Mungaloid

LMAO perfect. thank you. i just spit coffee all over my keyboard.

That basically the idea. some people will find the supplies useful and move inland others will make the beach even more of a warzone my thoughts were burn it to the ground, either the bandits camps or the whole beach. cut off the bandits restock supplies so that hanging out down there becomes too risky or by mistake make the beach so deadly that they would be nuts to even try it, either way it would be a change.

no indeed im not saying that there anything wrong with being a bandit at all. if not for bandits the game would become boring fairly quickly. and yeah handing out the hardware might not help very much, it may either increase or significantly decrease the survival of some. but worse case scenario the beaches become more interesting and colourful then they already are. cant reallly make it any worse right? but it might atleast be more fun for the new spawns maybe. imagine how you would feel if the like the third time you spawned a shine new pickup with some cool toys just happened to be right beside you and you had a score to settle with that sniper in cherno. or watching a bunch new spawns axe fight for the truck. if it doesnt help make bandits lives harder. it should still bring a level of entertainment for some people outside of the expect norms of. "oh shit oh shit zombie horde chasing me damn this flashlight" or "holy shit snip......" You are dead.

....who were shot by the guys with mulitple cars and stocked up supplies.... j/k no clearly there is no reliable way to identify bandit camps, but that also the issue with players as well. although there shouldn't be clear identifiers. but until the game has been more flushed out and offer more incentives the only ones we have is to try and find a solution ourselves and this one is mine and like any other self rightous internet dick i wanted to share and sway people in joining in on it. im also completely open to suggestions.

and what if he simply finds a cz and does the same thing. true its not a perfect plan and some of those suppiles will end up in the hands of bandits but ill ask you what are you trying to do to change things? the primary issue at the beach is the difficulty that many have in procuring weapons. we can help them if we try.an example if i find a large camp. I have no need for 20 rifles in 6 vehicles between 2 people so i take what i need and want and ditch the excess for anyone to use and if its for rearming purposes once I've rearmed from my personally stock which at this point is tiny and continue playing i find more weapons easily afterwards and still don't need a large stock pile of surpluses. like i said in my topic post its an attempt. do you have any ideas that doesn't require rocket to recode and change the game?

atleast theres the atempt of justice and a selfless act of dropping the suppiles to the people who need them more at the moment. One way or another those camps will be raided anyways whether your online playing or offline sleeping. its not if people will find those camps its when.

There are plenty of reasons to play as a survivor or even an anti-bandit. and as for tools their plenty like using these forums to combat them and coordianate efforts and devise strategies for dealing with the issue. coalitions of survivors maybe. we are free to use any real world tactics we simply need to pool our resources and make it better it wont change at all if we stand idlely by and talk about how crappy and hard it is. People, we need people to try, people are the tools that will make this a more interesting or perhaps if you will a more friendly place. bandits are working together in cells if you will and devising the most effective means of taking us out and as it stands they are winning. the shoot on site mentality for personal saftey makes sense considering the current state, but how many times have potential friendships never happened because of it. shooting first certianly stops them from shooting you, but it also stops them from atempts to comunicate with you as well. its risk and reward but thats the primary appeal of the game the constant risks and rewards. Going to the hospitals and a get much needed need supplies reaps a reward or a bullet. but you still do it right? So why has everyone stopped talking to each other?

Who says I haven't allready gave a .50 away I dont use sniper rifles anyways to combersome and its not really self defence if I'm shooting people from 500+ yards away. That and just leaving a truckload of guns in a field near the beach means i dont even need to interact with them. but if they happen to read this topic theyll like know that someone left it for them on purpose.

true. I just wanted to see if you were a bandit in disguise lol, and where did my topic post say anything about shooting? ultimately thought the camps will be raided anyways why not give away the excess gear to the people without weapons and such. to some extend if your living in the north you've come acrossed tents and vehicles and likely taken a few things, if you were to take that stuff you left behind in the extra vehicles to the coast you could be part of a solution or atleast trying to make a difference instead of being impartial.

I like this, This works well, but what if you don't shoot on sight and come bearing gifts? Ya know.... like an ex bandit camp on wheels. j/k. Indeed These methods should be persued as well, I also follow the don't shoot on sight.

because a sniper rifle is the worse weapon to fight zombies with if you plan to loot. they respawn quickly and indefinetly meaning its a waste of ammo to try and clear them. its also pretty much a dinner bell for zeds and really only good for 2 things warning a town of you presence and killing players.

Maybe youll get lucky and your stuff will be at the coast waiting for you lol.

