Venick

Private hives can keep their setup. I'm speaking of the standalone. Assuming Dean's vision hasn't changed, I hope he'd force me into using first person. Third person is a habit I can't give up on my own.

Alright, here is my understanding. Through some not-so-clever research, I found that ARMA is a tactical military simulation. It falls into the category of Tactical Shooter. This is defined as to, "simulate realistic combat," capable of first and third person views. Ultimately, tactical shooters are designed for realism. Dean has shared, "At times I’ve called it an anti-game because when I designed it I felt like I was breaking a lot of the things as a game designer you were told to you need to do.” This lends itself to not making it easy by catering to the player. Dayz was never intended to be about player versus player. Hall has described it more of a social and emotional experiement. As radical as only playing in first person may seem, it's in the spirit of the game. I believe it's a game mechanic that needs to at least be tested, regardless of how many people disagree. If, only then, can you tell why first person ruins the idea behind the game. Regarding No Third Person servers: They are much more difficult. They are not popular. And why I love third person. But we don't need this temptation. It goes beyond "cheating". It breaks the nature of the game; the sense of helplessness, immersive, and difficulty.

yeah its down for me

^ lol internet. i can concur with the frustration.

Yeah, we're just curious as how, under those circumstances, we lost two helicopters so quickly.

I've found two fully repaired helicopters recently on two different occasions, both on low population servers. I'm starting with the second one first because that one confuses me the most. The second I found was sitting in the open near Lopatino. (its a trap!) I take it west and over a hill - the only way to see it is to climb up another barren hill. I wait about half an hour before my friend gets on. My friend and I leave to find parts to repair an ATV I found earlier. There is about 6 people online. In about an hour the ATV is fixed and we head back to find our helicopter gone - keep in mind we scavanged towns all around where we left the helicopter. (Lopatino, Pustoshka, Vybor, NWA) If anyone flew it, we'd hear it. The first one we found on top of a large building in cherno as night began to fall. A friend and I drove it around for a bit during the night and eventually landed it northwest west - far from anything near the border of the map, but in bounds. Eight hours of night time and it was already gone, our tent hidden between trees emptied. Note: The first one we landed hard on one occasion and damaged it, saving it restored it completely so we're inclined to believe it was hacked. TL:DR - Do helicopters mistakenly despawn more often than other vehicles? Do hacked helicopters bug out (disappear/not save)? Does anyone else have there helicopters stolen quickly?

And sadly thats why zombies are more of an annoyance than anything significant. Hopefully Dean sees it that way too and isn't satisfied - if so, one day it will be more important than the worry of players

lol yeah that unarmed dude might punch you to death. NO QUESTIONS

I need teamspeak info if you see this. :P

No matter how nice you are, I'd shoot too if a guy with that close with an AK. Ask questions later.

This sooner people realize that a "realistic zombie survival" game wouldn't be just a bunch of happily co-existing people ridding the world from infection the sooner you'll actually be happy with the game. People are going to kill you, people are going to betray you - it's human physcology and one thing that makes this game realistic. And yes, killing for the lawls is part of that physcology, unfortunately. TL:DR Deal with it.

Anyone wanna join up? Any server. I use skype so let me know your name and I'll send you a request.