Act III

Well, I am dead. GG. Was fun. Sorta.

Ah sorry man. First time posting a pic on these forums.

So I am currently at Grishino, just South West of Devil's Castle. Fully loaded with camping gear, medical supplies, beer and food for all! Can't wait until tomorrow to meet you all! I'll be re-installing teamspeak now to get prepared for tomorrow. Also, does anyone own OREL Unit Uniform Pants? I am willing to trade an Olive High Capacity Vest for it! I need to pants to complete my medic look! P.S: Sorry if the photo is massive.

I don't have blunts, but I've been looting the past 2 days. I have dozens of Pristine beer to share!

Is the meet up for sure going to be on Hardcore Stable? I normally play on Experimental, but I'll make a stable toon right now and prepare for the festivities. Also, is the rag-doll physics released on stable as well?

I will join for the festivities! Has there been a decided server?

I searched through the forums looking for similar topics, with no luck. So, last night I actually had a terrifying experience in DayZ, and I jumped out from my seat in vaginal-fear. I had just finished looting a building with a friend, and as we went to leave, a zombie came charging in the entrance, fists swinging. It was a night time server, and the atmosphere was extremely creepy. I would love to see DayZ become more of a horror game. Although, it would be very difficult considering it is a multiplayer game. Has anybody else had scary experiences while playing? Do people want DayZ to become a horror? Just imagine, sitting by your campfire in the woods at night. Then a group of zeds come charging out from the darkness. I'd love to hear peoples opinions on this.

I do not mind that zombies can 1-shot-KO the Riders jacket. It just sucks that we cannot patch it up. I hope they incorporate more than the sewing kit, we should be able to take materials from other clothing and patch up damaged pieces.

I do not have access to the game at this moment, but it sounds as if the User Interface settings were changed. Depending on your monitor resolution, try putting it on 16:9. It is under video settings somewhere.

I actually hiked over to NWAF last night. The gear is christmas morning. Going to explore more of the West side of Chernarus.

I agree with you that multiplayer games can't really be horror. (in fashion of actual "horror" games). But I think that, in the months to come, with improvement on the AI, weather, night time, etc. DayZ will naturally become a more frightening and challenging game. And as for "jump scares", it is all randomly determined, depending on the circumstances. Giving an authentic, post-apocalyptic environment. Again, as Pillock says. I have high hopes for DayZ. This game will be unreal in the years to come, especially with the inclusion of the Oculus Rift.

Atmosphere horror. Good stuff. Imagine the implementation of tornadoes =o

Egg salad. hor·rorˈhôrər,ˈhär-/nounnoun: horror1.an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust."children screamed in horror" As Pillock said. A better audio system can definitely help with achieving "horror".

I agree with you, that the concept of DayZ itself is a horror. And the fact that players can invent their own horror. But I would like to see more jump scares from the undead, for example. I think there is alot of potential in making this game terrifying. Or even, if only at night time, scary shit happens.

I woke up yesterday, unaware of the 0.45 patch hitting stable servers. I got in game as a fresh spawn, and straight away I saw 4-5 people down the road from me (In Dolina). I instantly thought they would be a group of bandits, but I decided to run up and say hey. Turns out, the entire group of 5-6 people were all fresh spawns as well. Nobody knowing eachother, we were all ecstatic to be in a group. We had all clarified that 0.45 was released, and my balls instantly became hard. We then set forth into town to loot up, go hunting, fishing and make camp with my new friends. This is the first time in DayZ I have ever experienced so many friendly players. I hope this friendly, survivor mindset remains in players, because I have never had so much fun in DayZ before. Anybody else have a similar experience to this? Or did I just get extremely lucky?

Good stuff man! I hope occurances like this happen more often with fresh spawns.

I am wondering the same thing man. I love playing in night time servers, now with road flares, and campfires. The atmosphere can become extremely creepy at night.