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Hello there Ok without going into details what can you not talk about here? There's very few subjects and for those that are taboo, very good reasons have been given. We have one dedicated thread thats pretty much full of bile and hatred for the game, we tolerate that, many forums would not. I dont have a problem with folk who dislike the game and want to discuss it, what I wont accept is rants and thats what they often are. Indeed, today I had to tell a forum member off and almost awarded him a point for posting an opinion i greatly agreed with, but the way he/she went about it was poor and "ranty". Criticisms are good and are needed, its all about how one goes about it. I often find myself aligned with those who dislike some aspect what I dont align myself with is the attitude. For example, if you go into a pub and get an "off" beer and you politely bring it to the barmans attention, most likely or not youll get an apology and a new free beer. If you take the same situation and scream at the staff how lazy and incompetent they are and how they are scamming you and not giving you the beer "they promised" you, reception is going to be less than satisfactory. I find the back slapping usually happens with trolls and "haters" who find umbridge with the fact that we moderate them. To be honest a forum full of blind fanbois is a pointless one. Also, remember that sometimes we have to impart rules for which the reasons may not be immediately obvious and youll have to bear with us with that. Some things are need to know, even from us, which is pretty much universal standard business practice. Rgds LoK

Hello there Perhaps the forums are not for you then? This is the games Official forum and the majority of members are fans or want to contribute in a constructive way. Your "circlejerk" comment shows how incorrect you are on how we do things here. Im critical, in a constructive way about some aspects of Dayz myself, I just dont rant about those aspects, I talk about hem and if i receive an answer Im not happy with I dont throw tropes around like "circlejerk" I trry to discuss them. Some issues ive been convinced by the team/forum members to understand the reason for their choices, others not. I dont rail on about them. There are indeed forums for other games where I just dont like the attitude of either the mods or the members, I simply avoid them as eveyone else there seems fine with the way things are. If you really think we are so biased why stay here? Thats a legit question, not a hint/sarcasm for you to leave. I dont mind you here (or anyone for that matter) as long as they abide by the rules. Its good to have a dissenting voice but they have to be reasoned. Dont forget when I first arrived here I wasnt really a fan of DAYZ. I really wasnt, especially as I was a "pure" milsim fan. But I opened up to the reasons why the mod was worthwhile and soon found my opinion challenged and changed. Whilst that was happening I was made a mod. I even "said" to Griff, I wont do it unless I can have MY opinions still as a player, I didnt want to be a corporate drone. He said "fine". We mods are not Yes men/ladies. I like a debate (mass or otherwise) but dont like statements like yours as they are a closed ended opinion, there seems to be no room for maneuver. If I were in your shoes Id leap to reddit if I thought they were a "better" forum and way to get my DAYZ info or indeed anywhere else area if I thought the forum were corrupt or as you say "circle Jerking" Rgds LoK

Hello there As you know we dont allow discussions about hacking and security here for obvious reasons, so I shall close this. There's plenty of other places and ways to can discuss this topic so feel free to continue somewhere else. Im doing you the courtesy of closing rather than hiding this as some points are of interest but as per usual there is a lot of falsehood flapping about and thats not on. Closing. Rgds LoK

Hello there I made the mistake of buying into a fairly well known alpha/beta once. I got a time limited playable version of the game and yellow tag. Which soon after reverted to normal. I did expect a little more. So, it DOES happen. With DAYZ though you only pay once and get the full standard game when its released. Rdgs LoK

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/214494-dayz-mod-problem/ Dont crostpost/dupe please. L

Hello there I dont understand this sentence, can you clarify? Rgds LoK

Hello there Thats true, point taken. But its hardly a private club. And fairly easy to obtain access if one is a constructive applicant. This also leads on to the fact if the had given some forewarning, we could have also asked for questions from here to send in. I shall contact them and see if thats doable. To be honest its not really any different if we had an AMA here, reddit or any sub would have not been directly involved. In fact its given me the idea that perhaps we need to tighten our association with reddit and stop seeing the /r/dayz folk at least as something "other". Rgds LoK

Hello there What do you think we are hiding? I asked him "honest" questions that appealed to my interests, mainly about his role. Do I get a reward? Also, if you have a legitimate concern why not make a thread on it? Also, the Q&A was open to everyone, I found out about it when a mate let me know. It wasnt an inhouse venture. I would like to see these events flagged up a while beforehand in future but who knows on what short timescale it happened? Rgds LoK

Hello there Although the engine is showing us lots of lovely stuff its always been demanding of ones rig, even since OFP. After the original System Shock BiS games are the only ones Ive had to upgrade my PC to be able to play them and indeed still am. I put it down to the fact that the "engine" is dealing with a vast amount of info and relaying that all at the same time to the user/s. I would also like a full explanation, but after talking to Mr Hall in the past about such matters I usually find that the conversation is way above my intellectual level. He goes full Geek Programmer/dev on you. It could be down to the pure rendering, the locations and details and conditions of hundreds of items, the weather, the day night cycle with navigable stars, the tides? Bullet and damage calculation, AI behavior etc etc etc all going on at once. Rgds LoK

Topic updated. Please be clear with topic titles. L

Hello there I dont want to see hollywood fireballs like we have at the moment. Ive been in and witnessed many crashes, not one flame was seen. Im sure that one of the rationales for the advent of vehicles taking so long would be to improve them from A2/mod. Lets wait and see. Rgds LoK

