jprime84

I shot myself a nice red deer, and now I have "Deer Steaks" in my inventory. Not raw deer steaks, just "Deer Steaks". If I build a fire and put them into it, they go from pristine to ruined in about 30 seconds. Item is still called "Deer Steak" when I take it out ruined. Ideas?

Would you consider a neutral, or +0 value? I would apply this to a case where you were ignored completely, or only barely acknowledged. Granted, in DayZ not being killed is generally positive.

Yep! Step 1 - Drink til full Step 2 - Eat everything you find Step 3 - Repeat step 1 at every reasonable location

Im not in the military, but this is what I have always heard from someone who was. If the patch was on the person/vehicle's left side it would be facing the way that we are used to seeing it displayed.

I do agree that it becomes more plausible for player controlled commerce to take place once it is made impractical to server hop. Right now there are too many ways to easily obtain equipment with relatively low risk to the player. If a group could manage to obtain a good deal of rare and/or interesting items that could not be obtained by bouncing through every empty server at NW airfield, I could see more interest. I still think that you would have to make yourself known through some meta source, unless some sort of in game global communication is established. Just like the medic groups out there - you have to contact them through teamspeak or forums to obtain their aid. Also, I never wanted lootable NPCs to exist. I've done enough farming to know I have no interest in that.

This could be interesting, but with no way to communicate on a map wide scale, how would you advertise your little trading post? I guess I just cant imagine anything fully player regulated ever being something any other player would trust. Why trade food for ammo when you can just kill the guy and take everything?

I dont see how you made that jump.

Could they code such that the game will process anything picked up on a microphone as "direct communication"? People would hate this, but I bet its easily doable and doesnt require you to worry about whatever other apps they have running. If you dont want to make sound, you literally cant make sound, or you mute your mic.

For anyone who used to play WoW out there, think about Booty Bay. It would be interesting to have a place on the map where you could trade items that you have for items that you need. I am thinking something similar to the NPCs I see in the videos from the mod. Perhaps you can trade medical supplies for ammo, or weapons for food, or clothes for water, etc. To borrow an idea from Metro 2033, ammunition could double as currency with its value depending on the quality. Instead of these areas turning on "god mode" for players as I have seen in some mod vids, players should instead remain fully vulnerable. It might be too much dev work to develop new AI, but it would be neat if instead of "god mode", these zones had enforcer type NPCs who hung around and engaged anyone in the area who injured another player. The enforcers would be well equipped, but still able to be killed and possibly looted by a well organized group of bandits. I think this could create an interesting setup for some pvp encounters, while at the same time providing a place to get what you need even if you are only able to scavenge food in a particular day for some reason. Thoughts?

Nice work - beans for you!

Really enjoyed these - subscribed! Despite the fact that you are coming out in the green, its still a pretty good point that there is little in between. Its almost a 40%/60% chance to be killed without a word, or have a decent chat.

My wife gave me a look at "Confirm: RV north of your lima in the treeline? Roger wilco. Be advised, eyes on possible hostile players 2 times in your AO"

/micdrop

I have an AR15 already. If I have learned anything from DayZ, then I already have a tool to get me everything else I need from other people.

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