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Responses like these only take away from the threads purpose, while this trick might be old to some of us, I think it was great of Nelson to post and inform those who otherwise don't know about how to put that much M4 ammo into a Ammo box. Thanks, Nelson!!!

This happens all the time, when your Steam went down you could have been jumped by Zombies who in the 30 something seconds it takes your toon to disappear could have killed you, or you could have been seen by another player and they seen you both in the "logging" animation and decided to help you out of your gear, lol... But never get attached to your gear, it comes and goes.

You sir, have earned a Sub!

I accidentally ranged my Mosin to 600 meters and popped some Bandits head off, "accidentally".

The M4 is definitely one of those guns that you need to land your shots where it counts, I always aim for the Upperchest and the recoil of the gun during my 3 to 5 shot burst will carry it up to the targets head no problem. I would roll with the SKS but it has let me down far too many times in the past, and I find the M4 to be a far more reliable weapon, it's just a pain in the arss to gather up all those pristine parts, lol...

Server performance and Not being able to get back and loot your gear, are the main reasons for the 10 minute body-despawn timer. I agree that having dead bodies littering the map would give it a more Apocalypse feel, but until they finish optimizing the servers and such, I don't see it happening.

Duping still exists and people still take advantage of it, I have seen many groups of players running around together with the same exact gear, moments after several of them died, so no it's not fixed. I agree that Server hopping won't stop until they introduce some sort of Loot respawn system, even then, people will continue to hop. Gearception is still alive and thriving, I know a decent amount of people who stack items inside of each other to gain "unreal" space for stuff... I agree that all these things need to be remedied and fixed, and some sort of punishment be put in place, but banning for the rest of alpha/beta would be very close to the most severe punishment of permaban. Something such as: (Not able to play any Battleye supported games, ect.) 3 Day Ban / 1 Week Ban / 1 Month Ban / Alpha Ban / Beta Ban / Perma-ban, ect.

And I love the amount of people who come in here (A Poll thread discussing if we "the players" are happy with the current way Zombies are.) and belittle anyone elses opinions on the matter, you have your opinions on how things are, playstyles, zombies, ect. Why can't others have different opinions, without being called fanboys/elitists/cheerleaders? I mean, I don't come in here and call people who love/like the PvP playstyle a bunch of "Call of Dooty Buttonpunchers" do I? A little respect for others with differing opinions would go a long way to soothing the animosity between the players and their styles...

Grimey, when you came to this game, and you read about it or watched a trailer/game-play video on YouTube for it, what was your first impressions about this game? Sure you have played 700+ hours, and in that time you have grown not only as a player, but a individual as well, you have posted several responses as to your distastes for people who impose their playstyle on others, as well as those who feel that their opinions are the only ones that matter, on any subject really. Yet you come in, and wave your post count and hours played around as some sort of medal, or justification as to how you and your friends play DayZ, stating that your friends and yourself play DayZ as one huge Clan on Clan battle royal, and state how Zombies with how they are now are interfering with the way you play, I'm not sure what your aim is for this post, but what I get from it is that you want the Zombies to be a mundane challenge in this game, where they are a easy obstacle to overcome so that your friends and you can continue to prove your superiority over other clans, by KoSing and all out PvP Deathmatching. Others come in and share their opinions on how they feel about the Zombies, and they reflect on how your reasons may or may not be valid for changing Zombies into something easily overlooked, I don't know if this thread was worth making, because it seems to me that you just want to have a place to vent, and it's perfectly fine doing so on this forum, but neglecting the fact that people have differing opinions than yours, and referring to them as cheerleaders or fanboys, ect. is just foolhardy and rude. I myself have played this game 725 hours, over those hours I have played the Hero, yes you might call me a Carebear or whatever you feel justifies you being right, and me being wrong. But I enjoy my way of playing this game, not because I spent 30.00 USD for it, but because I play how I want, same as you, but claiming your way is the only way because this "Sandbox" game isn't finished and it's the only enjoyable thing is strange. This thread is a Poll, asking if the Zombies have ruined the game for us, because they have ruined your playstyle, people have voted, people have responded to your thread with their opinions as well as stating their playstyle and how while the Zombies need work, they haven't ruined anything besides being able to camp a hill, ect. and not expect to be creeped up on by undead. I hope when this thread comes to a end, that you find closure, and if you don't feel as if you can still enjoy the game for what it is, I wish you and yours the best of luck finding a game that fits for you.

And in the Patch notes, it stated that this won't be a permanent mechanic for how Zombies appear, I would like to believe that once things are further tested and remedied, that a more solid mechanic for how they appear will be put in place of this current one, and I am no developer or knowledgeable about servers and code, but I would assume we would be in a far worse position if they just added hordes of Zombies into the game directly, I would imagine that would be a huge stresser on the server, and then the game would really be "unplayable".

All I get out of this thread is a bunch of complaints about Zombies interfering in your PvP Deathmatch battle against other Clans, am I right? Like omg, Zombies actually being a factor in a Post-Apoc Zombie Survival game, yeah the AI/Pathing sucks, but this is Alpha and expecting them to work flawlessly this early in the game if foolish. Maybe instead of going to Elektro to see who has the bigger Pew-Pew, you can have some interesting interactions with players, besides you bullet interacting with their skull/body??? Now I'm not saying PvP is a bad thing, heck I enjoy firefights as much as the next guy/gal but to make yet another "Boo-hoo Zombie" thread addressing the same things over and over, and complaining that they screw up your PvP matches is stupid, if you want that, go play CoD/BF or other similar FPS.

