Santa fox

They do work, they will simply make the player drop whatever weapon is in his hands, though. I wouldn't mind being able to disable players without killing them, though, perhaps just add in different varieties of shotgun ammo, i.e. rock salt, beanbags, CS gas etc.

The P38, Mosin and C96 are already in game. I don't see any problem with adding more WW2 style weapons; I would love to see uniforms from that era, as well.

I can't help but wonder, if the dev's wouldn't have gained more from keeping DayZ an internal testing game, rather than letting the public play it.

Given how I actively involve myself in game development, by producing stuff myself, I am well aware of the different stages of production. Simply because I put something into a beta, though, does not mean it is hard/impossible to add/remove or fix things. It merely gives the testers a better overview of what has been added, where I am going with a project, and they can thusly comment on what should be changed, to better fit what they like. True, and more just thinking aloud, given the recent trouble with Experimental and the fact that things seem to be progressing slower, as public servers, players and so forth have to be taken into account during development cycle.

I have taken time off DayZ, as well, and while it has certainly helped, I can't help but wonder if it wouldn't have been a wiser choice to keep it closed, until at least, say, Beta, and then add on things that people would like to see. Infact, DayZ is the one game I have played for nearly 1000 hours, and have gotten more joy out of than most other games, but at the same time, it has been extremely frustrating to, at times, not be able to play it, when servers are down for no reason, or when characters die for no reason, or suchlike, especially when these bugs seem to re-appear. I do have faith in that the game will be released, but I can't help but wonder if releasing it for alpha-testing was such a good idea, after all, that is all.

Well, as it currently is, we are paying for something that is completely broke, more or less, with server up-time being less than stable. While other games in alpha, have reached far longer than DayZ has. I can't help but wonder, if the DayZ devs had kept it internal, if not the whole having to fix server crash bugs, client crash bugs etc etc, wouldn't have sped up production. And given how the game may, theoretically, never get out of Alpha while still taking our cash for it, it also seems like an quite bad deal for the players. Not saying they would do that, though, given how other survival games, in similiar and/or exact same style, have gone far longer in their production, in less time.. Kinda makes you wonder.

I can agree with the other posters, I do not believe a sleep mechanic as described in OP is neccesary. If anything, logging out should count as one, though, I do not see any point in keeping a black screen on for 5 minutes or more, even if this would count as longer in game.

Never thought about this, to be honest. But I really like the idea! should definately be added.

Sounds like a very good idea, would absolutely like to see it implemented.

Not sure if there would be much of an point, given the DayZ map and such, don't think i've ever seen a bus station with a map marker where you are, either.

I would love to see a G36 in game, always been one of my favorite rifles, and I can't think of a apocalypse type game without one. Just not the shortened version, please, it looks fugly.

Maybe for private servers, but not for SA Vanilla. None has a perfect idea, because there isn't one. The devs wont fail to add in certain features, however, punishing people for playing a certain way is not the way to go, perhaps on RP servers and other bubbles of peacefullness like that, but not in SA.

I also mentioned it due to gameplay and balancing. Read again. it shouldn't be implemented, and wont be, into DayZ:SA Vanilla, mods can probably do it, though. You don't get jelly on your eyes in real life like say, in CoD. I have been in numerous fights, drawn blood and have blood drawn. Worst that will happen is you get a adrenaline rush and don't think straight, maybe get a bit blurred vision if someone manages to get a good right hook in and you don't fall unconcious instantly. This has been covered hundreds if not thousands of times before, search before you post. I will not adress why punishing peoples playstyle is a stupid thing, that will not be implemented into SA. I still don't really see this as anything good, i've seen it suggested before and it got shot down. Instead of having people kill themselves to get other spawns, you will now also have people who kill themselves to get the best possible gear. It won't help interactions, either, so lets just leave that to custom mods.

Never heard of anything like this, doubt it's real. Never experienced it, either, though I did get knocked unconcious 5 times in a row by a single zed a week or two back, before I managed to kill it. By that point I was b/w, though.

Crazy, i'd say. Just calling them infected as that is what the devs call them, and is supposed to mitigate the fact that they can run, survive in cold etc, while zombies like in the TWD sense would simply rot and die after a while.

I thought they were supposed to be infected, so more akin to 28 days/months later, rather than The Walking Dead. Guess thats why they punch, hit and so forth, rather than try to grapple on and bite. Doesn't explain why the player starts to bleed more or less instantly from being punched, though.

No, at most, one should perhaps suffer PTSD, but I do not see any point for this to happen, either due to gameplay reasons or due to balancing, or real life etc. Only projection of blood and such onto the screen, should be when one wears a gasmask, akin to Metro, where you have to wipe it off. Though, I wouldn't mind seeing more blood being added, and dismemberment, though, I recall the latter being impossible to add. No, just stop. Sure, this has been suggested plenty of times before and I still approve of it. Why not, should perhaps lessen the load on servers at least, not having to first parse the item leaving the player, then sitting on the ground, then being picked up. Only problem with this is, players would simply kill themselves until they get the best gear, so no to this. Some were good, some were bad; Others have been suggested and shot down/been approved by the majority before.

Pants, i'd say. Either that or backpack, but it'll take a extra second or two to scroll down, find the ammo and then drag it over to the gun. I'd definately suggest going with mags and putting them at the bottom of your backpack.

It all sounds like solid suggestions to me, never quite understood why we couldn't wear vests over the SMERSH rig. As for the DEFENDER-2, makes a bit more sense than the plate carrier, which I can only assume is mainly used by US forces.

I usually take this route, where the end is NWAF, after which point I head to the triangle base and after that Zeleno, and sometimes the hidden base. You'll come out completely geared in army gear after this, and have a lot of weapons, and ammo. I mainly use this route to find police/firefighter gear, though, and you'll have enough cover from the elements to start fires, get water and food, and also look over several heli crash sites.

I actually spawned there once, after I had had a few beers and other drinks. At first, I had no idea where I was, but it's a pretty interesting place. Took me a good while before I figured out where I was, though, and I still have no idea how I got there.

I have experienced something similiar, mainly with binoculars, though. Never really use the rangefinder. And I really don't get why people say they get such low FPS on rigs that must be better than my own; I run everything maxed and I get a solid 30 - 40 FPS even in towns, though it might take a minute or two to load everything in when I first enter a town.

Haven't experienced any trouble filling up neither canteens nor bottles. I mainly drink from cans, ponds or pumps directly, though.

Didn't the devs state that the engine cannot do this? Wouldn't mind having some more facial futures, though, especially as I have a goatee myself :P

I have a feeling the engine cant support changing seasons, Though, I wouldn't mind seeing fog roll in from the coast and cover the coastal towns in a very thick fog, or things like that.