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On logging in: I know. I misread his post, and apologized for jumping to conclusions. On logging out: The "logout dance" sure as hell prevents combat logging, by letting the "log-ee" get killed when they try to log. It is supposed to draw attention to the person logging out, to the point where it has been the better part of a year since someone has tried to combat-log on me. That is literally the reason the devs included such a mechanic. You divert that attention by logging out somewhere you are unlikely to be found.

-Ahem- This, quoted from Iclown, is usually referred to as "the logout dance" He was complaining about it. I tried to explain that it was included in the game for a very good reason. As for your post, I apologize. By the way you wrote out your thoughts, I thought you wanted the world to load before we could actually interact with the game-world, and that we could actually see in-game before we "loaded in". That would be bad. I still don't think your idea would work, from my very limited understanding on how those things work.

^ So basically a ........ heavier, shorter-ranged arrow?

^ Technically,..... Sodas are mostly water, so even with the effects of digestion (due to sugars) and metabolic increase (due to caffiene), if you had nothing else ( as with everything else survival, you make do with what you got) and could laze about all day (aka operate at the bare minimum of metabolic and hydration requirements), soda would keep you alive. However, start tromping "over the hills and through the woods", all while carrying a heavy load, and the hydration soda provides probably won't be enough to counter the effects of increased metabolism + increased respiration + sweating + yadda yadda yadda. Trying to survive off of soda, and other related drinks, generally means you are gonna have a bad time. I've seen it happen in my Scout troop. The kids would fill their canteens full of "bug juice" (aka ghetto-brand Kool-Aide), while I would bring water. We would be carrying basically the same amounts of liquids (if anything, they would have more, due to Camelbak vs canteen), and at the end of the day, they would be complaining about headaches, muscle cramps, etc etc etc, while I was fine. The same volume of water is also probably more "hydrating" than a similar volume of soda, as well. Of course, I hold the opinion that Day Z will NEVER be a "survival game", or even one remotely-"survival"-focused, until potable water becomes hard to get. Right now, there are at least one well in every settlement on the map.

Guys...... the whole point of the "logout dance" (when you stand up and sit down repeatedly for 30 seconds after logging out), is to prevent ghosting and server hopping. Back in the early days, your character would disappear from the server instantly when you clicked "exit". EVERYONE ghosted and combat-logged back then as a result Want a "safe" way to log in and out? Run to the woods, find a tree or bush. If you get caught by a server reset, and jump right back into a high-pop, well....... that is your fault. " Survival of the fittest". No "protection" is needed. No "protection" is warranted. As for OnionofShame's suggestion: that seems like it would be abused, real fast. " Hey, we got guys holed up in X Building!" - Alright, let me peek in there real quick from a different server....... yeah, three guys, one under the stairs, one in the back room, one in the hallway- No thanks.

-ahem- "You sweat, you die" I am not the one that came up with that statement, first of all http://www.wilderness-survival.net/cold-3.php http://www.wildernesscollege.com/causes-of-hypothermia.html "Splinters will kill you" http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=223952 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbJGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT215&lpg=PT215&dq=survival+infection+from+splinter&source=bl&ots=wBbMTyXhaV&sig=Gpt1--riaXYPXaFzniPdEsFitLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhp53pqPfJAhVH6yYKHbvoAJ4Q6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q=survival%20infection%20from%20splinter&f=false While the threat of infection from a splinter is minor, so long as it doesn't stay in the body, the "main" point I was trying to make from that story is that infected wounds are highly lethal in a survival situation. Splinters, being a type of puncture wound, are more difficult to clean out properly than lacerations, and therefore, more likely to develop septicemia. And that is in a situation where you have antibiotics and sterile materials, much less one where the supplies of such medication and sterile materials is limited. Finally, I am willing to bet that that shot in the gif was made with a high-power rifle. You don't shoot at deer with a fucking .22LR. Hell, I am surprised the OP hunts hogs and the like with a .22LR. 17 HMR is ok, because it has higher velocity and suchlike, but .22LR is ..... come on, man. I wouldn't shoot coyotes with that thing, they would take too long to die. Finally, http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/whitetail-365/2013/08/guest-shoot-me-down-headshots-deer-are-contemptible

In essentially every single hunting "class", the instructor is going to tell you to never aim for the head, and instead go for the heart, lungs, and major blood vessels in the chest/torso. Why do you think that is? Hint: the skull is hard, and numerous people in real life have survived point-blank bullets to the forehead when the hardness + curvature of the skull caused the bullet to literally scoot around the head, under the skin.

