MountGreen

I understand that IRL they aren't too difficult to make but aren't you a little bit worried about how they get used? If everyone can make one with minimal game hours suddenly you get huts cropping up all over like rust and it CAN end up looking stupid and unrealistic. I understand it actually isn't difficult to build things like that I just worry about the affect it has on gameplay. Sorry that's what I was trying to get it didn't make it clear :P

Wow, I didn't mean that mate calm down. I just currently don't see what it would add and I'm interested in what you think it will. If it suits your play style, how so? What role would the bases play? This post was meant to be a discussion and my views aren't set in concrete

The one problem with all this is I don't quite see the point. What are you going to do with your base once it's built? If it's just a store for loot I'm far happier having a stash someplace or a tent. If it's a base of operations does barricading not serve this purpose better? For example I quite like holing up in Green Mountain and protecting/travelling from that location and so all I need to barricading for a pretty solid setup. Also from a realism point of view, I don't think post apocalypse survivors would bother making their own buildings when so many lie empty for the taking? For these reasons, I personally don't see why player built structures (beyond bushcraft type A-frames etc) should be in the game at all. By the way I don't mean this as an attack on the concept, if anyone wants to dispute me on a point feel free :P

Personally, I would think building structures like these (if they are allowed) should be very end-game and time consuming, in order to prevent just random huts popping up all over the map in stupid places.

The problem is epoch wasn't believable. It got incredibly stupid and very immersion-breaking very quickly. It was like: "hmm just sneaking through the zombie infested lands of 'oh look, someone has created a skyfortress of sandbag structures impenetrable to zombies, I'm safe.'" :P It ruins the game a little bit for everyone who likes the feeling of realism.

Bayonets in general need to be a thing too ;)

I mean, is it stupid and unrealistic in the setting of the game? Yes. People no way near each other should not be able to communicate. But is it more stupid and unrealistic to expect me to not talk to my friends while playing the game with them because we spawned in different areas? Yes, it's a game. Games are for fun. Speaking to my friends through Skype while I play the game with them = more fun. Also, to be honest offences like server hopping and loot farming actually ruin the game for other people and while easily sharing info in a group puts their lone victims at a disadvantage, it's not game breaking and it's to be expected really :P Plus IG chat is a mare sometimes.

According to this, it's in the pipeline, but way way back. http://dayz.gamepedia.com/Weapons Looks like your going have to wait till they put in most of the confirmed weapons first. Like everything in DayZ: "It's coming" Also, asking for gun stats was probably a little optimistic :L

Feel free to record it, a video would be nice ;) Also if you happen to know when this is happening I (geared up player with mosin, LRS etc) would be happy to chip in!

He did make a point - that sniping was too easy in his opinion (and I kinda agree with him a little). There was no need to harshly dismiss him and be a twat by unrealistically extrapolating his comment. Like, no offence intended, but you sound like you took this way too personally.

Imagine lying in the road with broken legs and seeing one of those coming at you. I think I would genuinely sh*t my pants.

As much as I like your idea, it seems very punishing to those who don't play the game that often (like me). If that were the case I'd honestly rather kill myself and start again than put up with a broken leg for the next 5 sessions I play. :P

To be honest, although the speed we run at IG is (relatively compared to our environment) unrealistic, I think it's a good speed for gameplay. I mean I think of it like this. Day Z is supposed to represent a day to day life of a survivor, although obviously we don't play the game for 24 hours a day, so the game's realism and time concept is compressed. Instead of having to eat once every 5 hours or so like real life, we are forced to eat every 30 minutes to stay alive. To be honest, I think the run speed is pretty good at what's at right now. Going uphill is slow but then again in real life it is as well (seriously going up a steep hill with a 15kg backpack is surprisingly difficult), but the speed means that long distance is less punishing. To be honest, if I moved about the DayZ world at completely realistic speeds it would feel stupid. Again, in real life, the average speed long distance with a backpack is around 5km/h. That's six times slower than the speed we can currently move at over long distance in game (if your 30km/h figure is correct). I think the only change to the running system should be through a stamina system. Maybe a slower standard run speed could be introduced, but the current run speed could still be achieved with a 'sprint' ability or something?

That gear certainly came from a player. If there was no body, then it was probably dumped. Maybe he didn't want it, maybe it's spare duped items? I don't know but have fun with the nades :D

I wouldn't but they're literally everywhere, why carry what is in abundance on the ground? :P