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Been to all of those places within the last few days haven’t heard or seen one. Pre update I’d get attacked just thinking about going to Tisy. Post update I could probably walk around with steaks tied to my ass while whistling and saying come here boy and still get nothing.

Lol ohhhhh so I’m not the only one that they apparently have a grudge against 👍🏼

Hmmmm. It seems for some they have made an appearance and for others not so much. 🤔 I personally have been all over the map and have yet to see them so who knows what’s going on. I’m not saying I miss being mauled by them or anything but just wondering where they went 🤔

Well yeah on Pc I’ve seen them but I play on Xbox and prior to the update I saw and heard them all the time. After the update, not so much.

Well mine actually doesn’t involve PvP at all. I’ve become heavily entranced with the tracking and hunting aspect of the game. In fact most of my time as of lately has been spent out in the wilderness hunting for the various animals I hear squawking and grunting in the woods and fields with my favorite being hunting Boar as I like making backpacks out of them. But this one time, while In pursuit of the elusive swine whose howl seemed to mock me as everytime I thought I was closing in on it would suddenly disappear only to maddeningly reappear a bit further away just as I’d decide to concede my hunt of him in favor of easier game. This happened numerous times over a course of a few hours with every time leaving me more and more deranged or desperate really, to put him Not only out of his misery but more importantly my own when suddenly I hear another sound. This one different, more guttural and commanding than the swines song I’d spent the better part of a day having burnt inside my head that I had been listening to and it was close! I could hear the crinkle of twigs being broken and snapped under its mighty heft. I’m not sure, being driven to delusion from the days pursuit of my elusive prey, if it were real or not but I swear I could hear it snort and breathe out almost in disgust at the landscape laid before it, but whatever it was It knew it’s place amongst the wild must be atop all other creatures! I felt myself almost tremble with a mix of excitement and fear at what beast was lurking within the mist just barely out of sight of my naked eye. So I raised my SKS and peered through the same scope I had utilized many many times during a hunt, pinpointing exactly where the deadly projectile that would soon be released from my rifle and scream through the air right before plunging into flesh would land. As I focused my sight the mist surrounding the chill and cold sweat inducing beast I had heard triumphantly bellowing in the wind seemed to part, giving me a clear view of not only his magnificence but of his soul which seemed to be shine and glimmer under the morning dew and sunshine. As I watched him proudly maneuver his way through the foliage that seemed to bend under the sheer energy of his presence, he stopped! he turned towards me and even though I was sure visually he could not see me it felt as though his stare pierced through the bushes and trees I had once believed to be cover but now felt as though they were pleats of my mother’s dress that I used to cowardly hide behind when I was young and scared of the world that unfolded before me. The rifle that I held in my hands seemed to shiver and writhe within my hands almost begging me to reconsider my decision to aim such a weapon at a creature to pure to be removed from existence. But with him staring at me I was suddenly thrust into a world where the battle between good and evil, right and wrong must be fought here and now! So I steadied my aim, took a deep soul changing breath of air, placed my finger on the trigger and closed my eyes just as the shot rang out. I hear his body fall fall from the heft of his weight and just before he took his final breath and joined the many other beasts laid to rest via my hand, he let out one last bone jarring, earth shaking call... COCKA- Doodle-doooooo!

Well considering I started a topic a week or so ago complaining about the night cycles length it’s going to be weird, coming from me, defending it, but I think the darkness level is actually pretty spot on in comparison to reality. Your eyes naturally adjust to dark to almost the same degree as the level of darkness in the game. Go sit in a pitch black room and see how long it takes to go from being able to see nothing to being able to see fairly clearly minus little nuances in detail. BI did this perfectly in the update. Nighttime even goes through the natural cycles of different levels of darkness. Nowhere outside a deprivation tank will you ever experience complete and total darkness which was kind of where it was pre update.

Lol jeeze you knew what he/she meant! was it really necessary to start your very concise and logical explanation at the end there with typical internet twatary? Lol 😂

To be honest, at this point from playing so much since the update, Ive adapted to most of the control scheme now so to change it again would suck in my opinion. The only thing I would like to change is the whole rolling business when prone. I understand that rolling is necessary but I think it needs to be relegated to either the D pad or by clicking left and right stick depending on direction. Having the action tied to the bumpers just isn’t a good set up. Other than that I’d say everything is fine control wise. While I understand the reasoning behind purchasing an elite controller not everyone has the extra $$ to spend on something like that. It is a good solution for those who can afford it, I agree with that, but not the best option for all. The only feasible solution that shuts everyone up is the ability to customize control scheme via the options menu. Doesn’t even have to be full customization just when it comes to things like bringing up your hot bar or rolling or leaning you should be able to optimize the control scheme to some degree that fits your play style. But of course I’m too much of a moron to understand how any of that works so maybe my suggestions aren’t possible and if that’s the case then I guess we just have to deal with things the way they are now and stop whining like little girls. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤔

Ok now that everyone has had a chance (I assume) to play through a full day/night cycle can we all agree that yes pre-update nighttime was too dark and too short but can we also now agree that the new night cycle is now too long? Especially with the voracity of the zombies making night travel extremely difficult unless running through the forest that you can now see but not very well? I mean I like the full emersion thing as much as the next guy but if I wanted to sit idle for super lonnnnnng periods of time I'd play Persona 5 or Final Fantasy not DayZ. I'm not saying turn it back to what it was but since the update I've spent more time sitting in some structure waiting for morning than I have actually exploring and looting...Just shrink the cycle a little so that idle time doesn't turn into "should I just turn this shit off and play something else?" time.

