Grimey Rick

Wow, dumbest post I've read so far. You could have a positional advantage in 1st person, but you'd actually have to physically PEEK to take advantage of it. In so doing, you could potentially be shot each time you take a peek to gain information pertaining to your target's whereabouts. In 3rd person you can physically peek OVER the wall/ledge without exposing yourself. That equals zero risk, which is completely different than 1st person's having to take risks to gain information. People defending this blow my mind. I guess I have to consider the gap in experience between people on the internet. Some people just wouldn't know any better.

Hardcore is balanced, Regular is not. That's why people don't play Hardcore. Sitting in a building around a corner knowing exactly when someone is coming thus being able to time their demise perfectly is not balanced. Sitting on top of a ledge watching someone below over the crest being able to position yourself perfectly for a kill without risking being spotted is not balanced. You can't use the argument "everyone can do it" because whoever has the high ground or is closest to a wall has a 100% advantage over the other person. That is not balance. Hardcore is the only truly balanced way to play DayZ. If you want to garner information about your surroundings, you have to take risks and expose yourself. People use all kinds of excuses as to why they don't play Hardcore, but it ultimately boils down to people wanting whatever advantage possible when they play a game. 3rd person view was the biggest mistake Bohemia ever made. It's a fucking military simulator, yet it's the only mainstream shooter with 3rd person view. Even COUNTER-STRIKE forces 1st person view; 3rd person can only be enabled when you set sv_cheats to "1". I wonder why...? Most missions in ARMA are easy mode even on more difficult settings simply because you can gather information over hills and around corners without exposing yourself. DayZ is advertised as a realistic/authentic survival horror title, yet it incorporates a camera view that even Bioshock doesn't. My favorite part is when people tell me they're good at DayZ when they've only played Regular. Then we group up to play Hardcore and 99% of their "tactics" go out the window, resulting in them camping a spot when shit hits the fan because they have no idea how to play DayZ when the playing field is level. Enjoy your Tomb Raider Z.

Did you check to see if you still had both of your kidneys?

FNX > 1911 > CR75 > Magnum > P1 > Amphibia S

"KOS kiddies", "COD kiddies", "BF kiddies", all extremely overused DayZ clichés issued by the real kiddies of the game: the whiny, you-ruined-my-immersion babies that couldn't hit the broad side of the tower in Novodmitrovsk if handed an AKM and given thirty seconds. Seriously, DEAL WITH IT. If you don't like being killed on sight, easily avoid said situation by not playing the game, or staying away from cities. Live off the land; doing so is a perfectly viable strategy these days.

In real life, yes, I agree. In DayZ, sniping requires finding a random bush, looking up your range on the dayzdb.com map, pressing a button to set the range, trying to lead a target but failing due to desync, missing over and over thus letting the potential victim know where you are, being spotted, being pursued, having the potential victim spray you with his M4A1 equipped with an unlimited magazine, then being laughed at for having "bad aim". Unless of course they stand still for a few seconds, at which point you can usually kill them.

I think you think too much. However, your posts entertain me and make me think. You bastard.

I'm good at killing people. I camp.

I am fear. I am paranoia. I am the evil force stalking you. I long for your possessions. I yearn for your very soul. I am the terror that flaps in the night; I am the spoon you eat your cereal with; I am... DARKWING DUCK! EDIT: moar DW

Lol @ scolding a guy for shooting another guy in a game with AKMs and M4A1s.

I guess I'm a Spade and Club.

ITT: People who don't read posts.

I'm noticing more and more lately how much worse DayZ looks now compared to when it launched. My old screenshots look so much better than current screenshots. The shadows and anti-aliasing in particular. The shadows are really blocky looking now and there are a ton of rough edges on trees even with settings on maximum and the densest foliage. This is strictly out of curiosity; I don't remember seeing anything mentioned about it.

I'm not pleading a case. I'm stating a fact. I've been staring at the standalone for 1,200 hours now since day one. There's a difference. But, for the few people here who would argue anything, I'll find an older screenshot I have and then recreate it for an accurate comparison.

There is no broken glass on a damaged, badly damaged or ruined long range scope.

Nope. Works fine. I've been using one the last few days and haven't noticed any deviation from the center of the reticle.

Your hat is on crooked.

What about shooting the shit with buddies on TeamSpeak while you wait for the inevitable PVP action to take place several minutes after a secret restart? Honestly, there are always people at NEAF. It's not like you're going to be sitting there for hours -- ten minutes at the most. How is that any worse than spending 20+ minutes running to NWAF to server hop for gear? When I spawn, I find a basic gun and camp a high traffic area. Meanwhile, I'm doing my online banking while waiting for gear to come to me. This isn't a fast-paced shooter where camping denotes mouth-breathing; it's a tactical shooter with survival elements. But yeah, camping is so stupid.

This. If you want extreme survival mode, arm yourself however you want, join a full server and stay alive as long as you can in Berezino while switching buildings every thirty seconds. That's currently the only way to make DayZ hard.

Yeah, the MP5 is bad. I'll still take an FNX over it for CQB when carrying a Mosin.

Nothing, it's a video game. If I want to learn something, I'll go to the library.

Whatever they do in the future has nothing to do with this thread. Currently, pistols are inferior to the aforementioned guns for both medium and short range combat. The only pistol I'll even use is the FNX because it seems to kill people quickly and has 15 rounds. But that's only when paired with a Mosin.

It's only useful when you're toting a Mosin. Other than that, I toss them. Realistically, there's never a situation that a handgun performs better than an SKS, AKM, MP5-K or M4A1.

"Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain Telling me just what a fool I've been I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain And let me be alone again" Sorry, these lyrics fit WAY too well to pass up the opportunity.

Look at the shadows. Look at the edges of the gun in the first picture compared to the edges of the bed in the second picture. They don't have to be exact duplicates to realize that there are graphical discrepancies between the two. The shadows in the second picture look like a freaking staircase. They're smooth as butter in the first picture. The game definitely looks shittier. There's no doubt. I'm just curious as to why.