Syphax4Ever

I'd love to get that feeling back myself. Now I'm so used to DayZ that it has become a game of calculated risk and inventory management. I keep a cool head and rational thought all the time, in order to survive. I long back to the panic of old. I didn't know if what I was doing was going to get me killed or let me live a bit longer; now its like, I know what I'm likely to encounter, there's a small cq. big risk of other players being there, these are the things which could spawn there if I go; and I weigh everything like this; then I either go or I don't go (since I already have alternatives in mind to try instead).

I agree with the fact that its way too easy for a bambi to run into elektro and get stuff. Big cities with high population densities should be certain death for them, by either making zombies harder to kill or having more of them. I'd think somewhere in between best; more zombies, all of them slightly more difficult to kill.

Isn't this enough? Zombies are attracted to sound right? So if they cant determine the direction they'll just scatter, or go in the wrong direction, etc.

No beans yet. First I'd like to see the AK. It's by far more widespread than the M4 or any WW2 era SMG. They've produced enough AK's and ammunition for AK's to wage WW2 twice over. It's the most wide spread weapon to date and the most produced assualt rifle to date. It's seen action in *every* conflict since the end of the second world war bar the Falkland war. If you're walking into a camp of an ex-warschaw pact country; there's going to be AK's or clones of AK's everywhere. There's so many AK's, CHINA doesn't even have enough soldiers to man one and they have by far the largest army in the world (some 20,000,000). They put AK's in drums of oil, by their tens-of-thousands for long term storage, in case of WW3. They're litterally just lying around in old bunkers. Likewise, there's so many bullets for them; if you exchanged every bullet for a dollar; the US would go into depression twice as deep or more as the one in the 30's due to inflation. If you want to talk about an available gun with available ammo..., its the AK. Nishe guns like PPsh 41's, perhaps even a l33t nazi weapon like the StG. or some modern plastic toy like the AR15, G36, etc. THOSE are ALL very rare when compared to the AK. If we made DayZ to reflect the availability of guns in the real world (how many you'd find of each), you'd find some 1,000 AK's for every other gun mentioned and likely every other gun available, if not more. I.e. the chance you'd find a gun is already very low but if you find one, chances are only 1 in a 1000 that its not an AK.

I love the fact that weapons suffer degradation over time and you need to take good care of them if you want to help prevent this with a maintenance kit, etc. Most weapons you find however already are in a less than pristine condition. Again, I like this feature since you're just a survivor and should be glad with what you found (as opposed to being dead). So here's a thought I was playing with. Introduce replacement parts for weapons, which when applied 'upgrade' the condition of that weapon to the condition of the spare parts. (I.e. these are NOT attachments but the interal mechanics of the gun in question). For example, say you found an M4 and its condition is badly damaged. Then you find spare parts for the M4 and "its" (their is plural but its just one item) condition is worn. If you then apply those spare parts to your M4, it is upgraded from badly damaged to worn. This will give players a new spectrum of oppurtunities to repair an otherwise faulty or less than pristine gun to a better functioning one. Something like that in-game. Sorry if this has been suggested already or if you guys are way ahead of me.

Because humans are herde animals and they could just be on the move because others around them are moving in that direction as well. They don't need a particular reason or destination, just simple instinct is enough. Startle one goose and the rest will follow it in panic, not even knowing why they're following the first one; they just do. Likewise, one Zed starts moving, others follow by instinct. Once this instinct has taken hold, there's no stopping them. When a flock is created, its movement is self-sustained. Even the original will instinctively feel the need to keep following the rest, thus every Zed influences the other Zeds to keep moving. In fact you should debate what would halt a moving horde instead, what would break their instinct to follow the rest mindlessly along? (answer = food aka you). Or, what makes a herde divert from its original course (answer = source of food like towns, concentration of players over time (like Elektro sometimes)).

I've been a member of a gun club for 5 years myself and I know replacement parts are a commodity, however it is often cheaper/simpler to buy a new gun in most cases if its so damaged that it requires extensive replacement parts. This is generally speaking and not from a "but I happen to know a place/guy who can provide" since thats not going to happen in the post-apocalypse But yes, guns like the Mosin and the M4 have inter-exchangable parts since they're mass-produced.

This. Australia bans stuff for whatever lame reasons all the time. If you want to make a game sellable over there you'd never be able to make it remotely gritty, gruesome or violent or anything else adult oriented. Sorry but, if you're in the indie gaming business to make a buck from Aussies, don't make an adult game!

That's what I was thinking and wondered it would be nice to be able to fix firearms this way but not in such a way that you'd need just one generic kit to upgrade your stuff.

I think NVG's could be added but the most common should be hand held cameras set to IR mode. You need to keep them in your Hands to use them. I guess military grade NVG's would/should be abundant in any real military facility but...in Dayz it'd just be a bunch of d***s all running around with them KOS'ing. DayZ primary concern should be to make it actually unbenificial to KOS. Next to fixing server hopping. If you want ideas, look at stories like the Walking Dead; its next to impossible to survive alone (you must work with groups or you die eventually).

I like it. Not too sure if the engine could support dismemberments but scars could be added like a layer of "clothing" (one you can't take off). For the child zombies, Its rediculous to think that such a global catastrophy would leave children magically unharmed (because its immoral). Like it or not, kids can die.