enforcer1975

If you wanted the same protection level modern armor can provide you need to literally carry a ton of steel just to do that. They tried to clad people in armor plating when the Thompson smg was gaining populatiry and dropped it because of the drawbacks. If it would have been successfull most soldiers would have been issued with a suit of armor wouldn't they? Instead they go the way of balancing weight and mobility. Even a suit like in iron man wouldn't save a person because once it gets hit with something bigger than small arms fire f.e. an rpg round or a grenade launcher all whats inside is turned into goo due to the forces involved. I found this while looking for pics, this one is even older ( 1880 ) than was i was looking for. It weighed 44kgs and afaik they only shot lead bullets back then? Pic is too big so i linked it: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Ned_kelly_armour_library.JPG

In case or ACRE you would all have to be in one single channel. If you joined such a channel it would sound like you are in some market where everyone speaks all over the place. But if you had ACRE active and joined the server they are playing on you would only hear the players who are either close to you or if you have a radio those who have a radio too. You could compare who is on the server, who is in teamspeak and using ACRE because you have visual proof and kick out those who won't join in.

I doubt you can judge the amount of blood you have using a diabetes kit. This shit has to go through a lab.

I think you are comparing apples and oranges here. The .22 has so much less muzzle energy and is practically a slow flying flat nosed piece of lead sometimes with a copper jacket while the 5.56 or any other type of military issued round is designed just for that purpose, defeat body armor and hit what is behind it. The current issued round for the US army seem to be quite good and i don't think they are lying about the numbers. The .22 does what it was designed for no doubt, i don't want to be hit with a .17 either...not with any kind of bullet except 6mm plastic bbs or paintballs.

What big mike said and if you offer them something that tends to bite something to bite into you can give smack them with the other hand. And if you had protected forearms you could also hit harder like with boots compared to sneakers. I wonder if you want a 400x250x6.35mm steel plate in front of you that weighs about 5kg and is so stiff you wouldn't be able to move right. maybe even one more in the back and have 10kg... kind of like this just smaller. I would still knock you over after a hit.

Nice idea but will i really be able to apply pressure to a wound all by myself if someone shot out my guts or in my neck and blood is squirting all over the place? Arms and legs may be easier to treat like with a handkerchief to slow down the bleeding.

Well we actually already have working gauges foe fuel f.e.. Maybe they can add some dash lights but they need to make some detailed interiors first. If you crash your car into a rock that might be your least problem imo. The car would be totalled and maybe even you. But they really need to get of this stupid mechanic, prolly just a line in the vehicle config or you can add a script so it doesn't self combust if it is all red.

That's most probably a hollywood myth, that shit isn't bullet proof unless you shoot 6mm bbs at it. I'm pretty sure a high powered .177 bullet will still penetrate it, it's no dense enough, cast-iron is pretty brittle. Boiled leather as the name suggests needs some processing to be durable, normal leather would be like a leather jacket. Crafting leather itself is time consuming and needs pretty hazardous liquids. Rubber tires can be cut into armor pieces like f.e. shoulder and knee protectors provided you have some tools since the tires have threads which are difficult to cut. You'd have to balance it of course or else you will end up encumbering yourself. I don't think you can/should wear a full suit of improvised armor but protecting the forearms would be a primary task if i wanted to go hugging some zeds.

Grab wheel cart add fuel tank, engine, wheels, fuel, drive to the vehicle you want to repair, transfer all of it to the vehicle...done. jk No srsly heavy things need to be carried another way. I would break my back if i tried to carry a car wheel all day long let alone two in the pack and one in my pocket. The simplest item to drag heavy stuff is ( i don't know the name but you always see them in westerns that thing the horses drag behind them ) two sticks and a blanket...

If the piles or let's say the items would disappear after beeing taken away i am all for this. There is nothing more disappointing than running to a stack of wood and the action menu doesn't pop up because all wood piles have been taken although it's still visible. They would have to create loot piles of wood and stack them so they look like what they do now.

Just have everything spoken into the mike while playing be heard in-game. ArmA should auto detect voice software and transmit it into the game like ACRE does...just a bit more idiot proof.

