Rudette

I tend to stray away from the military stuff. I'd like more civilian grade firearms! Hunting rifles and shotguns, .32 revolvers, .22 rifles, 9mm hanguns, .44, ect. There are multiple varations of such weaponry. I think most assault rifles are exceptionally ugly! And the M14(Carbine?) is everywhere these days. So bland! >.> Except for AK47s and G36s. Those two assault rfiles are beautiful. And nothing is more gruesome than killing someone with a power tool! <.<

I'm not too keen on the idea of radiation zones myself! That said, other looking dead sexy, a practical use for gas masks would be cool. Maybe tear gas or something down the road?

A PvE server takes out all the drama, all the suspense, and really with the current state of zombies? There would be no danger or suspense for you. Maybe when the game is closer to beta and PvE poses a real threat to you? Then and only then would I consider it a valid playstyle. In the current state of the game, a PvE server would get stale rather fast. When PvE IS a threat? Well, I might have some down time on a PvE from time to time. Relaxing and kill Zeds with your friends? Could be fun. But, certainly not my cup of tea for the majority of the time. I want more deph. And I will get deph from regular servers... The spirit of the game is human interaction, and facing the harsh reality that human beings will cannibalize each other to survive without so much as flinching--when the chips are down, the socio-poltiical masks come off revealing that each and every one of us is a disgusting greed-bound self-serving hedonistic scavenger who will do anything for his/her own survival. <.< My opinion of humanity is low. For right now? Maybe one of the No-Spawn killing servers or more highly "Hero" patroled severs is closer to what your'e looking for. There are also a few moderated no KoS servers from what I can tell. But really? Right now, the idea of a PvE server is not realistic, for reasons mentioned above. In the atmosphere of a more complete game? Sure.

It might come off as too "gamey" for DayZ, but what if the skill-related books were consumables? Or in the scenario that they are not consumables, perhaps you only have a % chance at comprehending the knowledge you find? Another alternative is that learning could instead be done with experience/repitition. The implementation of skills/knowledge feature of course would have to be done very thoughtfully, or it wouldn't fit the unforgiving ambiance shared by DayZ's other mechanics.

This could be a nice approach too! The best of the both worlds? No one is excluding from doing a task, but someone with knowledge or properly experienced after repition could do it more effeciently?

Do want!

I would love to make some Road Warrior looking armor! Improvised gear made from scrap metal, tires, and junk just looks cool! And the armband suggestion is simple and practical means of identification It would be nice to not neccessarily have to look paramilitary when you're fully geared out too!