Diggydug (DayZ)

Have you ever considered that in the event of a real outbreak that people wouldn't be murdering each other left and right? I think it's more realistic to look at true examples of natural disasters or occasions of anarchy and find that it brings out the best and the worst rings true, but even "the worst" in some people isn't a deranged killer, in fact this is rarely the case... You often have looters, robbers, muggers, and violent fucks, but you also have people on the opposite end trying to help strangers and get everything back together. In a real zombie apocalypse I like to imagine it'd be much more like WarZ where people freak out but realize they need to work together to have a chance to survive...a key difference though is that that book was based off of reality in a sense and DayZ cannot be, as it needs to be played. The only reason people (like you) KOS is because you're not worried about your life. There's a reason soldiers have always been rewarded for acts of valor, because even people who are fighting don't like risking their own lives like that and in a situation like this people wouldn't shoot others because they know it'd put their life at risk as well. ________ If you want to argue realism, then come back with a stronger argument, but KOS just needs to be toned down, making that so, however, is the tricky part.

This is basically the same in the STALKER games and that's not a bad thing. You "level up" by getting better gear, personally I like that. You've not even experienced how good/bad this may be and you're judging it so soon? :/ This isn't a con and I'm sure there are many factors involved there. You can still play the mod, so what's the fuss? Let it come out, if you don't like it at first, stick with the mod and check in on how it's going. I don't see how it's going to go downhill from here, but that's me. :P

I believe it relates to the lack of balls that have dropped.

Be someone's guardian angel.

Last I checked, dead men can't sprint. Last I checked, women aren't more nimble than men for being women. Physiology has nothing to do with it, it's just a weird and inexplicable reason to have different zombies with different strengths and weaknesses when the virus should affect all the same way. In terms of gameplay, I'd hate it.

That's the same as a movie with demonic little girls being killed or attacked or The Walking Dead show. :| Not the same thing, but w/e if they can add zombie children I'm okay with it, but I don't see why it's a big deal to some people.

No no no no no! DayZ isn't your typical zombie game where different types of infected roam the world. -.- Why would a woman be more nimble because she's a woman? Why would a male zombie be stronger than a female zombie? If this becomes a mod/game with multiple zombie types then I'm out. That's a mod not rated and not under scrutiny by major groups as it's not being sold. As it stands now, DayZ could probably have child zombies and be fine, as it's just a mod. With the SA it wouldn't go over so well.

Zombie children don't wield weapons...you kinda went off topic there, this isn't about players being children as far as I can tell, it's about children that are infected and out for blood.

This isn't a typical zombie virus, perhaps it kills some people (children) and others become the undead/infected you have to deal with? I don't see why having children is such a big thing, and making them behave differently (faster -.-) is even more ridiculous. No way.

The 1st and 2nd one were hilarious. 3rd one not so much.

If people expect this miraculous new game from the standalone then they're lying to themselves. EDIT: Lol as soon as I re-read that I saw how negative it seems. I'm saying that the standalone is just the beginning of DayZ's road to optimization and new content, something it can't really do while remaining a mod. It'll be great, definitely, but not this mass revamp some people seem to anticipate.

The worst thing that can happen is you die. ;)

It's got many more cons than pros. You can get something like Xpadder to set it up yourself. I've heard some people say they use xbox controllers for it but I'm pretty sure it's impossible to efficiently use any controller for all of the possible actions you can perform. It was made for mouse and keyboard, which is evident in the amount of keybindings and how the inventory works.

Pardon me if this is answered somewhere or is simply a stupid question, but I haven't been on these forums since August and don't actually play DayZ...buuuut.... Will DayZ SA have singleplayer or is this unknown? (I don't have a choice currently, no multiplayer for me with fail ISP) EDIT: "Q: I have to ask: Will there be a single player option with Day Z standalone? If so, will there be roving NPCs that function on a need->get kind of mentality to prevent them from starving to death? A: Probably. But I am unlikely to work on that. Later once this is successful we might get a team to do that or we will open it up to the community." Just found that, so nevermind. ;)

Yes because soldiers use 50 caliber weapons as anti-personnel equipment...are you that stupid? Sure it's happened but that's not what you WANT to bring to fight other people. It's a beast to lug around and not very good at keeping you hidden. In a zombie apocalypse I don't expect I'll be shooting down helis, I'll be running like fuck to save my skin, generally hiding in a building and laying low until it's gone.

Watch ShackTac play ArmA II and you'll see what it's like potentially. :P It's definitely not simply killing people.

I'm all for playing how you want, as long as it's not purely to do asshole things, as most of these people tend to have hacked/duped gear, but meh now I'm stereotyping and will end it at that. My point about the sniping assholes (not all snipers are assholes) is exactly because it's more dangerous. They want a challenge? Go into territory where people are kitted out and also with blood on their minds.

I'm not saying sniping is a dirty deed, not at all, it's when you consider everyone an enemy and your only reason is an assumption. Remember, survivors spawn on the coast too, and they will sooner or later leave Cherno and be on their merry way. If you have nothing better to do than sit there and snipe people because you don't trust them, when you could just go further north where it's much wiser to assume everyone is willing to murder your ass, then I'm sorry. :(

They're attacked by those "high end" gear guys that they're not helping though. Is a guy who won't EVER attempt to kill you competing with you and a potential threat later on down the road? Hardly.

Tell that to Dr. Wasteland. :P

They can always counter-snipe, offer their services to others for fun, kill zombies for someone, or something more creative.The idea of, "I'm bored...nothing to do anymore. I guess I'll kill people," is for close-minded assholes. Since so many people are sniping for ridiculous reasons, kill them. There's one guy who made a thread about killing snipers because that's what he wants to do. It's a lot better than killing people who never would've known you were there and are out for loot and a lot better than shooting people who just spawned.

Yep because a guy sitting on a hill sniping newbies is "eliminating competition." Yep because a guy sitting on a hill sniping people in Cherno, even though he has no intentions of looting the town, is "eleminating competition." Yep because a guy sitting at NWAF sniping looters when he already has the loot is "eleminating competition." Most of the people that kill for fun aren't competing at all, they're just bored assholes.

You're stupid...simple as that. Hackers ruining the game?! Hack to combat them!!! Infallible logic, right?

...how the hell does anybody know which one is better if only one is currently playable?