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i just really liked the wool pea coat accenting the welders mask. Classy and functional?

well that was a fun little video, nice outfit BTW

I really miss this feature from the mod. So cool to play all night and the sun is rising in game as well as real life. Navigating by the stars too. We always dreaded when there was a New Moon. That being said, most of the lighting tools available to us were better in the mod, and some had more than one utility. Like distracting zeds with flares. Have you guys not played on a night server recently. Night time was adjusted quite a bit, sure inside buildings a light source helps, but out side even while being cloudy, it is perfectly fine to not use a flashlight. No gamma hacks required. Too damned hard to find night time on servers right now. They all just restart when it gets dark, or are totally empty, which is just no fun.

I think you are all looking at the uses of barricades all wrong. It is not for 'saving your progress' or stashing gear. It is for defense, versus players or zeds, not to keep all your loot safe. I think hiding gear will work entirely different. You shouldn't have just one base of operations either, eggs in a basket and all. I also think it is silly to only barricade one building in a town, why not, as a group, fortify a section of a town. If it is a small town block it all off, using extra vehicles, sandbags, whatever. Dayz should always be about not getting attached to your gear, but about how long you can stay alive. These systems are being put into place for when you are playing, not to keep you perpetually geared even if offline. It will not be the I-WIN button that most of you seem to be hoping for.

How 'bout just M79 grenade launchers and RPG-7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M79_grenade_launcher Saw off the buttstock and throw it in your pack. :) :D

Top ten things you should pick up in a survival situation, but often don't in DayZ. In no particular order. 1.Rope(super useful for multiple tasks, can be deconstructed for smaller fibers) 2.Knife(duh) 3.Clothing(admittedly not as much as before) 4.Books(could always burn 'em, ya know lightweight firewood) 5.Hat(If it was really cold out, you would definetly want this over a ballastic helmet at first) 6.Duct Tape(really almost as useful as rope) 7.Burlap sack(ya know to put stuff in) 8.Sticks(trust me, you wouldn't be running around like a chicken with your head cut off, impervious to injury on rough terrain.) You would break as many bones as bugs have. 9.Food 10.Canteens/water bottle Was kinda hard to think of 10 things, off the top of my head, that are in game, but often overlooked. Discuss if guess. What things do you often pass up, that might be lifesavers IRL?

I think people are still missing the point of this thread. I am not talking about things that would be useful, but are not in the game. I am talking about things that all of us often(do not read as always) pass up for whatever reasons, in game. Whether the game has given a use for them yet or not. Sometimes our playstyles dictate what we pick up and don't pick up. Like the guys that just gotta look like they dropped in on a military mission. The food and water thing, well, ya gotta admit that at times they haven't been super necessary in some stages of this alpha, or it is just so abundant that we are sure we'll find more. And maybe we could come up with some ideas for the game to use them.

These are things you should pick up in a REAL survival situation. Whether they do something in the game is besides the point. At the very least discuss how the game could use these items.

I was thinking more along the lines of things you might not have space for, or that don't do much, if anything, in the game. Things that would be really useful, but hey you are going for a "look". I don't know, just stuff you often don't grab every time you see it, or just don't have space and it doesn't always come in handy for game play purposes.

Awwwwww, sweet Winnie Cooper. :)

Maybe the infected clean when we aren't looking. :P

Night is not really that dark any more. Looks more like a better looking version of the gamma hack. It's hard to see inside buildings, and that's about it.

My sentiments, exactly.

At least I can keep my toons alive. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Hey everybody look at me!!! I suck at this game, so it must be broken!!!

You would just get rabbit starvation anyways, if that was actually a thing in game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation

Looks great!! Now hows about they make them actually scary to deal with? *yawn*

90 is the number.

I think we three should start a May 2012 club/unit/clan. That is when the outbreak started. I can't wait 'til zombies are an actual threat. These folks will just bitch about that.

Are you telling me that you have to have patience to be a sniper? That's cray cray! :P

Yeah, I am still not seeing what all the fuss is about. As long as I haven't just run a marathon, the sway is really not that hard to combat. Meh, QQ will always happen about anything.

Is your fire indoors? That may be the problem as fires indoors are not producing heat.

Honestly, once persistence and tents are working, the camps that players set up will become the POI in the forests and clearings. You would be surprised too, how many times people put their camps in the same spots that others think are great hiding spots. I like the idea of getting rid of some towns from A2, the whole middle of the map could be made more like wilderness if just a few of the small villages were removed.

I think you are holding your breath too long. Almost the whole time you are not letting your char breathe, except for very short breaths. Or else you bound hold breath to another key, and it is just not working. Most of the movement also seemed to be you moving around alot, then the sway kicks in again because you are holding your breath the whole time.

Ahh, sorry, didn't know that. Just got back into the game, and I am still exploring.