bad_mojo (DayZ)

I don't really mind the 24/7 setting either, but it's something they have over other servers. It makes it harder for non-24/7 servers to attract players. It was this way with side chat in the mod. Rocket made the decision to remove it, but after a while servers who added side chat back in got more traffic, driving all the other servers to add side chat back in, because it was the only way to compete for players. Players are attracted to other players, so if the 24/7 day servers are populated, they're going to stay populated. That doesn't mean the people joining want 24/7 daylight, it just means they want other players in their server. Problem is server admins with no players see this and assume it's the 24/7 daylight setting that is attracting the players, so they jump on board and soon enough night time is a rarity. It's already happened, I haven't seen night in the standalone since the first day, because I filter for 30+ players. Do I always want to play during the day? No, but I certainly don't want to play by myself in order to see night again.

I bet it's a typo by some server admin.

I'll take m4s and aks all day long. It's the DMRs, light machine guns, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, & sniper rifles that I don't really care for. Edit: Also, it's not always what would realistically be there that really matters, you also have to consider the effect it will have on the game. I personally think less military gear will make the game better.

It's combat logging because you should have left the building & area before leaving the game. He might have had a team waiting downstairs. Ya never know. Not that I blame you for leaving, but if we're getting technical.

Sure I can. I only pull my gun out to kill zeds.

Right before you quit, you can see all the impacts happen and the blood spray everywhere. Looks like desync.

First person only?

Pretty sure it's red dot sights that you can use both eyes with. Opening your other eye while using iron sights? LOL

Rocket tweeted about it before SA came out, he didn't know weather to call it a bug or feature.

Yeah, I saw two start to fight, but I didn't let them finish.

What's your point? I'm a civilian, not a soldier. I don't plan on getting into firefights, so the extra space is worth more to me than a bit of protection. Besides, my black UK vest goes nicely with my outfit and at the end of the day, that's what counts.

It has less slots than the other vests. I think the regular ones have 8 and the press has 6. I didn't pick it up for this reason.

Not true I found one earlier tonight in the ship.

Other day I decided to hang out in Elecktro all night. It was fun, talked to some people, got shot at, the usual. Anyway, after I talked to some guy at the well beside the church, I took off for a while and got thirsty again. Upon returning to the well I saw someone still there so I said "hey, you're still here? wow" and then he looked at me and I realized it wasn't the same guy. So I said something like "Oh you're not the same guy, don't worry I'm unarmed I just need a drink" and then took a drink. Guy says nothing and pulls his fire axe, comes at me swinging, but I'm ready for it so I sprint out of there. I looked back to see him chasing me with the axe out, so I slow up a bit let him almost catch up, then start sprinting again when he's almost to me. Kept that routine up for a few minutes until he got tired and stopped. At which time I sat down in the grass, knowing he's not done. He puts away his axe and tries sprinting at me, I stand up and sprint away, when he's close to me, he pulls his axe out and tries to swing while I'm still sprinting. By this time we've been chatting a little bit during the chase. He's telling me I don't need to run, he won't hurt me. I'm telling him he'll never catch me, I can run all day. I say something like "I'll trust you if you put the axe on the ground" so he stops and puts it on his back, I keep running. By this time I'm near the barn up the hill to the west of Elecktro, I can't see him anymore so I stop and rest up fully, keeping an eye out. Knowing his plan is to double back and camp the water source, because he thinks I need more water. I run straight back to it, act like I'm getting water by kneeling beside the well and instantly hear the pitter padder of him sprinting at me, I laugh and run again. Basically did the whole routine of tiring him out over and over for another 5mins, after running past the north firestation he lost interest and went in there looking for a gun. I never saw him again. Good times.

I guess there should be a "break open" option and either risk losing a lot or make it take a long time to do. there's this...

If they added the spoon trick you guys would come back complaining that it took 60seconds to open your can of beans.

Call me crazy but I think I might hop on and see if I get reset. I'm not one for suicide, but my character has lived too long and has everything.

Spend a few days trying to approach players in a non-threatening way. Or just hang out in a major city on the coast and talk to people. Even quicker if you find a gun and kill a few zombies with it, like ringing the dinner bell. You have to walk in the shoes of the most vulnerable before you can comment on their situation. If you're good at playing DayZ stealthily, KOS isn't such a big issue. That doesn't mean stealth is the answer, it just means stealthy players are lucky they don't have to deal with it as much.

I don't know if NVGs will ever be in DayZ. Rocket talked about adding the monocular civilian type, but actual military goggle type are just too overpowered.

If you can find a lake or stream you can sometimes get a place to drink water/fill bottles. I usually run around the edge of water scrolling my mouse while looking down until i see the "drink" text flash then have to home in on the exact spot. Drinking from bodies of water is in, it's just very glitchy right now.

That was my salvation the first time I ventured north. Left with a full backpack of food and drink, ended up finding that 8 slot garage on the brink of dehydration. But, I didn't really know how to properly eat and drink back then either.

I always go for the green mountain backpack, it blends in pretty good. With my current character I was all decked out in green everything, tactical helmet, vest, shirt, pants, gas mark the whole nine yards. Then I took a good look at myself in the inventory screen and dropped the helmet, gas mask, and eventually swapped out most of my clothing. In green camo everything, I looked too much like a soldier. I would rather look like somebody you'd want to approach then somebody who will blow your brains out. Even if that does get me spotted more often.

That rocky area north of Guba is nice. I was there last night. The north already has the NEAF for military, and there's going to be hunting to get food eventually. That said, I would love to see Guba grow about 10x the size it currently is. Make it a nice little port city.

I think I might try playing my next life without a backpack.

That's basically how this conversation has gone for the last year and a half. It boils down to people wanting to play the role of the asshole and people calling them assholes for doing it. We're all just stating the obvious, neither side wins & both sides are right. It's obvious no amount of public outcry is ever going to change this for either side. KOS will still KOS and players will still complain & debate about it. The only thing that I could see changing this is game mechanics. Not anti-kos game mechanics, but rather pro-teaming game mechanics. Or even pro-life game mechanics. Stuff giving value to another set of hands, another backpack, another body. Even if that means I'll be kiddnapped and held hostage until my captors decide they've drained enough of my blood and they're hungry enough to cook me up after execution. At least it's not a random bullet to the back of the head 8 times out of 10.