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Do people realize that it takes years to develop a game? An alpha is just a skeleton. Probably one of the most playable Alphas I've played but it's still an alpha. It's not even "Vanilla" yet.

I'm the only Admin and Mine has done it now and then too. Not the 4 hours they have it set for. As well as I prefer the sunrise/Sunset times and any time other than 12:00 noon has the passing of time so a server reset is needed to get the time back.

I don't get attached to my gear anymore. No sense. Some Bandit will KoS from 500ms away hidden. You won't even hear the gun shot. I'm less pissed that I have a chance of losing for development progress in the game and the new guns and features, and from what I can tell by the change log is Zombies will have better collision detection!!!!

Actually since I am a Product Owner in a large organization in development I can say for certain they are attacking each thing as much as possible and evenly. Some features only take a few "sprints" while some "epic" feature or fixes take quite awhile. It seems because they're dropping other items quickly that's what they're focusing on but it's not. When those larger items are complete they will get dropped in a fix too! Bottom line is BE PATIENT. It seems they're on 2/3 week continuous delivery model and that from a devs perspective is quite a challenging pace to keep up with all without losing hair or their wives.

Leg holsters would be awesome. Just sayin. They exist. Great place for your side arm if you have the combat vest.

I guess this helps drive the point home that other than a fire fight and possible death the risk vs reward is still rather low.

I'm seeing less value in any of the airbases. I'm usually struttin' a mosin and a handful of ammo from towns near or on the way to an airbase. The risk vs reward is rather low from my point of view. I loves me my Mosin. Woo hoo you get an M4 which in my humble opinion sucks. I'm staying far away from the deathtraps pre and post patch. in 100+ hours of playing I have never come across any M4 ammo outside of the base. It may exist but it's too far and few between to risk death from these types of players.

True they can put anything they want in the title but here are the server rules. a no KoS server is not a reality. You shouldn't join one thinking it's going to be puppies and rainbows. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/158966-dayz-standalone-server-hosting-rules-server-reporting/ Here is a list of DayZ Standalone hosting rules as per the Devs: You may NOT change your servers slotsYou may NOT password your serverYour server must contain the version number and whether it is Regular or Hardcore. ie. (Regular|Hardcore) VERSIONYour server must NOT have a NO KILL policyYou can NOT kick players on joining, to loot farm or to prevent other players joiningYou can kick if players are being verbally abusive or abusing ingame bugs to gain an ingame advantage.Hicks has further clarified the following on twitter: Server operators MAY frequently restart their rented instances in order to keep the time at a certain point..Failure to comply with these rules could result in a suspension of your server without a refund. Servers are caught and shut down as rapidly as can be expected. GSPs deal with them and most if not all have some sort of warning about the above. If you want to expedite the process, write the IPs down and report them to the GSPs directly. If you don't know who hosts it, report it to them all (Multiplay, Gameservers, Vilayer, Fragnet, GamingDeluxe), or find the GSP this way.

Just drop it in the middle of the road and hide in thr bushes. when somebody stops. BLAMO! Happened to me this morning. Smart F*##cker. Now not only do I not trust anyone anymore evah I won't trust "free" weapons laying there either. I do admit it was good. it was really good. Kind of jelly I didn't do it first.

Um...It's already in the Rules a server can not be NO KoS. I fund it kind of douchebaggery that: 1.) it's an large amount of money for a server for a month 2.) You're being told what you can do with the server you rent. I rented for just a month but I am cancelling because it really seems like they want more servers to test the game on in alpha by their rules and "handcuff" those that do want to shell out that much cash. Once we can have private servers I'll rent again. Until then I don't like being told what I can or can't do with my server. Also being an admin there really is only one thing that can be done if somebody is caught "not following server rules" and that's kick everybody. And that's douchey too. That too is ALSO against their "rulez" for running a server. I leave my "Fear & Loathing in DayZ server" up whatever happens in there stays in there, until my time is up and it goes away from the hives.

OP: Yup I do. The M4 sometimes even at close range barely hits targets. I had a double clip (60 rounds) full and was trying to help people back at the coast. As always even though you say you're friendly people want your gear so they attack you. I was ganged up on by two fresh spawns and pulled out the M4 to defend. Unloaded that clip on both and they were just bleeding. My guess would be Medium range as I was not anywhere near a sniping distance. Forced to pull out the revolver and in two shots they were no longer attacking me. I'm about to give up on heading back to help bambis. I like stocking up on bandages and tuna to give out. The mentality is. I've got nothing to lose and if I beat this guy into unconsciousness I get his gear. I'd gladly trade my M4 for a mosin anyday.

