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i crafted a bow the other day, and tried using it on a zed or two. I wasn't able to kill them, and ended up using my pistol instead. i see no reason to have a crossbow if it blocks you from carrying a rifle. the utility of the xbow is just too little.

agreed on tyrion, but the onion knight also did a good scene. he was one of my least favorite in the books, but they are starting to flesh him out some here on-screen. i think the writers and directors are starting to find their groove now. let's just hope GRRM picks up the pace or else they have to finish the story for him.

some places spawn loot that is hard to loot. the 3 story office building sometimes has clothing that you can't get a hitbox on. as for hovering mouse over gear, that typically works, but you need to have the inventory slots for it. I think the press vest might take 6 slots if your inventory, and you need to ensure that none of those slots are 'blocked out' by the glitch that happens all the time for me. Once I make sure I have the right amount of slots and verify they aren't glitched, the hover-mouse trick usually works. I see my slots glitch if I find an item and 'use' it directly, instead of putting it into my backpack. An example is finding a soda and clicking drink instead of take. I will drink it fine, but it will glitch out one of my inventory spaces as a result. Then I have to remove that item of gear and put it back on.

i've been to the NEAF, and never seen you guys. If you are setting up these type events, do you float from server to server or just have a single home base? It's an interesting concept and I would be intrigued to come across your group at the NEAF.

Don't think ruined gear has anything to do with being healthy and energized. From what I see, about 1 out of 50, maybe 1 out of 100 zombie hits will be what I call 'Thunder-attack'. It sounds different, and your gear will degrade at least 2 levels, meaning if your shirt is damaged, it will ruin the shirt and half the items inside. If you happen to be crouched, you will just die from that single attack. It stinks, and I don't think the one-hit death is a good mechanic, but I've accepted it for now. If you have any lag at all, the zombies will outrun you and your zig-zag won't work. I'm usually good as long as no one else is in area and it's just 1-2 zeds. If the area is crowded with zeds or people, I will yellow chain through the whole battle, and be very pissed by the time it's over. Just curious, on those of us that get these yellow chains when we get crowded servers, what is the limiting factor? is it my bandwidth, my video card, my processor/hard-drive, or is it on the server side?

didn't they just say that stuff about 'navmesh' or something like that, indicating it was all going to change. what will be interesting is how they handle speeds, reaction times, stealth detection, hit power and other goodies once they get the navmesh down. but this is a game, and they will be AI. Like all games have shown, AI might be challenging at first, but players ALWAYS learn the patterns, and how to defeat them. The only thing that would really work is vast numbers of zeds running around.

Skill proficiency will be okay, maybe good or bad. I'm sure some people will experiment, but most will do what we all do, GOOGLE. I will be able to see exactly how to fix your crappy bullet-ridden body with a simple youtube video. You can make it like WOW professions I guess, and require you to complete certain 'recipes' to gain skill. Of course, if DAYZ keeps the current minimal interface, you won't know if you have gotten better or not. You won't have a meter or number showing what level you are at. I want sniper proficiency though. Maybe other combat roles as well. Then you can put together hit squads of qualified people.

At least I'm not the only one who thinks this game is PVP, with a very very small bit of survival-horror thrown in. I don't think it will ever change much, no matter how many bases get built or tents get setup. It might slow your advance from new-spawn to full PVP, but once you gear yourself and your base, you will be back in town, looking for that next trick. I've seen you guys, you gotta have it. I've felt the draw myself. The sweet taste of adrenaline, followed by the sound of gunfire, and the inevitable moment when a guy surprises you and says DIE MF, DIE!!! Otherwise, we are all hunting deer and rabbits and singing campfire songs in a video game. No thanks.

just curious, I haven't been Mosin hunting lately, but the last I checked, the reload animation is so brutal, that the compensator didn't seem to have an effect. Am I wrong?

I think both Americans and the EU agree about the Aussies. However, the mad lumberjack Canadians will destroy all. How could we hope to defeat them when they have such cool beards?

maybe the zed's will get back to pre-patch levels, at least as far as quantity go. I still don't understand their ability to see me from so far away. It could be their sense of smell though, as I haven't found a stick of Right Guard yet. Just being able to shut doors will be cool

yeah, you won't get any sympathy here. heck, you can't even prove he was in 3pp view, can you? i often get in bushes and 'peek' through the leaves in 1pp view, as 3pp view from bushes is sometimes crappy. maybe he could just see you, and you died??? either way, it probably took you a good 20-30 min to re-gear, so all is well.

Had a guy find me in the jail building at NEAF the other day, and he said pretty much that I was surrounded, and to put down the weapon and I wouldn't die. I wasn't sure, so I did a bit of scouting in from the windows. I didn't see anyone, and after a bit, I had a thought. I poked my head in the wall to check, and there he was, no weapons or anything. Just hoping I would give up and he could get the jump on me out of fear. What a scam. Sorry, I don't give up when confronted. I would rather die and regear that be a plaything for psycho's trying to hold me up for no real reason.

yep, gotta have canteen or bottle in hand to actually fill it. quick way for me is to hotkey the canteen, bandages, melee, ranged, pistol and epi and morphine. those are the things I might need super fast. just hit canteen hotkey, approach well, scroll down to fill bottle, and then hotkey back to rifle.

Was your ammo ruined? Not sure if it would reload if it was...

When I fell a tree, I am looking for a single, perfect toothpick. Once I find it, the rest of the tree is discarded.

Okay. I will meet you at 6th and Lamar and give you a proper refund. 10am today. It's a one time chance. You miss it and you are stuck with us the rest of your life...

you deserved to die. Why? because you play the game! If you go to the beach and get sandy, it was your fault. Maybe he was cheap due to the hack, but take solace in the fact that he probably filled his canteen with your tears. So in essence, a part of you lives on, as long as that canteen exists. Cheerio!

blood eagle...that was sexy stuff there

nothing wrong with jumping servers, due to the state of the loot system. that being said, if I'm logging in with a fresh toon, I will look for a server that is freshly reset and hit it up. If enough join, I hang around and have fun. if not, I will wait a bit and then find a server with more aggression.

Please. No fishing, as I get WOW flashbacks just thinking about it. I want to see the description on notes ro be different if it has been written, such as hand-written note or something. Not sure about diseases and such. Most toons last hours of gameplay, not weeks. Hard to contract scurvy if you die every 12 hrs of play. What I really want? Maybe some objectives. Otherwise it's just hunt gear and hunt people.

I can't speak to donkeys, but horse meat tastes good. We need horses...

If I am in a base and see someone logging in, I kill them. I don't let it finish the log in sequence. Too risky. I've seen it multiple times. You got unlucky. If it happened to me and the server was restarted, I would consider swapping over to a server that has no players just so I could get to a safe zone. Then again, it's so easy to gear up, it's no big deal to die anymore.

And therein lies the quandary. You said it yourself, the only endgame right now is PVP. Therefore, why would the developers want to do random spawns around the map? If the only real thing to do is PVP(which I agree with), then the idea should be to keep them closer together and let the last man standing be declared the winner.

HAHA! "I cheat, but look at this guy here, he cheats more!" What a fun guy. Can we be friendz?