m.w. vindicator

There are some problems with Steam and Arma OA though. They are a real bitch to fix. To prevent these problems remember If you don't run steam as an admin... your going to have a bad time!

I agree. 12.7x109 weapons and .50cal (12.7x99 NATO) should exist. Ammo should be so rare that a box a 10 rounds would be very hard to find. If all the 50cal gunners had less ammunition they would be less willing to waste it on costal noobs and they would save it against cars, and bandits at long distances. I would also love to see simple ragdoll and dismemberment

*facepalm* that is not what he said at all. The logic doesn't apply to small arms at all. There is a huge difference between HMGs and mortars and small arms. I can't belief I even have to say this. His opinion is that heavy weapons aren't really in the DayZ spirit and I see where he is coming from and agree with him.

DROP THE BANHAMMER!!!!!!!

Ah yes, the Hilux mounted with a SPG-9. I have killed several tanks with those. Not really for DayZ though...

Someday people will realize that Arma and DayZ aren't about balance. Something that is powerful IRL is powerful in game. Arma is a military simulator and DayZ is an infection simulator. No sure there are certain things that don't reflect the mood of the mod, but that is completely separate from balance. I honest hope that DayZ Game is at best, unreasonably cruel.

also this games needs more Minotaurs. I heard the run amok in Russian

Who has that many 7.62 laying around in the apocalypse though? I have seen mounted M134s knock out BDRMs before but that doesn't matter for DayZ.

The BTR70, BTR80, and BDRM have a KPVT mounted on them. This weapon fires 14.5x114, which is a massive round used mostly against low flying aircraft and light armor. Soft vehicles will be destroyed outright in a few rounds under any circumstances. They also have a PKT for use against infantry. That weapon fires 7.62x54mmR. Many of you are familair with how effective this round is due its use by the Dragonov and the PKM. Note the the Draganov does use a sniper variant called 7.62x54mmR 7N1.

I believe there will be a lot of statistics on the website once SA goes live.

M134? NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! A Dshk? maybe. Those things are heavy as hell and you would need at least three to operate it. A gunner, loader, and ammo bearer. It would be very hard to carry around. Also 12.7x109 ammunition isn't exactly laying around everywhere. I would approve of the Dshk if and only if, ammunition was extremely rare. I am thinking that acquiring a single box of 50 rounds would be very very hard to find. I think people under estimate the power of 12.7x109 and 12.7x99 NATO. Those rounds are were originally designed to shoot down AIRCRAFT and light armor! They wreck anything it hits basically. A Dshk could reach out and touch someone at 1500m easily. People cry about snipers firing .50cal one at a time. A Dshk fires at 600 rpm! So basically, it would be "overpowered".

Anything that drives off the kiddies gets a plus for me. I guess I am on of those internet elitist, oh well. Same reason why I love WarZ even though I have never played it. Hopefully the kiddies play that game because of the 1337 gunz and simplified everything. DayZ is for real men and women!

this is cool. But I imagine this would be too hard for the 12 year old player base. How about if you eat oranges, you cure all your diseases. Oranges help against colds so why couldn't they cure Cholera and Dysentery... But seriously this is a pretty cool idea.

I like this idea. I think there should be civilian maps and then military maps like we have now.

But then the main hive would be a disorganized mess, like I have stated already.

In order to wear the bandit skin you must be an honor graduate of the imperial stromtrooper marksmanship academy Any high geared side kicks are always cut Down int he first machine gun blast. The armor that protects the hero always fails for high geared soldiers

With an ultra rare chance of rise of the Valkyries

How long was your search. There have been 443054 threads on this idea before and they all end with no. NPCs work great in other games but this is DAyZ and player interaction is the main goal.

But who would want to wait 4 months just to play in fall to winter or spring to summer. That wouldn't solve the problem mentioned in the OP at all. Give me a reason why 4 month long seasons would be beneficial besides blunt realism ,which in this case, doesn't add any authenticity...

That would require massive amounts of resources. Also the main hive would have servers with many different seasons. Every server will be playing Chernarus plus so it would make sense if the were in the same season. As I have stated X and Y servers would require less resources and be better suited to the game. While it would neat if dayZ mirrored real life it would add anything to the game that the system stated in the OP wouldn't do.

I agree weather should be more unpredictable.

I have stated that if you don't like seasons some servers might have it turned off entirely. If you dislike a certain season then you could simply play on servers in the opposite season.

indeed my friend.

Optimistic but none the less creative!