quantumfish

hank you Xbow, you hit the nail on the head and you make a very good point about Gorka gear and waterproof gear in general to prevent getting wet, this is something I hadn't considered heavily, mainly because I find the Gorka uniforms so hideously ugly, I didn't consider wearing it if I had other military options, which I always have. I also have never checked which clothes are definitively waterproof, just made some assumptions, like leather stuff must be waterproof right? Zombies I am fine with, being very careful sneaking around and melee kills until you get a suppressor has not been an issue, though yes it is much tougher. I did get killed by an invisible and seemingly immortal zombie a while ago. But that was mainly due to the fact I was sprinting like a mad man whilst getting rained on, to get to a tree to make a fire to survive afore mentioned hypothermia. To everyone else, yep I know most of what you have suggested about taking off wet clothes/ not wearing them( more difficult when you have a fair amount of gear you're lugging around and caught out), sprinting for many minutes into a wall etc tried all this. Making a fire inside has not been possible since this became an issue, its 'never safe enough' or whatever to start a fire inside.(is that also a new bug?) I really don't think some you have experienced the severity of getting drenched by rain when not close enough to shelter to take cover in and not having waterpoof gear (now noted!) I have managed to immediately once it says I'm cold/shaking to procede to make a fire in rapid fashion and huddle round it and keep it lit, my clothes dry quick, or just stay damp from the rain, and it even says 'rapidly heating up' a few times but it is always not enough once you've got to red hypothermia, which takes a few minutes. Whyherro123 I know hypothermia can set in real quick in real life in freezing or special conditions like you describe, this I don't deny, but the manner of what I'm talking about it in Dayz is in no way realistic. Along with dying when its been cold at night or icy, I also have died multiple times during the day on what seems like an ordinary autumn/spring day or whatever the season its meant to be. I was in the army cadets as a teenager, have got drenched stupid from crawling in wet mud/ British rain with all my gear on, come back to camp on a freezing night in the highlands , with nothing to warm you except the shitty stove you get and whatever fire you can make and a sleeping bag and not much more than a waterproof tarpaulin and not died within a few minutes from being drenched initially. Not exactly the same but similarish a comparison. I also think the main reason is I normally stick to one server and in this server it rains a shit tonne and for hours. Switching servers normally works though I dislike having to do this. Its just the longer I get through a play through I get more confident in my ability to deal with these kinds of things and try to see it out. And this leads to the death of my character. Which is very annoying, as I like PVE and to survive this kind of thing out of my own perseverance but I have not been able to recently. It seems similar to when there was that overheating trouble a while ago where the only solution was to lie in a pond for ages, so hopefully it can be fixed just like that Anyway thanks for the replies and suggestions. Love this community

(I did try seeing if there was a dedicated recent topic about this but I must of missed it, and I need to vent) First off, I'm really enjoying most of 0.60, specifically the increase in number and ferocity of zombies. It has made the game much tougher and challenging and I love it, this is more like the game I originally expected. Wolves are also terrifying and I've had some scary experiences with them, again I love this. However the effects of rain and dying from hypothermia has made playing very unenjoyable. Getting caught in the rain is almost certainly a death sentence. After the first few plays, I accepted that I needed to take more preventative action to not die from hypothermia and upped my game. I hoarded heat packs, made my fire making routine is as good as I can get it and did my best to stay dry. But it is not enough. If you get caught out in the rain without taking immediate shelter and not venturing out again, you will be alright if you are just damp or wet. However all the rain I've seen lasts for a very long time and the only way to continue trying to have some fun and not stay inside a shack all day is to change server, which I always feel like is cheating. Even making very quick dashes between buildings or tents can get you drenched. Once you are drenched you will very quickly freeze to death. So even if you switch to a dry server( and you have to switch to a dry server to avoid the rain outside) and immediately venture out to find some trees and make a fire to dry yourself and get warm and deploy several heatpacks(do they even do anything or stack?) there is a very slim chance you will survive, as you go from cold to hypothermia extremely quickly. Since playing 0.60 stable, this has caused my death in all but 2 of my play throughs (one of those was on purpose). I have not managed to survive a drenching from rain even at an advanced stage in playing yet. Basically rain is death and dying from hypothermia takes a few minutes which is very unrealistic. I'm sure others have noted this and I may be reiterating, but I am a longtime player and lover of Dayz and now feel I can no longer play until this gets fixed. Even before when hypERthermia was an issue, you could get around that better laying in a pond for a long while and this I could persevere through. Others will give some better tips for surviving getting caught in the rain, but this should not be as big survival issue in PVE as it has become. All the other aspects of 0.60 I have noticed, have been really good and I love what has been done but this issue is too much. Please sort this out. I'm sure action may have already been set to be taken but I just really needed to vent my frustration. All the best