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The way I see it, if you "spam" the server (no, not THAT. I mean many trying to connect) the admin can't even play because he has to kick people constantly. Good to annoy them before the server goes down :P

Why would a bandit wear a (bright blue) UN beret? You stand out and lack head protection. Any head protection. With that said, any friendly / hero person could in theory use those things to symbolize peace, being friendly, whatever. I personally like the implementation of berets. Would like a balaclava to go with them though. Just personal flavor. Btw: Full military gear doesn't necessarily mean bandit. All it implies is that the user spent time to get that stuff and that he might be too attached to it. Or he could be out trying to kill people. Or actually try to help people with good gear. Not everyone is a bandit. Even on the coast, even if some people can't imagine that. I roll around with a big group and allies that do coastal relief (actual relief, not helping people die, that's the "Medical Division" I think :P) ops and more. Best way to get some sort of peaceful or at least not outright hostile encounter is to start communicating from more or less safe spots. If the other person does not respond (after given enough time to, depending on the circumstances) you can assume hostile. To get back on topic, it could be hard to determine though. Your friendly guy could be running around in a full bandit outfit and payday mask while the 'asshole bandit' could wear anything that might make him look friendly. I do think that certain outfits should symbolize something though. Payday masks usually mean bandit (not always), so this could usually mean friendly. I'll actually consider using the UN beret or similar. Actually "RPing" as soldier anyway, might as well wear the right stuff.

Any combat knife picture (in first person and inspected) ?

Totally deserves more views.

Is this like Facebook now? Just saw another thread where someone went like: "Hear and heed! I don't like XY, so I will uninstall the game!", and before that "Huuuueeee, I tried to be nice and died, now all have to pay!" Okay, you actually can discuss the topic itself, but the way it's presented is kinda ... meh. Okay. You take the easy way out then. By the way. True heroes endure and continue. And learn from their mistakes, if possible. You can be helpful and still have some security rules in place. Just keep in mind: Shooting everything on sight doesn't have to be better. Why? Common sense. Think about it long enough if you can't find possible drawbacks right away.

They'll have benefits eventually, afaik. Also, you'd find skirts there, realistically. Not that they should be any priority, but there'll be more general clothing eventually.

Orlok has some point. On another note (kind of sarcastic, herp): Why do people treat this like facebook and post their "status updates" ? This is "General discussion". Topics should be for discussion, not telling the (DayZ) world how you feel (in such a manner, at least). The forum would be cluttered if all posted threads like this. At least make one thread for this stuff, not clutter it all. In short, and somewhat rude, just to get the point across of course: "Don't like XY, so I will X / I just did XY" Elaborate, turn it into discussion or else. But not like this, because no one cares that way.

Some servers are in hive desync. If you log in to a server that should be working, w/o private hive (not yet enabled anyway afaik) or hardcore, but new character ... then log out immediately. Close game. Restart, join other server or server that worked before. With some luck your char is back. You may have to wait some time before that happens though. Or it got overwritten completely. Then you lost the char. Tough luck. Has to be expected though.

There are "factions", actually. Player groups, or anything player groups revive. And there will be safe zones. Factions will have their turfs after all. It just won't be anything scripted or artificial.

You know, this isn't the first thread about it. Still a good idea in general.

I can tell LTL rounds will (eventually) become popular. No sarcasm there. I'd use them myself if possible and without major drawback.

Next time they'll get him! E: Also... EPIC WIGGLE BULLET DODGE

Basically, this. And who knows what happened in the time since A2 and DayZ in that place. Or how much time passed in between. Now you can find various berets. While I dunno why New Zealand mil berets would be around, you can also find UN berets. In short: One could explain the presence of western weapons (and gear) in a place such as that.

As for time: Hard to tell exactly when it happened. I never saw an offical set point. All I hear is: DayZ - It's your story (and that's good, I guess) Some say it's been years since "Day Z", some say it's more recent. At least regarding Chernarus. Other areas could be safe or hit later on, just as Chernarus. If you look at the game, there's things speaking in favor of both. It can't be that recent: All towns are overrun / lost / abandoned by default. Cars seem broken in a way that suggests time passed, could just be a placeholder though? It can't be years or much more: You find loot in many places. Even fresh fruit. People still appear. Zombies would probably be gone after years, starved to death or whatever. It's a semi-realistic scenario after all, they're not actual zombies but infected people on rabies or whatever. To any of these: Could be for gameplay reasons. I personally like to say some time passed, but not too much. Keeps things happening in the game "fresh", if you get what I'm saying. It's your story, after all. As for underground areas, caves, etc: Totally in favor.

