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No sunglasses here. 2 can openers. 1 damaged, 1 pristine.

Was hoping Dean had his own channel....

A lot of new forumers posting "FIX NOW" make me sad. :( A lot of forumers who think this game is anywhere near done make me sad. (of course the V3S is still "corky") I'm happy to see that some of the new security measures are working. Let's all keep the dev cycle in the fore front of our thoughts and I'm going to stay positive in anticipation of the new renderer. I hope that all of these little performance tweaks we're seeing are the kind that carry over when we switch renderers and make for a more ready streamlined foundation.

It took quite a few cans of food and drink but I finally healed and am now healthy. Scored a magnum and some rounds. I've been through 2 small and 2 medium size towns and ammo does seem a little more scarce. Muzzle flare seen while killing the couple infected I saw was nice.

Played on a dark and stormy 1PP server. I believe I am seeing less dropped frames. I have experienced the blurred vision glitch 2 times after being hit by a zombie, haven't seen that in awhile. Bringing up the video settings clears it up as it has in the past. Item interaction has some new bugs. I have had a canteen and a can of sardines get "stuck" in my inventory (you could inspect them but not interact with them) and the canteen was showing a dupe at times that would then disappear. I do not believe this was due to server lag/desynch because I could use other items but I guess it could be a residual effect of lag/desynch as well. Compass glitch had me back tracking south unintentionally. :/ Found raincoat, drybag, 3 different rifles (wanted the repeater but went back for a Mosin as I had found rounds for it), ballistic helmet, food, PET bottle, sledgehammer, and hatchet in about 2 hours of play time. I feel like there might have been a little less ammo than before about but that could have been random. I fought maybe 6 infected and basically just ran everywhere as the server had only 1 other person on it. I never achieved "healthy" status or saw light green "energized" no matter how much I ate. I was being very careful not to stuff myself and even though I had eaten quite a bit at one point, I never saw "stuffed" either. I haven't put in enough time to explore new areas lately but I'm enjoying trying all of these little iterations of DayZ. Thanks for all the hard work as always, Devs.

My point is that you should always keep the next wipe in the back of your mind so in the event you lose your character to something you deem rage worthy, you'll at least be mentally prepared for the sting. I've lost more save data since 1984 than I care to think about and I see every DayZ death as an opportunity to start a new "story" and once again enjoy the loot hunt experience anew.

....I'm hoping hunger factors incorporate more realistic short term effects. I know from experience that you can become impaired rapidly if you exert yourself on an empty stomach or quickly run out of food energy. You certainly won't be starving in the medical sense of the word yet but you would experience weakness/shakiness of body/limbs, and impaired mental faculties. For example, if you are low on food energy and sprint to a neighboring town you run the risk of a sort of blood sugar drop that impairs aim with shaking and lowers your top run speed. Walking would avoid the rapid drop and make you less likely to experience the symptoms.

I totally forgot about using the spoiler thing in this thread..... :P Thank you for edit, Bones. Sorry, man! I'm going to jump back in and see if I can't find a gun to match my ammos.

I managed to gear up with everything except a firearm that matches the ammo I have in about an hour. When I spawned in I was right above the government building in Novo and felt that this was surely a trap. As much as I wanted to, I avoided that whole mess and grabbed a raincoat, backpack, and food in some nearby houses before heading out north. To my surprise, nothing seemed looted from what I could tell but firearms were not spawning near cars as reliably. Most of the game play was stable except for one long stretch of server DC that ended with a list of players announced as losing connection. Not a single zombie seen. Found this.

Hi! Never get attached to your gear. The hive is going to be wiped MANY times more again before this game is complete. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More on topic: Playing a lot less of these last couple patches in general. Following forums in hopes that the renderer and zombie changes start to hit soonish. I will likely jump back in with both feet when that happens. Much Chernarussian. Very patience.

Always keep in mind that DayZ is still 2 years from completion. You did not buy a finished game! I think we will see a large improvement in all aspects of this game in the next 6 months.

