I remember, like so many others, watching Frankie play the Arma2 mod for DayZ. As a console peasant, only envious eyes poured over the abundant source of videos on DayZ.
It was something to behold "The perfect Zombie game." Mainly, because there was so much to do. Now, don't get me wrong, it had A TON of bugs and watching someone break their legs randomly was always something to laugh at. But, the thing about it, was the loot. You could find rifles in just about any building and then it really did come down to morality when choosing to shoot or interact with players because you may not need nor want their gear because you already had something of value. However, I get the style of game play they're trying to create. They want a sense of desperation and fear when you come across a fellow survivor with only a few rounds left in your dinky pistol or a crowbar. They want that can of beans to mean something when you find it. Spoiler alert, it doesn't.
Duplicators control the loot economy. That dinky pistol is now met with a hail of bullets from a cloned M4/AK. They usually never roam alone either so, for us solo players, it becomes a hassle. Now, I know you can take them down and have a Twitch worthy moment, but that doesn't happen often. What DOES happen often is plenty of running through forests with nothing, looting military bases for literally hours to find nothing, and eventually getting gunned down because your brain has turned to mush and you didn't notice the bum with a shotgun loitering around your building.
I believe the Developers should find what people enjoy most in this game and amplify it until they iron out everything. There should not be a cap on how many weapons are in the game as that cap is met hours into a fresh server. It's basically what they want to do with guns in real life. Ban them all and only the criminals will have them. I've uninstalled and reinstalled this game too many times to count because I fell in love with the concept, but that concept is ruined by us. I find myself just ranting the entire time I play it. Perhaps I'm wrong, I don't know.