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I confirm that for the right pair in the picture, but that dark-sweater wearing one left is not that easy for me. If it crouches or crawls it gets even more difficult.

We, as a group of 4 people found 1 Antibiotic since the update :D I guess we are just freakin unlucky. Problem with the increased zed-count in a group is really, that you cant avoid drawing aggro due to your increased group size and the higher density of zeds...wasnt that bad before, but now you are screaming for that ugly one-hit-infection.

I dont want to go too deep into "realism" arguments here, because we all know in what mess such topics end ;-) My main problem as a crossbow-user is that it is already freaking difficult to even hit a running zombie in the toe, so aiming for the head is (at least for me) pretty much impossible, if the zombie is not standing still 5 feet away from me. Maybe its more my unsatisfaction with the effeciancy of the crossbow vs. viral zeds that spoke in my post :P Yes it adds to the athmosphere if you can not always truely judge the viral nature of the zed, but sometimes it just feels kind of random to me at the moment. If we would find a reasonable and authentic way to remake their models I would still be in favour for that.

Yes, at the moment I only can surely tell if the Zombie got bright clothes, so you can see the blood. I would really prefer better identification of the viral ones. Yesterday I tried to stop one with an arrow to the chest. Ignores it and gives me the kiss of death -.-" Wouldve run or take him down with my .44 if I knew he was a viral.

Sounds like your character was all of a sudden hit by a severe attack of chizophrenia o.O "The voice told me you are all demons!"

I took a break from normal DayZ for almost a year and this spawning behaviour was rather strange to me. Wasnt there really any change? In my opinion teaming up should make the game easier not more difficult. Maybe the situation was more strange to me, because I just visited the villages an hour ago by myself. I dont know if this is a topic for the mod or just for the SA (where the spawning behaviour will be done from scratch), but its rather strange that teaming up is rather dangerous than helpful in regard of PvE. They can raise the overall Zombie-count, but this mechanic is odd and discourages especially friendly survivors like me from teaming up.

I carry my crossbow :) I personally think that the sidearms are not drawing that much attention and you can pretty savely use them vs zeds. The hatchet works great until you get accidently hit by a viral and are infected. I personally would take a smaller assault rifle like the ak74 cobra, m4, a shotgun or mp5. they are not drawing the whole towns attention if you have to fire them.

Crossbow, because its cool.

Hey Folks, I know that most of you probably couldnt care less about a non-pvp weapon like the crossbow, but maybe I will find one or another interessted person here :) I personally loved the playstyle of the survival-specialist with his crossbow, taking out Zeds and scavenging villages. The addition of the Quiver is great and increases the viability of the weapon a lot. But there are still some points which I dont understand or that need some tweaking in my opinion. Lets look at the crossbows pros and cons first: Pro: -Silent -Ammo can be found everywhere -Kills normal Zeds with 1hit Cons: -Effective range of ~30m -No real ironsight/scope -The big drop of the arrows requires practice -Slow projectile speed -Headshots over some distance are a gambling So overall the crossbow looks desastrous in regards of pvp, but is a good weapon vs. Zeds especially while beeing on a scavenging tour in the villages. Now we got the addition of viral/infected Zeds that are freakin dangerous and have a good bunch of hp compared to their normal brothers. Yesterday I hit one of the in the arm and chest with all my 3 arrows and it was still standing -.-" Left me completely out of ammo and grinned at me. In the end I shouldve tried a headshot, but I dont need to tell you, thats quite a difficult thing to do. Did i just hit bad or are the virals really tanking 3 arrows? I personally think that the damage of the crossbow could be a bit higher regarding this new threat. What do you think?

Hello Folks, I am enjoying DayZ again in the 1.7.7.1 version. Only thing that really bothers me: Am I the only one that never finds Antibiotics? Me and my friends died of serveral infections lately until we did adapt our gameplay and now are pretty save. Never the less we did not find a single antibiotic by now. We loot every Zed that goes down, small villages, hospitals, castles, barns, firestations etc etc. Basicly we loot everything that we walk by. I understand that people that only rush to the NWAF complain about not finding antibiotics, but shouldnt we have found one by now? Is there any trick or do they really spawn everywhere?

