy... Running around the hillside with my ninety-toe'd necklace... oh the madness!

Laugh all you want, but I find the controller to be a LOT more conducive to the steady control needed for long range sniping than a mouse. Close quarters sure, is where the controller shows it's weakness, but the slower nature of long range engagements, is where it's actually vastly superior.

Except that Moto Helmets are the only one's that will protect you from melee knockouts. (classed as biological I think...)

You would be amazed at how well the blue/white clothing combo will break your silhouette when sniping from a highrise...

The only advice I have for lone wolves: Not only are the voice in your head real, but they are also accurate. Yes, thats right. You SHOULD kill that player and wear his feet as a hat!

Lol. Thanks for the headsup.

Yeah. BUT! And this is to the OP: There are two types of hardcore at the moment. Real, and Fake. The real ones are PROPERLY set to be hardcore servers. They are thus 3pp disabled and saving to the hardcore database. The fake ones are NOT PROPERLY set. They simply have 3pp disabled in the config. But because they are INCORRECTLY setup, they save to the normal database. Problem is that the server browser picks up the fake one's as Hardcore.

Yeah... that was an old problem from the previous patch... but it got hotfixed this week, That said, on Thursday I had that episode. But rejoining en empty solved my problem. Try deleting your "DayZ" and "DayZ Profiles" folders inside My Documents. Also, Verify File Integrity from Steam (right click dayz, properties -> look for the button). After that I can't imagine what else could be wrong.