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True, I do too and millions of people do as well. But he doesn't "come up with", he "goes and does them" in the middle of an industry that is growing decadent. Well, the indie wave is kicking the ant hill a bit but you get the idea. However, it seems that he's not a "completionist", which is a major problem because that puts him right back into the "you and me" category and as you said, we all came up with good ideas.

Hmm, ok, that's seriously f***ed up... I didn't invest in DayZ, I invested in Hall's Dayz. I want a god damn grenade as a project lead, that's why I put money in it while I NEVER put money in that kind of early alpha/kickstarter stuff. That'll teach me I suppose. Really hope he'll keep his head in the game for the coming year and not start working on another project of his own while just sitting pretty at Bohemia being a figure-head.

Been on such server since it's available. Don't really care about what others are doing nor if a server is full or empty.

There's 6.5 billions definitions of that word and DayZ's concept is to be an anti-game, an experiment. Since that's exactly what brought people here, I don't really see why backing down on that idea seems the thing to do now? That said, I don't really care in the end. I'm just here to see what Rocket and his team will do. I comment on forums and whatnot but the only thing I want is to let HIM do whatever he wants, not what I want or what you want. If I end up HATING the end result, fine, ah well. If it ends up as I think/hope it will, then great. I knew when I bought the alpha that it was a risk and I NEVER put money in alphas and whatnot but I wanted to finance it anyway, just to see what would happen because something this crazy, especially in today's video game industry, deserved it. I just hope it stays completely crazy.

So? Some people suicide just to get a better spawn, some because they're screen is a little blurry or black and white. I've played through every broken leg so far and this system has been in since early Mod days so seems pretty clear now that's where the project is going. Like bloody types right? Ohh, wait... Totally do not mind limping, tire size, shoe size. There will be many things unrealistic because they just cannot be done in a game, so why not make the ones that can be done, then see from there? :) Because that's totally artificial and forced, I've never strained my ankle through mountain treks or forest jogs and some "random" thing like that out of nowhere is definitely not fun. However, being a bit stupid and jumping from a high place or other risky actions that YOU initiate and can have severe consequences, I'm all for it.

Durnit! Send the R&D Team back for more idiot-proofing solutions! :) Joking aside, check the elevation, forestation, overall border lines, etc. For glaring similarities, check just a little east of the NW airfield for the "green lines" both vertical and horizontal. Then have a look in the overall same area on the real life map...

Realism within a given context, which can itself be totally fantasy. Some call it authenticity.

You're never in Russia, Russia's in you. That said, all items in DayZ are custom made FOR DayZ, not using previous ARMA models. Give it some time, there will be more item variation. Chernarus is also not Russia, it's an ex-Soviet bloc country like Bulgaria, Czechie, etc.

The goal here is not to reach "perfect realism", nobody's stupid enough to think that'll ever happen. The goal is to aim toward it as much as possible, so that when the "game" part comes in (because as you said, in the end, it's a game), the compromise will be more toward the initial goal and less toward making it "gamey". If during game design you plan for "let's try to get it as realistic and authentic as possible", then all your final game-play decisions will factor that. If you start by saying "this is just a game, let's forget realism", you end up with Health Boost appearing after killing a zombie, perma-sprint, etc. As for DayZ, I want that compromise to be so hardcore that yes, sometimes it's a chore. Playing at night in DayZ is a chore but it's also AWESOME. Having a broken leg is a chore, but the experience it offers is also awesome. There are tons of games out there already about "survival & zombies", none really catch my attention because they mean nothing, have no "soul" (whatever that means), no balls. Could play most of these games barely paying attention. DayZ IMMEDIATELY caught me, I'll always remember that first connection, during night time, completely unable to see anything apart from that flare light. I was like: "wow, this is crazy!" and spent the next two hours laughing nervously while trying to sneak between zombies and whatnot while staring at a near pitch black screen. And that's pretty much it overall. I don't really want DayZ to become just some random FPS game with zombies, I want it to be an experience that bitch-slaps me so hard every-time I make a mistake that I'll want to punch through the wall, that grips me so tight that I keep a light on when playing just so that I don't get a heart attack. Never gonna happen of course, but setting achievable goals is for crybabies and that's why I say: go nuts, I'll try to cope!

