HomerJay27

You didsome serious research there mate. Iwould appreciate some thing like this. but when it may be added to the game I hope i doesn't end up like in farcry

Watch this vid: http://www.dayztv.com/video/dayz-military-case-for-dayz-standalone-fan-concept/

Cook some rice, add a can of baked beans and tactical bacon to the pot for a nice tasty post-apocalypic stew

Bullpubs are allways appreciated and some more unknown guns too.

yeah spears are a must fur hunting. I' actually wearing a paracord barcelt from paracordist right now ;)

This formulation was a bit over the top, but I really waited 3 days and took some notes here and there thomake sure this will be a solid post

Yes we need modular backpacks. Great ideas mate! Something like an Alice Pack would be nice too. It consists of a frame with shoulder straps where you can mount pack itsself or some bulky items like jerrycans, ammo boxes or a tent. My Idea: You can mount the packsack on the frame and carry the system as a normal backpack. Or if you dicide to carry a jerrycan with it, you can still tie a improvised courier bag to the frame to give some additional storage. http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-40864295455031_2263_83827500 http://accurateshooter.net/Blog/alicepacksdeal.jpg

With the new improved Zombie AI and first implementations of stealth gameplay in exp. 0.55 I thought it might be a good idea to allow the pistol suppressor to be fitted on the two .22 rifles. This would make them much more usefull in an environment with an increased number of more intelligent Zombies, as you could take them out silently with headshots. And combined with the fact that you can carry a lot of .22 ammo this would make those two guns ideal for clearing towns of Zombies and making some stealth kills on players too. Maybe even some players would then prefer a Sporter over a higher caliber rifle. If you have read Max Brooks "Zombie Survival Guide", he strongly recommends a silenced .22 rilfe and if DayZ was real, I would go for one as well. Also, some "civilian" optics would be nice to be able to make longer distance headshots with those rifles, as this is the only way they are usefull. Here are some picture of what I was thinking:

Well thats not quiet true. There are two possible things that can happen with any calibre when a bullet hits a human body: 1. The bullet can go straight through it and make a clean whole if it doesnt hit a bone or isn't tumbling beucause it hit something in advance. In this case a bigger bullet which makes a bigger hole, a hollow piont, or a bullet which falls appart inside the tissue does more damage and is therefore better. (.45ACP > 9mm > .22) 2. If the bullet tumbles or hits a bone it will bouce around inside the body and cause a lot of damage. And since we are talking about low energy handgun ammo here, a bigger bigger causes bullet causes more damage too Furtermore, if a bullet stays together, deforms or splinters depens if it is a FMJ, a hollow point, a lead bullet... and has nothing to do with the caliber. And of course SWAT teams dont want to kill people, but thy want to achive this by surprising the ennemy or negotiating so that dont have to use their guns at all. But if they have to use them, they need to kill fast so the hostagetaker can't take anybody with him. Which is why they mostly use 9mm or .45 smgs loaded with hollow points because they cause lots of damage and dont go through the body even if they dont hit a bone so that someone standing behind the target isn't hurt.

Finally someone who understands me

I have never see a SWAT team with .22 guns

At the moment you need more body hits with a .22 than with a 9mm but all zombies die with one headshot. But the advantage of .22 is that you can carry 50 rounds in a unopened box so it doesn't get ruined. and the ammo is verry easy to find. And furthermore, the Sporter is already in game, but nobody uses it. It seems a reasonable idea to me to improve it a little so players actually use it. And it would be far less work than to implement a whole new gun( modles, textures, animations, sounds, ammo, magazines)

I know, but should it be even rarer than this? At the end its still a .22 semi-auto rifle. And at the moment nearly nobody uses it other than with a round chambered before he finds a better gun. It could still be used this way, but if someone wanted to gear up with a sporter to become a silent killer he would have more options. And think of this: If you have an Amphibia you can carry an assault rilfle without any inconvenience. The Sporter on the other hand would be a primary gun. So I dont think it would be overpowered in any way especially if you compare it to the MP5.

A "tactical" Sporter would still be a worse weapon than the MP5k in therms of firepower and remeber, the MP5k has the option of optics and suppressor and is fairly easy to find. And it can fit inside a pack. If the Sporter was handled the same way it would be a good sollution. 1. You would need to find a Sporter and some 30 round mags. 2. You would need to go to the prison island or somwhere else to find a suppressor (with the sporter, and survive it). 3. If you want an optic you need to search chopperchrashes. IOM this is enough work to get a tactical Sporter

Maybe they will fix the ballistics system sometimes so helmets and vests provide actuall protection. The ballistic and gorka helmet should stop all handgun rounds up to .357mag without even degrading.