For now ... This could change any version, as it's a bug. So I guess people better carry the right items, meds or get used to crawling, starving to death, waiting for someone to "help" them, etc.

Not like they should have more health, anyway. Or, way more than one would expect. The only benefit they should get, perhaps, is ballistic protection due to gear they might wear. Other than that, same infected person. One could still argue that soldiers would be in better condition, thus infected ones would also be stronger, but Rocket ruled out "special infected". Thus, I'd only expect some ballistic / melee prot at best.

A magic skin (well, clothing) that appears upon several kills would not be that realistic, same as an artificial karma system. What would help greatly is group ID, in whatever way. Not karma ID. More clothing and / or squad.xml. We'll get more clothing eventually. So .. ... squad.xml please? :P

Hm, I think so. The first one (black) I found had 100%. I later found another one after reconnecting and then saw my old one had 0%. Took the new one in, but it did have 100%. I could use it from by backpack (new one). Well, my advice: If you find either green or black, try to use them right away. That way you also save 2 slots anyway.

I know right. Thread #23141 about it. No offense though, OP. You seem frustrated, and I can understand that to some point. But really, as loner you can only do or expect so much. Maybe you just need some more luck. If you really want a better experience, join a group. No, seriously. Do it. Or get some friends to play with you. Or keep trying. But don't become part of the problem. Btw, all the implications or people saying "KOS is best": Sometimes, not every time. That's a fact. I just heard a story from a guy in my group about an airfield encounter, north west. He was looting and met one guy. He tried to establish contact at least twice, saying he was friendly. The player was fully geared and immediately grabbed for his gun and backed off, ready to attack. And he fired as soon as he noted another player's presence, without responding (equals KOS, basically). A little cat and mouse game began and resulted in the other player's death. Because he was being an idiot. He could've survived the whole encounter and didn't waste the time he put into that character by then simply by: 1) backing off, pulling out and / or 2) being friendly Instead he got some nice lead in his ass or face for being stupid, or, in nicer terms, making the wrong decision. Btw, being friendly or communicating with other people doesn't mean you have to f'in run at everyone with open arms out in the open. That's as stupid as shooting at everything at once. Because it's bad attention with compromised security. So, with some security measures you can manage. I admit though, as loner (all the time) it's usually a different experience. Some could be quite paranoid. Anyone who's sick of running around alone while trying to be somewhat nice: Join a (friendly) group! I can name at least 5 bigger or smaller, more or less known groups. Go check them out if you want a less lethal experience. You might still die, but you won't get bitter and stuff about it and change the way you play because of a few bad apples. You can accept it, or will accept it. On average your survival chance is higher. Means less death in theory. So go for it.

I'm in favor if it's 1st person only. It doesn't have to be all complicated, you can start with simple or light overlays and see how people perceive it. It would add a great deal of immersion and also a realistic "drawback" if certain masks and glasses get some benefits eventually. Sunglasses would block the bright rays but make everything darker, for example. A gas mask might be handy for environmental hazards, as slight face protection and slight camo but would reduce FOV somewhat. Bonus points if you add gas mask breathing sounds. No, doesn't have to be all darth vader like, but would be very nice to have in the future.

They already said they're (always / recently?) getting new guys that try to get settled.

Isn't it kinda simple? Some problems might take some time to fix, so why stall everything else? It's not like there's only "devs", able to work on everything. Obviously, you have guys working on code, others on security, others design new items, others implement / model them, whatever. Better progress to get stuff in that's already done, right? Or did I miss some point here? Besides, you always have to fix something. Might as well do it early with new things. You basically add onto a framework or core structure. Things are connected. In short, I'm certain it's logic (mostly, more or less) to do stuff like that. Also, I hear some guys are still rather new and have to get settled a bit over there. E: We should only expect minimum standards in all areas once it's in Beta, late Beta or in a full release phase.

I'm not sure. Judging some responses or implications in this thread or forum alone, I could nearly say people being all "high and mighty" on the forum suck even more than mindless KOSers. What's with the pseudo-macho comments anyway? Give new people a break. Everyone was new once. Mod or Standalone. It can be a new experience. For some difficult to get into, some don't like it at all and will stop playing, and some like it right from the beginning. No need to be an asshole about it to people, even if new people or those who play have to accept there's basically anything possible in the game. People who shoot everything, people who try to avoid others, people who backstab, people who really help and people doing any of that whenever the situation warrants it.

Every time you got shot "randomly", I was like "Meh". :( But it's good that it wasn't a total minus result.

I thought "hackers" (script kiddies, unless it was a 'real one') can't steal keys anymore. At least "here".