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Mookie (original)
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What Type of DayZ Character are You?
Mookie (original) replied to Mullraugh's topic in General Discussion
Er, actually, you murder people who are trading with you. Ergo, you're just a backstabber. -
This town is coming like a ghost town.
Mookie (original) replied to Jonah_Hobbes's topic in General Discussion
If you're well geared, the risks of any interaction massively outweigh the perceived benefits right now. So a lot of people are basically living like hermits, just trying to survive. -
Actually I am still hanging around, trying to farm and set up a camp. But I've had to dump all my trade stuff so I can carry around water purification tabs, bandages and antibiotics.... :| If any of my trusted traders needs help as a freshie, etc, please let me know and I'll pop down to the coast.
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Rich gets richer, the poor gets poorer
Mookie (original) replied to Victorinox's topic in General Discussion
You've sort of summed up the whole issue with the game at the moment with those words. To OP - yes, I think you have a point. I'd hate to be a freshie right now. At least in the past there was some idea of where particular loot would spawn, etc. Now survival is 99% luck. -
Well, not quite, in that you can go back to the same server (or servers, if you've built multiple camps) and it will all have...magically disappeared (as BC has pointed out twice above). So I suggest you don't invest too heavily in persistence at the moment.
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Tents and persistence. Again
Mookie (original) replied to Mookie (original)'s topic in General Discussion
I think we'd all find it a bit easier to put up with the ever increasing masochism of the game if some of the things people say have been fixed really were fixed. -
In .53 everyone was dying of thirst because the hydration mechanic was screwed. So, naturally, the pumps didn't work. Now, being that more of us depend on horticulture because there's no loot, oh and rain is one of the two water sources that isn't poisoned, of course it doesn't work. Dean with it.
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I think I'll be out til 0.56 as well. See you guys later. :(
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Pre-0.55 (and since around 0.49), they only really worked on persistence off servers. Now persistence is mandatory, the suspicion is we can wave goodbye to chopper loot for a while. The crash sites will exist, and the loot may spawn after the Wednesday maintenance, but after that it either doesn't spawn at all, or just one item at a time. Plus it seems that the crash sites are persistent, so everyone will find them and camp them.
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More server admin shenanigans?
Mookie (original) replied to Mookie (original)'s topic in Troubleshooting
What you and Kilchiron are missing (although I can't actually read Kichiron's posts, as his Steam name ironically covers up the first part of his sentences) is that, as I said, none of those characters are in my Steam name or my in game name - both of which, boringly, are "Mookie". -
Absolutely right. This is partly what leads to the constant debate about "this is an anti-game" versus "I bought this thinking I might have some actual fun". Perhaps there's a sweetspot between the two, but it seems far from obvious right now. And it's really beginning to put people off.
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More server admin shenanigans?
Mookie (original) replied to Mookie (original)'s topic in Troubleshooting
I'm guessing that too. But what kind of admin terms of service could allow it? It's one thing for the content of the game to become more and more masochistic with each patch. But the failure to deal with these issues seems more and more blatant. And we know why - because the providers make their money from people buying servers. Where's the actual incentive for them to deal with these problems? -
No - unless the mechanic has changed, you can basically run around with them for ever.
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I was only kidding Boney...blimey.
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I really miss the old, simple cooking mechanic from pre 0.54. It encouraged people to hunt and made things more atmospheric. I appreciate it might be "unrealistic", but if I could make a fire and had some pork chops, I think I'd probably figure out a way to cook them... The whole palaver with stones and having to build an oven before you can cook seems nuts to me - although it might help when the cooking pan actually starts working (if anyone ever actually finds one), instead of appearing vertically in the fire and not cooking the meat.
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What do you think about the new update .55
Mookie (original) replied to Survivor1965's topic in General Discussion
I really do think I'll take a break for a little while. I like the idea of people having to team up more, and that the game is going to be more about survival. But it seems to me that the mechanics around (eg) water purification, cooking, etc, need fixing. in contrast to JC, I suspect this patch is going to make solo much more difficult - perhaps that's as it should be. -
Help, My char loads in main screen, but load fresh spawn ingame
Mookie (original) replied to ChiefSK's topic in New Player Discussion
Yeah, sounds like you've been reset. However carefully you follow best practice - doing all the things you say in terms of logging out safely, etc - it's still a risk (especially after a new patch IME). If you are reset, the main character screen will continue to display your old char for a little while. I feel your pain. The Oct 11 thing has been around for quite a while. Probably since Oct 11... :) -
Anyone found a heli yet? Because if persistence is now mandatory for all servers, there could be a small problem with that... Personally I'm dreading what I'll find when I log in to 0.55 for the first time. Bad water, uber Zs all over the north west bus garage, disappearing tents, completely unpredictable loot...
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Ah , the dreaded Brazilians! *waves back at larsehh* I set tents up when I find them, and then (again and again) realise I've forgotten what server they're on. :blush: If people need added security (close or overwatch) for trades, I'd be happy to help
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Sorry to hear that trev. I had to clear out my friends list after someone with hax started following me from server to server (and eventually killed me).
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I get the drinking from bottles thing from time to time. It seems to be heavily server-dependent (ie happens with some, not with most).
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Which base were you at? Pavlovo? Vybor? I've got into more than one firefight with people who I thought were shooting at me, but in hindsight were shooting at zombies; just as I've shot at players mistaking them for Zs. The tricky thing is coming back from it so that no one dies...
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Traded with John-Russell. Nice guy, good trader. A++++ Currently have: M4 Magpul stock (P, green) M4 M68 red dot optics (P) FNX mag (P, full) Seeking: I guess a civilian tent would be nice, but apart from that...nothing really. Thanks.
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PM'd
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All 3pp/stable. Have: Magpul buttstock (P) Flashbang (W) Eastern suppressor (W) FNX mag (full, P) Seeking: Protector cases (W/P only) Thanks. Also nice to see RyanH back - good trader.
