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You don't sell an 'incomplete game' on Steam. My understanding is that DayZ 'foundation' is technically going to be a complete, and stable release (as stable as a PC release can be, in reality). Think of Team Fortress 2 for example. The game we have now is pretty much nothing like the game that I played back in the beta, but the initial release was an extremely enjoyable, and complete game in itself. Then they added tons of new content/maps and expanded on it based on feedback from the community. I use TF2 as an example, but I haven't played it since they introduced hats, trading and a virtual economy as I didn't like the direction it took. They could just release the standalone as 'DayZ' and then patch in new content when it is ready and that would be perfect. As long as the biggest issues with the mod are addressed, it will be all good. By 'biggest issues' I mean, hacking, duping, lack of enterable buildings, and zombies glitching through walls etc. In time, I'd love to see much greater character customization (something as extensive as APB Reloaded, or Eve Online would be amazing!). I'd also love to see bushcrafting, bases, much more depth to the survival aspect. What I want DayZ to be (and what I think Rocket wants DayZ to be) is a survival training simulator. Something that teaches the player practical, real world skills and knowledge. Anyway, sorry for the large post, but those are my thoughts on things. I'm really looking forward to the release of DayZ, and I hope that Rocket understands that what he is making is genuinely worth making, regardless of all the twats he has unwittingly attracted. :)

Dear Rocket and DayZ dev team, I'd absolutely love to eventually see a revamped version of the Seattle map from Take on helicopters converted to work with DayZ...That would be epic. :)

After what can only be described as the complete and utter fiasco that has happened with the release of...The game that shall not be named...I am happy to wait, and everyone else should be too. Buy a couple of new games on the Steam sales. Play a couple of games that you have been neglecting to pass the time. Let Rocket and Co. get the SA into a proper state to release it on Steam. Then when it releases, we can all murder each other senselessly with joy in our hearts... :P

Great to see that myspace Tom supports DayZ! :)

A DayZ 'Survivor Pack' would be an awesome idea. Maybe options for a 4, 6, and an 8 pack. To give people a variety of options and possible discounts.

Rocket shouldn't have to apologise or explain why it is going to be on Steam...It's the obvious, and best choice.

I just had the thought that it would be completely awesome if it was like Dead Rising 2 and you could dress up in old ladies dresses and women's clothing...that was always hilarious... Imagine if you were entering a city to loot it and you saw some dude running around in a flowery bonnet and dress! Too freaking funny...

I think that thermal binoculars would be cool...but I am not fussed on a thermal scoped weapon as I am not a player killer. I always liked the L85 for scouting, but never fired the thing. I always used an M4A1 for shooting, preferably the silenced one.

What you have said makes literally no sense... For me, the only difference between retail and Steam is that I don't have to have the disk in the drive to play the game...And usually that is enough of a reason for me to choose Steam. There is literally zero performance hit from choosing Steam. The fact is, Steam is less hassle because you don't have to find the disk, then wait for disk confirmation before games load.

Announcements have been very quiet recently... Is a November release still on the cards, or is it possible that it's being pushed back to December now, or even the new year due to holidays/family obligations etc.? I'd love to see it come out this month. It's literally the only upcoming game I have any interest in, but I fully understand if it is delayed. It sounds like there are a lot of major changes from the mod. :)

Cheers! :) I sent them to the job section of this site, but never heard anything back from anyone. I guess they weren't interested. To be fair, they are pretty rough mock-ups. It'd be a cool job to have. Beats being unemployed anyway...haha I am still composing away. I'm hoping to get involved with some indie projects if I can figure out where to start promoting myself a bit.

When I see a post like this now...I automatically wonder "Is this a WarZ dev just trying to stir up more shit?" I think that DayZ in-game paranoia has made me deeply cynical about humanity...

Dude, this is the internet...Where people unleash their untamed minds without thinking...Kind of like zombies actually. :P

Oh man...That is just perfect! hahaha

I also think DayZ would be perfect for Rift, but I was thinking that the best usage of the Rift would probably be in driving games.

It's going to be hilarious when all the people flocking to WarZ have their chips pissed on by all the hackers... :P

Bikes should be extremely common...Mountain bikes, BMXs, crappy little girl's bikes with pink baskets... They should be all over the place.

Agreed. Seems like a decent amount.

I just hope that the commercial release of this thing isn't super expensive. I was thinking that maybe it could be used in conjunction with this...

I saw no indication that it was admin abuse. Everything in that video is based on assumption. I'd imagine if the admins were hacking and that was really their camp, they would have had much better gear there than they did.

I don't get it...

New spawns don't 'rage quit' the server because they haven't lost anything but 30 seconds of their life... They leave the server because they realise that there is a loser on a hill somewhere picking off unarmed people because they have no balls. Do you really think people should voluntarily line up for you to grief them? Are you really that dumb? Sorry...That was a dumb question. ;)

Are you 12 years old or something? Is reality just a bunch of overused, shitty memes to you? The server admin had just reset the server because it was under attack from hackers. When it had been reset, our clan and the servers clan were travelling south together and found the truck, which was hacked in and was full of weapons that were hacked in too (or at the very least duped), regardless of whether they are in the mod (which I was aware of, smart arse). We destroyed them to stop people griefing with them. We could have taken them if we'd wanted to. At the end of the day, the guys running the server and the dedicated community of that server have a duty to keep the environment fair for all the people playing in it. So fuck off with your shit memes. Most experienced players of dayZ are getting tired of dying to hackers, or people using hacked in weapons like the thermal AS50 to camp and grief people. They should start banning anyone that uses them.

He also mentioned he has a thermal scope AS50, which isn't in the mod. It's a hacked weapon. If he somehow got it from a hacker, he should do the honourable thing and put it on a zombie's body and bury it. We found a truck full of satchel charges, rocket launchers and ACOG M16s on our favourite server and blew it all up with one of the satchel charges. Do the right thing and remove that crap from the game. DayZ has enough issues without adding to them. Trying to rationalise it by saying "I didn't hack it in, so it's cool for me to use it!" doesn't hold any weight. It's just as bad.

Hacked skins and weapons...hmmm