rag (DayZ)

Ironhuge - No hate, we all have opinions, mine is that this game is amazing, and the improvements are happening.... yes bugs here and there, but getting less imo. OP - nice post. On the private v public, I could not agree more, no contest at all. Private hives seem to have much friendlier players... ofc a lot will still "friendly friendly" BAM BAM... still a lot are bandits... game would be boring and lose it's touch without those things . BUT and here is the big but for me. I have not come across hackers yet in private, sure they are there, but I believe literally every time I play public... its pretty much every time. Enter Electro and it is every time for certain on high pop server. 2 examples. Number 1 - FPV - pulic last night 2 friends (bami ish) in electro get befriended at a watering hole, they are dying from thirst - 3 players, kitted approach... they chat, give food... 5 mins later after a nice chat BAM BAM (fair enough, hey it's their playstyle) - 3 more of us (fully kitted travel 30 mins south, we know the 3 killers still there as our 2 bambi friends watch as bambis on respawn) We get there, follow lines from Cherno to Electro, way up in the hills and about 5 mins from each other - suddenly we all here music loudly over comms... all 3 of us killed instantly, no signs, no shots nothing - just dead) Hackers, certainly, can I prove, no - btw they were the only others on server. I have come across hackers floating, through walls, stealing your weapons out of hands from distance etc, nothing like this, but like I say, no proof, so not complaining etc Also to add, I believe 0.51 work on counter measures for hackers, + private shards is going to reduce this impact significantly Number 2 - Private shard (Septic Falcon I think) 5 of us go to berizino (looking for a fair fight) I am the only sniper (although I was pretty S**te :)) Others go in, Berizino is busy, quite a few there all with blue back packs, our 4 engage in conversation with the other group - all friendly... I am watching from usual spots (down into cop shop flats etc)... I meet a bambi ish who claims to have befriended the other group and then been shot (who knows the truth) - anyway - we say to others... we are here, we are looking for a fight... nice clean fight. This occurs around the flat area and gives about 3 hours of great fun. GG guys btw. 4/5 of us die... numerous times for some. Great times, fair fights, no hackers - just players wanting to have a scrap. I could give lots of examples of meeting, travelling with and having great experiences with players... this it appears to me on Private is a lot more common. Point I am making is - agree with OP Private are fantastic - You meet much nicer players... sure bandits, etc .. game would not be the same otherwise... but FAIR play.. If you haven't tried Private I recommend for whatever play style (I like them all) Keep up the good work, Black Mamba / Derpy / Broken Legs = enjoy your public servers, your soon there will be nothing left for you but others of your "kind" :P as you will get banned from Private servers

Really informative reports, thanks for sharing, looking very promising

Less access to military gear Weather systems as others mentioned... snow would be great Player Ageing- not sure how feasible, but it would be great to have characters age the longer they live (hours pld) - even if stages, I don't know something like stubble, moustaches, beards, longer hair, greying hair... even aged skin. This for me would be a badge of honour (no achievements should ever be shown imo - but this is like VOIP in game,,, you need to physically (in game, you know what I mean) see them/meet them. Of course, I am sure this is a double edged sword as people will want to kill them old buggers ;) Larger Building complexes - uniqueLike the Schools/ offices/ casinos etc ; 4, 8 times the size - can you imagine as a block with courtyard between corridors and classes - glass all the way through... bullets and glass spraying everywhereEvents (like heli crash sites) random - military convoy (but like 100 potential sites and 5% chance etc) Rare Randon - something like a pleasure cruiser drifting into ... electro, cherno ,,,, anywhere off the shore... bringing lots Zeds? different loot etc Zombie Fest - something like a mine becomes uncovered causing hordes of zombies to suddenly swarm somewhere... rare and random again Anyway just a few idea, sorry about my borked number here! rag0

Lost faith! I have followed these forums for a long time now and see this sort of post, or similar every now and then. It amazes me in all honestly - it seems some people are just never satisfied, or have just been too spoilt in life or something... or indeed its the wrong game for them and need to move on. Sheesh I've done about 400 hours, and when I work that out for cost versus playtime, its AMAZING value... fgs I smoked the sub in 2 days!!!! (not good I know :( ) This game is amazing, and its definitely getting better constantly - it has enormous potential, and it's still Alpha!!!! I've met fantastic people, I've met Tw$t5 who shot me in head and called me names... boo hoo :P I've lone wolfed, I've played as a squaddie, I've squatted and I've shit my pants sooooo many times like I have not experienced in other games in my mid 40's, grown up loving gaming and pld ALOT over the years, WOW, TFC mainly - this game for me delivers already, and will get better and better imo. If you don't like, fair enough it's not for all. give up! never, great job and keep It coming rag0