thorgold

Search bar, dude.

ABORT! ABORT!

Wow. Three posts and the thread already got derailed into a discussion of RDD:UN's similarity to DayZ. As for endgame HAHAHAHAHAno. DayZ isn't a "game," per say. There is no story. There's no tutorial. There is no "end game," because there's no "start" or "start." A survivor who's been alive for three minutes has the same skills and abilities as one with a jeep and a DMR. Hell, most of my lives end without me ever finding a non-Winchester primary, and I have a week average. There can't be any areas that are "inaccessible" (i.e. for longer-lasting survivors only) to other players. Does the apocalypse have a level cap, and keep all the greenhorns out of the super-secret military bases? Sure, there should be some variety and difficulty variance, but nothing on the scale you're implying. Cherno is the personification of our endgame. It's dangerous as FUCK to go there, but there's loot and challenge.

COMIC SAAAAAAAAAAAAANSSSSSS

You make your own purpose. It's a sandbox, not a campaign. Why are you playing? It's up to you - Freeside gets its kicks by organizing trades. Some clans organize vehicle operations. A bunch of guys I was with a few weeks ago organized a battle royale in Cherno. There won't be any set "story" for DayZ - it's not authentic. Zombie apocalypse hits and you're a survivor - does that mean you're now on a mission to find the origin of the virus and save t3h world? No, it means you're on a mission to survive and do whatever the hell you want in postapocalyptic Russia.

The Little Bird IS in the game - just like Huey's are. They were in a pre-alpha build, but were removed due to balance/TEH DESYNC issues.

Uh, wut?

Nice find! Note that we DO have a meme thread, already, if you find anything else good.

1) The military flashlight is a night-vision preserving flashlight only meant to allow you to read maps, not light up your path. The red light doesn't fry the rods in your eyes so you can maintain no-light navigation, but still be able to see when you need to read a map or note. It's not MEANT for navigation. Also, why throw it out? There's plenty of room on your tool belt, and it's... just as useful as the other flashlight (0 use is equal to 0 use), if not more so (less attention) 2) It's part of the ArmA lighting engine, can't be fixed. Turn up gamma or wait for the moon to rise - your "night out" was probably lit up by far-off lights and the moon, even if the difference wasn't detectable. 3) Then keep your hatchet out while in the city instead of a rifle you know you can't use. 4) You won't find Remington or 2rnd ammo in deerstands - you can find M1014 (which can be converted), but no 1886. Also, that just means' your SOL as for loot. Did you make sure to let everything spawn before you entered? Server desync can cause a delay on spawning zombies and loot, if you enter before it registers that you're in looting distance/time it won't spawn. 5) It took me two weeks to find my first matchbook. Rare means rare, the only reason NVGs and uber-rare equipment is relatively common is because it's rare enough for people to bother duping it. Deal with the lack of materials and survive - can't find matchbooks? Tough, gotta keep finding cans. Can't find a compass? Better learn how to navigate with the sun.

Bug, bug, bug, bug, bug, and login object render bug. You'll run into the same crap everywhere else, but "Haunted field at 063056" doesn't carry the same ring as "Haunted Green Mountain"

Frankly, I try not to use waypoints. Ruins the fun of orienteering :D

The server reset times are variable and determined by the owners. There's zero possibility of this happening - its just not within the powers of Rocket to do. As equally possible would be a clock saying when the Green Line bus in Chicago reaches 3rd Street - sure, it'd be possible, but that sort of information isnt necessarily Rockets business. If you want that info, go to the host website and see if they list it.

I only doubt the conclusion that he's a troll that no one could act that stupid. There's troll stupid, then there's stupid stupid. There's a limit to the inanity that a sane mind can simulate. Let's just let it drop. He's clearly incapable of comprehending basic logic or the concept of failure. We know why this idea won't happen, anyone who reads the topic will know why this idea won't happen, it's just Massicor left who's deluded enough to continue the argument. He can sit in his little fantasy world as far as I care at this point.

730 views doesn't mean it's widely supported. "Friday" has several hundred million views, and we all know how popular Rebecca Black is. I would legitimately like to see you respond to an argument without handwaving. Just once. I refuse to think that a human mind can be completely dereft of reason. So answer this. What would keep this mechanic from being banned in countries such as Australia, given the fact that other games featuring similar mechanics (Fallout 3, Fallout NV, even L4D2) have been banned?

Yes, we still do. In fact, come to Devil's Castle all this weekend at UTC 2000-2400 if you have something to barter with! Anyway, no. Two reasons: 1) AI more complicated than the zombie scripts are technically impossible to implement without causing massive server load. The engine is already being pushed to the limit with 500 zombies, 50 players, and massive down/upload data movement. Additional AI with traditional soldier programming would practically crash the game (this is Rocket's explanation TO THE LAST TIME THIS WAS SUGGESTED) 2) No. There is no safe place, there is no PvE. This world is a sandbox that Rocket designs and we, the players, determine what's in it. We want safezones? We build them. We want to have PvP tournaments? We organize it (Freeside is doing a Battle Royale this Sunday). Want to stop bandits from shooting noobs? Organize a posse and stop them yourselves. There will NEVER be any mechanic put into the game that simulates what players themselves can do.