RiKShaw

I realise it'd be a hard thing to do but with the newfound focus on flashlights for new players its defintely needed. Maybe when holding a flashlight you sprint slower because you can't get into the full motion while holding it in front? You'd move fast enough to outrun a zombie, but slower.

All around the map I see two things which seem rather useless/underused. -Scrap cans/tins -Factories So one night in Cherno while trapsing around through some empty cans, I thought to myself, "Goddam all these cans, I wish they had a use". Then it hit me, I have no bullets. Bullets are made of metal! Cans are made of metal! LETS SHOOT CANS!!! Unfortunatly no one on the server agreed with me but I did come up with the idea of smelting down old cans into new bullets. Ammo is scarse in the game to the point that I wont even dump my winchester for an AK (Pre patch) but what if I could make bullets? I'd be able to keep my gun! My suggestion is inside factories and other buildings perhaps, there is a device called a forge. Putting wood inside the forge and firing it up (requires/consumes matches) and then it allows you to place cans and tins inside the forge and make bullets. Now I realise cans and tins take up a lot of space, so since they're so light, maybe you can find a can bag. This somewhat uncommon item takes up a binocular slot and houses all your cans and tins. Also, eating a tin of food or can of soda adds it to your inventory as empty. You can also add that you need gunpowder which could be found in farms. The rarer/more powerful ammo requires more cans and gunpowder. You could also use scrap metal to make bullets or tins to make scrap metal. Maybe even car parts. Maybe rework the czech vest pouch can be the can bag... since its so useless as is.

Bump? Are we allowed to bump here?

Sooo many tin cans around while loot is bugged...

Precisely spawn, they dont kill for anything but killcount because they dont need anything. We need to create something for them. We need them to need something. This is why we make player to player damage less. That way 1-2 mak round to the head wont kill. 8 mak rounds to the head will kill (NUMBERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE). With this I am able to kill 3 people, I had better make sure I kill high level players, so I get more ammo from them.

I've also survived in Cherno with nothing, just dont flare yourself up.

Bandits should be included, but atm its the only viable strategy. There should be aspects of the game inaccessible to bandits. So when you choose to be a bandit, you have to bandit well because you can't survive without banditing. Make players take more damage. That way it could take more than a single shot to kill a guy. If it is actually a strain on ammo to shoot people, you'd need to be efficient at killing people. Only shoot people if you can guarantee you can take their stuff and only if they have good stuff. If you see a guy with the same gun as you, you shoot him and take his ammo. See a noobie picking up his first makarov, leave him. He's not worth the bullets.

Why drop the bullet part from it? Me as a largely pacificist person I hate killing people because I believe IRL, I'd not kill people because they are a real live human being. If I get lucky with an AK or M4 or some big weapon in a fire station, I can't take it because it only comes with 2 clips. If I want reliable ammo I have to kill players or go to a high player area like NW airfield. This allows players a pacificist way to have high firepower. A way that they can use their gun on zeds, without it being a waste of ammo.

Thats right, they may have some lead content in them. Thats why you can make only a few clips from a bag full of cans. And I'm sorry TheDee and I'm sorry Sandy State Phantom for blowing up at you after you... critiqued my idea...

Nothing is wrong with your post, but it makes it sound like you're telling the tale of a fight with a flashlight...

Well you'd need to put the forges into places. Factories make the most sense but small towns could have outdoor forges.

This game is not real. It never will be. In the REAL zombie apocolypse, people wouldn't shoot other people because in the REAL world, they have a heart. Because the game can't be real, it has to at least be fun. Something unrealistic needs to be done about bandits.

No you're a troll posting in a legitimate thread. Just because their tin doesn't mean they can't become bullets.... This game isn't 100% real, dont stifle a good, fun idea just because its not quite realistic.

NVG's are alright because of their rarity but the battery life thing seems ok was that a different thread?

Or you could just carry around a water bottle... I imagine it like this, the water bottle is one of the ones with a filter on the top and the water from all sources, is dirty. Too dirty to drink, hence you need to filter. And have you ever had a nice hearty drink from rain? No. I haven't.