Although my crossbow is a pain in the ass sometimes I love it :) Some improvement in performance is welcome though.

I think the Crossbow is far from useless, but viral Zeds are a problem at the moment. I get better in giving them headshots, but bodyhits are just laughable. EDIT: Until a week ago, I havent played for like 8 months. How was the crossbow in 7.6?

Finally the game goes into the right direction... Guys I think you should all reconsider your expectations. You are talking about high-end mititary equipment. Its not like we are talking about the "normal" loot here, which is absolutely fine at the moment. We are talking about the most powerful weapons in the game. Not every yerk should be able to carry a M4A1 SD CCO like in the previous patches. Hell I left stashpiles of assaultrifles behind because I got something better. Now I am excited about an AK74 Cobra. Its great!

I really love this idea and the direction the new patches go. Everything just needs some tweaking. The new loot locations and spawnrates are fine in my opinion. Infection needs some tweaking and the losing of zeds is a bit ridiculous in some situation when you got no weapon at all. I personally would like to see them losing aggro a tad easier than now.

The crossbow is the most coolest, but it still needs some love. Why do the arrows break? You lose more than enough of them through glitches.

The patch definetely made the game a lot more fun and interessting. I am really enjoying it, although I think that the infection needs tweaking and further work on, because it gets frustrating in the actual state. I say that as a player who is part of a group that got no hands on a single antibiotic by now.

I like the direction the new update goes, but as a fairly-freshspawn its pretty frustrating to get infected out of nowhere after finding your first parts of equipment. If you are unable to hunt, you die. And me and my friends did not find a single antibiotic by now, although we searched everything that we could find. I would suggest to revert the infection itself back to the former state where you would be nailed down on 5k blood. Still very bad, still forcing you to get antibiotics, but at least you can survive on it.

Hey Guys, I just started playing DayZ after months of rest and had this little incident with a friend of mine: I got infected and then killed by another player. My friend took that player down with his 9mm and took my gear. Later we both met again and he drank a zip from my former water bottle, which I as an infected carried and used. He was instantly infected. Anyone got information on this? Was it the water that was randomly infected or was it the sharing of a water bottle with an infected survivor? I hope its the second, that would be pretty cool :)

Thanks for the quick answer. In the same topic I want to suggest to add the "Infected through eating/drinking stuff an infected player carried" mechanic. But beforehand try to balance that infection a bit :)

1. If you want to survive dont get greedy and retreat out of the big cities early enough to get out alive. 2. A cool weapon is nice, but useless without enough ammo. Just let it be if it is not useful at the moment. 3. Stay patient and dont get hectic when arround Zeds. Keep your time. 4. Try not to mindlessly kill other players. You will lose a lot of the fun player interactions can bring. This is no deathmatch. 5. If you follow a street or a trainline stay in the forest alongside it. Running too much in the open gets you killed.

I really much like the new loot-spawns, that make scavenging more of an adventure. Also I agree on the needed buff to the zeds. BUT the infection is a bit much at the moment. Me and my friends died 10 times combined of infection, making it 90% of our deaths and we did not find a single antibiotic by now. I think if the infected zeds wouldve normal hp it would be ok, but an hour ago i hit one with my crossbow and he ran up to me, to give me the kiss of death....SHIEEEET. A more careful approach on the ZED problem wouldve been better I guess. Knockdown, Infected, more aggro AND Deadly infections is a bit too much in my opinion. I would really appreciate it, if the infection wouldnt be lethal, but like before letting you hang on 5k blood.

Works for me

Occasionally this patch came arround when I just decided to start playing again, after I stopped months ago because of boredom basically. I have had many discussions with other players, because I did not want to play pvp deathmatch with zombies. I like it that the zeds are getting harder now. Havent tried it yet and maybe it was a touch too much, but in general I like the way things go. Keep calm guys, if its really unbearably hard it will get tweaked.

I hope not!

Camping on a hill with a sniper-rifle doesnt seem much fun and gives you no loot either.....Why do you do it then?