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What are the chances that he will see your response, seeing that its been nine years since the original post?

Right. Like 50% of the buildings on a server are going to be boarded up. There will never be so many houses boarded up so as that you cannot find loot. No Way. You store your valuable stuff in your base? On purpose? You don't hide your valuable loot on a second account or off in a hidden area? Actually leave it in the base, huh.

Do you think it would be unauthentic for a survivor to not secure an abandoned building? If suddenly, all the buildings in society became empty, you would choose to build something brand new. This makes sense to you? Houses are for looting? Are there not enough spawn point nodes on the map? Are you having a lot of trouble finding items on official? Creating bases out of existing structures should be a priority.

I would be fine either way. I’m not seeing fine tuning and balancing. We’re seeing huge changes to the game years after official release. Then some fine tuning, then more catastrophic changes. Look at the vehicle simulation/net code setup. Never worked great. They made adjustments for like, two years, then imported a brand new simulator years after release. What waste.

This part is true. It doesn’t really appear as if balancing will ever happen. Core systems and mechanics are upended over and over. Inertia is a great thing for Dayz. But this is a huge fundamental change. Go with what you have at official launch and then just fine tune the game until it works well. That’s the logical process, you’d think.

But..... Why? This already exists on PC as a mod. Turning a barrel into a flat piece of metal is ridiculously difficult and not in any way plausible, honestly. Especially with a wrench. There aren't even nuts to wrench on. Scavenging for already flat pieces of metal is authentic.

Society has collapsed. Thousands of vacant structures now exist. Why would anyone build a base in the middle of nowhere? Completely unauthentic. The only reason not to build upon an existing structure is because of development/programming excuses.

I was hoping that this wasn’t going to be just another list of additions. What we really need is an overhaul of systems. We need updates that move to the stable branch server to actually be stable. An improvement on the anti cheat software is more important than these in-game QoL improvements. We need improvements to performance, security, and stability. We need prominent figures to demand these improvements. Having spotlights on the map at nighttime is pretty eye-roll.

What’s the suggestion here? Location displacement occurs as a deterrent to ghosting and a fix to logging into a gas bomb. Switching between hived servers is unnecessary in pretty much all cases.

There's no enforced age clause. If it is a private server then the server owner can ban whoever they want for any reason or no reason. If they tell you otherwise, they are lying or clueless.

This is a great idea for a PC mod. Which already exists. sorry console users, you gotta level up if you want real gaming.

You refer to it as crazy because you’re aware that this would take an incredible amount of time and resources to implement while not really adding all that much to the gameplay loop?

Looks like a great update. Please do not push an unstable update to stable servers. Pushing updates that aren’t ready is extremely frustrating and destructive to consumers who have invested time and money into community building. Thanks for your efforts.

Great post. Personally, I’d rather have the accuracy of the shots reduced instead of seeing restrictions on actions. However, the 2 OP suggestions aren’t bad.

Fabio’s submission looks great. Classic billboard. Realistic marketing and product placement. Composition extends beyond the frame. Bold colors. Just enough words and the right size to read them as you drive past. Hard to miss. An advertisement of something that’s advertised often. Chernarus needs more like that.

I get the feeling that the company doesn’t want billboards advertising the game WITHIN the game. That’s about as immersion breaking as it gets. You put Dylan Thomas poetry on your billboards. Kek. Pretty sure he’s rolling in his grave right now.

Why would you report them? Because the server is not enjoyable? Do you think that the anti-cheat software is not recognizing this 'unrealistic timeframe'? Or is it something else? Having multiple accounts is not an infraction, ya know. It's really gross when people report other people even when no crime was actually committed. Oftentimes administrators will just react to the cries of clueless plebs and not procure an objective viewpoint, which is a shame.

It will be interesting to see what happens of this Anybrain. I am of the belief that only a real human can keep pace with cheaters, we'll see. I would love to see independent code be able to successfully mitigate this issue but I have my doubts. That said, I would have gladly paid into a subscription model to avoid cheaters. The devs care just fine but don't broker deals with anti-cheat software companies. Management does that part. Likely that management doesn't scour the forums for lamentations.

The consumer needs to be actively playing the game. Any other sanctions or restrictions are fine, progression can be slowed but preventing the player from playing the game is inherently a bad idea.

Sorry, no. There are no alt accounts here. TheGordonFreeman and I actually have no communication outside of these forums. The argument wasn't abandoned. Posts were deleted. I'm not going to make those same arguments again because criticisms of the company may be construed as personal attacks. People invest a non-trivial amount of time and effort into building communities (not to mention all the capital investments) only to have them broken with each new patch. And this will likely continue. This is not about money. This is about principles. As someone who is at the center of community building within this game, it's mind-boggling that you have the viewpoint that you do. I'd like to see this game finished and working but look, they're still looking for a lead creative director for DayZ. Really? I have my s--t together. I keep the promises that I make. I pay my taxes on time, have no criminal record and actually volunteer to help people in need. The corporation that I work for is successful because adults hold people accountable. That's the flywheel that generates successful momentum, to build successful companies. I would recommend Jim Collins' book "Good to Great". It has a ton of great literature to help small private companies like this make proper decision making.

What's controversial about the word "Crocs?" Is there anymore context to this? Are we supposed to assume crocodiles might be added? Can we get animations for bows first?

When will we receive parity from pre Enfusion? When will core elements work? I agreed to pay for this product AND help test it. Which I did. It’s been ten years. When will we get an acceptable product? The problem is the code.

No. That’s not the only quote on these forums. That’s not the quote I referenced. I can’t seem to find it right now but I’ll look when I have time. Try again. No one has to find quotes in order to perceive the extreme lack of transparency and communication here on the forums. Your worthless brand managers never even interact here. No, I’m not enduring the torture of their shit videos on a regular basis. When I gave BI my money, this was the hub of information. Now it receives almost no support. BI PR is infamous for being terrible.

That’s what was said. You said it yourself. The company abandoned the forums because of console users. Regardless of the exact words. It’s pretty clear. If you were here at the beginning then it would be obvious to you. Can we get the company to stop trolling its customers? I agreed to play test AND give BI my money based on the reasonable expectation that the game would be in an acceptable state after early access. And here we are once again. Swimming in comments about how bad it is. I did my part. When will you??

Conjecture all over the place. Personally, I think it makes it less interesting and not ‘cooler’. But you have a right to speak your opinion, right? Thanks for not going rogue with the text this time, GameComplainer.