Brim1944

I've only ever seen UAZ's in the standalone.

If that were the case I wouldnt care as much about finding US weaponry. I think they should represent that a bit more visually though, perhaps like CDF and US flags together at bases to show the alliance or going on the theory that there are US bases it would be nice to see some US vehicles lying around. I suppose for me it's just a case of having a little back story.

Maybe im wrong but I remember the CDF as having pretty much only Soviet equipment (AK, RPG, PKM etc) with the exception of one or two western weapons. The Arma 2 page says they still retain their original soviet weaponry. Imo as more weapons are added, they should have more eastern firearms than western ones. It just makes more sense to me that you would find soviet weapons in an eastern european country. For comparison, if the game was set in the US you would expect to find a range of American weapons in military bases rather than AK-47's.

I usually just listen to them, unless they are poorly armed and there is a chance I can get away alive/kill them. I mostly just get shot after they get what they want, or sometimes I just get restrained and executed. Still better than being shot on sight.

So ever since the new update I have been having this issue as well as all of my friends. For example we might play on a UK server and log off for the day, and then come back later on. When we join back on a different server/another UK server we find that all our gear is gone and we have respawned on the coast for an odd reason. It has happened to me consistently for the past week and my friend has lost all of his gear twice now. It's not gamebreaking and its not making the game unplayable but it is very frustrating when it happens almost every single time we try to play. It's a massive time waster. I know that in the DayZ mod you could see which servers were connected to the hive but you cant in SA. I heard that the unconnected servers are the issue in causing this? Any help would be appreciated!

As Nex said eat and drink as much as you can, try and get to 'hydrated' or 'healthy' and your health will slowly come back and your screen shouldn't be grey. You just lost blood, if you loose quite a bit your screen will go greyish as you said. edit: bodybagger beat me to it.

The first time I killed someone was a few months ago. I was in the NE airfield looting a jail building and stopped directly infront of a window to sort my inventory out. Two guys where going across the runway and saw me standing there, luckily they chose to go fully automatic and since they were also moving it just sprayed the wall and not me. I got my SKS out, shot one but only knocked him unconscious, then his friend shot me and I started bleeding. By the time I bandaged up he was outside trying to revive the other guy with some defibrilators, shot him and killed him and I suppose the other one bled out. I did end up using 20 rounds of my ammo due to me being a bad shot and new to the game but it was worth it because I got the dead guys ttsko gear.

I think its fine, but it needs to be fixed so they cant leap at you and hit from quite a distance like they do. If you're in a city just run around corners or into houses, and in the country go up hills so they are forced to walk and you can loose them.

I agree with the better melee sounds and mechanics, it feels like all my weapons do no damage to zombies. For example an axe stab to the face doesnt seem to kill them. Zombies do run fast but I think they should otherwise they would be too slow to be a threat. If there was a horde of slow moving zombies you could just outrun them easily and it would be no problem to you. As for maps being hard to find, you are pretty much guaranteed to find one in the police stations, they have at least 2-3 on most occasions. The cupboards being accessible idea is a good one, they should certainly add it. And imo the looting seems fine, sometimes a lot has been looted already especially in cities, and those little log cabins are mostly empty, same for some houses.

I think your chances of using a spear or sword effectively without any real experience with them would be pretty bad, but im sure people would have the general idea of how to use it, even if its only basic knowledge. And if others weren't proficient either, then your opponents would be the same. And like Ashley said, a functioning bayonet would be very useful especially in close quarters.

The police station sometimes has them (specifically the room with shelves on the 2nd floor) and there are usually some under/around the desks on the 1st floor of the jail building at airfields.

Producing ammo and weapons is a cool idea, maybe using old shell casings to make new ammunition or using scrap metal to make an improvised firearm like one of those $10 .22's, with the right equipment of course.

It sucks buggy, it happens to all of us at some point and is annoying. Some people cant play without killing anything that moves unfortunately, but they are a necessary part of the game, without them it would be boring and there would be no excitement or danger. As for non-pvp servers, it would just be for loot farming and I know a lot of players would not be happy with it, the entire process of looting would be too safe and players would only join pvp servers to kill with their fully geared up players. LIke Viking said, dont get attached to your gear, I used to do that and raged so hard when I lost my M4 and military clothes, but I dont care for it much anymore as I know it can all be found again, and again and again.

Great idea, you have to start somewhere with your weapons. Imo firearms should be harder to find, because nobody wants a spear when they can get an M4 after 10 mins of playing. In a real situation you would have to grab whatever you could find and stick it together some way, better that than your fists.

You aren't wrong at all, but not all horses can live off grass alone. Some horses can get fat off just grass and some just dont get everything they need from it, so a lot of them would starve to death if they weren't killed for food or attacked by zombies.

It's not a bad idea, but would horses not have starved to death/been killed? (depending on how long it's been since whatever happened in Chernarus).

Like pabloottowa said, dont trust anyone, its a lesson that I have learnt the hard way many times. A lot of the time, anyone who says ''Im friendly I wont shoot'' generally want to shoot you or take all of your items. Not always but usually that is the case. Just be cautious, but don't kill them instantly because many people out there like being friendly and that is their approach most of the time. Only 30 mins ago in NE airfield someone shouted ''Im friendly come down'' to me, only to come up the staircase 5 seconds later trying to shoot me. Good job my mosin was a one hit kill. And about the airfield thing as well. People who are too protective with their gear like to join low player servers when entering an airfield to avoid being killed by bandits, so it is a good idea to watch out even when it seems pointless to do so. And if you have no luck, please dont resort to being one of them. Usually KOS'ers create more KOS'ers when they make people rage, but it just contributes to ruining the game slowly and even though it is 'fun' to some people it is much more fun imo to help others out. Good luck!

Been a while since I posted this but I've run into another equally annoying issue. My player got reset so I tried to join another server in the hope I might get back on to the same profile again but instead it just kept spawning me in different places. Eventually I did find a server that let me play with all my old gear back, however it hasnt overwritten the other, so some servers play the new character and some play the old. I play on the US East servers and they are all different with which profile I get. Is there any way at all for me to make one a default player so I dont need to worry about which server to play on?

That's the thing that brings me back to Dayz, knowing that there are some people who give a shit about the realistic aspect of the game and being friendly. Im sure in a real apocalypse you'd probably be trying to find someone just to talk to. The loneliness and isolation takes a toll on peoples minds. I dont mind bandits, because there are people who would be like that. The fact that there are people out there willing to kill you will make you more willing to kill others in defense. I just hate KoS'ers who shoot everyone and anyone and sometimes don't even loot them. Yesterday I was running around with my pistol and got held up by a group of people with guns, I had lots of ammo and they knew that but I was starving. They could have killed me or left me to die but they actually gave me a pistol magazine and some opened food cans and left. Imo these are the good people of DayZ.

I play passive however I don't usually avoid high player rate locations. I visit them but I just prefer to sneak around and stay away from people.

It was completely worth it. Even in alpha it's immensely enjoyable and the good thing is it never gets old. Other big titles like BF4 will eventually become boring and people will be tired until they waste another $60 on the next.