Parazight

main pvp zone is where people spawn. Right now, Berezino and north of there. I wonder if that will shift to Elektro with spawn points ever changing.

If you are masochistic: -join a server where you can't talk to anybody. If you are NOT masochistic: -use verbal communication of the SAME language to engage in friendly banter. -don't restrict yourself to a life of killing on sight every clown you see because no one will trust you if you cannot talk to them. -realize the tiny increase in ping for what it is and compensate with different tactics.

My name is Parazight and I like watching other people learn the hard lessons.

It's nothing like CoD. Thank God. Killing people in Call of Duty is so hollow and empty. I'm here, taking cover, waiting to snipe you and steal your time. Yes, your time, not your gear. See, in Dayz it requires much more of a time investment to get kitted out. Killing people in CoD is almost meaningless. PVPing in DayZ is the pinnacle of fighting in video games. In CoD, you really have nothing to lose (finding gear is absolutely trivial) whereas in DayZ you put it all on the line. It's the time spent surviving and finding the things that you need that makes death/killing relevant.

The common thing I've seen is that 8gigs of ram memory is the minimum. The Alpha seems to work better on NVidia processors. Like Bonesnap said, a dedicated video card is recommended. Good Luck.

Your laptop might be in for a workout during Alpha. Should be able to load the game though.

Well, I play DayZ on several machines. I mostly play on a custom built machine, but I have another rig that I bought for my son that plays the game almost flawlessly. I really don't experience bugs when playing on either. I'm going to assume you don't want to put together your own PC, so I'll tell you what I bought for my kid. Dell X8700-1258BLK SKU: 2988033 Cost about 770$ from Best Buy.

It's too bad that your game experience is so miserable. Is it possible that your PC is too underpowered to handle the alpha version? I ask because I don't encounter the bugs that seem to ruin it for you.

I know, isn't it great to be on the forefront of mmo-fps sandbox hybrid technology!! So good. Where else are you going to find combined elements of pve and pvp where everything is on the line, where your loss is leveraged by how much time investment you have put into your current toon? I assume your complaining is purely sarcastic because the alpha warning is really, really easy to understand. I mean, you knew what you were getting into when you spent the money, right?

You seem to like forum pvp but not dayz pvp. I don't think this game is for you. Either because of skill set or genuine disinterest. I don't really understand why you need the dayz community to explain the game to you. It's pretty self-evident. The game is in alpha. All of the features aren't in and the game hasn't received any fine tuning. Also, if you're playing the game on a potato then you're going to have a much less enjoyable experience. It sounds like you're a bad player or, more likely, not playing under ideal alpha conditions. Perhaps try the game when it's finished.

Ouch. Just because your playstyle differs from other peoples' playstyles doesn't mean it's okay to call them names. At least, I think you're calling them names and not assuming their political point of views actually have them believing in an elitist system where a group of people vote for a group of 'gifted' individuals. See, elitism is actually a political movement, not just an often misused word used to slander.

Haha. I think *somebody* just got a taste for blood. ;) Good post dood.

We'll, best load out seems to be relative to your current needs/ role. I'm aware that I left out certain weapons, but this is intentional. The poll questions are carefully considered. I'm curious as to why you prefer cr527 because they are far from the ideal when it comes to sniping or 'spray and pray' tactics.

I would be suspicious of anyone DARPing (dayz action role playing- heh) a medic, or any other specialized role.

Figure it out, I say! Progression in this game isn't gear, instead, the knowledge that you accumulate by playing it.

No attachment to gear. No fear. No regrets.

First, they're not unwilling to add new ammunition types. They just added another type with this very last patch! Second, I've no idea why you're going on about weapon ammo rarity. That balancing isn't done during Alpha. Third, I think it's hilarious that you argue for weapon ammo to be rarer and then, in the same post, suggest that they add more ammo types.

improvised arrows + blue berries = poisoned arrows? They're introducing poison with horticulture, so we may see it at some point. /shrug

I would give all my gear for a rotten kiwi right now. Edit oh yea. Global wipe incoming soon.

http://dayz.gamepedia.com/Wooden_Splint

let me know if you find any.

This scrutiny wouldn't exist if Alpha was closed.

(Part of me is gonna play the devil's advocate, the other 80% is gonna speak from the heart.) Stealing. That's the core of this game. I want to steal your valuable time. That's why I hunt other people. The major attraction of this game is all based around time investment. Let me explain. You spend hours and hours gearing up. There's a huge time investment into gearing up and so, every action you take holds the responsibility of recognizing this. When you boldly log onto a server and blindly start running for the control tower at the airfield, your gear, if it could talk, would say something like this; "OMG WAT R U DOING!?! YOU'RE GONNA GET US KILLED!" Very disrespectful to yourself. Disrespectful to your hard earned gear. How dare you forsake all the time spent getting to where you're at now, location and gear-wise. This is where I come in. I want to steal all your stuff. I want to steal all your time. Because there's nothing to enforce laws or rules. I want more. It's far easier and much faster to steal something than it is to work hard for it. It's logical when there are no consequences. The game, in its current state, totally enables this behavior! How awesome! right?!? When I shoot a geared player I've just gained hours and hours of progression. I could run around for an hour and find a weapon, but why? The best loot walks on two feet! When I sneak up on a geared player as a bambi and axe them in the grape, I just gained anywhere from five to twenty of hours of real time looting. I reckon. Some people don't get it though. Some people still think that player versus environment will somehow hold their attention. It wont. PVE is child's play. So, consider this a public service message. Someone will engage in a discussion about KOSing or something and somebody will say "Blah, blah, blah, go play COD or Battlefield instead." I see this statement a lot on these forums. This makes no sense to me at all. I don't care if there are other games with better graphics or mechanics. The killing in those games feels so hollow, like killing-a-fresh-spawn-on-the-coast-hollow. COD, Battlefield, Open world MMO pvp, and whatnot do nothing for players like me. It seems silly to me to hunt down other gamers in other games because it's meaningless. Your victim just respawns and is right back into the game again. I've wasted a lot of time hunting other players when they can get caught up in 30 seconds. Listen up, maggots. That's demand I'm making in this thread; Please don't tell me to go play COD! It's all about consequences. It's all about making good decisions. The things that you acquire to make you stronger require actual effort. I'm speaking ideally here. Cheaters get around this, I am going to assume for the base of this post that cheating will be totally fixed by release. Bear with me here. I hunt in DayZ because I like to capitalize on other peoples' stupid mistakes. This is the best progression leverage ever invented!! When you do something in-game you have to always consider the time investment you've already spent. Most of the gaming nerd community rushes headlong into town and runs straight to the nearest loot hub (cop shop, piano house, hospital, fire station, etc.) Good job just forsaking all you've worked for. I want to kill your toon because I want your gear. I want you to kill me because when I'm fighting, I realize that all of my time investment is riding on the outcome. Living and dying when there's no repercussions is lame. I don't experience the paranoia buzz, the heart pounding excitement, the joy of pwning you, or the heartbreak of getting killed in any of those 'other' games. I do have to be honest tho. Sometimes I DO like to just get into fist-fights for the sake of pressing buttons. Also, I do enjoy talking with other players, helping people, doing things that isn't flat out murder. Humans are flawed social creatures, after all. I love DayZ. Please snipe me. That is all.

Prolly safe to assume it may come on a wed. morning. Usually, they push a new update to experimental for a week or more before moving it to stable. I don't think anyone but the devs know when the game will be updated.