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Part of me can't shake the idea of a skyrim bear chargin at you and all you have is an axe The idea of wild dogs came from assuming that dogs and wolves would be eating the remains of dead/infected people in the dayz world. Couple that with the face most humans are dead and animals would no longer see humans as much of a threat and possibly a free meal ticket

Too true. You cannot shoot a wooden arrow out of a compound bow unles you want to drive a bunch of splinters into your forearm But you can shoot aluminum arrows out of recurves and selfbows. This is why I personally like the idea of recurve longbows, player made low tier self bows and bundle bows rather than a souped up compound bow that is already very rare to and expensive in real life

I know that the devs are in the process of adding wildlife but I had some suggestions. Add in predators Wolves, Bears, wild dogs that can and will attack you. Especially wild dogs. In a post apocalyptic scenario, dogs would be eating their owners and over time would wander in packs. This already happens in certain places in the world. In mexico and in areas of eastern europe and south america wild dogs packs of previously domesticated animals are a very real problem. They can and do attack and maul people at random and I would expect them in a situation like Dayz. They would be an additional threat but also a food source and possible companion if you find a dog like in the mod. Yes I know this is alpha. Yes there are tons of core things that must be done like zombie ai and not glitching through walls. But this is just another idea for the devs to think about long term. It would be hard to add in alot of other animal ai that are friendly and agressive with balancing the server load especially if you think about a wild dog pack. Heck they're having issues with zombie packs but still it's just something to think about

1. I already know this is alpha so there is no need for these sorts of comments Now there is a difference between having a winter map vs having dynamic seasons. We already have dynamic weather so the addition of snow or server statuses. I.e. It's winter so running around outside all day in canvas shorts is a bad idea. I know there are several other things that have to be implemented yet as there aren't even campfires yet but this is just a long term idea that maybe the devs can ponder about. You can add in items like long johns and waterproof clothing, cold medicines, hypothermia. Maybe your fingers and toes freeze and you can't move as fast or shoot well. You would have to focus on being around or creating a a shelter if you wanted to trek across frozen chernarus. Or find a snowmobile or "dog sled" when dogs get reimplimented Contrawise you could have a summer where it's dangerous to drink or hang around ponds of standing water because you could havea 0.000009% of getting bit by a mosquito that may carry west nile or you could die of heat exhaustion running across the map without drinking water Before everybody rages. I 'm trying to think of things to make the world a threat, not just players and zombies. Everything in this post apocalyptic world should be something that can kill you because it's like that way in general in life. If you don't have basic shelter, water and food. you're going to die. Add into that the myriad of ways you could die.

i guess somebody forgot the rules of a gun fight but i guess when you get desparate you get stupid

People still make wooden arrows from time to time. I am one of them. Aluminum/carbon arrows of course fly better but realistically cost alot. Archery by itself is an expensive hobby and if you just want to shoot for a while in your backyard and you have some saplings around its worth the 5 to 10 minutes to make an arrow that flies relatively well with just a sapling and duct tape. You don't even need an arrowhead as you can sharpen the end of the stick with a knife and it will fly fairly well and stick

less ammo... nuff said

for a while wasn't it beans? Anyways for now it's bullets. I like giving them to other people At high velocity. In the face Out of my M4...

yeah as usual totally miss the point- instead of randomly replying to the title of the thread with smartass comments why don't you read what it was about

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Recurves please along with improvised bows I can think of a new use for duct tape string and a bundle of sticks I have made one of these myself and they work fairly well as long as the sticks are bound tightly and you unstring the bow after use. They are relatively weak poundage wise something like 25-35lbs but are sufficient to kill an animal with proper stalking techniques and shot placement These should be a low tier item that can be crafted at will with sticks ductape and rope

