Magicks

Would you really appreciate it when every single new spawn doesn't like there spawn spot and just continuously respawns till they get a good spawn? Because that's what would happen if that button was always available, and it would result in everyone being in basically the same area, which would result in even less loot.

I think the problem is that it is way to easy to get geared and thats why there is so little communication now. If youre a fresh spawn or someone that has no gear, you just book it to one of the places that basically have a guaranteed gun and your set, since you dont have any gear theres no worrying of dying. If your already geared then you dont need to rob people because youve got everything you need. I could say maybe a geared person would rob someone for food/water, but common when was the last time someone actually died from starvation/dehydration on here? it takes way to long. The only real robbing that is plausible now is a fresh spawn robbing a geared person, and good luck with that.

As its been said, it could just be that a lot of people might be taking the ammo for these guns. A gun such as the m4, i will strip the parts off so that you can't use it, if i run past a mosin/blaze/whatever else, those dont have parts, so what i do is remember to pick up all the ammo for the gun that i just passed, then randomly disperse it into bushes and such as im leaving the town. Lessens my chance of someone else having a gun that he can then shoot me with and therefore increases my chances of survival. I bet a decent amount of other people do this, hell i started doing it because i saw another person doing it and though it was extremely smart. So yea, maybe its not the spawns, besides mosin ammo ive never had trouble finding ammo of all sorts constantly.

I was really expecting a crazy story about dying from lag or a glitch or something of the sort. Not another player killed you. That's completely fair. Most of the players on here have had tons of way more unfair deaths, such as clipping threw a building and falling to their death, randomly dying from desync/player spawning on top of them, climbing up a ladder/running and breaking their legs leading to death. Those are unfair ways to die. Alas, this is alpha, and it happens often.

don't worry, i will be spending most of my time around these forest along with only small towns. Since this past patch im getting even more fps drops and lag around the big cities, couple that with that fact that these zombies are now crazy, and it becomes almost impossible to defend myself in a big city without constant lag causing zombies to catch me and cause me to bandage 5+ times.

i dont hide weapons, however if i run across an m4 i will take the site and buttstock off of it and then go drop them somewhere far away later on.

shit i currently carry around 4 guns. 3 primaries and a secondary haha. Got the mosin on my back, m4 in my hands. sawed off shotgun is small enough to store in your backpack (takes 4 horizontal slots) and then ive got my pistol just in case.

I think 3rd person is fine the way it is. Obviously there are some issues with peopel being able to see threw walls if they lean against them (think you can do that in 1st person too?), but other then that it's fine. If you think 3rd person is cheap there are plenty of servers that offer either hardcore mode, or have 3pp off in the server settings.

Maybe he never got a chance? With this patch if you fire off a round you can expect at least a few zombies to immediately be converging on you, maybe he was swarmed and couldnt get to you in time.

Lets see, so far things that i've noticed besides everything you stated. Police stations seem to spawn too many guns, i opened a room (server was just restarted) and found a mosin on the desk and then an sks on the shelf next to it, i mean i know its a police station and in real life they have a lot of guns but still. I was climbing up a ladder of a firestation in elektro and my leg became fractured and my pants completely ruined. I'm 99% positive i was not shot, nor attacked by zombies (did not hear any sounds at all). Also only 1 other person on server, and when i got to the top of the ladder i stopped and stood there for at least a full minute not moving to figure out if it was a sniper, so unless he only had one bullet, but i doubt it. Also no zombies around at all. So there might be a glitch with that ladder. Also i seem to lag around cities a lot more then previous patch, i had a group of zeds following me in a city and was lagging so hard that they kept catching up to me, afraid theyd eventually hit me i jumped into the ocean from a dock. Which brings up something else i noticed. Apparently the water does not act like water in real life as i jumped into at least 6 ft.deep water and the elevation above the water was only about 2 feet, yet i fell directly to the bottom hard enough to go from pristine pants, energerized,healthy,hydrated, to DEAD. Think that needs to be fixed.

People saying they like the zombies now must be getting really lucky. I like the fact that now there are usually more zombies around. I do not like the fact that the zombies can respawn within inches of you, already aggroed to you, completely silent, and make no noise until they hit you. I was literally running earlier and on 4 seperate occasions i cleared the area and began running only to have a zed spawn on top of me and whack me. And now since they actually do a lot of damage (1 whack brings me from healthy, hydrated, energized, with pristine gear, to bleeding) makes this a problem. It would be great they spawned but could only respawn a certain distance away, at least not right on top of you. Hell one time today i even had an invisible zombie where i heard it yelping, i kept looking in 360 around me constantly, then finally i got whacked and then it appeared. It was like it respawned, already aggroed at me, but the games engine didnt render its image until it was already attacking. This makes the respawn system very annoying, and dare i say it, gamebreaking atm. Its one thing to implement respawns to increase zombies, and increase their damage to help people be afraid of them, its another thing to allow them to respawn directly on top of someone, be completely silent, and even sometimes invisible.

