randomspawn

FYI, if you have to spend an entire paragraph at the beginning of your post explaining why it's not a rant, then, IT IS A RANT. carry on...

You've met only a couple hackers, and they were bad. Lucky you. It's about impossible to defeat some of the hackers, no matter the tactics you choose. Now, if you decide not to enter the jail building in NEAF, or just avoid certain areas, then yes, you can avoid cheaters. However, if you want to get upstairs in a jailhouse, you will be dead before climbing the steps.

I happen to have a stockpile that I will barter with. 1ea can of sardines for 1ea pristine ACOG/LRS scope. Contact me if interested.

Sounds great for about 30 minutes. Then you will be absolutely bored out of your mind. Some people seem to be fascinated with the prospect of having to worry about diseases such as scurvy and lime disease and all that stuff. But I cannot see any way having much of that will improve gameplay. I don't want to have to run through 6 different towns to find an orange, then have to run through 3 more to find a water purification tablet, then 2 more for a tincture or something. We've all seen how long it can take to find a morphine stick, imagine adding 10 more rare necessities in the same fashion.

Even your title to the post was too long. Here is something to consider. Is it fair to compare a the mod to this early alpha state? I don't think it really matters after you consider that. If that doesn't make sense, then ask yourself: is this the final state of the zombies? or hit detection? or anything else. If you go by the roadmap, almost everything in this game currently is going to be totally revamped. I don't necessarily think it will all happen, but they say it will. If they come 75% of the way, it will be a very good game. If they stop at 40%, the game will be very short lived. Even if it fails, it will be laying the foundation for stuff that comes in the future. Maybe it will be BI, or Dean's studio, or a totally new studio. But one of them will be able to see potential this genre has, and find a very good to excellent way to represent it in game form.

I still get the rubberband on reg at times. This morning I went downstairs, picked up and equipped a backpack and ran next door only to be rb'd back to the upstairs of the first building. My new backpack was still equipped. This seems to be more than 'geometry', but who knows really.

As long as you aren't under threat, eat as soon as you pick up the food as it will give time for the stomach to digest. Otherwise u fill up too fast. Once you are fully energized and healthy, just keep a couple cans or rice/canteen and u will be good to go.

We don't want no edumacated folks around these parts. Just smile and nod, smile and nod.

Yeah, it's like asking if the cake i buy for my kids next birthday is going to be the 'best ever'. Heck, other than a cake, I don't really know any details about it. Same with this game. Almost EVERYTHING about this game is supposed to change before release. If they actually complete that roadmap, you won't even recognize the game compared to todays version.

They have announced they will only be allowing unicycles into DayzSA. They will be the extra tall versions, approximately 6ft from seat-to-ground. However, tires and wheels won't be spawning with the unicycles, and can only be found with M4's at chopper crash sites. This is due to the fact that tall unicycles are only found in western countries, and aren't native to any former soviet era country. Supposedly, a couple of the unicycles have already been placed onto some experimental servers, but they didn't include air pumps for the tires(nor patch kits), so they can't be ridden yet. I can't wait to be mounted on my purple unicycle with my AKM fully loaded with a drum and spraying some good cover fire when traveling at full speed. The potential is endless. Canyon jumping, drive-by shootings, birthday parties, etc. It's going to be awesome!!!

Here is what people want to learn. Does it go boom? yes, then I will shoot it. I think the majority don't care about ballistics and whatnot. They just want to find guns, magazines/clips, and ammo. If they match, all the better.

Yeah, think it's Dallas, as I have really good pings to the Dal servers, typically the same I get with TX and Central servers as well(40-60ms). I see a slight increase with East and West servers, up to 80-90ms.

But does it matter if they 'experience' the game when it was alpha vs when it is final released? I don't think it does. The idea is to get players to play, and pay. When this hits final release, it will be full of experienced players, who know most of the tricks. It will be like jumping into WOW a year after release. Any new players will have to catch up, and the rest are just having a blast toying with the new guys.

Do not apply logic to the situation. This is canned food we are talking about. It's ability to be edible years after it's natural ripening cycle should not be questioned...woe to those who question the can!

Just curious, which part is fun? I do it because it's needed, but it has long ago stopped being fun. But that is why it's a sandbox, some love the PVE of gearing up and hanging in the woods, and others want the interaction and adrenaline that comes from being at NEAF or Berez.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of 'ground pounding'. Once you cover the map the first time or two, it's really boring doing it again. Plus, the servers restart so much, you might be halfway across the map and it resets, and then all the regular hoppers jump in and hit the high value spots. Truly, gearing up isn't fun at all, unless you take it from a guy you just shot, then it is hellafun.

I don't see a real reason to change the system, at least not yet. Simply put, spreading 30+ peeps around the map makes for a potentially boring trip to find something to do. Imagine, I just spawned in that northwestern town that just has a few loot spots. First thing I do is run for a base or large city. Not much different than now. Zombies stink but they are still a joke. Without other players, this becomes a 1980's era game where you run around a lot and never do anything. If servers go to 100 peeps and we have some sort of missions/endgame, then spreading it out makes sense. Until then, I need to see other players.

Game has no real purpose except for pvp. That is a big reason to spawn in one area. If you want alone time, run west and loot almost every other city without ever seeing another player.

Please explain what the hell you do if you don't PVP in this game? It would be the most boring game around.

if they never develop an 'end-game', then the absolute focus of SA will remain PVP. For PVP to be maximized, the players actually need to encounter each other, now and then. I am not sure if different loot tables will ever be needed.

with the game in it's current state, the developers are correct in keeping everyone close together. it has made both Berez and NEAF fun. Those that want to 'live off the land' can still run west and loot beans in small towns. those looking for fun stick close to the east and north to encounter other like-minded folk.

as a general rule, shoot you. after all, if he does see you first, you are dead. better to eliminate any possible threat. unless you are a care bear, then by all means, chat him up and maybe you can eat some bamboo together.

I'm at the castle, I don't see you. Are you playing hide and seek?

I doubt a lot of this stuff makes it into the patch. Heck, if it is really going to be, I bet it will be 2 MORE months before we see it. Let's hope for the best, but based on what we've been seeing, progress is very slow. As long as it gets released in a good state, it's all good. But if they release it and only half of it works, then it will be seen largely as a wasted delay.

okay. We won't talk about those hackers as you already made a thread whining about them. Good job.