Combine (DayZ)

Never give up. Sometimes you can reason with people. Hence "sometimes".

I know right? Wu-Tang bomb disposal squad.

To be honest, it would be nice to simply have another PVE aspect like that in general. You could have random CDF (military) vehicles (somewhat damaged jeep?) or choppers (you could only shoot them down, they may fight you?) move around and be a threat (enemy) or even something helpful (neutral/friendly) as loot or combat support. Heck, something that could serve as a more human assistance OR threat to the players other than zombies and other players themselves. In theory elements of the military may have survived, or should have, or some other nearby country could send in military to fight zombies and possibly survivors. Or add a karma / humanity system and sync it. Being evil? They attack you. Otherwise you could interact with them in some way, or they'd at least ignore you.

Clearly needs it for raving.

Nice work! Just remember to be careful, you never know. Play it safe.

Eh, slightly OT, but some comments are rather dumb in my opinion. Comments like (here or in video itself) "Oh well should've shot some of them at least", or, I quote: "Should have shot those Limey fucka u could have headshotted 2 than alt -f4ed". And then people wonder why there's utter chaos or KOS / Deathmatch mentality on most servers, or among the community as a whole. Thing is, many people act MORE like it's a game, and hey, you can respawn after all. TBH, they should act more realistic whenever possible. Simply shooting them also reduces the amount of those situations. A devil's circle, if that's the right expression. Guess why they probably did it at the coast. Less risk of being shot at by random people, since encounters with unarmed or slightly armed people are higher. Basically, think like this: "I don't want to die." Thus, getting yourself in a situation where you may die without thinking twice is bad. If there's no other choice, fine. But in this (video) case it's clear. Attack them and you're dead. If you go along with it you have a chance at least.

I checked wikipedia to compare the two. If ARMA keeps it similar, and I guess it does, then the M107 would be even better than the AS50. But still, the AS50 is good enough for most engagements, and so far I found several in my whole dayZ career. HOWEVER, do not underestimate the DMR (or maybe even M24, didn't have that yet in DZ). Ammo CAN be even more common (or is, actually). Not just source-wise, but also clip-wise. And it still does serious damage up to a certain distance, maybe a third (30%) of the maximum AS50 range, but that's still good for many scenarios you may encounter. Also, it is way smaller (thus not giving you away by, I don't know, that GIANT FREAKING TURRET ON YOUR BACK/IN YOUR HANDS? :P), and due to the zoom you can engage even in close distance.

It's not that impossible to get by at the beginning. LUCK also plays a role. I never had major concerns when respawning and trying to loot bigger places so far. Maybe luck, but hey, it has to work eventually, even after several attempts.

That's just coding / Ai behavior. I for one am against them being slower, but unrealistic regarding damage. They're fine as they are in my book, apart from pathing and how they react to doors / walls.

"A 225 km2 open world post-soviet state and one of the areas hit by a new and presently unknown infection which has wiped out most of the world's population. You are one of the few who have survived and now you must search this new wasteland in order to fight for your life against what is left of the indigenous population, now infected with the disease. " Quoted from website itself.

They're not "undead zombies," but "infected humans", and as such, can run ... for a while.

Is that ... photoshopped or so?

Oh god...

I kinda ... got inspired by you, had to do it! (Full credits in desc)

We're (as in, most of the community) still playing 1.7.1.5 as of this moment, and by report / log, they were taken out. So if you play on a server with that version and see one (one you can use), go figure...

The bug here may be that you log out "too quickly" after equipping either camo or ghillie. HIVE may not register "in time" if you go too early after that, thus it may result in the "spawn in the air / ocean bug." That's why you should wait for a while after equipping, before it saves properly, in theory. And once that's done, you wouldn't have any problems unless changing to something else again. Unless a new bug popped up, that is.

Walter has a point, too. AND IT'S THAT EASY (to quote Billy Mays)!

Oh my god, here we go again... slightly OT: By the way, I suppose you're German, coming from the name "Steins", and some indicators. So am I. Many argue that Hitler built up the nation. And that is correct, but for what? Only to throw it all down the shitter. Obviously if he'd won, no one would complain today, but was that all necessary, if we just think about this point alone, apart from the other things he / they did?

Are you done venting rage, then? Can be considered a rage-thread. Obviously, the mod is not perfect. It's also an Alpha, being tweaked often. Plus, the community adapts somewhat to the version. No, it's not perfect all in all, but it is good. You can get by if you have friends, or if you're experienced and alone. And hey, as it has been said, you can find groups in the survivor HQ. Or even ask other people you know online, friends, etc. And yes, the best way is communicating via voice chat or so, and staying out of sight. That CAN work, an will, eventually. I also met friendly people randomly. But then again, I would not expect to run on the street in cherno / elektro and yell "Friendly! Dun shoot!", to give a more ... different example. Try again, get into a group, or just ... stop playing for a while. Or always. Your choice.

From what I understand, the PROBLEM of this bug was the report to central server. What do I mean? Basically, if you'd change clothes, and THEREFORE SKIN, you'd get the bug by logging out TOO QUICKLY AFTER THAT, since it would bug somehow, not register, and then result in this. In a shorter version, fixed or not: When changing clothes, stay on the server for a while before logging out. This makes sure it all saves properly. If you do that, it would be unlikely to get the bug, unless the server suddenly crashes or so ... unless a fix removed this problem.

Ok, guys ... calm down, and let's discuss this on a more "on-topic" than "emotional" level. If you can't do that, enjoy infractions, bad rep, bans, heck, something ... I'm inclined to agree that ingame mentality has gone to the shitter, though. Then again, people need to set priorities and maybe talk more to each other. Exchange more words, not lead, survivors!

Why did you post this in general discussion?!

That depends on the players themselves for now, mostly. But you may come into such a situation, so better have that bind ready :D

I imagine with some pack / pbo / etc. you can add a number of more skins or uniforms to increase diversity. They could be used just like camo / ghillie / civilan clothing then, distributed via "loot".

"...subdue without killing..." WRONG. At least in some cases. It could make it worse. Just think. How do you suppose this works? I mean, most MEAN AND BAD people would just tase with one shot, then kill with the main rifle. Killing would be easier. Where you may need several shots to get rid of someone (and mind that they take cover, fire back, etc.) you can just shoot one, then "casually" walk over and finish the people with the primary or even an axe.