I like the fact that zombies actually hurt now when they hit. With that being said, i'm hoping they fix there spawns extremely soon because a lot of people are going to be aggravated by it. I was on NE airfield and can say it was more annoying then fun to play today. I cleared all the zeds. Then i would start running and at least 5 times one would randomly spawn in close proximity to me, already be aggroed at me, make no noise at all, then hit me and cause me to bleed. I like that they make you bleed now (though i think their damage is too high atm, considering im wearing full worn-pristine military gear, healthy, hydrated, and energized, and one hit brings me to bleeding without lowering gear durability) and i also like that they respawn. But the fact that they respawn so quickly and in such close proximity is ridiculous. Especially the fact that they are already aggroed to you upon spawn and make no noise until they hit you.

They arn't? All cheating is problematic to gameplay, and i might be going out on a limb here, but yea maybe not all, but most things problematic to a good gameplay experience are cheating. (take note however: not at this stage of game development where there are fps issues/lag ect. but once a full game is released as finished, really the only thing problematic to gameplay are people finding and abusing exploits and glitches.) Why do you think Call of Duty bans people for using glitches to get into parts of the map they shouldnt be in? Yea they didnt hack the system, its just there and anyone can do it, but its an exploit and considered cheating because it gives an unfair advantage. Definition of cheating: act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, esp. in a game or examination. Definition of exploit: s the use of a bug or glitches, rates, hit boxes, or speed, etc. by a player to their advantage in a manner not intended by the game's designers. It seems your definition of hacking, matches pretty closely to the definition of an exploit. The game designers didnt add in a gamma slider for you to make it easier to see at night, they put it there to optimize night time and daytime (i.e. at day it should look like day, at night it should look like night, not at night it should look closer to day) You also mentioned server hopping, yes it's a function of the game, but its an exlpoit (which is cheating) because thats not how the designers have intented the game to be played. The fact that they are trying to add in preventions for it should speak for itself that they consider it unfair.

OP it seems you are trying to pick and choose which exploits you consider cheating. And i don't think thats right. Its the same way with laws. The way i see it, every exploit is a cheat, server hopping, lowering gamma radiation, ect. They are all cheating. Does that mean that the severity of one isn't greater? no. But to simply say one exploit isnt a cheat and another is isn't correct. Drinking underage/smoking weed are things a lot of people consider to be fine and that they shouldnt be against the law. But they are still against the law. Are they as bad as say murder? nope. But theyre still against the law. What i'm trying to say is if you believe exploits=cheats, then all exploits=cheating, you don't get to say well ones not so bad so its not cheating because you're still exploiting it. and yes, i do occasionally use exploits as well. I'm not saying that using them is right. I'm just saying you need to look at how youre justifying it.

FYI, you can also easily store a sawed off shotgun in your pack. it takes up 4 spaces in 1 line horizontally. I currently do this to easily 1 hit kill in small buildings if i need to.

i would support this because then maybe people would have a reason to pick up duct tape.

Ive logged all my hours playing by myself, i think i've run into 1 hacker at the very beginning of the alpha. Other then that ive never seen a hacker. 200+ hours played. Maybe i just get lucky

Wait, i'm confused. By office building at balota do you mean the jailhouse or the control tower? If its the jailhouse you speak of then maybe you did get unlucky and he just joined. How do you know he server hopped? Maybe thats the server he played on and it was just a coincidence you were there. If you were talking about the control tower, there is a ladder that leads from the ground to the top that a lot of people seem to not know about. I can't even count the number of times i spot someone looking at me threw the window when im running to the tower, then i take the ladder to the top and just sneak up behind them without them having any idea because they think theres only one entrance.

