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Keep in mind that most things in Frankie's vids are completely set up and you'll have nowhere near the same experience going in as he does. Make sure to research accordingly before spending money and prevent yourself from potential disappointment.

This is a mod for Arma 3, so yeah you need to buy Arma 3 for it to work.

The game has bad user reviews because it's still a piece of shit (no offense.) I'm playing it anyway because i love checking the new things and the shittiness kind of has that nostalgic DayZ charm for me (though i fully ''expect'' it to not be shitty in the future.)

Zombies still not patched back in? Seya in another 2 months then.

Agree with this playstyle completely. Not playing SA right now because of no zeds. Zeds are also probably what worry me the most, progress wise. I really hope they can get them to work as intended, in great numbers, but since it's likely the hardest part of development i'm not sure it'll happen.

I heard what i thought was a kid yelling over comms, spooked the shit out of me since i hadn't seen anyone around and was in quite open space. Then i go outside the house i was in and see 2 cows running away from me. lol First non-player movement i've seen in the past days.

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He hasn't been on the forums since early 2014. I wish he'd dump a message or jab every now and then to show some interest, but apparently he's not interested in showing the community that he still gives a shit.

Zombies need to return asap, preferably in great numbers and in a hotfix before 0.59. (Motor)bikes would be great. Maybe quads and/or trikes, small single-seater stuff that's relatively easy to find and haul ass around the map with. And with that the implementation of slower sprinting and stamina.

Yes, just drag it into your hands.

Some stuff stored in camps counts towards the CLE, like vehicle parts i believe. Which would mean that if all of them are stored in camp containers, none can be found elsewhere. (At least that's what i gathered from Hicks on reddit.) I'd like to know if this is the case for weapons too, or if i'm wrong alltogether.

I bloody well hope they hotfix zombies back in sooner than 0.59, game isn't worth ''testing'' at this point.

I haven't found an M4 since early 2014. Don't know where the hell they went.

I agree, though it'll depend on the development speed from now on as well. The game is pretty fucken shitty at the moment, because there are no zombies. If they manage to keep the alpha as terrible as it is now until they hit beta, the change will be bigger. And if the beta is shitty as well, release will be all the more sweet. Unless release will be shitty too, in which case ''k tnx bye'' applies again. Not shitty would be: No lag/desync, hordes of scary zombies with decent AI, all the features (base building, loads of different vehicles) minimised clunkyness/solid controls (without loosing the realism), balanced loot, little to no hackers, etc. So message to devs: Keep the alpha and beta disgustingly horrible to play, and release a shiny well functioning game with all the shit implemented to keep the biggest possible playerbase.

Decided to go look for some action at the NWAF after finding more guns, ammo and food than i can carry. Hadn't met any players since the 4-ish ours i started playing again, so my guard was down. No zombies to shoot either, so at this point i just wanted to do anything with another player, be it trade or have a gunfight. Started looting the tents. I don't know why i was so greedy, cause i was already packed to the fucking max with everything i needed. Whilst i was deciding what to take and/or leave behind, i hear a shot and see a bit of blur on the screen. I immediately realise some bloke shot my clothes to bits, but i still had a chance. I turn around towards the tent opening, trying to get my MP5 out (it left the hotbar again, which happens when you drop it and pick it up again.) My attacker casually reloads besides the tent, appears again and blows me in the head with his shotty. Dang, i need to work on my reaction times and perceptiveness.

Compass has been working fine for me 98% of the time, but yeah, sometimes i don't end up where i thought i was gonna end up when i could swear i was using the compass correctly.

Hope so, i think it fits the game well enough. Half eaten corpses, missing limbs, pools of blood, etc. all add to the atmosphere. There's an idea, blood trails. Makes it easy to hunt down wounded animals (and other prey, ofcourse).

Not sure i'd recommend a RP server for it. I've been on one for a while, and the majority of the people are either hunting cannibals/bandits or just friendly. Not much to hunt there, and there's loads of competition.

I started getting really cold as well, tried using a heat pack i picked up. Clicked activate but it didn't seem to do much.

Difference is that in an actual apocalypse, i think much less people would be killing for no reason. They'd kill to save their starving child or themselves, etc. Not that it matters much, people are going to play how they want, but imo the quality of the game goes up for everyone if there's some interaction before or instead of the killing. The adrenaline would still be there, cause you might die just as easely as you do with all the kos if you don't have the upper hand in said interaction. And getting robbed of all your shit is almost as bad as dying anyway. Maybe even worse if they kneecap you when they leave.

It pains me to see dudes still hopping around in the ancient army clothes/gas mask combo. I even got killed on sight by one with an M4, i thought i'd gone back in time.

Interesting vids, i like how you got things out in the open. I think it breaks the tension a bit. I'll try that next time.

Doesn't that get old? I rarely shoot people and i don't really look for gunfights, but it's thrilling to loot semi-popular spots where there's a decent chance of meeting someone. I played on a RP server, and pretty much everyone was friendly. That eliminated a lot of the thrill, so it got old for me.

Same old story of people confusing being ''friendly'' with trusting someone completely, and then getting screwed. You don't need to put his gun in your mouth as a test of ''friendliness''. My very first encounter was a dude popping up in front of me spooking the shit out of me by shooting a zombie which was charging me from behind. He just asked for some bandages and moved off, leaving me amazed i was still alive. Later that week in a NWAF barracks i ran into a dude with my gun out, told him to stop for a second, and he just kept walking towards me and telling me to get out of his way, with an additude of ''i just don't wanna deal with this bullshit today''. I was so surprised i forgot to shoot him while he ran past me. Theres loads of non-lethal encounters.

I recently dumped my black assault vest cause it looked bad on my nice red 'n black jacket. Found a chest holster which i'm using now, still doesn't look right, but since i'm playing a character that sells weapons for drugs, it probably works. Screw funcionality, we need some civilisation in DayZ!