z-layrex

Look at life, we're surrounded by horrible people every time we leave the house in the morning. Why would it be any different in a game? The world is full of self-centred twats and that's why it's gone to hell.

Hearing gunshots after going days without seeing a single person really makes me nervous Great feeling! I miss playing DayZ :(

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Are you sure it's not because people have stopped playing the game properly for any length of time because of the game ruining update?

It's like the lonely hearts section in the paper.

I would die pathetically in a bush.

You've picked the worst time to try and learn the game because everything is completely screwed atm.

If we're going to be PC gamers we have to accept that we'll need to upgrade eventually to play the latest releases.

The only thing I found in an hour's desperate scavenge for a weapon having (finally) managed to connect to a server since the update, was a tank trap. Then a Zed saw me from a mile away and ate my face. It's almost comical how much they've mucked this update up. :lol:

Yep, Can't even play without constant lag and disconnections, plus it takes forever to connect to a server, if it connects at all. Had perfect connections almost every time prior to the update. One step forwards two steps back.

After another day trying the update, my opinion of it is in even lower. I was quite a happy chap before the update, now: -Takes forever to connect to a server -Constant lag and disconnections when I am connected to a server (had perfect connections every time prior to this update) -Zeds are ridiculous for unarmed players and also people who play solo. I don't have any online friends, nor do I wish to make any. I understand that grouping should offer great rewards, but people who just want to play an hour or two after work should be able to do so without being punished. Not all of us live online and have a big group of clan mates on teamspeak. -Loot seems almost non-existent now It's just such a shame because prior to this update I felt like I had finally found the online game I had been waiting for for years. Still i'm sure this will all be fixed eventually, and if so I will gladly pay money for the game in the future. But for now, why are you taking massive leaps backwards?

Exactly. One of the points of the forum is for people to often whine and complain. It's all feedback in the end. I didn't agree with most of what the OP said but i'm damn pleased he's trying the alpha and giving his opinion, no matter how pissed off that opinion might be. Instead of just pointing out reasons why people are wrong, most posters just seem to shout 'alpha' and 'carebear' at anyone who dares to complain. But that's human beings for you I guess; most of them are shit (which incidentally is why everyone is killing everyone in DayZ).

You have to get used to eventually being killed if you're going to enjoy the game. Just accept that you will die sooner or later. Even those rolling with the closest, most well organised group of age-old gaming buddies will still die eventually. Learning how to stay alive for as long as possible is half the fun.

Are you disabled or something? What are you even typing?

I did not know this. :(

Man you're all being such douches to this guy, this is a really unfriendly community. Any sort of intelligent criticism gets instantly barked down.

I still don't see how we are testing the alpha if half us can't even play the alpha since the update.

He has a point. They've made it so half of us can't even connect to a server, for the sake of what? Bear traps?

Im in the same position. Even if I can connect after what feels like 20 minutes loading, I soon get the red chain and it disconnects. They need to stop worrying about things like beartraps and fix this. I adore DayZ and would really like to play it again soon!

I'm still just disconnecting all the time and having to wait forever to login. Caused me to lose my character today, I guess i'll just leave it for a few days!

Yawn. So many nerdy pk'ers posting their lame-ass cheesy monologues on this forum. Reminds me of Eve Online.

Is the game unplayable for anyone else since the update? Still just constant disconnections, having to wait ages to login etc. Very frustrating. How do they fuck up an update quite this badly?

So learn how to survive without a weapon, we all did.

I went to 4 deer stands and a few low value buildings tonight, not a single thing. I'm just going to leave it till it's all sorted.

Double tap left ctrl in Arma II, i've not actually tried it in Day Z though.