knifeparty

at the logon screen click on your name in the lower right corner. You can change it there.

I believe your character is reset because the hive wasn't put online as of you logging on.. I have seen a lot of tweets that they are working on it. As for your name, you can now edit it. click on your name at the logon screen and change it as you see fit.

I found it in the pub building, that has the bar in it and the nice medical spawn bedroom

I also found a mosin compensator... don't have a pic currently but I think its cool that there is extra goodies to find!

I've played about 150 hrs. I had a run where it seemed like I spawned in the same spot at Kamenka for a while. My spawns seem to change. The same things happen with features like blood type. For a while I thought I would never be anything other than A+.. just a streak.... it will pass.

I am totally not complaining about the current zombie situation, as I know it will get better, but that WAS pretty funny there. kudos

That's all we need.. bunch of dudes running around in skinny jeans. They'd be the only pants with no inventory space because they are so tight they can't put anything in the pockets.. I'd like to see some over-groomed, fancy lad hike 20 kilometers in those things. I'm going home right now, finding the tightest fitting pair of pants I can and burning them in effigy whilst I pray to the old gods that Chernarus fashion doesn't turn to the dark side. I might have to adjust my no KoS rule for anybody who looks like they just got back from a one direction concert, or got mauled by a bedazzler. (I say this all in jest.... kind of)

So currently, flashlights and lamps shine light through walls... It is very noticeable from short to medium distances....

I'm more of a "Call of C'thulhu" type of guy.

Merino has awesome youtube video guides for the standalone!

Check out my site. I am 34. Some are older, some younger. we have no age requirement, although a certain level of maturity is expected. We only accept friendly/hero types and do not abide the bandit/murderer style of gameplay. We are currently small but growing. I expect that to change as this year moves us out of alpha. We have voice comms and forums, and are looking into renting a server (we might wait until prices go down, although some from my pack might split the cost). Either way, good luck to you. PM me on the forums here and I'll give you my steam name. I like to run as a medic on the coast and perhaps we can run together at least. www.wolf-mind.com

It changes. I had a long run with A+ and thought it might stick, but nope.. It absolutely re-rolls your blood type every death.

It would be cool to use the spray paint loot to be able to put red crosses on things like your helmet, shirt and pack. I think that would be better than having random medic spawns, because you would have to do something intentional to pose as a medic, whether your intentions are good or bad. If there was just random medic clothes around, you would have people that could be neither running around in medic gear.... it would be a detriment to the intent of having it in game in the first place.

Don't limit yourself to the first "neat" spot you find. Mark it on your mental list of nice spots and go discover the rest of the map. There are a lot of cool places and things to see. Who knows, maybe you'll run into some other survivors and have yourself an experience.

I like to wear the dust mask and always carry my first aid kit around in my hands.. I play the role that I am a Berezino field medic. People tend to get a kick out of that... I hope they make it so you can spray paint your helmets. I would love it if spray-painting your helmet red, would put a cross in front to signify a medic...

Haha... "DayZ scumbags list"... I love it! so true. You need to make that it's own thread and add to the list.

I tend to hop if things aren't jumping on the server I am on. I like to be on the more populated servers, handing out water bottles and opening food cans for people, providing general aid.... that kind of stuff. My personal opinion is that it shouldn't be done to get loot, although I'm not 100% on that as sometimes servers can get pretty dried up prior to restart. No point in being on a server with nothing in it (although I generally haven't ran into extreme cases of this). Those issues will change once they implement respawns. I think that server hopping is all about what you do with it.. no harm in starting off on a low pop to get familiar with the game, then moving to a higher pop. I think it's the people that hop to farm military spawns, hospitals etc.. that give server hopping a bad name. I actually can't wait to find a permanent home. I like the feeling of being a "regular" on a server. I have already found one that I tend to stay on for the most part. If nobody's on, I go into loot mode, gathering supplies for my next coast run.. if it's hopping, I like to hit the coasts and try to be a hero.

I would suggest finding a mic, and touring the coast.. on a well pop'd server it's not difficult to run into people. I like to run inland, get bandages, saline bags, water bottles and can openers, then go into the coast and hand them out. It can get a little unnerving though once you draw a crowd... nothing like a bunch of axe wielding newspawns running around you while you try to administer aid.

Merinos got good DayZ videos I've watched them all. That is who I linked earlier in the thread... :thumbsup:

Good call on the saline kits. I should have said that myself instead of blood bags...

I know I've already seen rain... snow would be pretty cool. I wonder if making it stick to the ground would be a programming challenge. I kinda like where your going with this.

I think that's awesome. I like the idea of being a go-to guy for medical treatment. There are a lot of video's popping up on how to treat sickness and injuries in game. I would start there. Here's one about food illness. (bottom line, have charcoal tabs and blood bags) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A29-75325kg You sound like a good guy to have on one's side. Good luck to ya! PM me if you want my steam name. You sound like a good guy to know when he's in game/vice versa! shameless dayz community site plug - www.wolf-mind.com

For the instance of taking your own blood, I think that while difficult, sure it is totally doable. I know that in the real world, this is not a safe practice, because there can be complications, patients can have a bad reaction, faint, etc... As far as giving yourself a transfusion, I find that if you really needed it, you probably wouldn't be giving it to yourself.. you would probably be in no condition to. Those are basing this on being as close to reality as possible. There are a lot of reasons the whole blood bag/saline bag mechanic is no where near reality. I'm not complaining about that. I like the way things are set up. I think the best scenario for a lone wolf, would be to align himself loosely to a community, that he could call on for help, if things go a little too hairy. I really don't think you should be able to transfuse yourself. I kind of like where Ted's going with the idea about the needle, perhaps there is some intermediary item that can be crafted, like an auto injector, that would make giving yourself blood doable, perhaps to a lesser degree than a blood or saline bag. Shameless community site plug www.wolf-mind.com

Never got a chance to use an m50. Just for kicks I went out and grabbed my m40 from the garage, You sure can breath through it without the filter... As a side note.. doing a good image search for gas masks nets some creepy results.. I decided not to continue.

Dang... Just validating my opinions with a good ol' fashioned story... why's it gotta be like that? Heck, I thought some people might actually get a kick out of it and learn a thing or to from actual experience... sorry to have offended your delicate sensibilities.