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It's more like "i have my time to spend on better things than searching old Rocket's posts and videos (many of them were deleted for Bohemia youtube channel)" And who says I'm playing DayZ SA? I'll give it a try in 3-4 month, and then another 3-4 month break until me and my clan will be able to to rent a serer of a stable SA version and settle there for years )

Dude, a mediocre consumer doesn't need excuses, he needs a result. If he doesn't get what he expected for the money he paid, he gets pissed off, and the dev studio gets a bad reputation. You want me to search for old posts? Let me remind you about zombie rework and "network bubbles" that were supposed to fix 2 core issues. Have they fixed? Maybe in some way, but there are still almost no zeds and server pops is limited to 30-40 ppl. Aside from this I don't want to datamine for old videos and posts.

You know, it sometimes hurts to see how some superloyal fans of DayZ and ARMA franchises leave sarcastic comments: not because those comments ARE sarcastic, but because they have a valid point. For example, Wycc220 (Shustrila\Шустрила) (his DayZ letsplays brought thousands of new Russian-speaking players to community), has recorded hundreds of hours in DayZ-Mod, most of his vids have over 100k views, some had 500k-700k. His recent video about DayZ-SA was bitter and full of sarcasm/skepticism.

I've seen those numbers: 3 million subs in DayZ SA 1 million subs in DayZ Mod Which literally means that a considerable part of those 2 million players bought DayZ-SA expecting a more or less finished game with possible bugs. Another reasonable part has been expecting the SA to become on par with the Mod in a year. But I'm pretty sure that around 500k DayZ players are a loyal fanbase that waits patiently for their perfect game =)

it is. It does. Quoting separate phrases doesn't add them more sense, right? DayZ SA is not the game that was promised 2 years ago and it's superslow development progress hurts Bohemia's reputation a lot. Edit: I'm just patiently waiting for the Game to be playable in the way the Mod was. I'll buy a new PC (not for DayZ only) and test other survival sandboxes, as most of current DayZ users that enjoyed the Mod would.

I don't regret I've bought DayZ SA, but I feel confused when I see a lot of new cosmetic stuff added while there is no visible progress on core mechanics that made Mod so popular: zombies, performance, vehicles, stability, bugs and cheaters (met a speedhacking\teleporting guy recently). All those features have one root: a proper engine (not only rendering engine) is vital, while devs were going to mod slightly an old VBS-2 engine and add a lot of stuff. Another bad thing about prolonged SA development is that a lot of games on the same thematics are in development: while some have failed, some seem to be a fail, few of them (won't name them) can cripple DayZ authority even more.

I guess you missed my point: DayZ SA has been in development for 2 years. Still, some glitches in SA version persist from ARMA2 Mod: ghosting zombies, texture artifacts, some buildings exploits, dupe and so on. Yes, the new map is beautiful, new weapons look cool, inventory is far better, new gearing system, new healthcare system. But afrer 2 years of development the game still fails to deliver survival elements! This is what bad! And mods, while having rudimentary (compared to SA) gearing and health system, can offer you a zombie apocalypse survival. So, from a point of a common consumer, why should I pick SA over mods (esp. ARMA3)?

Don't want to offend anyone (I'm a huge fan of DayZ series), but look: Breaking Point ARMA3: after a year of development looks like a standalone game in BETA stage: yes, glitches, yes stupid zeds... BUT! The game runs twice smoother than DayZ SA, has reasonable zombies that don't ghost through walls\floors, has vehicles, basic bases huge (I mean HUGE) maps (including custom) with 65-100 players.Epoch ARMA3: completely on par with DayZ SA after 4-5 months of development. They have same problems with zeds, lots of bugs, glitches, some decent fps drops. BUT! They have base building, missions, NPCs with stuff to buy, currency system. Oh, and a group system. Not that all those features are needed in SA, but still those are a lot of work. As a customer, why should I take in consideration those modvs standalone debates when mods that in development for far shorter time have much more content and much more stable than DayZ SA? I still wait for new renderer, overhauled zombies, bases, more vehicles... But mods do all that much quicker and with far better quality. P.S. Northern parts of the SA map that had the most recent updates are godlike: they look and feel much better than old regions, especially South-Eastern.

I'm desperate to find a PSO-1 scope...

Because they may have all fresh drivers, clean Windows (without 2-3 antiviruses, cleaned up system drive and they don't render video on background), a better SSD or even a better provider ))

25-30 FPS in wilderness, 5-10 FPS in towns. AMD single-core performance is lackluster, and while you can overclock AMD desktop CPUs by 20-50% and catch up with lower i5 processors, most laptop CPUs aren't overclockable.

Modern AMD CPUs are only worth for for gaming when overclocked to 4.5GHz, sadly. Even than they struggle to compete with i5 CPUs in many games. I bought my AMD gaming laptop MSI GX60 only because I love AMD , but I didn't expect that their top laptop CPU would be so much inferior to Intel CPUs...

I agree that SKS seems to be a better all-rounder weapon, while Mosin with 8x scope is the best sniping weapon ATM. But it's still a matter of preference. Mosin vs SKS is more equivalent to M24 vs M14 comparison in DayZ-Mod. But I would grab AK74 or AKM with PSO-1 scope any day over SKS.

MSI GX60-1AC CPU: AMD A10-5750m ES\QS @ 3.7GHz (OC) GPU: Radeon 8970m (900@5000MHz) RAM: 16GB DDR3-1666MHz CL9 SSD: San Disk Extreme 256GB HDD: Seagate 5400RPM 500GB Disp: 15" 1080p OS: Win8.1 PRO Settings: medium, no AA, Bloom, Shadows, AF and so on. FPS: 25-30 in wilderness, 5-10 FPS in towns. My CPU is the problem =(

Actually Mosin rifle can't be compared to SKS due to significant difference in effective range, accuracy and damage, mostly due to available attachments in DayZ. It's strange to see how rare most types of ammo are compared to actual guns and especially mags: you can find 1-2 1911 pistols but not a single .45 bullet. I guess it's a small balance flaw, nothing more.