daze23

looks cool

yeah, it needs a video

I think rocket said they're aiming for less than $20 for the alpha

this game (Arma 2) is particularly troublesome. people that have the best rigs complain about performance. I would wait to see what the stand-alone is like

does anyone know how I can contact the admins of this server? I shot this guy near 'object unknown'. from what I could see, his body immediately disappeared. I assumed alt-f4, since I also didn't see a death message. honestly it was hard to see what was going on, since I was cold, sick, and shivering (in game). I said something about the guy alt-f4'ing in the side chat, and moved on... moved on to fall off the roof I was on and die :facepalm: (I noticed when I died, again no death message came up. I guess the server may have turned that off). anyway when I respawned someone was in side-chat describing me shooting them, so I confronted him about alt-f4'ing. first he said I missed, then said I killed him. whatever, I really didn't care at that point since I died anyway when I fell off the roof. so there I was derping along, fresh spawn status, and I get kicked for "teleporting". that's weird, then I re-join and get this: I mean, yeah, fuck them at this point. but I just feel the need to set the record straight (although I think they were probably just being dicks, and I killed the admin or admin's buddy). but I can't seem to find any contact information

what are these "warm clothes" people speak of?

yep, I've noticed that. I think a lot of it is AI. some of the single player Arma 2 missions are really bad I know rocket has said it will be improved, but like I said, it remains to be seen. not to be a dick, but the proof is in the pudding

I really like the map, and how it does things differently loot seems like it needs some tweeking. I don't mind that food and drink are so rare, I just wish there wasn't so much trash loot spawning everywhere. I also think matches could be a little more common like many people, I haven't been able to figure out the temperature system. it seems the meter gets bugged eventually and is just 'empty' no matter what

the one thing I think the stand-alone really needs to prove is that it can get better performance out of this engine. I can't think of any other game where you see people with gtx 680's, and such, complaining about performance. I have faith they can do it, but at the same time it remains to be seen

I hate snow in video games. it always seems like an excuse to cover everything in an all white texture

yeah, they're cool, but not necessarily the promised land some people make them out to be

they can be equally disappointing. even worse in some ways, since you gotta go through the trouble to find them, but then there could still be no (good) loot. I used to get so excited when I found one. now I know chances are there's only gonna be a FAL with no clips <_<

I don't need to do all that to get shot <_<

that's true. the mix of pvp and looting makes it different from other games where you can just pick up their gun. no one's killing someone for beans in CoD. it's also why people are bummed PvP isn't in Diablo 3 (yet)

yep, it seems to happen when the server is pretty full, and/or needs to be reset. but like I said, in my example we went all the way around to the other side and there was still no loot but the OP was saying there was ammo and such around, so that's a different issue. basically that's just bad luck. plus he did find an ak74u. most of the time when I go to the barracks I only find basic stuff like that

well since June people have been complaining about there being no endgame and blah blah blah, and nothing's really been added since then. not to mention all the hacking that tends to discourage people from pursuing long-term goals. and yeah, some people just like to run around Elektro pvp'ing I'm not really mad about any of it. the mod was meant to be a 'proof of concept' or whatever, not a 'game'. I have faith that the stand-alone will be more complete, but honestly that "faith" isn't based on much empirical evidence...

alright, shit happens. I made the trip with a buddy once that had never been there. I was talking up it up like we were gonna find all types of l33t loot. we made the trip on foot from Zelen. then when we got there, there was no loot spawning at all. even after going all the way around to get to the other barracks. it was pretty much heart breaking. I'm not sure what the deal was (like I said we made the trip on foot from Zelen, so it's not like we just spawned there), but there was other weirdness like zeds just standing around I mean basically there's no guarantees. if I make the trip all the way up there and don't find anything good. I usually try to stay in that area, and return to try again

I hate to ask, but did you go to the barracks? the 2 barracks have the most and best loot ghillies are in residential spawns btw

I usually approach going towards one of the two barracks, depending on where I'm coming from. scan the area carefully for zeds (aka signs of other players) before you get too close. and remember that works both ways. players will be looking for you to spawn zeds as well. so if for example you go to the SW barracks, and anyone else is in the airfield, they might see your zeds and know you're in that area. for that reason I try to get in the barracks, and then immediately head back out outside the wall. now comes the issue of how to get to the other barracks. I think it should go without saying that it's a bad idea to cross the runway. around the north side is the safer route when I find something good, I usually don't take any more chances and get the frick out of there. I would avoid the hangers. they're way too dangerous. the pavement all around them makes a lot of noise, and the zeds can run inside the hangers. the last thing you want at the NWAF is a trail of zeds like a few people have said, if it looks too dangerous, don't risk it. if it's obvious there's players there, be careful to not get close to any buildings where zeds are gonna spawn and give away your location. if it's really bad, take the opportunity to scan the surrounding fields for crashed heli's and come back later

there an infinitely large gap between "impossible to hack" and "almost impenetrable"

well that's been the 'plan' since they took it away I find side chat kinda annoying, but I don't have a problem just ignoring it (text. I hate voice over side chat), and it does come in handy when hackers are on the server

ha!

I get the feeling if I start calling them "Doom/Quake Noobs" the pc-gaming gods will quickly strike me down

is there a way to set up a custom class? I usually use whatever class and spawn a bunch of weapons boxes