Admiral_69

Inside any building, so I don't get soaked before I even have an opportunity to get inside a building as a new spawn. (Or outskirts of each and every town/village/hamlet) Or I get to choose where I spawn, and depending on in game conditions, I spawn with varying items and status. Some may even be blocked. E.g. Can only spawn at cherno if zombie pop is above x, and you spawn orange hungry and thirsty. Kam - you spawn with green hunger and thirst. And maybe a can of beans. NWAF - spawn with minimal blood (B&W screen), health, and dark orange health/thirst. Must still have zombie pop above x E.g balance the spawns so people can spawn where they want to so I don't run up to the nearest Z / spend 15 min going to where I want to be.

Man, you make me feel so guilty. Unarmed guy was running down the street, bleeding, fleeing from a zombie. I have a 22 rifle, no mag. He stopped to bandage, and I pondered my choice. I chose to shoot the player... Why? He was the bigger threat. I really wanted to help him, and I may have if I had a mag for the rifle (so I could put him down if he rushed me. It has happened before). If fists were not OHK, then I would have other options. Although I do strongly believe they need to introduce more "Less-Lethal" weapons into the game. E.g. Tazers, beanbag shells, etc. Because right now the only safe player is one on the ground dead.

OP, didn't you know? The new hand guns are actually muzzle loading muskets. But in all seriousness, the OP is identifying a real problem... Specifically that by the time you find hand gun + ammo + magazine, you will have found another Gun + ammo that doesn't need a magazine. That is the "hidden" reason most of the hand guns and their ammo is so common, and other guns and ammo is so rare. I usually find an SKS, Shotgun, Revolver, mosin long before I find the magazine for the CR75. Hell, I just want to try out the damn hand guns and 22 rifle, I have started server hopping looking for the damn mags. The other thing to keep in mind is you can only use one gun at a time, however you can use multiple mags (increased demand for mags).

Hi folks, Any word on when binoculars are coming? I spent like 5 minutes watching a zed cause I thought it might be a player.

It makes me laugh when my female character says she is getting wet.

Yeah, it was awesome when he said that to Jar-jar Binks.

Has anyone else ever logged back into a server immediately following a restart? It was the most bizarre thing I have ever seen. I logged in and discovered I was in the piano house. But there was no loot on the main floor. I walked up the stairs and there was loot floating in mid air. I grabbed one can of soda and then the rest disappeared. I go back down the stairs and the stuff is on the shelf! Anyways, thought I would share that strange experience.

Also I rather enjoyed the slightly slower than you Zombies. It gave me a chance to get ahead of them, duck into a building an speed loot it... Always knowing they are only seconds behind me.

The new zombie speed is slightly too fast. Why? Because they will catch up to you if you did not put up your fists before you started running. So if you want to outrun them, you need to: 1 - Put away your weapon which at best you can do at walking speed (if walking) or while standing still (if you were running). Then put up your fists. Then start running. 2 - Running along and forgot to put up your fists, and you only realized it because the zombie was catching up to you. Well, you have to come to a complete stop, get hit, and then start running again. I am completely for having the zombie run at the fists down speed. (Personally, I hate having to put up my fists to run slightly faster. I would prefer if you ran the same speed regardless of fists up/down.) Spawning Zombies: The ideal case is to have all the zombies spawn in when the server resets, and have zombie replenishment occur at the west/north edges of the map. Then have the replenished zombies migrate towards the coast. If it is not possible to have sufficient zombies spawn when the server resets, then spawning zombies is the next best alternative. Note: I think once private hives are available, it makes sense to let the hive owner specify the type of zombies they want a la Project Zomboid.

It will make more sense when servers are persistent.

Kinda off topic but I had an MP 40 jam on me while shooting in Vegas. Back on topic : we need ammo crafting stations . collect your brass after firing. Craft your own gunpowder. Fun times. Decided to do some math and research. There should be hundreds of guns in Chenurus. Why? The Czech Republic has 16.3 guns per 100 people, and Russia has 8.9. Therefore there should be 890-1630 guns on the map per 10,000 pre-Apoc population of Chenurus. These are the private ownership values. The numbers will only be higher when including police /military firearms. What are the current values? Maybe 20 guns across the entire map... So if anything, there are actually WAY too few guns in game.

Bible saved my life by taking the bullet. I always carry one when going on a RAMPAGE!

I hope they leave the gun spawn rate what it is currently. However I want them to drop the ammo spawn rate through the floor. Why? Guns are a durable good. Ammo is not. (think Mad Max 2 and how Mel Gibson treasured his 7 shotgun shells, or how the villain only loaded on bullet at a time.) The challenge should be finding ammo for any gun.

No. Make guns come in various Conditions when spawned. When in bad condition the gun can jam.

I call switching servers when it is dark "sleeping" and when it is raining "napping". Also in real life I use an

I have found that very low pop servers play just fine (think less than 10 players). It has been interesting...

Well, it was working great on the experimental servers...

Well, I was going to create a new post about this, but this problem has essentially killed the game for me. I have been trying to play for the last hour, and at best I played 10 minutes and was then killed by invisible zombies. This was not the case in experimental, as I had been playing on that since they stopped pushing out new updates.

So I was playing Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 2, and it finally dawned on me that the big difference between DayZ & 'traditional' zombies is 'traditional' zombies have a one hit kill (infection). What are your thoughts on this and how it changes your calculations on playing with other people? Does it just increase the frustration level if you die anytime a Zed hits you, without altering the desire to team up with strangers?

Nudity. So I can run around naked screaming Ev'rybody Wang Chung tonight

I search for a bible and then go on a holy crusade!

Learn to operate by trial and error... Press the wrong button during lift off and bust the rotor. (E.g you need specific time on button presses etc, as long as it accurately reflects what you need to do to actually start a heli. In other words, good luck clicking the 50 plus buttons and toggles just to get it started) I am not familiar with the CDF or the back story. BUT what I do see is an area the size of a small city (80k people) with THREE air ports, which for some strange reason have lots of military loot. I also have logic. Since we have yet to see rpg firing zombies, I find it highly unlikely that any of the AFVs in the CDF would have been disabled, let alone destroyed during the zompocalypse. Please note, I am a firm believer that there should be a massive number of guns in game, but virtually zero ammo. Why? Guns are a durable good, ammo is a consumable. Finding ammo should be like finding a fresh Kiwi. This may also apply to fuel. Gas goes bad quickly (e.g. A simple 2 stroke lawn mower won't start after sitting for 6 months). Bad fuel will clog the spark plugs and engine filters. Multiply this by 1000 for aviation grade fuel.

Please note this logic means there should be tanks, APCs, and other armoured fighting vehicles. But they should be a bitxh to operate and maintain.

Guys, Part of the "joy" of post apoc game is dealing with all the dangerous weapons left behind. If military helis were left behind it is safe to assume there were MANPADS left behind in the military base as well. Manpads: Man Portable Air Defense System. Think stinger missle. BOOM. And yes, it is heavy and reasonably complicated to use. It should reflect that in game.

As long as there are MANPADS in the game, I am perfectly fine with flying targets, I mean helicopters.