Chimonanthus

+1 GordonRamsay's proposal of "flagged" player with aggro would be great. But as he said, seems like much work for the devs.

Still doesn't deter from the fact that just because it's your preferred way of playing' date=' doesn't mean it's the only way. Let others play in third person and you go play a first person server. Problem solved. Or are you having nightmares about people playing in third person? [/quote'] I purposely pointed out "my way" wasn't the only way by precising only Rocket may decide what he wants in the game. Nightmares? You're very funny aren't you? By looking at how he took away the guns from new characters, I think (my pathetic little mortal idea) Rocket would agree with the idea of reducing the ease of 3rd person fights for a more realistic approach (although those who talked about surrounding awareness and people having nausea while playing the game might point out reasons good enough to drop the suggestion of taking out 3rd person). If Rocket decides there is a reason to keep 3rd person or no reason to stop people from using 3rd person, I will accept it. I'm the customer so I can decide whether I want to play it anymore or not. I'm a customization whore, I just love looking at my character. But yeah, I hate being shot by someone who can know his surrounding like he's a bunch of cameras looking at many directions and shoot me without taking the risk of showing a part of his face in the hallway and give me one chance to know I'm gonna be shot soon if I don't move. I do not use 3rd person servers without accepting the possibility of me being ambushed the way I just talked about. I support the main suggestion of this thread and suggest we take 3rd person off or change it in all servers to enhance the experience for ALL PLAYERS (i might be wrong). If you don't think it would enhance it or that you believe it would make it worst, please explain why. Future people, please restrain from doing anything else but making constructive replies and/or suggestions. Let's all be "openminded" :rolleyes: (Sorry for the long post and my poor English as it isn't my primary language)

-1. As many have said it before, let's not make this a game where you can ever feel safe. It's not an arcade shooter, it's a survival game. Body armor shouldn't ever save you from a surprise attack in the back. That's my only concern. At the max, I suppose it could save you from bleeding but it should multiply your chances of having a broken bone when shot. Also, slower movements related to weight and aiming. Lol, have only one per server that only resets when the armor is untouched for a week (changing server would simply make it drop on the ground in the original server, it would be like cars, no transfer between servers). For people asking for some sort of mole vest, think of how much ******* space you already have on yourself at first without a backpack... It's a bit more than two little front pockets and 2 back pockets...

I'm gonna have to stay polite. :dodgy: The main problem with 3rd person in DayZ (and Arma2) is you can see without having to show yourself (which is basically "cheating" in ambush scenarios IF the point of the game is realism and the fear of every corner in an zombie apocalypse and Rocket decides what's the point of the game, not us). Basic irl ambush theory: If you're camping at a spot where you can see the eyes of the enemy, your eyes should be possible to be seen (and shot) by the eyes of the enemy. (I hope it was clear :S) Solve this problem and everything's fine for the realism part of fights except for the intuitive close range aiming (which isn't there for better or worse, see ).I believe the third person system of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 solved this problem but I can't remember for sure :S

I support the first two posts (though I'm not sure if Rocket would actually love the idea of working hard on the codes to implement the "push your bike uphill" thing XD ) (about the running 5 minutes, I'm okay if by running you're talking about sprint / 2xW) 3rd person is definitly an immersion killer in DayZ. In understand the difficulties, but you should have to rely on noises and shadows.

As a reply to Zmazly, I must say I support FishIsTwonk's post. The idea is you're supposed to live with other players (with them or against them). I strongly believe the only "family" you should ever find in this game are the friends you will meet along the quest of survival. With this fully alive family, your goal is to survive all together :D I believe that's the point of DayZ. Shapping their own experience in this "survival sandbox" zombie game.

Reply (yes and nos are just whether I support the suggestions or not): 1- Not sure you could find the equipement needed for that in a civilian house or even a military base in real life... So, no. 2- Definitly a good idea (but not sure it will ever happen since taking off and puting on attachments isn't in the Arma 2 game at first). But a definite yes. 3- Nah, just "2" seems more realistic (no needed tools for puting a silencer on the gun, just the gun and the attachment). Gun camos (with different paints you could find someplaces) could be nice :D 4- Yes, and I believe the devs are already working on that one. 5- Seems like a pretty good idea :D Yes. 6- Definitly yes. 7- Beans aren't enough? ^^

Possibly a server with Third Person option OFF. Definitly a good thing. Unless you just wanted to look at your character :D

If it's a glitch/bug/anything related to the mod and the server rather than luck, than I guess we can only wait until the devs and hosts solve the problem. Please post the name of the server where it happened. If it's just plain bad luck and people looting the houses right before you do, then it surely could be interesting to know what the devs thinks of how much simple and common weapons such as hockey sticks, baseball bats, kitchen knives (that kind of weapon is now only present in DayZ as crowbars) should reset (though I'm not sure it's possible to alter the reset option for specific weapons / making guns reset after some time while making melee weapons reset after a shorter time). My personal opinion is "the lower the chance the player find a weapon, the better the game is". I'm a fan of hardcore games. I suggest you keep trying to find any weapon and use those cans as decoys. :D The main fun of this game is not the "killing zeds and players/bandits (although killing bandits can be fun sometimes ;) ) but rather trying to survive the longest time possible.

Two possible explanations : 1 - You are a very lucky player who felt the real experience the devs tried to make us feel. Trying to find something to defend yourself only to be unsuccessful would be common story in a real zombie apocalypse event (except if you're considering kitchen knives which are pretty common irl and could hypothetically be used as a weapon). What are you supposed to do? Either stop playing because you didn't feel the experience was satisfying or keep playing because you enjoy it that way. Your choice. 2 - It's a server-side problem. Try another server and if you find it easier to find a gun, contact the original server's host. A good idea would be to tell us in which server it happened so we can see if many people complain about one particular server.