infiltrator

First of all, there are many factors that contribute where the player base is going - the current, the maximum amount of players, is the server private or not? Those all contribute highly to where you can find "action". Your sample is way to short to form any conclusions I'm afraid. My friends and I roam exclusively in the north west and sometimes there's nobody there for hours upon hours on 50 man servers. Sometimes, a 25 man servers we encounter 5+ people in one hour. But the most important part is that you never, EVER have to visit a mil base or an airport to "get geared" - a scoped blaze with an MP5 as a backup is something you can get running through any town, and it's a deadly setup. The best camo in the game - have to scrounge the coast for nettings. Sure, some of the military weapons are versatile, but no matter how geared you are a blaze with a hunting scope will end you instantly from a long range. I can't count the amount of times I've killed guys packing automatic heat with a revolver or an sks - the advantages that you get from military armament are certainly there but the differential is minimal at the end of the line.

One of the problems with a game like this is the absence of grass cover over long distances. Not only does grass not provide any cover when you're in it, it also obstructs your own vision. Are there any plans regarding this? Perhaps some very low grass sprites can be redered across large distances with the new renderer? It doesn't have to look good, as long as provides vidual cover it serves a purpose.

Show us on the doll where the BAD sniper touched you.

VSS in? They said it was scheduled for this exp.

Personally I prefer darker green colors, but that is mostly important on where you set up camp. Never get gorka. Green or Black raincoats are much, much harder to spot in the woods as all gorka variants are very light-colored. If it's not raining, I still think TTSKO is best when it comes to non-waterproof clothing. Summer hunter top/bottom work fine though. Ghillie is of course the prize that everyone wants, but from my experience, you want to be closer, not further away from the enemy when you have a ghillie, as its effectiveness isn't nearly as good from 200+ meters. That, and coupled with the absence of backpacks, makes ghillies more suitable for versatile ARs instead of sniper+smg combos, but to each its own.

Since Dayz went into alpha, the bug where you can't hear shots has been plaguing it. I can't believe that almost 2 years later it's still around and kicking. Is it really such a big problem to fix? It makes for an excellent immersion and gameplay ruiner, friend fires shot, you hear nothing, he says "I missed". Or a recent situation, friend got shot twice, I hear nothing. He's literally 2 meters next to me, bleeding and I hear nothing. I realize, many things are important. Desync is absurd (perhaps the reason why said sounds are muted - lost packets), animations/movement are sluggish, interface unresponsive. But this is one of the fundamentals of any FPS and the development team lets it slide for 2 years.

I think we're almost there guys. If not this week, next one for sure.

I guess the 2nd shot is very likely to miss if you're doing something like dragshots. But I would like someone to do a little bit of research regarding this so we have a consensus whether or not to use the 2ndary fire mode.

Didn't wipe even though I joined with my characters at least 4 times during both the ddos attempts. I actually joined on the beach 3/4 times but just quit and after it was ok I rejoined where I was initially. So I wouldn't worry about safety if I was to look at my own experience, but suit yourself.

I do a lot of fighting around Mishikino and I just give up on looting anyone I kill at the mountain slopes. He'll slide down 400 meters and even if I follow him I'll never get to loot him anyway. The bodies and terrain shouldn't be lubricated 100% of the time.

I think something really needs to be done. Some kind of compromise to unite instead of segregate the community.

Open up a web-based dayz map. Observe the chopper locations and just go where the density peaks. It's not quantum physics.

That's extremely lucky I'd say, I've found one in about 50 RU choppers.

I agree, and I have to say that a lot of 3PP players will switch to 1PP once they try it. Once I tried 1PP I never wanted to touch 3PP (granted, that was about 2 hours into the alpha when I just started). I agree that the method might be artificial but for what it's worth - Dead said it numerous times that the "true" dayz experience was 1PP, even though it might not be the most popular one at the moment.

SHAME! Like I said I'd rather quit the game than deal with people looking over walls or behind corners without exposure. I don't know what the devs think about this. Do they even acknowledge it as a problem?