At Rify last night chilling in the ship and someone had lit up and threw a flare inland which I assumed was bait for someone to come take a peak. I decided screw It I’ll take the bait and ran over to have a gander. Of course no one there as I assumed would be the case so I decided to hang out a bit and play “Somebody’s watching me” by Rockwell through my mic hoping whoever lit the flare would get a giggle and respond but I got crickets so I ran off.

100% agree with pretty much everything on the list. Things id like to add: Advantages/disadvantages to shoe choice beyond either sound like a bull in a china shop or slice your barefoot up to all hell The ability to throw cans or other items as a distraction for zombies to possibly clear an area they’re hovering around. Bows and arrows more choices for improvised suppressors More gun and optics options dirt bikes/atv’s more types of animals to kill and consume the ability (although not easily) to repair the power to certain towns or areas

Ok so I gave it a few days to try to sort of adjust my game play and while I’m not as in love with the night cycle as some of you seem to be I will say that It isn’t as much of a problem as I was making it out to be. I do still think it’s a little too long but it’s bearable and it does add a new level of creepyness to the game that maybe I was missing the point of. I’ve always played the game more as a disaster survival game with zombies added in it but now I realize that it’s become more of a zombie game with disaster survival added in which meant I’ve had to play a whole other way than I’m used to. So I concede that the night cycle isn’t as bad as I was making it out to be but I maintain that it needs to be shortened just a smidge.

Just curious if the Devs are paying attention to the issues people are voicing since the update or are we just speaking to the wind? I’m not being sarcastic or argumentative I just don’t see any sort of feedback like “we’re aware of the bugs and/or issues people are talking about and we’re trying to fix them” anywhere on the forum. 🤔 Am I being too needy here? 😁😂 I just need to know I’m being listened to Hahahaha 😜

It seems to me that they do have the same detection range day or night which makes travel about a 100 times more dangerous at night. I mean I get that the element of danger should be elevated to “some” degree at night but with the zombies new found aggression, sight lines and strength I think things have gone past “realism” town to setting up shop in ridiculousville. ESPECIALLY at night which is why the length of the new night cycle is a bit too long.

Settle down there chief. Considering there’s only been about a gazillion fucking posts about the controller layout I’m going with NO this post wasn’t necessary soooooooo now what?

I see a lot of posts talking about the issues but none saying “yeah we’re aware of this or that” I looked at the “report a bug” thread and that’s kind of shit show but perhaps there’s something im not seeing 🤷🏻‍♂️

Was this post even necessary ? 🙄

I have ventured out for the record. I have looted during the night I don’t have a problem with there being a night cycle what I have a problem with due mostly to the zombies being at almost super saiyan power levels and swarming like bees with a Jason Vorhees persistence not to mention they’ve gotten faster. All of which makes night travel more nerve wracking. I will say though that hunting boar and elk is much more satisfying at night.

Sorry I'm not buying it fellas. lol the internet has made me a cynical fool in that I don't believe people actually think sitting idle for half an hour doing jack shit is pleasurable ..lol maybe if you're camping in the high pop areas waiting for a freshy to wander by so you can snipe them but if you're not playing the game simply for the sake of PvP meaning you've ventured inland and I don't mean Tulga, there is no way I believe people are super stoked about doing nothing. 🤔🕵️‍♂️😏

Ah ha so now we get what your actual problem is 😉 The controller scheme. well if that’s what keeping you and your “friends” away then don’t let the door hit you where the good lord split you there chief. Lol 😂 if you haven’t guessed already I hate the “I’m going to take my ball home if I don’t get what I want” crap that people do, really about anything but especially when it comes to DayZ. Are there bugs or things that need to be tweaked? Yeah sure I agree but, “broken game” or “unplayable” as some like to cry about? How? How exactly is it unplayable because I played before the update and I’ve placed since the update and there’s been no issues that would even come close to sniffing “unplayable” or “broken” dont be so dramatic.

Is this a case of “let’s just be contrarian” or do you honestly feel like sitting idle for that long “couldn’t be more perfect?” Because I know how people can be sometimes. They’ll say the opposite of anything you say just to be oppositional. If that’s how you guys feel then cool I guess it’s just me who actually likes doing something in a game I’m playing 🤷🏻‍♂️😜

I've got mixed feelings with this. I've always viewed DayZ as a survival game with zombies in it but now it seems to be a zombie game with survival in it if that makes sense. I'll take somewhere in-between "bumbling lovable children" and what we currently have if I were the decision maker..Of course I'm not so I'll just have to make do but going from like a 5 to a 27 on the aggro scale is a little bit overwhelming

I've watched other players via mixer play and it seems to me that the number one reason people are getting character locked is because they're trying to server hop like they did pre-update. It also appears that you are given 5-6 chances to change server before this happens so my suggestion to those complaining about this that perhaps you don't server hop. I believe this was implemented to combat the dupers. Not saying the people on this thread are said types of player but if you are I don't have any sympathy for you whatsoever!

Havent found the SKS yet but the other rifle I've found like 4 so far but they're already turning out to be my bad luck item in the game because every single time I've found one, within 5-10 mins I've died either via gun fight, hunger or zombie swarm attack. Jesus Christ can they turn down the zombie aggression just a tad? and what do they have bionic vision now? I've got zombies detecting me and running at me from super long distances now.