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Really depends. If the player we encounter is new to the game, and is obviously shitting himself at the mere sight of us, or just all around sad because he never found a gun yet, we give him one. With precautions, ofcourse.

Oh hi there, I searched for about 20 seconds (cause i'm lazy like that) and couldn't find a similar topic, so here goes. A lot of people don't really value their lives in DayZ. Sure, if they're geared up, they care. But if you were to rob them, most don't care if you shoot them afterwards. The thing is, DayZ is a survival game. Which means: if you die, you failed at the game. Luckely, you get another chance. So i say, let's have a Death Counter in the main menu. Hell, make it visible on Steam, for all i care. So that if you kill yourself to get a better spawn, or carelessly shoot everybody you see and die cause you attracted folks with gunfire, people can see how much you suck at the game. Fewest deaths & longest playtime = most skilled DayZ player. Maybe add an average deaths number to that, so you can get an even bigger e-dick. I'm all for it. Please do not be shy. Bestow upon me your opinions.

Survivors killed might encourage PvP too much though. Theres too much KoS now, and if they can brag about how many people they killed, it will only happen more.

It's not. People suck, die a lot and are mad cause they can't get geared up in 5 minutes.

It is when you're not camping in low/zero-pop area's. You say some people do, but even if that's true, they won't do it for long. No-one is willing to look at grass and trees for 10 hours, just to get good stats. Besides, i don't know if that's in yet, but you'll probably be kicked out of the server due to idling after 10 minutes.

Why is it broken though. Just make sure you don't die. People who complain about spawns should have other things to worry about, like dying less.

I highly doubt that actully happens. People will get bored after 5 minutes. You might as well log out if you're just gonna camp there, and are scared of everyone. People either KoS, or hunt the ones who do. Not much else to do at the moment, exept for some specific roleplaying (which is awesome)

Do you know anyone who does this? Probably not, cause it would be fucking boring. And a kill counter would only encourage KoS. I do agree that a Death Counter should be put in AFTER game-breaking glitches are fixed, but the spawn points are fine. People are just mad they don't get geared up in 5 minutes, cause then they can't KoS 15 people a day.

I did it once, because i was 98% sure he wasn't gonna shoot me. He said he was new to the game, and he and his mate were shitting bricks while my mate and i were giving them stuff. Gave gim a loaded Magnum and some spare ammo for it. They thanked us about 10 times and we we moved on.

But wouldn't you like to see others strife for longevity as well?

Thanks. Yes, i wasn't going to suggest a kill counter. It's DayZ, not Unreal Tournament. (LOL i actually replied to that thread. Completely forgotten it. Shame on me.)

Thats one of the things that should be prevented more with both these options. I'm pretty sure it will stop quite a percentage of players who do this. And the rest, well, they'll still suck at the game, and we'll have numbers to back that up ^^. This means some sort of DayZ profile should be created though. So other people can see your stats. (Or maybe just display it in the playerlist when you press ''P'')

Hmmm.. (average) time alive might be better indeed, although the difference isn't that big. The only difference i see is that instead of people fearing to get to the average death number, they're gonna try to make it to (and over) the average time alive number. Which is slightly more positive, i guess.

It's because gear > life at the moment. If people loose their gear, they don't care if they die. The only one's i've been able to hold up are people who were completely new to the game, and basically shit themselves while i was handing them food, water and weapons. If someone were to hold me up, i'd listen, just because life > gear for me. If i die, i fail at the game. Simple as that. I wish everyone would play like this, cause it'd stop a lot of senseless killing. This may have been discussed before, but wouldn't a Death Counter in the main menu solve a lot of people killing themselves/people being careless? That way you can measure your skill by number of deaths & hours played.

I like some of your ideas, but i also agree with the people who say the game needs a lot more done first. I'm pretty sure that the KoS rate will be changed after everything is added to the game. If it's still a problem by then, we can adress it accordingly. For now all you can do is being extremely careful. Just make sure you spot them before they spot you, so you'll have the upper hand. If you have the upper hand, you can hold people up, question them, and if you think they're bandits, shoot them. You can punish them yourself. Make sure you let them know why. Playing in a group will decrease the odds of seeing them first, but people are less inclined to shoot at a group, so theres that. I've met my share of killers, but also good people. And as long as i'll be meeting those, i'll play the game.

Oh boy, another KoS thread. There's only a thousand around. May i direct you to the first page? There's the KoS discussion topic. Careful in there though. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/154460-so-kos-official-sa-kos-discussion-topic/

I hated the expression from the first time a mate used it.

There are (semi) long range rounds for shotguns.

I play with everything on, and maxed out. Framerate drops a bit in cities, but thats it. No other problems. Have a decent PC, but not the newest of the newest stuff. Can't post specs now, i'm on a different PC and don't know them of the top of my head. Only know i have an Intel i7 Processor.

I've been to Rify plenty of times, and never had a problem. Must have been lucky, i guess. Besides, plenty of people go there, so don't let your guard down. We've met plenty of people there. On topic: Great testing dude. Not gonna bother myself now.

Do you? Don't complain then.

Thats what i was thinking. You're not going to eat that disinfectant spray covered Saline bag, are you?

Shouldn't be too loud though. The current system makes sure you can't hear players if they're far away, and being able to turn up your voice volume would mess that up. Besides, i usually have the DayZ volume pretty high, so i can hear gunshots and rustling as good as i could in real life. So people ''shouting'' to me with their volume on 4000 while i didnt see them would give me a heart attack.

It does sound like mumbling from time to time, but i've had clear conversations as well. Maybe some players have their microphone volume low or something.

Like people said above me, 0 desync is fine. My mate has over 2000 desync sometimes. Thats when it gets unplayable.