TheMachine

I try to play servers with at least 40 players online. I can't believe people are even disagreeing that finding a decent server is WAY too hard.

Ok guys, the point I'm trying to make is that servers need oversight/min spec.

I never said nor implied that they were. (though technically, the cause of them is)

How can he use the Arma 3 engine before the end of the year if arma 3 isn't released until way the fuck knows when?

cOOl stori bra!

It's really work of art... I guess not really seeing what you're doing adds to the tense atmosphere of the game.

Wednesday 31 july. 3 servers, 3 groups of hackers. We killed the first group about 4 times and looted the same stuff every time, AS50's, silenced m4's, coyote BPs etc. Second server. We got rolled by invisible people spawning around us and killing us. Third server, had a long as fight with hackers around cherno who kept coming back with their thermal scoped weapons, we eventually lost and called it a night. Hacking is getting so out of hand now, I really don't know if I can play dayz anymore at this point.

Word to the idiots - you can build a better desktop PC than any gaming laptop for 6-700 dollars/pounds whatever. His question was simply can he run arma 2 in bootbamp on a RMBP, the answer is yes, probably in low-medium settings. Even on my gaming PC I get crappy framerates, SO WHO KNOWS?! Arma 2 sucks balls as a gaming engine, its buggy and poorly optimised.

Honestly, I love sniping in DayZ, because I love killing other players. But those 1 hit weapons shouldn't be in game.

Ok, for the absolute idiots who want to argue semantics, I'll write an addendum to my original post. Every kill in DayZ that is NOT a result of hacking/cheating is FAIR. Every PvP kill is fair, we all have the same chances, and if you don't take them (or make them) it's because you aren't a good player - simple as. And trust me, no one is sitting 'sniping noobs on the coast', perhaps in cherno or elektro, but no one shambles around the coast looking for painkillers from new spawns. I've been killed as a new spawn lots, and it was fair. No matter how I'm killed (and I die a lot), it's fair. Same for you and every other player. Some people can't accept this, and wait artificial safezones and PvP blocks to cushion their ineptness. They want a team vs. zombie co-op without the danger and excitement of DayZ. To these people I say, chernarus apocalypse or warz. These games seem more up your ally. Each time I see someone asking for DayZ to be easier and safer, I know that person is weak, probably both mentally and physically.

Come on now, in this situation canabalism would be a massive problem. We should be able to feast on our fellow survivors when we kill them... You skin a dead (or unconcious, for extra freshness) survivor then cook em' up with some garlic and shallots, delightful! Many times I've killed people and they've dropped no beans, I look at their lifeless body and hunger is building inside my belly, why oh why can't I eat them?! This is a core mechanic (some may say gamebreaking) that needs to be in game immediately.

Reasons and fairness are not the same thing. Just because I have no reason, doesn't mean it isn't fair.

Holy shit, didn't think anyone would make a post this stupid, it's my lucky day. Firstly, I wouldn't kill a new spawn, but shit dude... You were alt tabbed OUT of the game, how the fuck is that not your fault? I mean really, jesus christ man. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AFK AND NOT GET KILLED, NO FAIR!

Hackers have nothing to do with this, obviously that's game abuse. Who cares why they kill? It's always fair. You have the same chance to kill them.

If you think I'm trolling, tell me why I'm wrong.

If this system is ever put into the game I'm going to gather up survivors then lure them to my friends who won't have a fake 'block' on shooting them, BAM BAM BAM, all dead. Oh, or perhaps you numbskulls want pvp safe zones now too?

Even on a gameplay level this idea is fucking stupid. I'd just do it with all my friends then we'd run about like idiots throwing grandes, knowing no one but the 'bad guys' could die to our randomly sprayed bullets and explosives. Tactical play - GONE MUTHAFUCKKAAA!

This is an artificial mechanic, therefor its handholding. That added security and certainty destroys the immersion of the game. And once it starts, it's a slippery slope down to safe zones, no pvp servers, and only being shot when you put yourself into 'pvp mode'.

Very gamey, totally doesn't fit with the mod. how about you use fucking voice chat to ask if someone's friendly then gauge the timbre of their voice to decide if they're really friendly? People want so much hand holding.

How would cannibalism get negative press? The press that write about DayZ aren't the mainstream idiots that can't shut up about terrorism and scary shit on the internet. Gaming publications will just find it hilarious, as will I when I'm chowing down on some nice, fresh survivor.

He's about 200 meters away, he has no idea I'm here, AKM clutched in hand. One burst. Then two, hit. He falls to the ground, legs broken and bleeding. On direct chat he's pleading 'no, no man don't I have no ammo'. As I walk closer he doesn't attempt to log out or fire with his winchestor. 'Did someone shoot you?' I ask him, to which he replies 'you did'. Yes, I did. 'Don't worry, I'll make this quick and painless...' I tell him, like a lame horse he must be put down. 'DUDE NO, DON'T KILL M...', his pleas are cut off by a volley of AKM fire, the light fades in his eyes...he's at peace now. Killing other players in DayZ is AWESOME. They really really don't want to die, that makes it all the better.

With safe zones and crap all dayz will be is a poor imatation of a plethora of other games in the genre, except one with worse graphics and poor netcode. Even with these things, dayz can still be special if rocket stays true to his vision.

Best trick is to get a computer that isn;t a potato.

I know right?! One click and you know the tears are rolling, it's even better when the tears start before they die. I like to play this on direct while I chase people down

That's so weird, I'm called THE BATMAN SHOOTER in game just now, go figure huh?