bad_mojo (DayZ)

I think the mod could use an anti-aircraft missile launcher. Russian made because I doubt the US would bring AA to fight an infection. It would be pretty damn satisfying to take down a helicopter.

Why do they have to affect me in order to be vulnerable? This IS a survival game. I wasn't saying a helicopter is a flying death machine, rather it's a flying safe room. If you play it smart you should never lose a helicopter in DayZ right now. I feel that's unacceptable in the spirit of the game. LOL The one I'm suggesting is a heat seeking missile. :D

LOL I saw one like that beside the Barracks last night. I kept saying to myself "gee, wonder what he did to mrs.zed to end up in the doghouse?"

@Techercizer I didn't ask for the Javelin, just the Russian made Igla. I just can't really understand your point of view on this. Do you also think the rocket launchers, military sniper rifles, grenade launchers & sachel charges are stupid and out of place? If not, why are they fine but not anti-air? Edit: related question, does anyone know if the AT4 is a side arm or primary? I know in Arma2 it's a secondary but wasn't sure if this was changed for DayZ. In other words can you carry a rifle and the at4?

Go back to a system where dying rewards you with gear? No thanks!

I agree' date=' I wouldn't want to see the devs spend any significant amount of time on this, I just thought it would only require a few lines of code. Since the weapon is already in Arma2. I've driven around in many ground vehicles, why haven't I been popped by "every troll bandit and their mom's" AT4 rockets? ---------------------------- Believe me guys, I know this isn't BF3/PR, and I use the crap out of AA in those two games. And the last thing I want to do is turn DayZ into a PVP match, but we've already got so much military hardware in the game I doubt adding an AA missile will push it over the edge. Think about this for a second, if you have a working helicopter, it would be very easy to collect a bunch of spare parts for it. It's not like the people flying around in helicopters are struggling to survive, they've made it, they're thriving. So you leave your spare helicopter parts in the helicopter and when you get shot down, you secure the crash site and repair the bird. If it was just one lone guy hiding in a bush who shot you down, you just repair and fly away. But, if it was another clan/group who wanted your chopper they could advance and try to kill you before you can get it repaired.

Yeah, I've shot a ton of Iglas at the huey in DayZ editor and the crew never dies. The only way to ensure the Helicopter blew up was to disable it over the trees, but even then the AI pilot managed to fly it to an open spot before crash landing most of the time. It's really a pretty weak weapon for how much you have to carry around. It's only advantage is that it can lock on to helicopters.

I found my NVGs at a helicopter crash site. And last night I found another pair on a dead player at the north west air field. Next person I run into should be happy. I've never run across a gps. Not sure I really want one, I like having to navigate and the times where you end up totally lost for a bit. It's a rare thing in video games.(for me anyway)

I like it, but it should be tied in with the "Expert" server difficulty settings. Let the people who want total immersion play on those servers, while still having normal servers for the clans. Otherwise there would be issues where some people can only get on one server due to ping and a bug killed them so now their night is screwed.

I like the infection idea, but I'd rather see the player "pass out" after they get infected and wake up as a zombie, dropping your current item & backpack. Maybe even make it so if you don't feed on a player you stave to death. And you could always hit respawn if you turned somewhere isolated. Zombie survival!

Just throw a player controlled spot light up there. I like it.

Yeah, I doubt I would have even thought about this if the huey didn't have the two machine guns on the sides. Why should their weapons trump all? I tried the Igla a bit more in the editor, it's pretty easy to hit buildings at distance when you're on an elevated position. But when you're firing from the ground it's harder because of how the missile pops out and drops a bit, similar to how the javalin drops after launch but not as extreme. They're made to be launched into the sky. And I hit missiles near groups and killed some but not others, so in a game situation where people are moving and hearing a missile launch, it's going to be tricky killing large groups of moving targets from long distance with a "slow" moving missile.

I haven't used the AA weapons in arma enough to know, but wouldn't it be very difficult to land a shot on a group of people 700m away with a weapon that is mean to be a locked on? I'm going to fool around with it a bit more in the editor. See how deadly it really is.

Haha I like the originality. Maybe make him a drug addict and if he doesn't have his pills every so often he'll get the shakes. So basically just trigger the need for painkillers when people DC too much.

I would agree with you about blowing shit up, except the mod already has frag grenades, grenade launchers, anti-tank rockets, and sachel charges. What? no love for us AA loving folk?

For shits and giggles before posting this I went into the editor and shot the Igla at a building with 4 guys beside it, one died instantly, another was hurt, the other two lived. So it's not as deadly as you might think. Like you said, aircraft aren't armored so the warhead they use in anti-aircraft missiles is more of a big frag grenade than a bomb. It throws fragments in a large radius to maximize damage to vulnerable parts of the aircraft. (at least that's how I always thought of it)

Awesome replies so far, hopefully they catch rockets eye :D Seriously tho, how can you abuse a missile launcher? There is already an AT4 in the game.... And If people want to keep their helicopters alive, don't troll around looking for shit to shoot at. It's not like everyone is going to give up their main weapon to carry around a missile for a helicopter they might never even see. Also, the way arma works, getting hit might mean you go down, but survive the crash. It's just another crazy event in someones story.

one i took a while ago

The axe (weapon) should still be able to gather wood tho. It would be a little silly if all you had was an axe and couldn't harvest wood with it.

I must be an optimist because when I saw "Rocket, Review your own game." I thought there might be a chance this guy wanted Rocket to do a PC Gamer style review of his own game. I was sadly mistaken.

Not saying I'm on the side of FullAuto, but it's pretty damn inconsiderate as an admin to reboot a server knowing that you just died by another player and left them your vehicle. Not just that but when confronted with it you basically said "deal with it". I would expect better from an admin. Express your sympathy for him and tell him you'll try to make sure similar things don't happen in the future. Perhaps hook him up with some gear to compensate his trouble. Really, you guys should have ignored this thread, or simply replied with something like "report us to Rocket if you have issues". I know that I'll be staying away from the AR15.com server in the future, I prefer servers with mature admins who don't resort to insults and actually care about random pubies.

So basically I've been alive for about a week and have everything i'd ever need and more. And the boredom is kicking in. What's the best place to meet other players who aren't just out to put a bullet in my head and take my m249? I was hanging around NW airfield tonight looking for people and saw one player but by the time I chased him down he was dead from zombies.