harteman

Lore helps to immerse you in the game, so yes.

Yeah, I hear the damage is screwed up to where each shot is hitting like a .22 round. I also see it in-game as well. I think each shot when shotguns were op was equal to a .380 round. Not sure on the details, but sure the shotgun was recently nerfed. Edit- Just tonight, a guy had to hit me 3 times from close range to make me go unconscious. Edit2-http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/215120-shotgun-nerfed/ I read somewhere else as well, that the damage was the same as the guy on this forum is claiming. Went from 60dmg per pellet to 6.

Steam will also tell you. It keeps track of who you play with too, by server.

Shotguns don't do dick for damage right now. 1911. I'd still pick the 1911 over a fixed sawn off.

AK101 deserves a mention here.

I guess if I did have one, it would be a scope. Any scope, really.

AKM puts guys down quicker. The ammo for the AK74 leaves much to be desired in that area. Tested it myself on quite a few unwilling participants. It seemed worse than an M4 for laying guys out.

I fix this by getting the hell out of the building it is happening in. Sometimes zombies get confused on where they are and where you are, and they start swinging and hitting you regardless. Best advice if this happens again, get out of the building immediately, and put at least 5 meters distance between you and that building.

The problem right now, is that clock for clock, Intel beats AMD by about 50%. So an FX chip at 4ghz, brings you 20fps in cities. An Intel proc clocked the same is getting you 30fps in cities. The problem here is that both of those procs are only using TWO of their cores on the game. If the game ever becomes threaded beyond two cores, then yes, we will all see massive improvements, for us FX chip users, we could actually hit 60fps in cities. IF AND ONLY IF, they increase the games ability to use the cores on our chips. Right now, the game is using 33% of an FX-6300's processing power.

The penalty for death goes both ways. I live by the sword and die by it, and I have no problem with this idea. The higher we can raise the stakes, the better in my opinion. Or did you not think that out fully? Also, if you have such a problem with PvP, why don't you organize a group that hunts us and puts us down on the spot? Make it harder for me to play the game the way I like playing it, just like others do to your preferred playstyle? The respawn timer can work for, or against us, equally, and if there are more decent folks like you in the game world, out there stopping us evil folk, the respawn timer would swing in YOUR favor. Maybe instead of wanting the game direction to go a certain way, to support what you like, you should realize you have the opportunity to stand up for what you believe in, and if your cause is strong enough, and you have the support of enough players, you could shut us PvP guys down, and put us in timeout. Us PvP guys, at least the ones I play with, we are all highly organized. One man gives out orders to the other five. What do you do to stop us? Just like in the real world, if good men sit by and do nothing, guys like me will take over everything we can, because that is what we do. You asking for changes to the game to prevent our playstyle is like praying to god in my opinion. You are stepping outside of the game in meta fashion to stop us. Well guess what? The devs already gave you everything you need to stop us in our tracks. You aren't doing it, though. We run rampant across Chernarus, killing as we please, while you sit back and expect to be able to ignore your own backyard, and do whatever it is you do? You need to organize, fight for what you believe in, and stop us. the respawn timer would be perfect for this. 15 minutes. Don't dismiss it just because a guy you don't like also supports the idea.

Agreed. There should be at least a 5 minute wait to respawn, and I would go so far as to say I favor a 15 minute timer for a respawn. Not only will it fix what you speak of, but it will add further punishment to the people I kill, making their deaths all the more tasty, while adding even more intensity to my firefights, as I will have even more to lose, but quite a bit more to gain.

I disagree with you completely. I can only speak from experience, but I have had the opportunity to use both weapons quite a bit, and everything I have said still stands. It is a beast at all ranges. It beats the MP5K at close range. The op asked which is better. I'd imagine as an either/or sort of situation. Not, "you can tuck the mp5k in your backpack and have both", but rather if you had to pick ONE. OP, I wouldn't lead you astray. I am a KOS/PvP kinda guy. That is how I play, that is how I have always played. These guys responding here, I don't think they play like I do. I play soldier, a lot of these guys play fisherman, hunter, etc... One of my purposes over the last 700hrs of playing has been testing ALL the weapons, on all manner of player, geared or not. If you are trying to kill people, and the ammo and the attachment situation is the same for both weapons, hands down, everytime, the AKM wins. The only caveat is that the AKM has HUGE recoil. Up close and personal, it doesn't matter, but for ranged engagements you have to put some time into the weapon, and eventually you will master whats happening enough to where it no longer is an issue. As for being out of breath, don't let that happen whenever possible. If you see them first, go prone and catch your breath. If they see you first, you need to take proper cover til your breath is back. Do this always, unless it is a surprise up close encounter. Then it doesn't matter, and the AKM shines in those situations regardless.

The guys saying if you shoot close range take the mp5k are dead wrong. The AKM is KING of close-range kills. You MIGHT go down with them, but GUARANTEED they go down too. I have been PvPing for 700 hours in this game, and I'll take an AKM over any other weapon, for any circumstances, including sniping and room clearing. Add a 75rd drum mag and nothing in the game compares to it. I'm not saying "this circumstance" or "that circumstance" I am saying if there is a fully-loaded AKM and MP5K on the ground, with plenty of ammo, the AKM should be your choice everytime, unless you have intentions other than killing/self-defense. That all said, the recoil on the AKM is horrendous. You need practice with it to make it truly shine.

