Lady Kyrah

What do we call lens flare here exactly? The sun rays some games have (which is a camera lens flare) or the glint that you can see in BF3 when a sniper aim directly at you?

It's not a democracy tho, it's Rocket and the dev team who decide what the game is, not you or me or the server hosts.

Nice... i can feel for you :D And i thought i was bad :D Still it doesn't change anything, i see absolutely no way to tweak the game that won't drastically damage the experience. I do not see any way to make life hold more value, if you consider that they aren't the ones dying.

Because i read what the mod creator has to say about his baby before posting a suggestion.

But there IS no consequence in killing someone in a lawless environment. It might not make sense because all our life we have been taught that for every actions we have to bear consequences, but outside of the social construct it's simply not true. There is no god striking the sinners the rapists and the murderers. And even in our society, if someone end the life of another person, if there is no proofs, that person will walk free. The only consequences are brought down by other peoples who have the manpower to set in motion those consequences. DayZ is a dog eat dog world, if you are alone, nobody will come save you if you cannot save yourself. What you call broken is because one behavior is more rewarding than another. But it is the same in reality, not every options are equally viable in life. Wars still exist because it's the most ruthless and effective way to solve a conflict, there is simply nothing that is as equally powerful as killing other peoples to impose an idea or turn a situation to your favor. Also there is a matter of subjectivity, it seems that only the bandits are killers. The bigger the group, the less chances you are willing to take with strangers.

Several problems with this idea: Originality: What would distinguish DayZ from any zombie games already released if there was PVP and PVE. Choice: You are currently forced to deal with other peoples, wether you like it or not. This is extremely rare in the videogame industry because most games try to avoid frustrating the player. By having a PVE option, most if the community will flock to these servers, not because they don't like to PvP, but simply because, given the choice they rather fight when they want, rather than when the attacker wants. The result will be pretty simple: PVP servers will turn into a complete CoD style deathmatch, because if you are here, there can be only one reason why. Most MMO that offered an open PvP system became worse when due to community demands, they added non PvP servers. TL;DR: adding PVE servers will create a watered down side of DayZ and compeltely destroy the PVP side of it.

You should have quoted the entire post: Still, the only way i see to appear non threatening is to be unarmed.

This mod is not aimed at the casual market. Hell it's not even aimed at providing "fun". It's a gritty and mean world where you will rage and throw insults at your screen more than you ever imagined. I'm not even sure that Rocket actually care about satisfying anyone but himself by making this mod.

Drop your weapon :D I won't shoot an unarmed player.

Something too complex and too big to fully document ( Whoever make detailed loot maps and other "walkthrough" or spoilers, i hate you with a passion )

Let me play the devil's advocate. Where is the problem in ruining another player's day?

1. It was done before, the situation is much better now, trust me. 2. No, really, just no. This is not a game about PvE it's a game where you are FORCED to deal with other players, this is not an option and it's one of the things that make DayZ different from other more "mainstream" games. 3. Streetlights require power, i don't think the Electrozavodsk power station has anyone left to operate it. 4. It's already the case, look harder. 5. There is a chat, simply not a global one.

This reminds me of the worms game serie.

It's beyond the scope of "is it viable or not", you simply shouldn't be able to exploit a game mechanic for personal gain like this. Hell i myself am guilty of looping a string of deer stands over and over. There should be some way to force any survivor group to simply go somewhere else once they looted a place. That's what i personally hate in gamers today, it's this obsession in gaming the system, in understanding the mechanics of the game in order to exploit every single shortcomings in it. This focus, on seeing the game as a spreadsheet instead of immersing themselve in the experience it provide.

Honor isn't a trait of survival.

Technically the blood you regenerate is produced from whatever you ingest in the real world too, it's not magic.

Yeah there are but it's only tolerated.

Alpha is about piling features and not really focusing on bugs. That's also why you rarely access alpha stages of games. You having fun is not important at this stage.

There is a point where realism has to take a backseat, the DayZ population is transient, obody play dayZ 24/7 and depending on the time of day different peoples are logged at any time. If you seed the map with loot once, it will be picked clean in less than an hour and the next peoples logging simply have nothing. SInce the players are in a state of flow, the loot need to be too if you want to make it so a starving player might eventually find a can of food.

Can someone remind me why PVP is a problem again?

My suggestion is pretty simple. Every fireplace burn for a good while if left alone and then extinguish by themselve. To extinguish it yourself you need to pour a water canteen on it. An extinguished fireplace cannot be relit. Extinguished fireplaces will keep smoking for about an hour after being put out. Why? Because i love fireplaces but i think they should be visible from miles away even if you light it for 5 seconds, cook meat and put it out. Because finding fireplaces that players didn't bother to put out to save water would be interesting, not only for the quick warmup/cooking but also because then you know "someone was here not too long ago!" It would also break the eternal darkness of the nights , and allow for more interesting encounters.

They are visible from a mile away.

DUDE use the search!

Ah come on, like there is an other reason to reduce the amount of bullets flying :)

There is also another thing, i believe that some peoples start developping mental disorders for actions they've made because they are constantly reminded that this was horrible/terrible/wrong. I believe a lot of soldiers will be mentally fine until they come back home in our rigidly structured system that is going to constantly remind them of their war actions.