To translate: It means I wish PEOPLE would evolve and not be big assholes.

I like the fact that there is no music. It creates tension, I find it brings me into the game. If I want music that's what my MP3s are for.

Thanks I just spit my coffee out on my desk. I needed this and I vote up, the game needs this too!

I feel like this too. It's slowly dragged my mentality from; try to help, or at least be friendly, and let people pass, down to screw everyone, if I have a bullet they're going to meet one.

Still Glitchy, Was there last night. Friend fell through the floor to his death in the water losing all his gear. I couldn't even retrieve his shirt. :/ No more ship exploring for me.

I say I like to do stealth with interaction with others however it seems most of the interaction with others seems to be bandits that kill me on site. Every time I've gotten to a point where I can survive for awhile a bullet from a sniper gets me. When me and a friend do come across somebody we see they either shoot us or Say hi then run away. Everyone is paranoid.

OKay all this bickering and arguing about grammar aside; Why do I want to saw (sawn) it off? Is it more deadly at a closer range and do I lose even more range off it? Is the bullet spread wider? When running with it in my hands does it make me run faster? I think not cause even with a hand gun your player runs around like an extra chromosome has entered his body with anything in his/her hands. I think items like a compass (unless its brought up and you are trying to "look" at it) a hand gun or smaller items should allow you to run full tilt as if you have nothing in your hands. Anyone know the real in game benefits of the gun by doing this besides that it looks completely bad a$$.

I would rather not see the names in the game. If somebody kills you IRL you can't exact any revenge on them anyway. Best to just suck it up learn from whatever mistake you made that lead you into that situation and move on. Only thing that bothers me is the amount of KoS that happens. you don't even have a chance to see or hear where anything comes from because everyone's paranoia is so high nobody trusts anyone even if they want to help out.

Indeed that is a good one however we use the DayZ Mod one to just generally follow roads when we don't have a compass and I find this one better for the roads. it's not that far off. I've seen both but I honestly don't want to know what loot drops where. That too takes some of the game away. When I have a compass we're hardly near roads at all.

It's like C.O.D ? Really. What planet are you on. There is nothing more tense then coming up to the airfield to try and get something and keeping your eyes out for others looking and scavenging. COD has never given me this tense feeling while playing. There is WAY more punishment for mistakes in this game. in C.O.D if you try to run away from an encounter you're going to meet walls in the small maps. If you can survive an encounter and runaway (without logging off) you've still won something. Your life and what little (or lots) of loot you have.

We've been using this as a guide: http://dayzmap.com Although I suspect it's from the mod because there is a town north of Bereznio that isn't on this map and a big a$$ shipwreck which yields awesome stuff. There are some high yield farms we've come across not on this map either however for the most part it will help you get from town to town. ProTip: Use a tablet, smartphone, other computer (laptop) while playing. My Buddy went to tab out to check the map on the same system and came back to the black screen of death "you are dead" When we die (far too often) and respawn we look for town signs or have gotten used to the landmarks to generally know where we are and where to run to meet up again.

I've convinced a friend to get the game and we've hardly been travelling by ourselves. Below is an account of our first attempt at pillaging an airfield. ____________________________________________________________________________ We crawled slowly up to the airfield, making sure to check our surroundings. It would do us no good to suffer a sneak attack from a bandit. I look across the Tarmac towards the long line of hangers. "Get down! There is somebody there!" We both instantly fall on our bellies and watch as the stranger moves from hanger to hanger unaware if his surroundings. "Let's cut him off and ambush him at the last hanger" At the first instant we know we won't be seen we run FAST to the back of the last hanger and slowly make our way along the sides to meet the stranger. I see the end of his gun come around the side, it's time to act! I rush wielding my powerful fireman axe and land a clean shot on his arm. "What are you doing!!!" Danger screams. No time to think he's got a shot gun. I continue to land more shots on my victim. He points and shoots I am dead. Danger is forced to finish the encounter on his own. He won but it was too late. I was in the east coast. I hear over the mic. "Doctor why did you go full psycho!!!!, it was supposed to be a hold up" Just another day as a survivor in DayZ This game is awesome.

I've already started to degrade into the Chaotic Neutral state of complete randomness. For the most part though I will yell friendly to somebody and tell them politely to just keep walking. I'm not helping anyone only to be betrayed for my beans. I'm not traveling with anyone other than my close friend. last time the guy just spoke. "Hey do you need anything" I said "Nope. You're good just keep walking that way bud. Go Away"