Yeti (DayZ)

Also I seem to spawn briefly in some sort of Goat-Limbo. Looks like debug plains, but full of goats and pilot zombies. A second later I'm back at my last place. That and my camo-clothing disappeared.

Not when it is so easy to rearm. Sure its 15-20 minutes vs a few seconds between a round in a dedicated PvP game, but still.

Please read what I actually said. I never said anything about server hopping. A simple cooldown can fix that(simple idea, not application.) I was refering to looting bodies. As for the internet dropping, this isn't a competitive game. It's open sandbox. We aren't scored, paid, or anything of the like. This is a game mod. It's meant to be fun, not vindictive and ultra-super-real. People are getting way too heated over things that when it comes down to it, are not going to ruin your life. Change your play style and adapt. If you think they are going to hop. Do it yourself, or change servers and stay on the new one. Don't take the moral high ground on a video game, seriously, that will get you no where. I digress. The only bug I've noticed is the tent duping on server restarts. Put in equipment, save, take out equipment, server restarts and tent reverts back to the last saved version. You now have x2 the items. Add in a tent inside the tent and you can make a colony.

What happens if my internet drops out? Which it often does, and I get D/C'd? Will it be able to tell so I don't get smote by lightning from the game thinking I'm escaping? There is no good way to fix the D/C issue. It is a game, games can be turned off, internet can be disconnected. I can run it windowed and just ALT+Tab and hit the close button. There are too many clever ways to D/C without intrusive measures. Perhaps if people die they just simply drop all of their stuff instantly, before any D/C. A little strange, but at least it won't be attached to a dissapearing body. It might also be buggy, but you have a better chance to get loot. I also agree that there are bigger problems. So what if people do it often? Resource spawns are really high and you can get anything without ever seeing a person. Looting dead bodies is extremely far from necesary. It's not game breaking. The Zombie part of the Zombie Apocalypse Survival is what needs the most attention in my opinion. This isn't Bandit Survival after all.

I find it intresting people quote only part of what I say and run off with it. Don't quote parts you can throw around your version of what I said, address the whole thing. I actually said I enjoy the danger. I also didn't say I condoned Alt+F4, but for the sake of this pointless argument, IRL if I could magically deny my would-be killer my stuff. I totally would, because I am a cruel and spiteful person. What I was trying to say, I guess my "noob" brain couldn't convey, was: (Disclaimer: DayZ is still in developement so this list will probably become moot.) 1. Pointless murder ruins the spirit of the game. I mean this in a video game sense, we are still playing a game yes? Did he need my beans? Was he about to starve? Was there any real risk to him? "Will these few bullets I put into his skull be the last I see for days?" Is it risky? 9/10 No. I'm talking about those few who play it soley on killing other people. TO my best knowledge it is supposed to be a Zombie Survival Simulator, not a How Many People Can I Kill for Fun Simulator. There are real bandits that I have no problem with. They see something they want, they take it. Classy Bandits, not "Everything must die because I feel like it and I will always have access to infinite ammo so why not?" 2. Resources are easy to find. This makes its less of a Sim and more of a PvP multiplayer match. The only reason it's not super rampant is because of the size of the map. 3. Zeds aren't dangerous enough. This is being tweaked a lot so I see it being resolved soon. So long as the main threat is the undead I don't care about how people play so long as they are put at risk. The can run around and do anything because they can exploit the unrealistic way the game functions. Being chased? Jog forever. Conserve ammo? Save at least 1 round in each mag then log in/out and its refreshed. Cornered? Log in/out. The more realism that is put in the more I'll accept hostile players. As of right now, it is way too easy to go on murder sprees and play it like a video game. Right now a lot of people are playing it like a RE:ORC deathmatch on a 200km^2 map. Where I see this as being so much more, it has potential to raise questions about morality and the will to survive. Again, I still have a lot of fun so if you quote me, at least do it properly. Picking out sentences to exploit and trying to make me look bad or name calling is just annoying. If the Dev's say it is now a PvP sandbox sim with secondary survial/Zed threat I'll accept it, but I have Racoon City for that. Until then it is in my opinion that certain things break the spirit of the the game(spawn camping, exploits etc). But I still play it, because it is still the best Zombie game I have ever played.

