SkrooLoose (DayZ)

Miles better? A locked-down, non-moddable game, playing on an older engine, which plays how a small team of devs envisions how it should be played... verses a mod; a concept where everyone and anyone can create and adapt to their liking? Better huh? Don't get me wrong; I'm all for the stand alone. But sitting back and listening others carry on as if nothing can compete with it, well, that's just preposterous. It's mods which fix / patch / enhance games when the developers haven't. It's the mods which bring communities together. It's mods which keep games alive long after their locked-down brethren have faded in to nothing more than a memory.

So having a choice is bad, eh? Having a world full of endless possibilities... who would want that, right?

I think maybe the whole "bandits; kos; pvp ruins DayZ" argument is being made out of context. DayZ is a zombie apocalypse survival game. The majority of players want to play it as such... but also want to (and fully have the right to) play following the gamestyle they deem fit. Hero's want to play as survivalists who want to help others. Medics want to play as survivalists who want to heal those in need. ... and Bandits want to play as survivalists who want to live off the blood of others. What brings these players together is the fact that no matter how they play, good guy or bad guy, is that the focus is still on survival. These players are ALL true DayZ players down to the core. What's ruining DayZ is the minority of players who want to do no more than spawn in, run to a fire station and grab a rifle, and start killing everyone. They don't care about gearing up. They don't care about survival. All they want to do is see how many kills they can rack up before they're killed. There is no "focus" on survival. They won't grab food; they don't plan on living that long. They won't grab medical aid; it's easier for them to just die and respawn. They don't care if they're killed. They don't care what gear you have as they won't bother to check, unless of course they see you carrying a better means of killing then what they're carrying. These player kill and become bandits.... but that does not make them DayZ bandits. Not in the essence of DayZ. These players are the one's who give DayZ bandits a bad name.

You've never heard about / seen vids of "explosive" fishing?

Ah hahaha... that's how I read it also so had to come in and see what's up.

Have bandits suffer from uncontrollable sharts. Then they'd be easier to detect as flies would always be present, as they are with dead bodies, so you'd be able to hear them.

Does that help?

If the zombie mod, in it's current state, isn't doing it for you then maybe you might want to try Wasteland. It's still about survival. You still have to watch your health; eat; drink; find gear.

Well, they wouldn't run either. So it's more like an "infected" sim. But yes, I completely agree that balance is important. But what you had suggested wasn't a matter of balance. Having the a.i. slow down while indoors or having a quick grab option (I know that was someone else's suggestion) for loot for the sake of the player isn't balance. It's being lazy; convenient; easy. It's going to be a zombie game. So if you agro them, then the zombies should be "in your face" as much as possible.

Well, yes, naturally it's not meant to be like that; bugged. But there's only so much the devs can do with the current engine.

... and people are wanting a "quick grab" option? Sure, why not. That's adds to the realism, right? Ffs; people are going to keep shouting from the rooftops, "GIVE US OUR EASY MODE!" until the SA ends up being just like the mod. Another watered-down, run-n-gun shooter. Come on guys... DZ is suppose to be a zombie survival sim. Zombie survival shouldn't mean being able to simply run past them or have them "slow down" so it'd be more convenient for you. Zombie survival should mean you either stay undetected or you clear them all.

So survival shouldn't be "frustrating"? Frustrating; if that's all DZSA is going to be then everyone may as well go back to playing Wii Carnival Games.

Bean farts; you were too close to a camp fire. This is a well known issue.

necrophilia

Hmmm... A "mod" (A3DZ), which has endless possibilities, wouldn't stand a chance against a "locked-down" (DZSA) game? Hasn't this already been proven to be just the opposite? Huh? SA is having "functions" which were deemed unnecessary, removed. A3, being mod-able, will have more "functions" available to mod creators.

Ah, my apologizes brother. Didn't mean it as a personal attack against you and I should have worded it better. My bad, sorry about that.

haha Same here; my wife loves chatting when she gets home from work. I just put on my headphones, look at here and nod my head in agreement as if I'm hearing her.

... and who are you to dictate how people should play? Who are you to tell them to go play a "forrest simulator"? You're no one; a nobody. Clearly you're missing the obvious. And that's the fact that DayZ is an open world sandbox mod. So everyone can play any way they want to. Add to that the fact that private servers are an option. So now everyone truly can play how they want. They want base-building; done. They want aliens; done. They want 1000 vehicles; done. They want a dire environment where survival is next to impossible; done. ... and so on and so on. Everyone can enjoy themselves. There's so much variety available and near endless possibilities. And yet for some of you, that's not acceptable. You seem to not like the fact that everyone could be happy. You guys just have to complain and carry on about how those others are "wrong", "clueless", "carebears", etc., etc. Why can't you grow up, go off and continue enjoying playing on your servers while those others are off enjoying their servers?

What's up with people caring if other's want to play on non-pvp servers? Seriously. They want to relax a bit so they're off on a different server, not bothering you a bit. You're not bothering them because you're on a pvp server, enjoying yourself. So it's a win-win for everyone. Everyone's happy. But that's still not good enough for you guys? You still have to bitch and moan about them?

Commander's no better. You can also search by ping with both the A2OA server list and with Six.

You're looking the wrong way. Turn around; the rest of the servers are behind you.

With all the beans we eat, why can't we just light our farts?

Ashamed why? Because most don't want to play some run-n-gun, laser-bullets, no skilled required fps?

Barbie Horse Adventure FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Naw. It's the End of Days! Zombies wander the streets. Food is scarce. The last thing people would worry about is if it's good enough to eat. Heck, people would be scavenging the outhouses just to pick corn out of turds.