The only problem with Zombies is the fact that they pass through walls/floors ect. They are an easy problem dealt with using your Fireaxe or other melee weaponry. I play this game just fine, and I love that they respawn now and I use them to my advantage during firefights, because they will aggro to people and I follow them to the person/people I am fighting.

I beg to differ, I use all Pristine parts (MP/ACOG/Bipod/Suppressor) this is dead on accurate, now I don't spray n' pray like 9/10's of the people who use the M4, I typically pop off 3 to 4 shot bursts, and single shots at distances, sure the damage might not be there to take out anyone quick, but I feel the M4 is a great gun, granted you need those Pristine parts to make it shine.

I play on a 24 inch monitor, I used to run with my FOV maxed out, then I kind of noticed that with it all the way out, I wasn't able to pick out certain things as fast as people who had it set in closer, so now I have it set to almost half way, and when scoped in, I reduce it to zero.

The clan I belong to is a Hero-style clan, we will go out of our way to communicate with people (Fully geared or not.) and verify that they are either friendly or otherwise, usually we shoot the hostile players or ones that we have observed gunning down freshies on the coast, ect. It is very challenging not to go with that instinct of "Fight or flight" and just gun down people, but to me the interactions with people are far more exciting then setting up inside a building or on a hill sniping people, but each person has their playstyle, and I won't be one of those who tell others how to play, just that I don't respect those who feel the need to turn this into some open world CoD clone mmorpg, lol...

Don't try to loot up on a populated server, and deffinetly not on the coast, that place is always looted, and now with the new spawn zones and buildings, people will spend time looting up, your best bet is to spawn in, try to get as much food/drink in you as possible and make your way deep in-land in the hopes of finding a town that isn't on the way to a high loot area...

Something like this happened to my team and I in Elektro today, we where holding up in the red two-story building to the left of little-sniper hill, when this guy spawns in (Heard the gun reloading.) and he says, are you guys friendly, well at that time we where hearing gun shots from all over the place, so we had little to no time to talk, then straight after I see my partners headgear go from pristine to ruined quality and I then lose consciousness, come to find out this guy had a "Bug" with the game and he got into the wall between the two rooms upstairs, and was able to loot our bodies without revealing himself... Someday we will be able to have firefights without the fear that some derphole is using some glitch or exploit, lol...

Agreed... You said you had a helmet on, you had nothing to fear from this boonie hat wearing bambi, yet you killed anyways.

I know of people who do this, and those people are dicks...

So this is what I got out of your post (No offense.). 1. You complaining that people aren't all lone-wolfs and like the company of others. 2. You complaining about not getting one on one firefights, from those who prefer to use group tactics. 3. You complaining about not being able to use your shiny loot you labored hours finding, to hunt and kill people in "fair" fights... You go on about how you hate dying because people are in groups, yet you say you wouldn't mind getting killed by some hacker/glitcher because those aren't "meant" to happen. So are you insinuating that groups/squads of people aren't meant to happen, that every person should play this game solo? I honestly think your just upset that your alone all the time, and you want to have people play like you, and not the way they want to... And again I meant NO/Zero/0 offense by posting this, it's just I don't understand the need to post farewell/I'm done/taking a break threads, like you or the other posters feel like we need an explanation as to why your not going to play again or for a while, lol...

Hey all, I come to you with a question, as I like to stay as hidden as I can, to get the jump on my would be assailants or bandits, ect. I am wondering if there is a way I can dress myself so that I don't stick out like a sore thumb in either environment, because I like being able to stay in the woodline, or move around cities/towns without grabbing unwanted "player" attention, I know that zombies are an entirely different thing, however I want to be able to not run around and be bright as the sun, any tips/advice on gear choices? Ohh and I use a Sporter 22 and Amphibia, hence the reason I NEED to be the one hidden and acting first, lol...

I Mike Tyson their arsses! No but seriously, I knock them out, circle around to their backs, punch as much as I can, then repeat, works all the time, even with more than one zombie...

Could have been looking for certain items, seen you had none, and just left. I know most people will scan over someones body, see if they have ammo/clips/mags/food/meds ect. and if they don't they just move on, but atleast your still alive and kickin, right?

I love them being fast now, deters people from carrying two primary guns, because unless you have a crap ton of ammo, your going to get swamped by zombies, but even then your going to attract even more unwanted attention by firing your gun off to kill them/players. Now if they would lower the spawn rate just a smidge, and fix their pathing/AI I think that they would be pretty close to being a finished project.

I understand, the pathing needs drastic work, and I am sure they are working on getting a fix for it. As far as "Invisible" zombies, this has more to do with the desync/lag issue we're facing post-patch, where you'll be running around not able to access any of your items. or open doors. ect. hear a bunch of zombies and BLAM all the sudden your bleeding like crazy and have to scramble to find a safer location to bandage.