Good God, no. Listen: I am probably one of the biggest proponent of "realism" there is on this forum, but I will never, EVER budge when it comes to my "NO POOPING" opinion. 1) There are plenty of ways that diarrhea ( a common wilderness disease, often lethal) and other suchlike "events" can be represented. My preferred way is through the character losing a lot of "water/hydration", all of a sudden. 2) What do you think the #1 use of fecal matter/urine will be in-game? Just ...... just guess, and the first two don't count. Griefing. Players will capture each other, tie each other down, and poop all over each other. Players will piss on you when you are dead. Players will force-feed you shit. In my honest opinion, there is already enough material in the game geared towards that already ( being able to handcuff/tie other players, put sacks over their heads, force-feed them things, etc). No need to add fuel to the fire.

Considering how, in real life, animals survive "head shots" with depressing frequency ( I myself have seen a whitetail wandering around with brain exposed), "head shots" should not be something you should go for when hunting.

While this opinion on Reddit is a little more than a year old, it sums up exactly how I feel about vehicles https://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/2iax7g/hicks_opinion_no_more_than_10_vehicles_on_an/ Day Z takes place between several months and two years after society "shat the bed" as it were. As soon as international trade stopped, South Zagoria would have had a limited supply of gasoline, lubricant, coolant, and literally every other thing vehicles need to function ( as well as other things, like bullets, medication, certain foods, etc, but that is for another thread). Couple that with usage, the previous hardcore civil war, as well as normal wear-n-tear, and vehicles would get broken very quickly. You aren't "supposed" to have vehicles. Finding a vehicle that could be made to work should be an " OH MY GOD" moment, and actually getting it to work should be a "crowning moment of awesome", as well as a major timesink. Of course, this is coming from the person that believes 1) the majority of the gasoline in-game should pretty much be unusable (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/does-gas-go-bad/), as well as 2) the players should be focusing on rebuilding aspects of society. Want fuel for your vehicles? Make it yourself. Want electricity for your base? Go and find a generator, or make a wind turbine from easily-available parts, etc

1) They are around, and you can actually (depending on where you are, of course) get some pretty nice swarms if you fire a gun within a city. I was in Novo last night, and after firing a shotgun, i had 6 zombies sprinting at me. 2) Heh..... a little bit? They tend to get broken, then fixed, then broken every other patch. There are several different vehicles in, with various parts needed, but they tend to be ...... not really worth the effort to repair them. Some of them have problems making it up inclines, some of them can't really turn all that well. Most of them do some pretty sicknasty flips when they bump (literally ) into things 3) Nope, no predators in yet. And, unfortunately, it looks like they will be little more than "furry zombies" in behavior, but that is just conjecture from one teaser video. Animals can be found around, but they aren't exactly common. 4) You have to update to the -newui in your launch parameters. I got a semi-decent FPS boost, but nothing to write home about. My game went from "mostly playable" to "slightly more playable". In all honesty, a couple of days after the patch, I was already bored with .59. There isn't exactly all that much different. The game is, at its most basic, the same as it was 6 months ago, if not longer back. The "main attraction" of the game is still "run around and shoot people", with guns that are variously broken and unbroken. Still no survival mechanics, no real medical mechanics, no basebuilding (asides from "stash shit in a barrel/tent"), no cooking, nothing really to do.

Pretty much. In real life, I don't "magically" attach my woods-axe to my back when hiking. I strap in to the outside of my pack, or failing that, fit it inside.

I love you, forever and always Swords (of every type) , contrary to popular opinion, were only rarely used as a "main weapon" of war. The Romans were a good example, and even then, the sword-based Legions were heavily supplemented by spear-wielding Auxiliaries.. In literally almost every other culture, including medieval Europe and feudal Japan, the spear and the bow were the most common weapon on the battlefield, even by the professional warriors (knights and samurai). Think of the spear and the bow like the modern assault rifle: cheap, readily available, used by everyone, and think of swords like the modern pistol: expensive, used as a backup weapon, pretty much to show how wealthy you are, and only really good for personal defense.

The OP's suggestion is just a jacket without any sleeves. It won't magically provide any more storage capacity over the standard jacket. How would you get " a couple slots more"?

Realistically, it would be pretty difficult to make apple pies, as without intercontinental trade you would lack access to the various spices needed: cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla, cloves, etc, Not to mention sugar

I think the OP has a bicycle fetish. Specifically, a "ruin bicycles for everyone else" fetish. It is ....... weird. Whenever bikes come up on the forum, he (don't want to presume anything, here), pipes in with how much he would enjoy generally destroying bikes for other people. Smacking cyclers with car doors, shooting them on site, now preventing bikes from being used at all. You need to broaden your horizons, friend.

