Combine (DayZ)

It may sound stupid but it'd say: As soon as you join any server with any time setting that has even just one other player besides yourself, consider yourself the unlucky SOB to come close to the other(s). You could loot a big airfield on a 40 man server w/o problems during the day and be shot in the middle of nowhere (or at some rarer mil spawn) in the night with just 1-2 others on the server. Or maybe not be shot but at least encounter them somehow. Both cases, even if a bit extreme, based on personal experience and hearsay. I wouldn't necessarily say "looting" is easier during the night. Anything in the game is only easy if you're the only guy on the server, or if anyone else is allied / friendly. I do would say "moving around" is easier at night, however.

I guess I see it more relaxed than some others, to the point I don't really care. There's few, at best, points that bug me. My game experience is good enough so far and I know there's more to come. Free for me because I paid once in an early stage, so it can only get better - mostly. Things don't always just get added but also tweaked, the experience can change. I can say that the game is fun. I just started playing again after a break of a few months and it's rather refreshing. Don't like how it is right now? Take a break, play something else and come back later.

Ah yes, this reminds me of old December to Februrary (or even ongoing) rabbles n' semi-public conflicts with CQF and other groups or people. And a certain cocky behavior coming from those people. They usually lost in the long run, perhaps due to that. Shoutout to Becks and all "targeted" or other friendly groups being in engagements. I'm certain you can count on your allies if you need them, BP.

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Nice one :D

I'm glad for any known national or international Youtuber or Let's Player that inspires (or teaches) people another, less "simple" approach to this Game. But then again, I'm not so much for overglorification. It's not like he or any YTer "invented" being friendly or not, that just came with the game and the players naturally. Then again, I also don't really like endless "bashing". Yeah, well, he may have hacked (or not) but I'm guessing the days are long gone. And what he does off-camera is his thing. Considering that: Love it or leave it, I guess. As for being friendly in general: Consider the approach and how other people do it. Even as loner you can increase your survival chance in many encounters. But then again, the probably safest way to do that is in a group. You have an advantage then, and people are more inclined to NOT shoot randomly when facing a group where shooting at them would mean no chance of survival. There's several (big or even kinda giant) groups out there that encourage a friendly or neutral approach to the game.

G.R.E.E.N M.O.U.N.T.A.I.N B.L.A.C.K F.O.R.E.S.T Thank me later guys :D

Bug or Feature? :D Guize, this is for the new smuggler profession. Shhh!

lol @ people going mad for a somewhat delayed patch. Spoiled people! Be glad for all the shit you have!

Well, obviously you are the literal shining beacon of hope, freedom and peace. *10 minutes later* You are dead.

Okay, considering it's on experimental now (I think): Guys, go look and post if you can wear a ballistic helmet AND a gas mask (not any other mask, although you should also be able to wear the white masks, those respirators or so).

Nice! You know, just saying ... if you guys want long-term friendly play with a group, check out the clan section! There's several friendly groups that may fit your playstyle or expectations, if you can meet their requirements.

Besides the risk of death (I died in there once or twice, but so did many people in my group, too) there's also not much loot in there on average. So, not really much reason to enter. If the ladders don't kill you, you might glitch out of the corridor or suddenly vault over the roof edge or out of the window for some reason...

Gear: hard headgear (ballistic, moto, construction and pilot helmets) cannot be wear together with masks I hope you can still wear a gas mask and a ballistic helmet, because you'd be able to in reality. As for other masks or helmet variations, I can obviously see where that would be getting hard to impossible.

Depends on the caliber the guy with the steel shield got shot at. Just adding, I don't want to turn this into another topic or political debate: They used snipers, so I guess higher caliber. For all intents and purposes it wouldn't matter much. Your average riot shield would probably not cover anything than your pistol caliber, if at all. In DayZ or not. And still doesn't matter that much because your first goal would be protection from melee weapons or punches. Zombies included, or rather, primarily. Especially with a weight system or similar, it'll balance out in the future, just like in reality. In short: Riot gear = melee protection, mostly.

My Badly Damaged pistol flashlight does not work. While I think I used a ruined battery, the same did work in my normal flashlight attachment (pristine). So the attachment is not really working from what I can tell, which is a shame. Anything not ruined should still work one way or another, as implied by patchnotes. But I just couldn't get it to work, I think even with a nice battery.

I actually have the necessary voice change ready to simulate a megaphone announcement. It's still "stupid" because it effectively uses the same VOIP range that is about 80m, while it should be more. In short: I'm in favor of such items! Any medium range communication is nice. It could basically be like a walkie talkie or rather, a higher direct VOIP range. Only if you have / use the right item, that is. For both direct chat and megaphone while we're at it: Make it so that when you have VOIP activated, no matter if local, walkie talkie or even megaphone, make it so that you can use the scroll wheel to dynamically set volume / range, too. It can be adjusted via percent or just three levels. Quiet, normal, loud for example.

