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Epoch is a bit of a grind if you're by yourself. Just a heads up. Sobaka TYS

Really? I'll take a look. Its the Official Site. I hope you're being honest.. >:( I may be wrong.. Sobaka TYS

@hunk92 Yes I agree that your character should change with time. Rocket has talked about scars, limps and more to our liking.. knowledge. I don't mind skills as long as they are Subtle. What I mean is that it is not immediately noticed by the player. I would appreciate anything along those lines. I just don't want a skill tree to pop up and I place perks into the attribute etc. That is too gamey and not what this should be about. It should be if I do an activity X many times successfully and my character experiences that then I should get better. Like IRL. For eg. after lighting a fire with flint and kindling so many times it takes less strokes on the flint after a while. It will still be realistic and even a bit arbitrary for the most part. It might take 3x more time than normal because of other variables on any given day (your character has recently healed a broken wrist). It may be your character is having a bad day (random). Long story short. It needs to be subtle and behind the scenes. No way of actually knowing how far your character has actually progressed. No debug moniter, visual skill tree, perks or levels etc. Must be authentic, realistic and believable. Not to mention hard. My two cents.. Sobaka TYS

Yeah RUS_Starbuck I have heard of her. A very interesting story. I always love hearing about Chernobyl stories, they bring out a lot of questions about humanity and technology. Sobaka TYS

As well you have an infection in the screenshot. My analysis of your predicament is this: - In the recent patch a number of things changed, you may be confused about what you may have seen/played in previous versions. - First thing to inflict you is the new loot spawning system. Now loot is related to player proximity (75-35m, previously 125-35m) and takes a while to spawn. Long story short, if you run in too quick the loot won't spawn and you will have to wait/come back later. If you wait within the proximity for a while the loot will spawn. You may have to do two runs through the same building. Now I run through the buildings on my loot run at speed then do a circuit and come around again slower. - Second thing to inflict on you is the way damage from zombies is taken and related blood calculations. Now you bleed a lot less than in previous versions. Now you will take on-hit blood damage with a chance of infection; bleeding is a bit uncommon now. Viral Zeds (distinguishable by bloody character model) deal more damage and have 4x chance of infection. Avoid these. My conclusion is that now you are getting infected/taking blood damage far too often. As well you are finding less loot, thus making your survival chances drop even further. My suggestion for you is to become more stealthy when entering a loot area. Not only will you avoid more zeds you will give yourself enough time for the loot to spawn. Also don't go to high-traffic areas (Airfields, Major Cities etc) these are often looted constantly, leaving you with empty cans. Goodluck.. Sobaka TYS

There. Fixed that for you.. :P

I'm with Byzan. This is a Survival Horror Game based off a Mil-Sim Game. This is not an MMORPG where you get skills, perks or 'talents'. Not only is that giving players an 'unfair' advantage its not really in the spirit of the game and not what Rocket, the dev team and the 'mature' community want. Also be patient. The game is in Alpha! You should have known this when you bought the game. [so many people posting suggestions when all the major problems need to be ironed out first.] There are many more high priority things that need to be done. My two cents.. Sobaka TYS

Hey superiorgenes.. Try checking the server actually allows for 3rd Person, some are set to veteran difficulty or don't all third at all. When in DayZ Commander you can toggle 3rd person servers on and off to suit you. Also in the name of the server you should see whether its allowed or not. Look for this: [Regular|3DP:ON|CH:ON] – difficulty level (regular or veteran) | third person perspective (on/off) | cross-hair (on/off) Make sure 3DP = ON. If this doesn't fix it then maybe you need to reset your control bindings to default. Goodluck.. Sobaka TYS

I use Sobaka in-game because it is Ukrainian for hound. I have Ukrainian ancestry and I always thought it sounded cool. Out of game I use TYS which stands for The Young Semanticist.

The map Capo linked you is for SA. There is a Mod version on that website. I find it to be pretty accurate apart from the vehicle spawns. Goodluck with the Mod, I'm sure you'll find it a lot of fun.. Sobaka TYS

Dude go into your sound menu in control panel and enable your headphones as the default receiver. Sobaka TYS

http://www.dayzcommander.com/ Dude download Commander from here.. ^_^ Sobaka TYS

Simply no. Ruins the game. Sobaka TYS

Ahh the old fallacy Ad Impetus Communitas. Please do not use communism as a failed example of a plan. It makes you sound ignorant to some. As for your problem. Don't play Epoch. I never liked it and now play just Vanilla DayZ Mod. If you think there is nothing to do/no endgame read this: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/161803-goal-what-goal/ If you are like Barbosa/Colonel Wicked then there is little hope. Uninstall and go play something where everything is handed to you on a silver platter. Perhaps this isn't the game for you. My two cents.. Sobaka TYS

:emptycan: The search bar sits idle... ...waiting for use... ...instead people post blindly... ...and so draw abuse. :emptycan:

