Lady Kyrah

Oh look, another original, never seen before, never debated before, idea. -_-

Dead men tell no tales. Killing someone shouldn't broadcast who did it to the whole server. Actually i'm for removing the notification entirely.

One solution would be a stamina system so you can't run indefinitely, but i'm sure people would complain about being forced to walk to conserve energy.

I have a long experience of sandbox "pseudo RP" servers on Garry's mod. All of them with no exceptions where managed by douchebags who would ban you because you do not play the way they want to: -If you would vote against them as chief of police/mayor/other position of autority. -If you defended yourself as they bullied you. Basically if we let servers do what they want we will have exactly the usual stuff going on. clan [TAG] server, dominated by [TAG] members because if you burn their tents or steal their vehicles you will have broken some kind of rule and will be banned. I do not hate server admins. but server admins are players too and if you admin and play on the same server, in a system where other players can roll over you, you will want to take actions because as the guy footing the bill, you feel you deserve to have fun.

You own the server hardware, the DayZ dedicated server is not your property, you are allowed to run it, provided you follow the rules. How many times does this has to be stated? It doesn't matter what you or I think, this is not a democracy, you either follow the rules, or you go home.

Zombies are supposed to behave in a certain way, and do not have the survival need a human player has. A zombies doesn't hide, flank or use cheap tactics, because a zombie (in theory) doesn't think. A player does.

If i understand one of the objectives is to make dayZ a standalone. That means the dev team cannot just go "fish for parts" in other mods.

What do you exactly think a game engine does on a GPU?

DayZ is a very emotionally fueled game because everyone has something to lose and there are no rules. I can, if i want to, ruin someone's weekend if i get the jump on him. DayZ show a part of us that is usually not stimulated, it separate those who are ready to do anything to survive from those who believe there are unwritten rules that you should follow. Yeah dayZ could end up falling under censorship, lets face it, what we are doing in this game is worse than in most fps games where we are just racking points. This game stimulate a part of the mind that is dangerous for society. But i do not see it being censored just now. DayZ would have to include mechanics that are potentially disturbing and barbaric for this. Even if they are optional, some peoples will enjoy them and that's what will be in the spotlight. In all cases, i welcome updates that make the game deeper and more emotionally charged.

Players already complain about the gun hitboxes indoor (yes you morons, getting stuck in doors and the like THATS YOUR WEAPON HITTING THE FRAME, why do you think sub machineguns exist?) I guess it would make it symetric :)

At the moment hosting a server is a community service, you lend processing power, you don't get to take decisions about how it is used.

What this man say. Especially when most of you don't know shit about it. That's like comparing how two cars perform based on the paint job and the sound of the exhaust.

Malaria!

Why is this topic still going? Oh yeah, gamers love talking about stuff they know nothing about :D

I will be the first to admit it, there is no fear of death in DayZ unless you have good gear. And likewise, no restrain in killing for the lulz. This is a pretty simple idea, it doesn't make player killers insane, it doesn't respawn them as convicts. What it does, however, is add a respawn delay mechanic. Every time you kill another player, from self defense or in cold blood, your respawn timer increment by 5-10 minutes. When you finally die, the game will not let you respawn until your respawn time is over. Why is this good: It doesn't affect how you play during the current life. It doesn't prevent you to satisfy your thirst for player blood. It doesn't brand you in any ways to other players, you do not become a walking "shoot me sign". It doesn't target specific play styles, even the "good guys" will end up with their own tab. Why is it bad: It's adding some form of karma to the game and i hate karma, but at the same time it only affect the time between two lives. It is, in essence some form of punishment. It lack realism, the effect is realistic (fear of death, hesitation to kill) but it's not the best "cause". I believe this could add an interesting twist to the game. It gives value to your own life, lets face it, if you survive for any period of time you WILL kill others, and the longer you survive, the larger the penality will grow. This is an incentive to value your own life, beyond the gear you are carrying. It should curb pointless kills, making freshly spawned players literally not worth the bullet. And if you really get off on padding your kill count, well when you get killed you will have a few hours to chill and you will be out of the picture for a little while. It also allow to decimate a group/clan and keep them out of the picture long enough to make an attack on them or their camp lucrative. I don't think it will change much the reaction when two players arrive face to face, getting 10 more minutes on your tab is a small price to pay as long as you don't have to "pay" your tab.

It's also supposed to be unforgiving. I think your gear should break, brings more QQ. Actually i think it should be a percentage after each uses, something like 0.5-1% every shot, Which means your fancy new DMR could break after the first shot :D

It's not just a question of boredom, it's the only way to curb down the proliferation of high tier weapons. Breaking weapons will force players to change weapon now and then and will justify the need for all those guns.

BRAVO Thank you op for this great example of emotional manipulation!

I want to see slap brawling on the coast :D

Lets take a fictional scneario. You are all stranded on an inhabited island. There is no help coming, there is no possible escape from the island ( for whatever reason ). It's basically, you and everyone else that was on this ship, and it's going to stay this way. If you where to kill another of the castaways, do you believe it would psychologically harm you? Do you believe you could do it again? Do you believe that doing it again would make it worse or would you end up not caring anymore? As i stated this hypothesis imply that there is no return to the civilized world, so if you are going to live in any society, it's the one you and your fellow castaway will have created. There are a few different beliefs around the subject of murder: Some believe that humans are naturally good and want to help eachothers, because of this, any individual that end another human's life is basically not functioning as expected and is either mentally challenged (not knowing what theya re doing) or insane. Another group believe that humans are neither good or evil but are self interested beings, free to make whatever choice that benefit them the most. So what is this murder guilt? Is there such a thing as a "normal" person? Is it an inherent part of being a functional human being? Is it a feeling that is created by the social structure around us? Are we feeling guilty because everyone pushes us to be or is it natural?

I'm trying to have a debate on this subject because a lot of peoples are presenting suggestions by saying that this or that is not a normal human response. So i thought we could have a debate about the human response to murder (or lack of it)

They are ment to be played as, sort of. There is a few co op missions where a player can play as an attack dog for example. I think the reason for all these being playable is that it's just convenient when it comes to AI to be able to have kind of universal actor controls. Also in non respawn missions, players become crows when they die.

What does the evidence show?

Those people have to live the rest of their life in a society that condemn their actions and will label them forever as murderers. What if there is no return to a civilized society?

I'm jsut saying some believe that humans are "good" and some believe that humans do what's in their best interest.