Thanks, but really, let the players decide how this game is to be played. I don't need my mom, dad, Dean Hall, or god telling me jack about how I am going to have fun. How I have fun is a personal decision, best not left to others to decide.

AKM all day long. Ignoring rarity, which the AKM wins handily, the AKM puts people down faster than any other assault rifle in the game. It is hard to learn how to fire it in combat, but it is totally worth it. I shot a friend in the ankle once with an AKM, and he was dead before I could even bandage him. Also, when I camp barracks, the AKM always puts people down quicker than any other weapon I have used there. I sit and wait for them to enter the hallway, then light them up. They never make it past the shower door when I hit them with the AKM.

I have played quite a bit with pistols in this game, and in my opinion it goes like this: 357 is king. No clip, and the bullets hit the hardest. No-brainer. But lets assume all of them came with clips, and ammo was not a factor in deciding. In that case, FNX45-1911-.357-CR75-Makarov/P1-Longhorn. However, in reality the FNX is all but impossible to get your hands on. 750 hours in, and I have yet to use one. Been shot by a couple, though. The Longhorn goes all the way to the bottom, because all it has ever done for myself and my opponents is get us killed. I am speaking from experience here. I have been killed a couple of times using it, and I have killed more than a handful of people who were trying to kill me with it. One shot, that's all you get. If the guy is a decent distance away, you won't even kill him in one shot. By then, you are getting return fire on your position, and guys are on their way to kill you, with weapons that fire more than once before requiring a lengthy reload. I want to love it, but when the rubber hits the road, this weapon fails. The 1911 and the .357 are brutal. When you get hit by one, you usually go unconscious, if not outright dead. Get hit twice, you are respawning. I put the CR75 above the P1 and Makarov due to magazine size alone. 15 shots is a huge advantage. They all down players about the same though, maybe with a slight nod to the Makarov, but nothing substantial. All in all, if I were to take a sidearm, the .357 is my go-to pistol. Abundant ammo, deadly power, and no clip. 6 shots is fine as long as you make them count. A bonus is that the repeater uses the same rounds, and is fairly common. This helps depending on how you are playing. Edit- Oops. Forgot the Derringer and the amphibia. I cant't speak about the derringers power, but in special cases, I can see it being used. 2 slots is highly concealable. Amphibia as a pistol is kinda weak. The ammo is only good if you land headshots, it requires a clip, and the pistol itself is quite rare. As a special use case though, it has potential.

Didn't they already come to that conclusion? I am pretty sure items will degrade, eventually become ruined, then disappear, respawning another item within the game world. Also, the container you store things in should have an effect as well, and you should be able to pack items for storage as well. Want to store a rifle? Grease it up before burying it.

Yup, which is why I play the way I do right now. Right now, I am playing the game as I see fit. Tomorrow, I will play the game as I see fit. But you do realize, most of the guys who like playing in the woods with berries right now, they can't handle a difficulty increase. Most of those guys have issues killing zombies as it stands right now. If you crank the difficulty, all you will have left is guys like me, who can swing it. All you ancient gamers are gonna be in for a rude awakening when easy pickings go away. I power game. Throw whatever you got at me, I'll figure out how to gain advantage. I'm in this one for the long haul fellas. I'm not going anywhere, and I bring more people to the game all the time. I have already sold 5 copies of the game by word of mouth. All those copies were sold to guys just like me. Our ranks grow and grow. We play to get your tears. We will have them.

I'll kill you with a rusty spoon. The guns aren't what makes the PvP in this game delicious. The thing that makes it delicious is the tears of guys who spent 10 hours gearing up, eatting berries, and going fishing. I find them, and I kill them. I take all those hours you invested in your character, and I flush them down the drain. You should thank me, guys like me are the ones providing you with a true survival aspect. Don't fear the mechanics of the game, or the infected whatevers running around, FEAR ME. I will end you, not those clumsy zombies, or that silly heat mechanic. And know what does it for me? The same. I put time into my character as well, and everytime I try to kill one of you, I too am rolling the dice with my investment. I get the same survival aspect, but instead of playing against mechanics that a child could overcome with ease, I am pitting myself against other humans in the struggle to survive, a far more worthy challenge in my books. The only way this will ever change is if they make this game single player. I promise you that.

So we aren't even playing a zombie game? What the hell is the Z in DayZ standing for then?

I assume, same as you. We will find out. When we do, the other one can gloat forever over the other. I'm patient.

************Removed********** Top post sums it up, and there is a video link in there as well of a hacker getting what he deserves.

Have fun getting shot in the face. Reveal yourself to me at a known PvP area and you get shot. Others are just like you, except they stab you in the back, killing you as soon as they have the chance. You aren't looking to kill me? Well, I am going to kill you. Have fun with that. I'm sure the one time a guy doesn't kill you out of 50 is totally worth it. You must be really lonely in Chernarus to risk your life so recklessly.

Corpses should come back as zombies. It's a zombie game ffs...

What is the easiest way to get a fully-loaded M4? PvP.