litheon

Teargas. brilliantly simple harteman. Camping in a building? Bring your gasmask or someone will gas you out of the building. I like it. Bring in teargas and a gun that can fire it, would be a welcome addition in my team anyway. But only if you can actually shoot the rounds through windows!

Maybe a truck transporting nuclear waste blew up causing strong radiation in a certain area? I dunno. It could change using the same system like the heli crash sites. The problem is if you were to pick up loot from that area, in reality it would be contaminated. So you wouldnt be able to use it anyway. And you are right about the gasmask filters. Even today the filters on masks only last 24hrs and will be saturated. You can still breathe through them but the active carbon element wont filter out anything anymore. I think the idea has merit as it would provide a purpose for gasmasks other than looking like a bandit. If there is some way of de-contaminating loot it might help to provide a focus point for organised groups to loot a certain area, because you would need a suit, gas masks, filters, some way of de-contaminating things and space to carry it all around.

lol yes now try it consistantly when you have cold wet hands, are tired, hungry, dehydrated etc. Also did you do that while you were wearing leather gloves? Or wearing a gasmask? All those things influence how fast you can reload one round at a time :P The point of my comment was that there are many things that you can pick at. The game does not reflect real life as much as some people think it does. That is why it is a game.

The only thing server admins can do is kick people. And if people rejoin under a different nick nobody would know.

Notice the people and equipment required to do it properly though. People who have been handcuffed can still put up a hell of a fight. But then again, there are plenty of things in the game that aren't real. Try putting an IV in someone's arm and emptying the bag in under 10 seconds. Or putting 60 rounds in an empty M4 mag in 5 seconds. Or just the 5 mosin rounds in the rifle, by hand, 1 by 1. You won't be able to do it as quick as they show in the game. Or running with full gear and weapon for aslong as you can in dayz, whilst wearing a gasmask. Or eating with a gasmask on. These game mechanics are not in the game to reflect reality. They are there to enable things to happen that is not possible in other games. Forcefeeding in dayz gives you the freedom to choose between good and bad. You can pick holes at this game all day long if you want. Or you can just realise it is a game and play it :)

When you have a large group and you want to swap gear, do not drop the gear on the ground. Use a spare backpack to swap gear in. Keep the gear in the one backpack and you should be fine.