Fraggle (DayZ)

Also, let's not forget that last summer Dayz was riding an epic wave of hype. It had to die down at some point.

Wow, that's amazing. Well I hope we're not sitting here in 15 years time waiting for a devblog, I'll be reading them through bi-focal lenses.

TLM seems to be ignoring a lot of the (very serious) accusations leveled at him. If even half of the accusations on this thread were aimed at me when I was an admin I'm pretty sure I'd want to offer some explanations rather than just brushing over them and talking about Rcon passwords.

How long did Duke Nukem take? 10 years or so wasn't it? Kind of puts things in perspective.

Do you mean why is the forum so dead or why do you not get any responses?

I've seen a few posts worrying that the devs are making it more "gamey" or easier but from everything I've heard from the devs (and a bit of testing) that couldn't be further from the truth. It's going to have a lot more depth and a lot more to keep people interested long-term. If anything it's going to be more brutal with so much more to think about (complex disease system ect). Welcome back BTW ;)

Yup, I agree.

I agree, and as always it'd be really nice to have one but oh well, we just have roll with the punches.

Hackers can't get you banned, you can only get yourself banned. Read the stickies in the ban appeal area and contact BE if you want to appeal. BTW, your also registered on a well known multiplayer hacking site using the exact same name, your last activity was one week ago, I hope you had good week with your hack because BE won't reverse your ban. Doh! Locked.

Yeh, I spoke to him I while ago now I remember, he did some good stuff and I asked him if I could use his images on a DayZ website I was designing. He said yes which was nice.

That was PhotoShopped by someone ages ago, I think the original image was from a well know zombie series, they did some others that looked cool too. Edit - Actually, looks like something to do with Alan Wake to me with the torch and the background, I quite enjoyed that game.

Some of us chat to the devs frequently, I'm not sure about anyone else but I'm definately not gonna start telling them how to do things. They know the feedback for the last devblog was shit, they also know people are always clamouring for more info and get upset if there isn't a devblog on Friday. They also have a game to build and it's up to them to prioritise how they see fit. As is always the case, we just need to chill out and when they have some news we will get it.

Locked, this is your third thread on the same subject. You already have the info you need.

Maybe, ask them. I was just relaying the info that they didn't promise a weekly devblog, they said they'd aim to release them on Friday's as long as it didn't interfere with progress on the SA.

Well, we've seen what happens when they stay on after working on the SA all day just to rush out a devblog, even more tears.

He never "promised" a devblog every Friday. He said they would aim to do that but not at the expense of making progress on the SA. Also, I fail to see all the angry peeps here you mention.

I while ago I tried it just for heli controls and it worked really well.

Nah, I'd make a punishment for suiciding, like not being allowed back into the server for 10 mins, that'll save resources too.

Physicist?

Yes, that seems to be the consensus. How would you expect BE to look into every ban that claimed "but i was just making vids QQ". Well the answer is to not make those vids on BE servers.

I didn't say it would make things super easy, i said it would appeal to the casual gamer, and I hope DayZ never goes down that road. As I said, the market is saturated with games designed for the casual gamer so it's not like they're being discriminated against. DayZ became popular because it offers something different, not because it appeals to the masses. It is, and always should be a game where patience is rewarded, it's never been a game you jump into for a quick fix. It's one of those games you make some time for. If you don't have the time to do that then find another game or wait until you do, there's plenty others to choose from. Anyhoo, Rocket has talked about group spawns in the past but it was a long time ago and I have no idea how he feels about it now. Groups already have an advantage by the very nature of being a group and being able to pool resources, heal each other ect, I just can't see the need to tip the scales even further in their favour. For one life, you only spawn on the beach once, that's it. It's going to be a pretty rare event that you and a few friends will all die at once and want to spawn together and if you do, well the punishment for all dying at the same time should be being split up again, it really doesn't take long to hook up. Do not be upset, this is just my opinion.

Yeh, lot's of games are shite too.

I'd like a system where the more someone tries to respawn in a "nice" location the further out to sea they appear. Eventually they will either learn or quit out of frustration.

There will be lot's of please from the casual gaming community. Hopefully they will all get ignored, the market is saturated with games aimed at casual gamers so it's not like the don;t have anything else to do.