If you have a zombie horde up your ass you will eventually bring fast roping to the next level...

Nice idea but since you already have problems reading any kind of intrument incl. the watch you need high res models, as everyone can see most instruments are not even working correctly in the vehicles. I would love to have a "live" watch and map though. Metro focused on that feature so it's no wonder they made in in detail. While ArmA seems to be clunky and old compared to other games of it'S kind ( there are no games of it's kind btw. ) it focuses on other things all the other games don't. Even Minecraft is closer to ArmA in it's day/night cycle than other games with faked ones just to show an example.

Beeing a soldier means to me you will have the "basics" unlike a civilian. I don't run around with a map and compass 24/7 unlike a patrol or reconnaissance unit or a pilot.

Afaik AI won't be part of DayZ and shouldn't be imo since you know what AI does to you in vanilla. I don't know how it will affect you with the SA AI but still NPCs...nah. On the other hand you should be able to find stuff on soldier zeds but with a really low chance since they are infected they must have run out of everything to defend themselves and probably dropped their rifle where they were attacked and since they don't stay where they "died"...

I haven't played vanilla since the update either only Sahrani or Origins and in case you are close to a zed you have to wait 30 seconds until the abort button lights up even if you are not in combat. And beeing able to abuse the log out to see if a player is nearby won't help you that much unless the player is really close to you. And the solution for dupers is kind of "lame" but better than nothing, problem is you can't loot an area close to another player without suddenly having backpacks disappear. I was pretty confused at first before finding out the reason.

Yes exactly...your story. In a way if you choose to be an ex space marine stranded in novy you are a space marine stranded in novy...most play paranoid wannabe mass murderers though.

Doesn't always have to be military you know....can be a Chernarus citizen waking up in the hospital in a bad condition ( TWD *cough* ) or a person who tries to get through Chernarus by car ( either to the coast or just through the country ) and has a breakdown ( left with car and maybe some supplies ) or a hunter who has been living in the woods for some time ( some food maybe a double barrel with some ammo or a crossbow ) ... use your imagination.

Already happens, i don't know if it's in whole DayZ though.

I want a sack of rice falling over in China from time to time...

Because there's no reasonable scenario that would lead to an AUG or a wooden stocked M14 being in Chernarus. And it also lacks an explanation why western countries would send helicopters on a maybe 1000km trip with multiple stops to refuel and restock supplies ( lets assume Chernarus is on the far east border of Russia because it's where all their unimportant countries are so the distance would probably be even more than that ) to scout the situation where a satelite or high flying spy plane would do the job 10x better? And why the hell would they actually be interested in risking their men for this information? How did they travel there without beeing forced to land by the other countries, you know countries are highly allergic to intruders? Lot's of unknowns to justify even a small amountwestern weapons.

Only because you heard it doesn't mean you will find it if you don't actually see where it crashed. I already found enough crashes that weren't looted yet because either nobody was there or they didn't find it. And having the possibility of multiple players wanting to look for the crash site and maybe fight over it adds to the excitement of the game, it also prevents heli camping a bit imo.

You can't disassemble an AK like you would with an Armalite. That stuff is bolted, you can remove the stock by removing some screws but would somebody really do that or would they rather have the rifle partially sticking out of the pack?

As far as i see you are always pick at "why shouldn't it be there" when is already been clear that the ratio western weapons - eastern weapons is the issue here. Momentarily we have a +++++ ratio in western guns. Even on the server i am playing on ( Sahrani ) i have a lot of western rifles compared to eastern ones. Although i must admit that western weapons are more common in Sahrani than in Chernarus because in "Sahrani history" the US was officially there but still immersion breaking if a majorityof the weapons you find in the communistic part ( the north ) are western weapons.

Are you still surprised by that? Most posts asking for western weapons have a ...you can find this in walmart... somewhere. Even England has really harsch gun control laws compared to Germany where you can at least own an airsoft gun without needing a defense such as beeing a collector or a skirmisher. If i remember right that RIF rule is still in effect?