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Hehe.. It's simple, but hilarious. Much school-girl giggling from the bushes, even while playing the waiting game. >.> And you'd be surprised how often it works.

I had extra food, so I dumped a pile of beans and tuna in the road. Sniped the people who stopped to pick it up ala Mosin.. Changed locations. Did it again. >.>

Funny thing about that, primates actually do wage war and have turf battles. Over resources. The same things we fight about. Sometimes, they seem to be doing it just for fun. Because they can. Comparing us to animals is actually a really bad example in relation to your point; you see animals as pure and I agree. They are pure, they don't have evolved enough concepts to lie to themselves. Everything most animals do is for survival. And survival is cruel. Like when a mantis devours a humming bird. Alive. I've just... I've just been through it personally to many times in my life to doubt it; when the chips are down and the masks come off? People are going to cannibalize each other for survival. They do it all the time. They do it for less. And they don't care what damage it does to everyone around them. And EVERYONE has a limit, a threshold for duress, that will lead them to that point. And if I hadn't made it to that point during my time of crisis? I would literally be dead right now.

Honestly! Amputating what makes social interaction exciting and giving up on yourself is easily categorized as weak. Not seeing the bigger picture, and where the game development is heading is short sighted. The social dynamics, or lack there of, that drive one to want a PvE server will get better in time. When there is more to do. Asking for PvE servers when there is no challenge in the current PvE is kind of absurd. Someone put it like this once. Can't recall who unfortunately. But basically they used the analogy that we're all essentially spiders in a jar with nothing else to do but turn our fangs on each other. I would appreciate it if you would gleam the message I'm trying to send with my statements rather than the little negative snippet, which is meant to be more of a motivator than an insult.

I'm a roleplayer and part time KoSer >.> I am a strange hybrid! To weird to live. To rare to die!

Well, it's deeper than that, friend! Take away religion, take away government, take away media, take away learned taboos, take away learned morals and standards, take away cultural corruption----All the things that tell you who are---- Strip it all down and you have an animal with only it's survival instinct. A selfish creature who will annihilate anything or anyone to ensure survival. I'm a firm believer that even those who do good for the sake of good are doing it for the intrinsic reward of feeling good about themselves. I mean... I'm not a sociopath or anything..Community, communication, and political intrigue offer vast entertainment in an otherwise silent world...But there are people I have bonds with. .And I will kill for those people. Wouldn't you?

I like friendly players. I do. Kudos for you, grats to your efforts. It's a respctable playstyle, there is more to it than all those who whine about KoS think, hence the reason they whine. It's easier to blame KoSers than it is to tarnish their own egos for the sake of self development. But... I really would love it if people would stop glorifying their play-styles, turning how they play into these drawn out E-peen competition threads... It's very..eh....Male... to do. Im kind of a chaotic player. My playstyles change, fluidly, with each and every life. Why? Because there isn't a lot to do in DayZ right now, and adhering to one style would get boring to me fast. . Oh... And ADHD. That too.

I kill people with my fire-axe... Because the sick anticipation while stalking them for however it long it takes to ease themselves into a vulnerable position before screwing with theirs heads and take their lives is..tantalizing. Kills necessary? Probably not.

There will probably one day in the future when there is war be mods.. War.. War and private servers. And stuff.

Books are pretty fun. Will make use of them when camping. :D

Thank you <3

So, as I've stated before, I play many different ways ranging from friendly to hostile and everything in between. I take light rp parameters and apply it to each new life. Eventually all lives end from either poor descisions or recklessness wrought from the boredom of playing too efficiently and living far to long. Now, if I'm not having some sort of murderous psychopath playthrough, I am committing to what I would call... KaO Kill after Observation. People who are potential threats to my well being; geared people who look sketchy (Military Gear or Masks of any kind) People who round a corner at the same time with me who have weapons drawn. Those people die too. To close. Image is everything! There is also KoH, Kill on Hearing. If you're a tiny child or crackly squeak-teen, sorry but your juvenile antics can't be trusted. Bullet sammiches for you! (This may be partially because I hate hiphop and dubstep with such fervor and vehemence that I take it out on you.) And then there is KaS.... Kill after Stalking. This happens if I find a clown mask and fireaxe. I will track you. Scare the shit out of you, then cut you into tiny pieces.

It's not about how it affects me, so much as how it sales yourself short and robs you of the full DayZ experience. Isn't the Lack of PvE to speak of a compelling argument enough? There are not environmental factors to worry about, none that can't easily be managed in the current state of the game. The only disease, currently, comes from rotten food that you can avoid eating. The Zombies are laughable in their current state. For the environment to truly be hostile you need more zombies, better, stronger, faster, with immensely improved AI. You need weather effects and disease, sickness, hypothermia, and other such mechanics that pose a persistent foreboding threat to you. As it stands disease barely has a presence, hunger and thirst are easy to stave off, and -once again- zombies are lulz. The spirit of this game is human interaction. This is also part of my argument: If you force everyone to be trust worthy, you truly rob yourself of lots of personal horror and paranoia that are indeed a major part of the game. You really should wait for the game to get more developed. When you have a common enemy, when you have more risks to manage, when there is more to do? Then the KoSing will level out some. But it should never be completely gone, the element of betrayal and surprise should never be completely gone. Finally, being friendly is about more than walking up arms waving like a bafoon! You have to take charge of situations, follow the rules of engagement, never needlessly expose yourself to people who look sketchy, never put your neck out when you don't have an exit strategy or an advantage. I also recommend Hardcore servers for the time beings, who know why, but the friendly population is higher there. You might get more of what you're seeking on such a server. In short, KoS is a result of lack of content. Really. Don't give up before the game has even started. That's just... Disgusting and weak.

There is one ambient sound that bothers me sometimes. I'm not sure what it's supposed to be, but it sounds like a pull tab on a soda. >.>

-eye roll- My mistake. It was a Rock, Paper, Shotgun article. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/23/the-future-of-dayz-isnt-hazy/

I would like to see more customization in our characters myself. At the very least different face and hair choices for the different skin tones. One thing I'm not a fan of though is clipping, longer hair styles tend to have that issue in games! >.>

Trust gets you dead. Even when my repressed friendly personality takes the driver's seat? There is no trust to be had. Even friendlies need to practice caution.

I've yet to die by ladder. >.> But I've heard the stories.

>.> I've been giving food away..... Or leaving it in the road and shooting people that try to pick it up....... Depends on my mood.

Wasn't there a reddit post or some such that they were going to take inspiration from the Frostfall mod for Skyrim?

The game we are playing now vs. the game we will be playing a week or two from now? Vastly different animals. Because Alpha. You kiddies need to learn patience! I'm sorry that's not something they sell you guys in your dubstep music, fatty food commercials, hiphop vids, and other trite consumerist garbage that tell you who to be..... But you'll figure out in time! As for me, I play Rust and DayZ for different reasons. ;p

Ah ok! That makes sense then!

Perhaps a .22 hold out pistol of some kind would be more appropriate for that role? And could perhaps share an ammo type with a hunting rifle!

Moar beans! >.> I like the MP5, but I am also pondering SMGs that we don't see as much of.

Shhhhhhh... Some of us axe murderers take our jobs seriously! >.> We provide terror.