I agree with a lot of this. The hold up would be hard, limiting shoot might get tricky because if you get shot at but you're not flashing and can't shoot, could be a problem. Anyway. It's just that it is SO easy to survive without murdering people. There is literally no reason to kill people unless it is self-defense. This isn't a training simulation so we aren't scored or what have you, it is a game that people want to play and have fun, have some courtesy. These so called "Bandits" are just murderers. I remember when Bandit meant something other than a DayZ troll. So until resources are actually scarce and worth killing over, I.E. even shooting at a fresh spawned player might be risky because you only have a handfull of rounds left, and that there might be nearby Zeds that are actually dangerous because you have almost no medical supplies, give a little leway. Let people play and explore. Murder is not cute, or funny. It's messy and traumatic. Game or not. It's still a game in the early stages of development so I already stopped caring about what I just wrote because its still fun to play. ALSO, I think having Non-PVP servers would be really fun. I would like to run around and rescue new players and show them the ropes and such, and not get my face murdered instantly. That or add "Hardcore" Servers where you have a seperate dedicated inventory and resources are extremely scarce.

Maybe if people like you didn't go around murdering everyone you saw people wouldn't get so frustrated when they die/actively want to deny bandits loot. Do what you will, but don't expect people to take it lying down. Some want to play a game and just have plain bad luck and get murdered. A lot. I lke the danger but when everyone tries to murder you it does get tedious. It's a game so the world won't end(buh-dun-dun-dsh) but still, I stopped spawning on the south coast/went to empty servers because I was tired of bandits killing me for my painkillers and bandages every time I spawned or camping super markets. I get that that could happen, I like checking around and such, but random simple things like a bandit spawning in or sitting on a hill with a 50 is most taxing. Besides, on a server with only a handful of people is a lot more exhilerating when they could be anywhere, where as a server with 40 people I hear gunfire constantly.

I keep encountering so many different threads and posts that contradict each other, I want to see some numerical breakdowns. Call it morbid curiosity. Also don't post unless you have something to give, I don't care what you think about me. I do want to know how everyone feels about their time spent however. Example: My DayZ experience 30% Getting Shot by “Bandits” (Heavy Sarcasm Quotes) 20% Running 10% Looting/Sneaking 10% Survival 10% Broken Femur 5% Respawn until you end up near where you want to be 5% Zombie Threat 5% COOP 5% Where the hell am I and how the hell do I pronounce the town on this sign? And I'm still addicted to this mod.

Oh there is another thing. When people kill other people repetitively to stop them from playing. I like to play on servers with low amounts of players, sometimes it's night. Every so often when I have a fresh character people will just hunt me and my group down and kill them. They obviously have NVGs and know they're killing freshly spawned players over and over again. That's not fun. It's exploiting players limited ability to fight back/survive because they magically wash up on the beach every time they're killed with no means of self defense. It's the classic "If guns are outlawed(not given at spawn) then only outlaws will have guns(Bandits that just hunt people)" We do switch servers if this persists, but it happens a lot. Call it whatever you want, alpha, survival sim, dm, n00b lol, at the end of the day it is a mod of a video game. It's free yes, but it's still time from my life, which I care more about than money. That aside it only happens 20% of the time, with another 20% traveling between towns, but that last 60% of actual gameplay is still fun enough for me to keep playing. So that says something. Though I may get frustrated when it comes down to things that would only ever forever happen in "Video Gameland", there are some events that only a game like this can ofer and it is a thrill.

I think one of the biggest cause is that they only consequence is that you might get shot yourself. If this were real that would be a considerable decision to make, where as in DayZ the worst that could happen is that you do die and it takes longer for you to re-arm than last time. Then the cycle repeats, because you don't stay dead. You're in a purgatory of violence and survival with killing being the only reward system. It's the limit of the game, so be it. My only gripe is that you might get sniped simply for being in someones cross hairs a KM away. One bullet, no big deal. Ammo magically re-materializes around me everyday. If one were actually afraid that these few magazines were indeed the last they might ever find they would think twice before expending them for fun. Or if shooting made yourself vulnerable to the horde. I can't count how many times Cherno was devoid of zombies and it was just a DM ground. Poor new players getting slaughtered. They'll learn, or not, I don't care. I just wish Zombies were a threat outside of the few towns up north where they seem to spawn indefinitely.

AT this point if I were Rocket I would update without telling anyone and just let this thread escalate, or delete it entirely. "For the lulz"

I don't think there would be much of a future for DayZ in arma 3 if he quit now. Do not fret though I hear he is off planning the real world zombie apocalypse. It was the only way to stop DC'ing. Talk about immersion. I don't even know if you guys are joking anymore. Should I grab my fishtank and run? Where is this apocalypse starting? I don't even have a Makarov. -1 +100 +∞

You and you: Panic. The rest of you come with me.

Not enough buildings that can be entered. The map is mostly forest, there would have to be a significant warning period if you hope to find shelter. Also what if you join a server right as it happens? You'll die instantly. The other day I was watching the Silent Hill movie and thought; "What if there was a similar environmental effect?" Loud siren, fog rolls in, Zeds go berserk or a new type of monster spawns. Flares would keep it away, but attract Zeds etc. Also the subject line is too long to reply easily