Indeed and I also don't want to see banditry eliminated, just to make it harder to be a bandit.

they Chances are they are going to anyways so why not start now and continue to do so they will get theirs too when they turn to the darkside. lol

....AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY THEY SHOT YOU. Really though that is why. Same kinda shit that that just happened to you, likely happened to all of them at some point and, they have adopted the same kind of attitude that you have now gained. lol

Ontario here. when i finally have time to play again, I'll shoot you.... a pm aswell. lol (Not a bandit btw, couldn't resist lol)

Hey had this same kinda of issue. I found that alt tabbing and closing six launcher then returning to the game seemed to work. Think it has something to doe with six updater refreshing the server list in the back ground. hope it helps.

While I totally agree with you about the waste of a bullet and people should maybe consider saving that round and being alittle more friendly to their fellow man. But I'd have to say that is has become a nessasry evil in most cases. I myself have let those weaponless survivors live only for them to come running my way as fast as humanly possible when they find their maka-cap gun 5 mins later and they then atempt shoot me for letting them live. So yeah if I'm far enough away I'll let a new spawn live but if he is within about 75-50meters and sees me. I'm going to pop him for safety reasons. While he might be harmless now at a random loot chance he won't be harmless for long. Although when it happens to me I just hope that the guy who shot me for nothing, wasted that "one" bullet he needs later to save his own life.

I kinda like this idea. Could help out when you've defended yourself and want to loot your victim, but there too many zeds nearby to hang around with your pack open. You could then pick up the body and carry it to a safer loctation, away from those that wish to eat you and any other prying eyes that might try to shoot you. Then be free to loot away in private with a reduced risk from those threats. Another thought I just had, is it could be used as a distraction. Drop a fresh corpse at the edge of a town as Zed bait and wait for them to wander over and eat it. While you Do the round about and loot the town from the other side maybe lol. Edit: Same idea posted just before I finished typing lol

OK so I have the STEAM copies of all three. (ARMA+AO+PMC) The problem is that my pmc textures are still low res and the symbol for PMC doesn't appear on the bottom left of the main menu screen in game. I did however purchase and download PMC after I had installed DayZ with the loader. Is there anyway to fix this or do I need to reinstall DayZ for it to use these textures?

I'm friendly but I'll act defensively and aggressively if the situation demands it. So far in the last week of playing and being killed numerous times. I've taken up running through coastal towns as fast as possible picking up what ever isn't nailed down and booking it into the woods as my primary means of survival. Bandits sometimes seem to be off put by a nutjob with a gaggle of 30 plus of zombies chasing him when they pep out from their camp holes. I always try to initate communications and generally recieve ammunition for my effort. Unfortunatly that ammunition is normally recieve in a rather quick and bloody fashion. Thus far I've managed to meet 2 people who wanted to be friends, but unfortunately met my makarov because of a mistakenly thrown flare. Which I instantly seen as an aggersive act. Thinking that it a grenade being tossed. Before I can reload to finsh off the second guy he hits me with his hatchet and all 3 of us died. I knew as soon as it was over that I had been to quick to act and regreted it. I want to be friendly but, I'm so conditioned now to precieve the smallest actions as threats that it has become incredibly hard to trust anyone at this point. I'll continue trying and hopefully the next time things will go alittle more favorably.

OK I'm starting to be a troll and I never am. Guess its one of those days I'll back out before I offend anyone. But I like the new coms, and direct chat does work considerably well I havent had an issue typing or talking to anyone who hasn't shot at me on sight. Even then I've talked to some of the bandits before either of us get shot by the other. Kinda fun to have a bandit on the run when his assasination atempt fails and I'm humming away and saying "come out, come out, where ever you are." just before I cap him lol. Maybe the Direct comms aren't working for others I guess. First I've heard of anyone having troubles, and if that the case. Then I hope they fix it for you's soon.

Yes global chat was ingame til a few days ago and rocket stated in an interview some where that he wanted to remove it to add to the feeling of isolation and desperation its meant to be that way now, to prompt a more realistic setting when dealing with other players. the zombie apocolypes home survival kit availible at your local wal-mart doesn't come with a satellite phone. lol

LOL. really your saying change the game cus I don't have and don't want to get a mic. Dude check out the electronic area at a dollar store. (where the phone cords and earbuds for mp3 players are) I got my mic for less then 2 dollars. makes the game much more enjoyable when you can run from Zeds and communicate at the same time, trust me you'll like it. Edit: I just realised this might come across as insulting wasn't meant to. lol But really you should consider a mic for those moment where a friend player walks up and asks you if you friendly then shoots cus responding in text takes to long.

I think its simple to fix this. Add some kinda of detection method that starts a 60 second timer from when you last recieved damage/injury. If you click the abort button or disconnect in anyway during this timer you die instantly leaving your corpse on the server. this should suffice. 60 seconds or more is Ideal. That seems short, but a minute in a firefight or while being swarmed by zombies is a long time and can make a huge difference between life and death. while still allowing users to login and log out freely under any other normal circumstances. (lag, bugs, real life interuption, switching servers for friends, etc.) With a system like this people will be forced to fight back or flee, and take their fate head on. If they choose the "cowards ways out" their dead anyways.