If world war 2 had ended in a nuclear holocaust then it would approach the true meaning of the word apocalypse. By this I mean the end of civilization. Even during WW2 and massacres and bloodshed there was still civilzation. Still gov'ts fighting government. Still military law even though there was chaos on the ground. There was still humanity because there was still civilization even if it was being slowly destroyed around them. If you want to talk about humanity look at the old reels of Stalingrad in WW2. Notice there are no corpses in any of those videos and then ask why. That is still not an apocalypse as civilization did not end. Only moral taboo about cannabilism. The last time we had an end of civilization you could say the fall of rome or the incan or olmec empires. Although in Europe there were still peasant tribes throughout the countryside there is a reason there are no records of the Dark Ages and there is a reason most of the population of Rome died after it fell. We can only speculate on the chaos that caused but that was the only thing that could come close to mirroring the scope of apocalyptic devestation that DayZ creates. Imagine seriously what would happen in a situation where 90%+ of humanity dies. Then imagine the survivors of that from all walks of life and intelligence with a still lingering disease that could kill the remaining 10% along with all the natural things and reprecussions of the dissappearance of infrastructure. A disaster while terrible, a war, is not comprable to an apocalypse and the moral turpitude of those that live through a disaster or war is not the same as the revision to a state of nature

I mean a global standard of morals. I.e. when living in society we agree to not kill rob and rape for the most part and collectively have the gov't punish those that do. Everybody living by their own morals in DayZ is moral relativism. AKA no moral standard because there is no agreed upon moral standard that would make a liveable society. The agreed upon standard is that of no standard- which allows people to do whatever and justify thier actions later. This by itself isn't a moral code- its a state of nature. Dayz stimulates that very well. In DayZ we all act like animals doing what comes naturally for the most part to us but theres no greater good or society from it. Atleast not yet

I don't think you can compare Dayz to most disasters and slap morality on it. Dayz is the apocalypse. Not a temporary distaster. Most disasters are just that. Temporary and local. If you haveo a hurricane or tornado you can escape the damaged area and outside of it life continues as normal. DayZ is the apocalypse or "The Zone" for Stalker SOC players. It's a "Zone" where there is no morality because there is no escape or respite from it. This may change as base building gets added in. For right now though, you are in a war with no fronts. Hence the KOS. There is no where to fallback to or safe zone. Because of that there is no morality. Mark my words. Once base building starts and someone builds the first big Megaton for their group the game will radically change. When there is an area that is safe then you can have morality and people will go there to talk to eachother even in the roads are lined with bandits. In a war with no fronts, there is no morality and the order of the day is KOS

Theres tons of tents scattered around but they're just props- you can't do anything with them they scared the crap out of me the 1st time I found em because I thought i wandered into someone's camp and was gonna get it since Im used to playing the mod

For my character I didnt use a backpack until I had reached the inland Northern Airfield outside Stary Sobor I didnt really need it at all. My shirt held enough food and water and I just used an axe. You dont need a backpack at all Actually it might help not having a backpack if you don't want to be seen. Those camping backpacks are bright as hell and it you walk slowly in a town without a weapon equiped and no backpack people will think you're a zombie

And you're telling me nailing people with a bow from 15 feet away behind a bush wouldn't be epic as hell as you watch them wonder wtf happened as they bleed out and you go and retrieve your arrow from thier soon to be lifeless corpse.... Then you whisper softly as they die shivering in pain "Welcome to Chernarus" Cmon! everybody wants to be rambo with the bow

I'm all for heart attacks but why stop there? Romping through a construction site? Whoops stepped on a nail! Wandering through the forest in a rain storm for hours? Looks like you just got pnemonia! Lay down in some suspect foliage? Hello poison oak! Playing around dead bodies looting them without washing your hands or using gloves? You just picked up Hepatitis and other blood borne pathogens! Everything and anything should kill us. This should be like Dark Souls Prepare to Die edition: Dayz tagline- You Will Die. Alot

Jeez personally I don't have a problem with KOS. I was looking to heighten the tension without turning DayZ into call of duty. If you had only a few bullets you would have to plan how to use them. You could still go noob sniping if you want but if you run into an armed gang later you may be screwed. I want people to have more thought before their actions to make everything more deliberate. Survival should always be a balancing act of weighing pro's an cons. If I eat my food now I may not find more very soon. If I kill this guy now I may run out of ammo when I get into a fight later. This is what i'm talking about rather than blasting away to oblivion without a care because I know i can find more food/ammo whatever right away. That totally defeats the purpose of making a survival game. If you want to PK and have 1000 guns go play COD or BF3 That kind of stuff doesnt even make sense. I think having rare ammo loot mixed with bows would heighten to the survival scenario as if you miscalculated- You'd Die. In order for this game to be really successful and great. There needs to be constant tension, constant weighing of variables and constant swords of damoclese hanging over your head. As it stands currently, if you want to avoid players just wander into the North and you can go on a full pop server and play all day and not see a single person and survive quite well looting houses and even get top gear with hardly any effort.