First of all h3l1x is correct. Second of all I can see your frustration coming from Frankie's videos to the Mod for yourself. His videos are for entertainment and are not a true representation of gameplay. Not to mention the hacking allegations which display some solid evidence for that kind of activity. But this is justifiable because many people enjoy these videos and I see no harm in what he does. Here is some steps I posted elsewhere for help on Commander: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/164566-recommend-me-a-server/ Goodluck.. Sobaka TYS

To Johnnybeachboy.. For your resolution problems. Go into the Video Options in the Options menu in the main menu. Then click advanced and tweak these things: Interface Resolution: Whatever your desktop/screen resolution is. 3D Resolution: Make sure this is 100% (should be the same res as above) Video Memory: Default Postprocess Effects: Disabled Aspect Ratio: Find out the ratio of your monitor/screen. Try looking up the model from the manufacturer or look on a forum. Interface size: This is the size of your GUI etc. Tweak this to whatever looks best to you. Do this last. As for your game version and problems with that, get DayZ Commander: http://www.dayzcommander.com/ This will allow you to update everything to the latest version and search for servers with ease. Finally you said you downloaded the Overwatch, Origins, and Epoch mods. Now I highly suggest playing Default/Vanilla DayZ Mod before trying any of those Mods out to get a feel for it. To jump straight into those other Mods would mean a constant death message relay for you, no offense. As well watch Youtube guides and tutorials to understand the game from someone else's point of view and help you out. Goodluck and have fun.. Sobaka TYS

To GaleKast.. I'm glad that your loving the Standalone even though it is in Alpha. I suggest getting the Mod (default DayZ) as it is more complete at the moment and is a lot of fun. On the plus side you won't be in the category who just bought Alpha without playing the Mod and have limited experience and knowledge about the 'DayZ experience'. Most of the bugs/glitches in the Mod have been fixed. Its up to you.. Sobaka TYS

This is a Survival Horror Game, based off a Mil-Sim Game. It is not an Arena-Style Shooter. If it was implemented it would be extremely inaccurate and a huge waste of ammunition, not to mention ineffective in combat. Which thus brings us to the conclusion that it is not worth the time. Sobaka TYS

Hmm there have been many threads on topics similar to this and they all mostly go against what Rocket and the 'mature community' want the game to be. DayZ is an open-world, sandbox (a true sandbox) Survival Horror Game. It is not an MMO-RPG in the sense that you have that skill/perk/mastery/class grind feel. Players create their own story, and there should be an equal playing field in terms of base character skills. I and many others don't want it to feel like a super-gamey dumbed down Survival RPG. That is one of my fears. Also adding proficiencies isnt the best way to add intrinsic value to characters. There are more solid systems in the works that will eventually be implemented. I might think on this and generate a different response. My two cents anyway.. Sobaka TYS

Simply ruins immersion. People will still hop to escape night time. Not solid enough. Sobaka TYS

Simply no. There are much better systems being implemented/finalized to fix this problem.

Woah please get your history right and Chernarus/Arma 2 'lore' as well! >:( There have been many posts regarding new weapons etc and some of them are just not authentic. Most of the community agree that there should be a selection of weapons that should be along the lines of this: :emptycan: There should be a supply of Civilian weapons that are common and are of Soviet/Russian/Eastern origin. This would include hunting rifles and bows, small caliber arms, personal defense weapons etc. :emptycan: There should also be Military weapons that are uncommon (only spawn in Mil areas) and are of Soviet/Russian/Eastern origin. This would include the AK series, TT series, OT-s series etc. :emptycan: Ok now any Western weapons or anything that doesn't fit into the Chernarussian landscape will be rare and can only be found in certain locations: Helicopter crash sites, western wrecks and vehicles etc. These would be scavenger or 'throw away weapons' that would be discarded after depletion of ammo. They could be scavenged for their western attachments and placed on an eastern weapon. As to the OPs suggestion of adding more WW2 era weapons into the game, the US/UK weapons would be absurd and not authentic. As for the German weapons.. not so much either. But more Russian weapons like the already implemented Mosin would fit nicely. But remember authenticity. There are so many posts asking for more western weapons like in the Mod which kills immersion. Hopefully the M4 and FNX become rare as the SA progresses. My two cents.. Sobaka TYS

Please use the search function next time.. Sobaka TYS

I have all the DLCs for ArmA 2 and have finished them all. You all aught to play at least Operation Harvest Red. For me my favourite campaign was the British Armed Forces one despite Frosts annoying voice. As to the question posed by the OP.. Western guns don't fit into DayZ as common weapons. They should be rare. Russian/Soviet/Chernarussian weapons are much more authentic. Also civilian weapons should be the most common, eg Hunting Rifles, small caliber personal defense weapons etc. To find a piece of western gear should be special and limited. To have them as common as in the Mod would break the games 'lore/immersion'. Also your ammo suggestions and solutions are being surpassed by some more solid systems which are now in the works. You shouldn't worry about any of it, just leave it to Rocket ^_^. As well BigMike you're not quite there on the story buddy. My two cents.. Sobaka TYS