SpydersByte

Haha, that's fine with me. The only purpose of the post is to inform Rocket himself of my thoughts on the patch, not to get anyone behind me, that would only be a bonus. I'm a big boy I can take a flame. :D

I'll try to make this sound the least whiney I can. This newest patch has completely ruined this game for me. I can't possibly imagine what it's like for new players now. Starting without a weapon is just plain moronic. Not only does it put you at a disadvantage against Zombies, but more importantly you are now defenseless against other players (99 out of 100 of whom are "bandits"). Not only that, but no food or water? Insanity. Especially with how oddly rare food is. As others have said, it's pretty much impossible now to leave one of the main towns. As far as I've heard, some of the changes that are being made (or being refused) are for the sake of 'realism'. That's fine, but when it saps all possible fun from the game, it's not in the best interest of anyone. If you intend to survive a zombie apocalypse, are you going to go into it with nothing at all? Hell, if this happened tomorrow I myself would be more prepared than the characters we are playing. This isn't realism unless we are intended to play as homeless men caught up in this situation. Scratch that, even a homeless man would be more prepared than our characters. The other problem with the current changes is that you are doing nothing but forcing people to exploit what they can to get some decent gear. Before this patch, it was completely possible to make your way through towns and out into the woods and have a truly fun and challenging experience, it was always different. I can tell you what happens now for me and my friends who play: Respawn countless times to get to Cherno. Run to the hospital carrying a train of zombies, grab bloodbags and supplies, run to Stary Sobor carrying a train of zombies, load up on military weapons, drag the zombies into the large barn, take care of them. Does this sound like the way you wanted the game to be played? Before this patch the game carried weight. It was one of the few to actually get my heart racing. I loved sneaking around the zombies, learning to judge other players behavior and find out whether I should trust them or not, and search for the good loot while heading out into the unknown. Now, none of those mechanics work. The Zombies are nothing but a bother when you're just racing to your next destination. The players are now ALL bandits. The search for good loot is now a set two-step routine. It has honestly ruined everything about the game, and that is not an exaggeration. I'd also like to point out that the framerate has been unplayable for some reason since the patch. I was running at 50-60 FPS on a 580 GTX SC and I'm now running at about 7 FPS. That's unplayable. The game was in a good place as far as the core mechanics go before this patch. It needed polish in the animation and AI departments, but that was it. I'm positive that you will lose many players if you intend to go down this "punishing experience" road. Remember that in the end it is a game, the difficulty is part of the fun, but when it's ramped up too high, it overcomes the fun and that kills any meaning behind it. Here's hoping you seriously rethink what you've changed.