To really break (as in, bone snapped) both legs, it takes a little more effort than just falling down a small stair and a huge amount of really bad luck. Usually you'll sprain something or may have a small bone fracture. In game, you could limp for some time depending on treatment maybe? :) Otherwise, Morphine affects pain and unless really specific, a broken leg can still support some weight usually. You could potentially shoot up morphine to ignore such pain and therefore walk somewhat, but pain is quite often there to indicate that there is a problem and ignoring that can lead to much serious problems. In the early mod, I actually did crawl one night for bit more than two hours because of a broken leg before I could find morphine. Let me tell you, playing at night, crawling through tons of zombies with flashlight/chemlights is...frikkin scary :)

Go as completely crazy hardcore realism as possible, just because! Screw balance, screw ease of play, tons of other games do that. Go nuts! :)

The energy used to open that stuff...geeesh. Plus I think that only works on crappy cans, the ones I got here are...bit sturdier I believe. That said, there is at least one can opener per household so...wouldn't really be an issue :) Been carrying this (LINK) on me for the past 22 years, would love to see some equivalent in DayZ, solves sooooo many problems...

Hey, I'll describe the situation as it happened. I have no idea if any of this is related to the issue nor am I making ANY accusations. I just list the events as they happened in case it's helpful in identifying the issue. - Connected to a server yesterday (RedCoat) and played for about 20mins without any issue. - Noticed a man up on a hill near Elektro snipping about. - Server admin talked in chat about a man snipping from a hill, asking him to come down. No idea if that was the same guy but admins are quite vocal on that server it seems. - I sneaked up behind the said sniper and JUST as I was bringing down the axe, he logged out/disconnected (literally 1 second before) - Moved about 50', found a body, grabbed some stuff. - Same man (or at least same exact clothing and weapon) shot me almost point blank. - Re-spawned normally. - Within a minute, I got disconnected with message "Confirmation of Change: Authentication Time Out". - For about 10 minutes afterwards, I kept getting disconnected from the server barely within a minute of joining with the exact same message. - The server ranged from 38/40 to 40/40 during this time period. - Finally I was no longer getting disconnected (didn't reboot, reload the game or anything, just kept joining, see what would happen) and played without problems for about 2 hours. Any idea what the message meant? I could not find anything about it. From what I tested, it was not a connection issue on my side, I had a constant 20-25ms and no desync. The server was properly patched up and seemed overall quite stable. I also never had this message before. My battle-eye was initialized properly every-time and up to date.

Nice work Like dietetics and the like? The raw numbers are useful in Alpha stage to give proper feedback and reports I think. You can also ignore the raw numbers if you want and just take in the logic of it. I don't mind much about x or y factors but already you can see that identical water/energy consumption for any movement is a major issue. Can see as well that most of the food items are totally irrelevant based on just these findings. There "might" be more to it and it'll change as the Alpha continues, but already, on a personal level, I see that my "perception" of lower energy/water consumption because I walk/jog was completely false, which is interesting. Won't change how I play but now we can talk rationally about it.

Nice one though was quite odd to me at first... Connected after patch on a patched server with my "since wipe" character. Could not interact with anything, as if ultra lagged and yet no desync and I could move. My ping on server when checking via player list was 0 constantly (which is odd, usually varies between 15 and 25ms). Relogged 4 or 5 times, quitting and verifying cache in between, changed servers, same problem. Relogged a last time: fresh spawn, old character gone. Since then, no problem and no rubber-banding so far, though I was never affected much to being with :)

Welcome to DayZ :)

Then don't mix the two together, it has nothing to do with stream snipping but with scripting, which it TOTALLY unrelated and therefore nothing to do with this post. As to locking a server, it's indeed Alpha and they indeed can do pretty much whatever with the hive/server, especially for advertising reasons (which I suppose was partly why?). Don't think however they can ban someone for totally arbitrary reasons. In the future, be more precise, the implications of what you suggested were quite serious.