Let me start by giving you some backstory first. I've been on the lookout for a nice long range scope for quite some time now. It's true how they say you don't realize how much you like something till it's gone. Back when LRS's were everywhere i never wanted to snipe, i was fine just running around with the m4. But now that they are extremely rare i just have this dire need to find one, sit on a hill, and snipe everything that moves. My numerous searches threw every single airfield hanger on the map turned up nothing... Yes, even on the servers where it was only me and a couple other people. I found everything besides LRS, silencer for the pistol? found it, acog for the mf? found it, completely pristine rain boots, cowboy hat, walkie talkie, fancy military gear. I found it all, yet the LRS eluded me. It was like it was running away. While browsing the forums 1-2 days ago i saw a thread about them, and read one posters suggestion that to find one, youd have to camp the sniper hill in elektro and stalk another sniper that had one. Well this is what i then set out to do today... I picked a highly populate server, 37/40 were in it. My journey began with my trusty mosin, a bright blue check shirt, winter hunter pants, wolf mask, rain boots, 9 bullets, and a green beret. I wasn't exactly outfitted to blend in with the brown and green foliage of the hill, but i took the chance anyway. I made my way to the very top of the sniper hill, found a good spot with a little bit of cover and laid in wait. Within the first five minutes i heard a mosin shot, though it didn't seem to come from anywhere nearby. A few minutes later i heard a few m4 shots, presumably from closer in the center of elektro. I kept hoping that all of this was a good sign, and that someone would wander down my path soon. About five minutes after that someone finally did. A lonely bambi, quietly creeping down the hill, making his way to the firehouse. On any other day i would have let him get far enough then used him to test my long range aim, but he was not to be my victim today. Instead i decided to let him be my bait, let him draw out another sniper that i could then take down and finally have my LRS! But that never happened, no one bothered with him, not even a shot, and a few minutes later he was completely out of my view. Could the sniper hill really be this dead on a 37 person server? Maybe i am just that unlucky. The next 20 minutes were quiet, no movement at all, no shots were being fired anywhere. The most i was getting was a tiny rabbit hoping along. Every so often making sure to check behind me just in case someone else was trying to do the same thing i was. I became impatient, i couldnt just wait for that long, but i didn't want to change servers. I refused to believe that on a 37 person server no one could be around. I made my way a little bit down the sniper hill, to an area more out in the open, but one that allowed me to see more. A few minutes in and still nothing. I was beginning to get ready to end my search. I decided my plan of action should be to check behind me again, then next move up, and then maybe make my way along the coast until i reached balota, maybe i'd find something there. When i went to execute that plan it finally happened, i turned and there was a team of three guys at the top of the hill. I immediately stopped moving in hopes that they hadn't spotted me, and to my luck they didnt. There view was on the firehouse. I decided to let them get a little closer, noticing they were fully geared out. All three decked out in full military gear, two with guns, and one with a fire axe. And thats when i finally saw it, one of them had the LRS. I needed that scope, but this wasn't going to be an easy task. It was 3v1 and those odds were not to good considering what i was wearing. I figured my best plan of action was to let them get by me, let them get far enough, then hopefully take out the sniper, then the other guy with the gun, then the axe man. Once they were far enough away from me i stood up and ran up behind them, they were closing in on the firehouse wall. I needed to take my shot, but they had got to far for me to clearly make out which was the sniper, so i lined up a shot on the one i thought it was, and took it. Down he went. But this wasn't over just yet, they immediately turned to see what had happened, and then i was shot. I immediately went prone in hopes that they couldnt see me. While laying down i realized something, that had all happened to quick, Gathering my thoughts i remembered that the blood spurted out of my left side, thats impossible if i'm being shot from the front with my right side facing them. I looked up and saw him, a sniper taking aim with a mosin (no lrs) from the midway up the sniper hill at me. Still in prone i decided to roll next to a bush, a couple shots hitting the ground next to me. Then the fire from him ceased. Thankfully the two guys near the firehouse began to open fire on the other sniper. Allowing me some time to assess my damage. I was not bleeding, my bright blue checked shirt had saved me. I went into the crouch position and spotted the sniper that had shot me, i stood up, took a shot, then immediately dropped into prone. A shot wizzed by my head. There was a gunfight i had started and unexpectedly ended up directly in the center of. I needed to dispose of this other sniper, so that i could get back to the other 2 players and get my LRS. I located the sniper again, stood, took my shot, and immediately dropped again. I waited a bit, fire still blazing overhead. I stood again, and there he was, the sniper laying dead. I couldn't tell you who shot him, maybe it was them, maybe it was me, but at least one threat was gone. I realized that i only had 4 ammo left, so i booked it away from the other 2 guys in hopes of doubling back and looting the dead snipers body for ammo. As i ran back to the top of the hill shots were flying by, i made my way to the body and attempted to loot it, but i shot landed in the dirt next to me. I decided that was to risky and there focus would be there. I had to find a way to locate the other 2 players, and take them out. I had to find a way to get that LRS. I decided i should flank them, i ran off into the field, scurrying from bush to bush. Every so often i would hear another gun shot. I finally saw a bush that might provide some cover and have a good view, i looked for a couple minutes. Saw no movement, and heard nothing. I went to move in, and immediately was under fire. I ran to another bush and decided to wait it out. I waited 10 minutes behind that bush, but i couldn't locate them, and all fire had stopped. I decided to continue my life with my mosin and ran away from the town. After surviving that epic firefight i decided to get out of there. The long range scope still eludes me, but at least i've still got my trusty mosin by my side and i live to search for it another day. Though i might need another shirt...