Hello there The debate on this has been going on since he games inception. I too am pro SP even if others find it "boring". I like the last man on earth scenario. However I dont believe its currently in the scope of what the devs are trying to achieve. This doesnt mean its not going to happen rather that is not on their list of things to do AFAIK. Im fairly sure it will be doable, its how simple it will be is the question for us unsociable types. Im currently living in an area with zero mobile signal and uber limited internet which means online games are out of the question so SP, for the moment is the way forward. Rgds LoK

Excellent thank you. Farewell. L

Hello there I dont think there is any conspiracy to fleece folk out of their hard earned cash. Look at PA Early access how much was that? There could be a multitude of reasons why the prices are the way they are. Have you thought of Twittering at a dev or looking through reddit? BI dont have a history of being money grabbers and if anything youll probably find their cashflow rather healthy, It could bell be infrastructure and running costs. Dont forget its not JUST the servers its the infrastructure around them. For eg, if you ran your own server you need to power it, man it and keep it somewhere. Yes, you have yourself and your house, but those all have to be paid for dont they? Food, clothing etc etc etc it all adds up, so the costs are there but not always where you expect the costs to be. Rgds LoK

Hello there I dont think mods ruined the game, what was a pain was that so many peoples wanted an easy ride and that many sys admins provided that style server as they were popular. Mods greatly extend the life of games. When DAYZ gets opened up to mods youll see a shift towards the easy and "Dayz life" games by many. Hopefully there will be some stalwarts Admins who dont go down the easy "donations" and 1000 vehicle route. Rgds LoK

Yes, eventually, but thats "not hauling ass from his creation". That statement puts a very negative spin on it. I too, may leave this forum in time, that doesnt mean moderation will stop or differ. When he does go you wont see sweeping changes, in fact as an end user you probably wont see any difference. Imagine being in space. You throw a brick. It continues forever, bar any collision which is most unlikely. DAYZ has and will have the same impetus that Mr Hall has given to it. With great respect to Mr Hall, his leaving is, for us, a non issue on the whole. Regardless thats been covered in depth many many many many many times. Lets get back on topic. Rgds LoK

Hes not. L

Hello there I have to agree. I remember when we were nooblets and nooblings. "bambi"? pah! Thats drunk girls in high heels. Not far from a zombie apocalypse but not Dayz. New players though, well you get nice folk and others. Even I was "new" once. I think... Rgds LoK

Hello there We are aware and are looking into the matter. Thanks for the info. Closing. Rgds LoK

Hello there We have to remember we all individually want what we imagine fit into this scenario, FYI I too would have plumped for the first set in chaingunfighters post. But then again say you, dear reader and I agreed on that we may argue about the type of zeds we want, I prefer the slow Romero type (yes i know DAYZ Zeds are not undead) and you may like the 28days Later infected. Weve all got very different ideas and thoughts on the game, but we have to remember that this is essentially Dean's vision as well as that of his immediate crew. What we will get is roughly a game we all want and that modding will enable us to tweak it into the particular ideal that we envisioned. I guarantee you we will have "east block" weapon and slow zed servers. Too many folk just want that. BUT WAIT! We are still in Alpha and so much could change. Lets wait until mechanics and ideas firm up a little before we judge too harshly. Rgds LoK

Hello there Link the game up to your significant other via some test/email. If I die I promise to do x,y or z Eg if you die you do chores. Or if you are feeling cash fluid, everytime you die you donate 1,5,10,100 etc units of currency to your favourite charity. HAve it linked in to your paypal. The options are endless. Rgds LoK

Hello there Let us decide whos trolling, please. If in doubt "report". Just for clairty I did have to edit the title of the thread which had the term along the lines of "I hate this game" in it, so some early visitors may think OP is/was trolling. Regardless. The comment that one has 100s of games waiing to be played does not mean that DAYZ has to vie for ones attention. In fact at this stage Id recommend the casual player not to bother playing. Youll only be frustrated. Indeed, even when the game is fully released Its appeal will not be universal. I think many players are imparting on the game an ideal of what they want and imagine and that wont suit most folk. Its not a gmae to jump into fer teh lulz, but on the flip side is easily useable for just such fun. Think of the game not as a Zeombie shooter, rather as a surival Sim with some Zeds thrown in (at the moment) Rgds LoK

Hello there They did it for OFP when they converted it to the xbox, PS4 shouldnt be too hard. Rgds LoK *ps title edited*

Hello there Yes, op may have assigned hilarious things like a sack on the head to a negative experience, but lets look past that to his main issue and lets try to be a little more welcoming. His main bugbear is Controls. Now, if you are an arma player then this confuses me a little as you sould be pretty comfy with the controls as they have changed little from OFP on the whole. Some aspects of keybinding ARE broken. But most are known and are being addressed in the bug tracker. I too, think many aspects of Avatar control are currently below par, I dont know if we will ever see a quantum leap from the way they are now though. And not everyone will agree with me on that thought. Nonetheless, the devs are aware and if they can improve avatar control and keybinding, they will. Remember this is still an early stage of production. As to Nether, well do some research on its history, I wont bother addressing it here. Rgds LoK

Like you. Regardless, in game "suicide" is something ill never agree with many players on, especially when its used to get a "better" spawn point. I do agree that some elements, like coming upon a pile of bodies is interesting but i still think the majority are done for the wrong reason. Rgds LoK