In such a scenario I see guns as last resort, or rather, not as the wonder recipe to success. Yes, might come in handy but you can't shoot microbes, bacteria or a virus with it. Seriously, go watch that documentation. I dunno what channel, watched it on YT. So many possible infection vectors it's not even funny anymore. Basically, if something like this was to occur all you folks better get out of the city and / or wear masks, gloves and be careful. Disinfect stuff, etc. Er, my point is: Most people, in their minds, focus on shooting stuff or zombies. Not getting sneezed at or not touching stuff that others touched with their fingers or so would be as vital.

Oh, yeah, in such a scenario the worst or one of the worst problems is humans themselves, sadly. Hysteria, looting and so on will or might bring as much 'terror' or problems as any violent disease carrier mob.

Thing is, in some countries riot police does not even use shields as a whole, or only sometimes / specific units. That's because their suits are, apparently, already armored up enough so they don't need one. I've also seen riot police in other countries that use both armor and shield, and even riot police that only have helmets, a rather unprotected uniform and a shield as "primary" protection. For Chernarus though, I can see them using both armor and shield. I still think any added form of real riot gear should protect somewhat from bullets. No, don't yell at me now or yell "OP!". Explanation: In what scenario are you more likely to survive? Wearing a T-Shirt / hoodie and getting shot at or wearing full riot gear and getting shot at with a, say, pistol caliber round? My point is, the riot armor would have more stopping power than a T-Shirt or so. But not as much or any real one compared to a ballistic vest with kevlar or so.

Hard to impossible to really tell. It would depend on so many things. Also, by coincidence I just watched a fictional documentation about a scenario like that where an engineered rabies strain is released by mistake. It spreads as fast an influenza or so but in rabies form. Your average zombie scenario seems similar, depending on the incubation time and so on. In that scenario, after about a year 1,4 billion people would be infected and about ~980 million already dead (no, not infected or undead-dead, gone, you get it). Some states or at least governments would collapse, depending on whether vaccines work or whatever more would die. It would be global due to the way it spreads, but you could still have safe spots. The major urban centers would rather suck, though. Also, it would depend on other mammals or insects, if they can spread it, etc. "Me" or anything closely would surely be a stupid answer because there's also tribes living out there immune to certain infections, in addition to people all over the planet being naturally immune to various diseases. Many people would surely die, but humanity would probably make it. Humanity as a whole, not your average western citizen too dependent on the infrastructure that would certainly collapse in such an event. Or in other words, I doubt many people on this and other game forums would still live after some time. E: I personally think from the way it was presented and explained that it's NOT a scenario to make fun of or to laugh at. They also said that there's always "good" and "bad" research going on in that sector. Also, a virus can also mutate over time. It's actually very scary if you think about it, but it is, after all, a possible scenario. Just like an asteroid or something big hitting earth sooner or later.

From the planned features, I doubt players / people are immune. From what I read somewhere, you can eventually get "brain rot" or "brain disease" when being hit enough by zombies, and that will eventually "kill" you, or turn you into one of them. 10 minute despawner aside (just for testing etc) this would be a nice feature if there's a CHANCE that some players could get up after "death". They wouldn't roam unless running after a player, so you could still pinpoint the area where they died. You'd have to "kill" them for real then to loot them. After killing an infected player (that technically died) you would then have your average corpse. You'd also have it if the player who fell over with that sickness didn't get back up and died for real. But it would probably be a "technical nightmare" or complex, I think? Zombies with loot are nothing new, the mod had that. But you'd also have to make unique zombie models or turn the player character into some sort of NPC then if you want them to actually wear what they wear.

Also, mute people. It might not be bad to have, actually.

I already disagree with the thread title. Anyone giving up being friendly is perhaps doing something wrong or could do something better? At least don't become part of the supposed problem, guys. As lone guy you'll always be at a disadvantage, KOS or friendly. I roll with a group and being friendly / neutral was apparently never easier (for me / most of us).

Since there's no official set story ("DayZ - It's your story") I don't like to think of YearZ (hurr). It's obviously not right during the whole mess because most places are abandoned / full of zombies, but it can't be years either. That allows for a healthy loot and also vehicle balance later on, I think. I do agree on the apocalyptic thing though. So far you only see hints of it. Trashed houses (random, not set) or also random or dynamic exterior 'trash' would be cool in the bigger cities.