Thanks to all that keep this thread fresh and relevant. When I don't have time to follow the dev team closely I can always get caught up quick here. Here's to hoping your suspicions for a stable release come true, Tatanko. :thumbsup: :beans:

There's no link. The word developed underlined and bold to make a point. Simple version: Without a clan stash or a tent a fresh spawns' first priority will likely not be to fight with the first person they see. Loot scarcity and health factors will change the way DayZ is played. I'm done here, thanks.

I think you have a limited understanding of the game being developed here. If you are starving, freezing, sick, and dehydrated, your chief concern won't be a deathmatch. You can't kill if you don't have a weapon. You can't shoot if you don't have a bullet. If you have 7 bullets and the Zeds you see take 5 and there are 3 other KoS assholes in Berezino, how many apples does Johnny have left? Answer: You Are Dead. Persistence won't change this much either as we all that actually search the map really enjoy finding your camps/gear that you thought you hid. And really it's "ok" because for every 2 COD PvP kids that leave because no more DM, we will get 1 survivalist or zombie hunter in his place. :) I've played DayZ since the early months of the mod and we still aren't even near the survival elements that were in that version of DayZ.

You completely missed my point somehow.

Yeah, um, this game has been out for a long time now. A lot of us wouldn't remember this. This game may currently support a lot of PvP but soon enough, it will not. Maybe we'll see threads like...."Has anyone been able to find more than 5 bullets at a time?". I'm looking forward to ALL the tears of the PvP set.

I saw 1 handgun and one rifle in each of those shacks almost every time and it seemed intentional at the time. I didn't think it had to do with loot doubling but now that you mention it, loot did seem extra abundant.

I never KoS. There should be that 4th option. I'm not afraid of dying in a video game and I've lost more save data in over 30 years of gaming than the average gamer and because of that I don't care if I lose my character. I don't want the loot (I enjoy looting, see also not afraid to die). I don't want to just perform murder after murder (I could go play a lot better FPS games for that), that's not why I am playing DayZ. I don't get bored because I don't abuse and metagame everything, I even stopped using maps a long time ago so I could have a more random experience (map changes add to this). I think I'm currently going to play less until more/new infected are unleashed.

To some degree, yes. But I'm not for forcing a play style on anyone at all. It may just force the real murderers to sort of RP more about it. Some people will be downright turned away from DayZ by the changes. Clans and teams will always have an advantage with gear and vehicles, especially when persistence is in properly. For those of us less interested in just PvP, it's sort of a wait and see scenario for the next 24 months as to how the game evolves and the player base with it. I'm really looking forward to it! Playing on low pop servers and always being the first to engage can help a player have more neutral/friendly encounters.

TL;DR the rest. KoS will likely always exist but the implementation of more health/survival factors and more infected with better AI will likely change a lot of this.

I took some months off this past summer but have really enjoyed the last few months of patches. There's nothing wrong with taking a break, especially when you factor in the roadmap. Taking breaks can/will breathe new life into DayZ for you too!

I played for less than an hour earlier and it was all I needed to get completely geared up. As soon as I spawned I entered a gas station that had 2 boxes of rifle ammo a box of .357 and 2 shotgun shells plus a bunch of other stuff.... The server I was on was chock full of loot but only 1 zombie was encountered in the time I played. No crashes or CTD to speak of. Frames were steady but I never hit a town of any decent size to give it a chance to lag much.

I only know of an experimental update. Stable should be the same until the next wipe/update.

Meh. I started with the mod, earlier than most and I'm patient for all these things and more; currently happy to test all the bizarre iterations of the SA and NOT burn myself out on DayZ in general before it's even done.

Sometimes I can manage a range of British accents with varying degrees of success. :/ I grew up watching Monty Python and other UK comedies on public television in the 80's and watch a lot of UK film currently. Some movies that feature very thick/ethnic UK accents often come with subtitles these days. I currently live in one of the most language diverse neighborhoods in NYC/the world and really enjoy it. More on topic: I've enjoyed the videos you've shared so far. Thanks!