This gun the Suomi M31 popped into my head Its an old WW2 weapon from the Finns but its very popular because it was cheap and able to be mass produced at the time. There is a sporterized version that has a barrel extension on it and it comes with either Stick or Drum magazine.

I would really be happy with some more normal civy weapons. I like military weapons but this is not call of duty. Military weapons should be extremely rare and damaged when you find them so that you have to find all the parts to fix them up 38 special Walther PPK/PPQ Glock 17/18 or 45 remington 700 Winchester 45-70 CZ75 pistol weapons that would make sense for a civilian and or policeman to have

Its a big dream but it does give the devs something to think about and work on. I don't think its that unfeasable as the game is in alpha and this suggestion forum is for this purpose. It's something they can think about or springboard off of in order to come up with other ideas. Obviously the game has core mechanics that need to be taken care of before they start thinking about this thing but I think Bow mechanics (as the physics are not at all like bullets) are a core mechanic that could/should be implemented. That mechanic could then be used for all non bullet objects. i.e throwing knives, spears, rocks etc.

I only had one kill in Dayz and that was in the mod on a private server I normally am great at avoiding people so it never happens but it was a crazy experience. Me and 2 mates were outside the Cherno apartments. Actually my mates were outside while I was rummaging in the apts. Then out of nowhere 2 guys come with a UAZ and hold my mates hostage and I saw the whole thing from the top floor of the apts. I was armed with only my enfield and a few rounds. I couldn't believe it as they shook down my mates and thats when i decided to take the shot. I was shaking so bad but some how I hit of them and he dropped stone dead. The other one panicked not knowing where I was and ran around the car. I fired again and Missed. Then quickly emptied the rest of the magazine in to him. My mates were screaming not knowing it was me saving them and they literally ran around in circles panicking before I calmed them down. I was still shaking and hopped up on adrenaline by the time I got out of the apt. Then it came over global chat. The two idiots I had just killed was the server admin and his retarded friend that had spawned in a bunch of loot and were now pissed that they were killed fair and square. Rather than jump servers we decided to battle it out and jumped in the UAZ. My friend must've been shocked because he was hitting everything in the road and I had to tell him to get out as I took the wheel. Thats when things got really crazy. The admins spawned right behind up with an SUV and a gattling gun shooting at us wildly as we sped of. One of my mates in the back seat was hit and died as we tore through chernarus in a crazy high speed chase.narrowly missing the 50 cal with our names on it. Apparently the admin's friend wasn't happy too because he spawned in a F-22 and decided to dive bomb into us as we zoomed out of cherno. Luckily he was a terrible pilot and I would slow down and calculate the angle of his approach and he would miss. This happened two or three times as we speed past the farm area on our way to elektro.. The admin in the SUV behind us kept ramming us until one of our rear tires went red. It was then I saw his friend zoom down on us with his spawned F-22 and I knew I had to get out. I instantly jumped out of the UAZ as the explosion happened. My mate Leon, didn't make it. The resulting blast destroyed the UAZ, SUV and a nearby house but somehow I was still alive, albeit grey and bleeding. There was so much carnage The admin couldn't see what was happening so I patched up and reloaded my enfield. It was down to us. I took a position behind the flaming rubble that had been the house waiting for this idiot admin to respawn. And then he did. I fired all I had at him but the SOB made himself invicible. I would've had him, TWICE if he would've played fair but like the butthurt 10 year old he was. He cheated. AGAIN. And murdered me with his souped up glitched in M4 CCO This is why I don't like people and I stay away from them. When bad things happen, they usually go nuclear

Sorry bout that..... But you were in MY WOODS

They just have to think about making every possible thing a threat. Even random things like this: Run through a construction site and you get a message. You just stepped on a nail. Now you have to limp. A couple hours go by and you get tetnus and can hardly move. Then you die. All water sources are contaminated and you need to boil/ filter your water. You die of exposure running around in the woods when if rains. You laydown on a hill to snipe- You get poison ivy and it slows your travel speed. All these things would turn this game into hell on earth and make it a real challenge