ironman Tetsuo

I got my facts straight, this is a thread promoting the changing of graphics settings for the sole purpose of gaining an edge in combat, that's an exploit right there. graphic settings are changeable because PCs are not like consoles, every one is different and each need different settings to work efficiently, locking it server side would cause all sorts of incompatibility issues and that's the only reason it isn't locked. The excuse that "this is PC gaming, everyone does it" is very un-sportsman-like and one of the main areas Consoles are better than PCs, at least on the 360 I know all my enemies are seeing the exact same thing I am.

I'll always hide bodies, players and zombies, I don't want to leave any signs of where I've been. Annoyed you can't loot your own body after being killed? I personally think you shouldn't be able to anyway, looting your own carcass is a little Twighlight Zone for my tastes.

I should turn off shadows to make the game easier despite the fact it's difficulty is what attracted me in the first place? Next you'll be telling me I need to learn how to server hop and Alt-F4, no thanks! People who turn off shadows (for any reason other than performance issues) are playing the wrong game.

I don't kill anyone unless shot at first I've been playing for 6 weeks, the only player kills I have are 2 bandit kills. I've been killed myself plenty of times but my resolve is strong, the apocalypse will never break me!

5 syllables is not so short

all you are doing is posting up a sweet success story for the hacker to fawn over, report hacks in the correct manner and stop advertising their activity, when you post about it here all you do is add to the problem (not your fault, just the truth)

wasn't it removed in 1.7.3?

yep, expect to see bigger maps in the future, probably split into large zones. Rocket also hinted at other islands accessible via boat. He acknowledges that one of the biggest draws of DayZ is the exploration of the map so he intends to give us bigger areas with more interesting things to see and interact with, I can't wait!!

It would be cool if you could find a dead and looted body and have your dog pick up the scent of the attacker and then track him down....

John Woo called, he said he want's his idea back.

Have fun you say? I prefer abject terror, elation, paranoia and incredibly sweaty palms. If I’m laughing, I’m playing it wrong... :-)

I'm pretty sure to have an end game you need a start game and a middle game, neither of which are finished yet.... :-S

I found a boat without fuel too, everytime I swam out to fill it with petrol the Jerry can would fall out of my backpack and sink to the ocean floor... :(

I was inside a building where several Zombies had followed me in but they got jammed up in an inside doorway. They just stood there cycling through their attack animations unable to reach me, I was low on health and bleeding so I took the chance to heal up when all of a sudden the building sort of exploded, the place filled with dust and rubble appeared around me. Another time I stood up beneath a brick bridge which broke my legs. After I used a morphine, rolled away from the corner and stood up again a mighty explosion went off (no visuals just thunderous audio) and I thought at first we were under attack from hackers.... Seems like buildings and structures are just as glitchy and prone to random behaviour as the zombies themselves!

You have to shoot the doors in the middle where the arrows on the glass are, at least this has been the most efficient method I've discovered. You can pop all the windows this way with around 3 shots.

Perhaps dupers become bored because they fully equip faster and for longer than everyone else, artificially extending the safe time between the need to enter confrontational situations. You've effectively helped remove the risk from the risk/reward system the game is trying to achieve. If you're hitting up the same area several times across several servers within a short space of time or are deliberately spamming the duping exploits then the lowering of the boredom threshold is entirely self inflicted. You wouldn't go tenpin bowling, have the gutter barriers raised and use one of those ball rolling slide things before strutting around the lanes announcing "bowling is piss easy" to everyone else. :) As and when Zombies reach a level where they're the threat they're supposed to be, as cheats and exploits are removed and more tools are made available to the player to increase interaction and emergent behaviour, most people wont get the chance to be bored.

that's a false option, it makes all servers easy mode. Log into easy server to acquire weapon, log out, join "hard sever"