There is three paragraphs, yes i could have made more. Also the time you took to click on this thread, then post that comment you probably could have just read the extra lines. Its like a five minute read, if that. To long for you, go somewhere else :)

The way i see it if you personally believe your time is worth at least $8 an hour and youve gotten at least about 4 hours of enjoyment from the game then you can't really regret your purchase. I've played the SA alpha close to 100 hours, so buying it early at the discounted price of $30 before the Full game comes out and having to deal with some bugs here and there actually makes this a very sound purchase for me.

Seems like you over reacted a lot. Theres a lot of situations where i'm very happy to leave players alone. My basic policy goes a little like this. -If i'm on a military base/ airfield and you have a gun, i will be shooting you without hesitation. If you have any other weapon i will just tell you to run the other way, or let you know if you get close to me i will kill you. Hell a couple days ago i saw a bambi on the airfield running away from 3 zeds, i ran out of the jailhouse, shot them all, and then told him about the extra weapon i had left in the jailhouse and that i was leaving and not to follow me. No reason to just kill the guy, he can't do anything to me and by the time he would even have a weapon I'll be long gone. Also, most spawns are a far run to the balota airfield and i know first hand i hate making that run, didn't want to have to make him do it again when he posed no threat. -If i'm just in a town/running threw woods and you have a gun, i'm happy to let you continue on your way as long as said weapon is not pointed at me and you seem friendly. If you don't have a weapon i'll probably either just completely ignore you, or tell you where i left some loot that i didnt need. Last week i was leaving a town and saw someone running at me with a gun, I told them I was friendly and to stop and not aim at me, they listened, i told them to keep on running past me until i knew they weren't going to be able to shoot me without turning back around and chasing me, then i left. There was no reason to kill that person, we both just wanted to continue on our way and make it to whatever destination we were trying to get to. The way i see it, theres a lot of times when theres little upside to shooting someone, and i hope that eventually that kindness will be returned to me at some point. I kill for self defense. There is rarely a reason to kill other then that, especially when most of the time you completely ruin 75% of their gear.

No. This did not happen. Mod clearly stated that he ran for a long time, it said his heart was beating faster, then it said he felt numb, then it said he soiled himself. NOWHERE IN THAT DID HE EVER STATE THIS HIS CHARACTER HAD AN IRREGULAR HEART BEAT LIKE YOURS, OR THAT HE WAS GOING TO PASS OUT, AND THEN DIED. These are not the same things, they are different wording, and since you never stated that any of what happened the mod happened to you for all we know they are completely different from one another. So stop using it to say it was "reproduced", what was reproduced was completely different from what happened to your character. Now i will post this, because i still don't believe you died from a heart attack on a stable server, patch notes for the EXPERIMENTAL SERVER (not stable): http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/175096-update-rev-036115535-experimental-branch/ Lastly even if this was just a glitch on a stable server and you are completely truthful and right in what happened; Asking a question and then berating the first few people that to post and make fun of you will not make others respect you enough to post something well written, they're just going to see how you respond and think you are a child that doesn't know what they're talking about.

So i've run into a couple bugs with this new patch so far. One was pretty annoying. I went for a swim with my backpack on/gun/ect. and for some reason i went to check my inventory and my backpack and gun dropped into the water. My clothes, axe, and chest holster all stayed attached to my body. i tried swimming by and picking up the gun and backpack but it wouldnt let me, i gave up and swam away only to notice that the gun/backpack would randomly reappear about 10 ft. behind me. Upon getting to land i didnt have them and didnt see them, so i began running, they then reappeared on my body after about a minute. (I should note during this time i was checking my desync its was at 0, ping at 11.). So idk what was going on with that. Another bug, nothing major, but scared the crap out of me. I was inside a building crouched behind a couch checking my inventory when all of a sudden something flashed by my screen. i looked up to see one of those hawks flying down the hallway -_- lol. Obviously this isn't a huge problem, but i can definately see it causing someone to freak out and shoot or something if theyre not really paying attention.

I'm willing to bet that 1 other person was at nwaf trying to grab some weapons before he server hopped to a more populate server. Saw you guys not paying attention, free kills.