stryker007

Never in 30 years gaming have I ever felt so "picked on" by a game in my life!! I mean it goes against all statistical odds the amount of bad/dumb luck I have in Dayz SA. Looting is a non starter for me, please God don't make it rarer because I never find anything! I need a weapon I find twigs... I need food and have nothing to open cans then I either find no food or just cans! I need drink I find cans, I need food I find drink... also on those occasions when I fill the last slot I have with some random junk its guaranteed the next thing I click on to pick up will be disinfectant and the game decides I meant to drink it! why? because my pockets are full... The piece de resistance for me was last night... after a bad luck run the previous night I was left with a broken arm and the "my arm hurts" messages were driving me nuts! I was a new spawn and figured I'd be better off dying so as I was right next to berezino I'd go run through town and give the snipers some practice... the server had plenty of people on it.... well guess what? I got bored doing laps round the flats and running down the high street so I started looting and before I knew it I'd worked my way right through town, found a little stuff (mostly twigs and cans) and I'd not so much as heard one shot! Now this is in contrast to the times when I'm geared up.... I could be squatting in a bush 250 metres outside berezino... fart and have a dozen snipers from all over light me up!!!?! Also, I think zombies are scared of guns... they must be! They are all over me like shank on shit when I'm a new spawn, then once I have a gun they are nowhere to be seen.

Its amazing how this game has twisted me.... I am especially suspicious of overly friendly players... if they are not well equipped they are bait to get you standing still for their sniper buddy... if they are well equipped then they will likely kill you first chance. The best encounter for me is another equipped player, grunting a few words then heading off in separate directions. The only saving grace for the game though is a lot of this is less of an issue when you are in a group. 2 min, pref 3+

yeah, why on earth was that sound removed?!?!? Perhaps there is a mid-ground answer, such as if your joing a server and its been less than 30 mins since you logged out then the sound is played when you join. I also like the idea of not being able to logout within X mins of having fired your weapon.

I second the idea a distant sniper may of shot it dead. I've had a mate using a mosin shoot a zombie off me from a great distance... I heard no shot from the mosin and the zombie to me just appeared to literally disappear mid running, thus was dead. Mate confirmed he'd shot it. Also if your on a hill then zombie do seems to kill themselves by running down-hill and jumping.

Any news on when the numbered hot keys across the bottom of the screne will quickly register a single press and select the given item? as opposed to being 50/50 the key-press works at all

I think there is an urgent need for a nice pink tutu in dayz. Two immediate uses I can think of: 1) Clan initiates and disgraced members can be made to wear the pink tutu of shame. 2) Bandits/Trolls can go round making fresh spawns wear them in "their" town.... better than being shot. Thoughts?

It would also help id the crazy people because obviously they'd be drawn to wearing a pink tutu like a moth to a flame

In translation no attempt to communicate and you quickly figure the guy is AFK... quick get the kill in? There's your problem right there, kama is a bitch!

How about "War!"?

must so resist entering debate on bendability or lack there of for a pin/needle... resist... resist :) safety pin, with you on that one!

You ever tried bending a pin or needle? they just snap. How about wire coat-hanger and pliers?

no, just the forums :)

LOL OMG KICHILRON!! For one second there you had me... I felt sane because the game having a finger on the scales against the odds all makes sense :-)

hahaha really? In that case you'd be interested in hearing I'm that guy who finds nothing under tailors and loots a fresh un-touched police station only to come out with a ripped hoody and a barrow load of pipsi

I think a minimum bar needs to be set on pc spec to save this game in the long term. Any recent reasonable pc can play this game with some grass and shadow render detail... so the game should enforce the minimum to stop douchbags who are happy to play Dayz with stupid low settings looking cack just so they can see someone whos 1km deep in a forest! Its highly evident that people do this to give them a totally unfair advantage which in turn puts pressure on everyone to do the same. The game is meant to be realistic and moving around using concealment is a massive part of that. I know this has to have been discussed previously, I think it needs addressing with a little more urgency. Thoughts.....

Yeah thats the problem but allowing as good as zero settings for various aspects of the render ruins the game.... I know they want to sell "loads-a-copies" of the game but in time peeps will realise zero settings is ruining it.... well, apart from the pvp whores but it does make me wonder just how stupid people are that play dayz as strictly pvp because its a great atmospheric survival game but a terrible pvp game, there are many better alternatives for that.... All I can imagine is there are a lot more cousins marrying and/or babies being dropped on their heads than I know.

Just last night I was at the NWA going on a loot with my half blind death mute mate as sniper cover (he's not but plays like it) :-) I'm on the runway and another player from nowhere pops up with me and shoots me. Long story short my sniper cover "offs" my killer so I'm avenged, I spawn nearby so return to get my stuff.... all I can find is the other player's body and he's logged out so nothing to have.... my body meanwhile has disappeared... so much for cheap tactics :) FYI, my sniper cover remained there so we know noone had hidden my body.

My dad is the same, he can play ye olde quake for hours but any recent stuff? no way. He's been to docs and optitians for advice and he's often told its to do with the refresh rate his pc is managing depending on the game. There's a magic FPS that triggers his headaches.

I'd say minecraft has been a great success! Its the community feedback over the years which has made it better than it ever could of been.

Nice one @clashME, there are no zombies in this game, only infected which are living breathing people.... so being able to hack at them all day without killing them actually makes no sense whatsoever

I think what irks people the most is the silly bugs that make it through.... the ones that make you think "do the devs really play this game?", two perfect examples 1) Not being able to use binoculars when kneeling down... man thats the first thing a "player" tries! 2) Bolts taking up a pocket space each! really? that just made the bow a totally useless thing. Alpha police can go do one... dur yes I know its alpha but sloppy stuff like the above making it into even an *alpha* is what is doing the most damage to people's belief in the games successful production. Also, correct me if I'm wrong but there are NO Zombies in this game!! they are simply infected people... which being as they are living breathing people means it makes no sense they can take over half a dozen axe hits to the body and still even move let alone being alive! The only advantage infection should do is make them immune to pain.... but a full swing axe blow to the trunk of the body? it should leave them paralyzed or bleed out in under a min (depending on where struck) owing to them being living organisms an all that.

bollox

While we are at it.... DayZ needs options for all the pacifists that have bought a copy!!

The zombies cannot be like the 28 days later rage zombies? otherwise they'd be dead easy to kill..... I'd of thought they were un-dead zombies?!?

Thats ironic as I was around berezino last night on a server with around 30 players and it was deserted..... how odd.