wagner (DayZ)

make permadeath, well.. permanent. when you spawn freshly you've got 20 minutes to get your shit together. if you die after that period, game over. really over. no more dayz for you. to soften this there could also be a 24 hr ban if you died. could be a nice business model too. buy the game with 5 lives for 30 bucks. if you lost your five lives, buy new ones. then this game would again be about survival and not farming airfields to get that last NVG for your mates.

I guess if you're being serious, you're being serious, but making people pay for lives is the kind of terrible idea that gives "freemium" games a bad rap. Even something like "One spawn per day" would be too much, since it would provoke people (specifically, griefers) to camp the beaches just so they can lawl about all the people they shut down for the day by taking away their "one spawn". don't you think it might lead to less griefers since they actually got something to lose too? and it wouldn't be pay to win since you gain no extras whatsover for paying. you just pay for your own mistakes ;) it might not be the greatest idea ever but do you think the penalty for dying is severe enough right now? after all "permadeath" is one of the most hailed features of dayz.

i'd hate to see npcs. metagame could (and probably should) take care of trading.

"The third mistake was listening to who ever told you it was OK to patch on a Saturday." this was not a bright move indeed. this patch has issues beyond those mentioned already and needs to be hotfixed asap.