- Just change your profile name, hide server when you log, put a delay on stream, etc... There are dozens of ways to 100% solve the problem. - Don't confuse hacker/scripters with stream snipers. One is not allowed and bannable offense, the other is totally legit and has no effect whatsoever on anything but the streamer, and actually not even that because it probably makes his stream more active and interesting. - All you discussed here is in no way whatsoever related to DayZ in itself and affects NOBODY but a couple dozen streamers. Out of 800k+ sales, I hope that the team will not spend any time on that, especially now. - Streamers probably have some effect on passing the word around but I don't think it's anything compared to Youtubers. They however help more probably in tightening a sense of community of sort among the people who watch them, which can be seen as good and bad I suppose. - There is NO WAY Hicks is looking for a stream sniper to "ban him". I just don't believe that. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to ban someone who does this and even server owners are NOT allowed to do this. IF this is true, this is crazy and needs to stop...

Wasn't passing a judgement, just stating a fact (and agreed with him actually on the identification issue). There is no sane way to prevent this so I just try to ignore it. It's a bit like having a map of Cherno open while playing, disabling clouds and upping gamma to play at night, etc..what you gonna do right? Doesn't mean I have to do the same however... :) That said, I thought it was important to state that if you do use these external tools then when we both comment on DayZ, we're not talking about the same game because we're not playing the same game. Also, since external tools are not mandatory to play DayZ (so far), feedback from people who do use them does not have the same interest/importance/value as comments from people not using these tools (on related topics of course). That doesn't mean they are bad or worthless, far from it, but you cannot use them as feedback for game development (especially in Alpha) simply because their experience is not based on the actual game, but on using these tools, which can be TOTALLY different from people just playing the game. As such, on a topic like this one on communication and social interactions in DayZ, I felt it was appropriate to point out that fact when he mentioned the use of TS.

- Saline will change I'm pretty sure. Makes no sense to have an ultra detailed blood transfusion system with something as simple and safe as Saline IV. - Item balancing will happen but more reasons to use ammo will probably be part of that balancing, not necessarily making them rarer. It's easy to kill one zombie with a melee item but If you have to kill 20 zombies things are not so simple anymore and you might want to start using all them nice bullets you're storing...

1) Currently, I agree. It's very easy to survive and you don't really need anyone else nor need to trade anything much since everything is quite easy to get. You thought about it, figured there was no reason to communicate, therefore you don't. That's fair enough really. Dean mentioned during a game event talk that they'll try to balance the overall itemization of things, across all servers on the same hive, so that people actually might want to trade stuff and need each other. We'll see how that turns out. 2) Not being able to visually "recognize" people you already met is an issue I agree totally. Only thing we have for now are clothing and skin color but can only go so far with that. 3) You are not playing DayZ, you're playing a multi-player game with your "tribe" using external tools, therefore you miss out on one of the core concepts of DayZ: The human interaction. Have you tried playing with all your friends on the same server BUT not using external communication tools to coordinate before or during play? Might have to start actually playing the game then, if only to check if that guy in front of you is a friend or not. Then you could set up a clothing pattern to recognize each other over time or if you get separated. You'd also have to sort out tactics before entering an area since you'll want to keep voice communication low. Just some thoughts.

While it will probably never go away, that doesn't mean it will not be tweaked to solve/minimize the couple issues/abuses caused by 3rd person. They can (and I think they will) tweak the camera views depending on stances, speed of travel and whatnot. Once/If the abusive side effects of 3rd person are somewhat dealt with, all that is left is 100% personal preferences.

And then there's type 3 players...who just don't understand what DayZ is at it's core. Don't get me wrong, you WILL get shot at! But not being able to abuse spotting people over walls and the like filters out the core of these guys and, overall, it has the added benefit of: "If he can see me, I can see him", which makes it more about how YOU approach a situation and less about THEM abusing a system and you can't do anything about it.

Really need to split things into categories here... 1) Some people do not think whatsoever. Multi-player game = kill everything on sight, period. There is no thought process here, brainwaves are flat. You cannot argue, change, convince these people. They do not care whatsoever. Just try to be smarter and avoid them, and move on. Hopefully once the ratio "time investment / stuff to kill people" is balanced with more zombies, etc, most will fade away to other things. Said it before but I noticed that 1st person only servers REALLY filter those guys out. 2) People who think. Usually then it's either avoidance or interaction. Shooting IS an interaction and shooting someone is actually a real form of communication. It's usually a poor one, but it still is and sometimes it's actually the best available in a given situation. The key part here however is that there is thought process.

Yea, would probably be a good addition.