This page was last modified on 8 November 2015, at 00:10. So, a little more than a month old. Hardly "obsolete and irrelevant". "credible citations needed." Fuck off. This isn't a research journal. Here, direct from the (original) developer. And, considering how the (new) developers haven't said anything to the contrary (in fact, they have stated that it is true, multiple times), it is still canon. https://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1zbsks/psa_the_zombies_arent_dead_theyre_infected_living/cfsdipd

Jesus fucking Christ. They aren't zombies. It says so right on the official wiki http://dayz.gamepedia.com/Zombie We, and the devs, use "zombie" because typing out "infected living human" becomes tiresome after a while.

Hoo boy, you gonna learn today

You consider the cooking mechanics "deep and well-developed"? What the hell kind of game are you playing? We can cook in two fashions: baking and boiling. That's ..... that's it. And, we can only cook single items. No combining items to make actual, you know, meals. No combining items to make stews, no making of broth using animal bones. Hell, we still can't fucking cook rice, nor mix powdered milk with some water. And, according to the "nutritional information" available on the wiki, cooked vegetables are literally in every way deficient compared to raw ones. Boiling food actually gives you less water than baking it. That .... isn't how it works in real life. Cooking in Day Z, alongside literally every game mechanic that doesn't involve new guns or vehicles, has essentially been ignored for the last couple months. We can put food into a pot with some water/lard, now!!!! Woop de fucking do.

Which is weird, because I put cooking pots directly into fires when camping ALL THE TIME. Rake out some coals onto a flat surface, put the pot on top, you are good to go. Cooking pots and pans are made of metal. A fire is not going to get nearly hot enough to damage them. This game sometimes, man. The "survival" aspects tend to not make much sense.

Just a little bit of discussion! So, in various video games, movies, and even on this forum, I see a lot of love for the "nail-bat". For those of you that don't know what this is, it is basically a baseball bat, or any length of wood, with nails driven through it What I don't understand is the sheer worship for this weapon. For anyone with actual experience in fighting, or any knowledge of anatomy, a nailbat would be either 1) hilariously ineffective, or 2) an active hindrance, in a fight So, yeah, a baseball bat is basically a club, right? Heavy length of wood you wallop things with? Pretty effective for the last 500,000 years or so, not going to argue that. However, taking a perfectly serviceable club and driving nails through it actually makes it less effective as a weapon. Let me go through the details 1) Physics So, force = mass x acceleration, right? The heavier something is, and the faster you swing it, the harder it will hit something, correct? However, you are forgetting "drag" in the equation. Drag, which can also be called "air resistance", is essentially ( I am not a physicist, here, so bear with me) is essentially friction in the direction opposite of movement, due to air moving around the shape of the object. Round objects already have a large amount of air resistance, and adding spikes around the surfaces just add to the drag. So, by adding spikes to a bat, you are essentially slowing down the swing of the weapon. Not much, but it is still there. And, since you are slowing down the weapon, you are decreasing the amount of force impacted to the target. 2) Misdirection of force. By driving nails through the bat, you are in effect creating oblique angles to the direction of force. These angles would intercept the target before the bat, causing the bat to "rotate" in a sense, and lose energy. Essentially, you would be striking a glancing blow. 3) Loss of integrity By driving nails through the bat, you are weakening the integrity of the wood the bat is made of. You are separating the wood fibers, making it more likely the wood will split. And, by using the bat, you are placing more stress on these separation points (see above), making it even more likely the bat will split down the grain with heavy use. Yes, you can reinforce the fibers with heat and tape, but a solid bat will be more structurally sound. 4) Anatomy When you drive something into the flesh, blood pressure from inside the body changes. When you bleed, you lose blood pressure. But when the object stays inside the body, like a nail from a nailbat, the blood pressure will serve to "hold" the object in place (note: this is why you don't want to pull stabbing/puncturing objects from an injury, at least not right away). This isn't exactly strong, but couple this suction with bunched muscle fibers and a moving limb, and the weapon can/will be held in place for a split second, as opposed to a "regular" bat which can be drawn back. Adrenaline would prevent the opponent from feeling much pain, and they are already inside the reach of your weapon. Couple that with you being unable to retrieve it right away, and you could be in for a spot of trouble. Now, I am not saying that a nail-bat is completely inept as a weapon. They just aren't "God-tier", and there are many things "wrong" with them that make them less effective, especially when compared to a "standard" club

The only way that is going to happen is if the last shmuck to use it didn't get their drink. Aren't the machines out of power?

Probably not. Water weighs about 8 lbs per gallon. A 5 gallon bucket weighs 40lbs when full. A 55gal drum ....

Crossbow bolts are much thicker and heavier than arrows, as well as being less flexible and shorter. They are thicker and heavier to compensate for a shorter power stroke in crossbows compared to bows ( essentially, crossbows contribute less power to their ammunition than bows due to the fact that the string doesn't travel as far when drawn back), and less flexible because there is less/no archers paradox in crossbows. Oh, and "most" modern crossbows, especially compound crossbows, use arrows instead of bolts.