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Interesting idea, but realism is pretty key around these parts. Super loud screaming Zombie is more sci-fi than this perceived reality. What I WOULD like to see is realistic loot from Zombies. If I kill a Military zombie, it stands to reason it would have Military loot. I mean, I can see the helmet and military fatigues when I kill it. Sure, the items would probably be pretty worn, but it could be an improvement if a new spawn was able to take one down. Medical Zombies should have medicines. Police Zombies could have pepper spray, batons, handguns, handcuffs etc

There is a link back to the main hive for each public server. From what I can tell, anytime you get a server disconnect or boot there is a delay in feeding your current character back to the main server. If you create another character and do any adventuring with that character, it is unlikely you will get your character back. The server will send your character back to the main hive and over-right your old character. A good practice if you really want your old character, is to wait several minutes after you get get disconnected to try and log back onto your server. The BEST option, is to wait until the server you were on stabilizes and log back onto that server. That way it will load your previous character (probably rolled back 5-10 minutes), but otherwise unscathed.

If he kept calm, kept his distance and didn't pull his gun out then I let them live and have a fun interaction. The second his guns comes out, he gets wasted. Not worth the risk.

Love all the new items I am finding, that weren't exactly in the build notes. Also found new items: Hand Gun Weapon Flashlight (attached to my FX, works lovely) .357 Speed Load for Magnum (Pristine, but can't figure out how to attach) Weapon cleaning kit - didn't bother picking up because of reports of only negative interactions with guns Also notice an error message is now given when you fail to place something in your hands. Other notes: - Suppressors still not functioning - Still cannot change from rifle to axe without stopping - I swear there is an increase in Zombie population. Plus, range in which they become aggressive increased. I was walking as a fresh spawn and I saw one running from over 200 yards away, right at me when I did not make any sounds - Could be luck, but I also found a pristine M4 and Pristine Mosin in one sweep of Vybor Great update so far!

I'm pretty sure it is by design. Think about it, any real life situation military or police will be looted first. What you find will be minimal, and probably in pretty bad shape.

Spawns definitely changed, by design I think. High spawn rate to test items, then reduce to simulate more realistic playability. Zombies definitely were stealth upgraded with this patch. I see more of them, with larger aggro radius' and stealthier movement. And yes, bunnies still growl. Scares me everytime.

10/10, would watch again.

Depends on the 'hive' you load into. Any public server should have your old character (although rolled back a bit). Any private server will start you as a fresh spawn.

Eat tons of food, then drink water. Remember that water is consumed when you eat. You have to eat A LOT more than you think in order to get healthy. For me it was 4 rice, a full dried milk, and a few cans of food until I finally got 'healthy'. Only thing I would change, is I wish we had an actual bar/meter to show where our blood, health, food and thirst were. The current indication system is extremely vague, and difficult to read for color blind players.

Well. Night in DayZ is pitch black night. There are some adjustments you can make in the graphical settings that can make it easier to see, but some think it is cheating. You can reduce the cloud density, and increase your gamma to get a 'moon light' look to the game. Otherwise, use your flashlight at night. Remember there is no electricity, so there is no ambient light - makes sense from a realism perspective. Zombies - these are bugged to hell right now. They are a major focus point for them. They are not clipping with the environment properly, and the AI and frequency of zombies is off. They are aware of this issue, and it is a major focus of their development. Items/Spawning - right now there are no 'respawn' of items. Items spawn when the server resets. If you go through an area after someone else did, you won't find anything Other players - looks like you learned this lesson already. People can't be trusted, it's part of the experience. Also, alpha.

My suggestion is this: interaction between items on your hot key bar. Example: Currently, to reload a your Mosin, you would need to go into your inventory and manually load from the inventory screen. This is cumbersome, and while realistic, removes you from the immersion of the game world. What if instead of requiring you to go into your inventory, the hot keys can interact with each other. For example, if I put my .762 ammunition pile on hot-key 2, and my Mosin on hot-key 1. If I hit 2 on my keyboard, it will allow me to click 1 on my keyboard to load the Mosin. This would still require an action by the player to reload the gun to maintain realism, without requiring them to lose their field of vision while opening their inventory. Could similarly work with the M4. Click 3 for bullets, then click 2 to load them into my ciip, then click 2 then 1 to load into my M4.

From my experience, simply relog going to the same server also fixes a broken leg.

Brilliant, but I don't buy the idea of losing all the food due to method of opening. If it was an apolcalypse, and I just spilled half my beans on the floor, I would be licking the floor clean.

I was talking to my buddy about Dayz, and thought one thing that is definitely missing is weather. A lot of the time you can see your breath, which would indicate that it is cold enough in the game to snow. Adding possible snow fall to potential weather could have a lot of fun in game implications. 1) Visibility - would limit how far you could see, and could make raiding military bases easier in a snow storm hindering the vision of snipers 2) Tracking a. Humans - With snow, comes footprints. It would be fun to have your footprints remain for a certain period of time if walking in an area that had snow fall. Either for a new spawn trying to avoid other players, or a cut throat bandit trying to find their next prey b. Animals - once Hunting is implemented, it certainly stands to reason that using animal footprints in the snow to track an animal would be a useful addition for an observant hunter

My M4 has a flashlight, which is great - but is there any easy way to toggle the flashlight on/off without going into the inventory screen?

What are you drinking that your character begs for water? If you go to a well or pond and drink until 'My stomach is completely full', you won't have to drink about for over an hour. Easy to find a major water source every hour or so of gaming.

I have definitely understood for a while you take a risk when dropping items on the ground or moving them into viscinity. Hopefully gets fixed soon, but to avoid losing items you are using don't put them in viscinity. If it is something like a first aid kit, put it directly in your hands to open it.

How did you carry both the Mosin and the M4 at the same time? 'i fired several moison shots at him and hit nothing' 'so i hid behind a tree pulled out my M4' As far I can tell, you cannot carry two rifles without some sort of glitch.

I 100%disagree with this. More infected, and more intelligent.

Two sure ways to get your character wiped: 1) Instantly joining another server if you receive the 'No Message has been received for x seconds' 2) Hitting exit when at the 'Waiting for host' or 'Please wait' screens My theory is your character is caught in limbo by the server, and your character hasn't been sent back to the main hive. If you start again with your new character, and start picking up items, your new character is going to override your character on the main hive. if you immediately log out, and wait a few minutes, your original character should return.