Samsquanch (DayZ)

The only way around not taking a hit to morality [currently], is to take a bullet from the aggressor, then kill them within 3 minutes I believe. Unfortunately, almost all shots are lethal from guns. I've been shot at so many times, but the fear of ruining my character, and ultimately being an asset to the guys I play with prevents me from retaliation.

There are so many good ideas in here. Honestly, I don't think there will be a sure way to fix the issue though as so many people are just accustomed to CoD's way of gaming. I also am ignoring the fact that there are probably many younger teens playing this. I've met over a dozen so far that actually talk on the mic. These are the kids who run and gun you face down while being chased by a town full of zombies. It's comical, but also a pain when you've been searching for a map or survival gear for hours, and just die in a random blaze of LOLZORS!!! It's hard to expect players to role-play when this is a military sim. I know that with the new servers opening up over the coming weeks and months, there will be a a more stringent application for various servers, and these will thrive beautifully for those who want to enjoy a more 'realistic' experience, that keeps to the true simulation. I can't tell you how hard it is when I'm in a tower scouting the town and I see a lone survivor, not knowing if they are actually alone, but I hesitate and check my supplies and rations. I can say that I have yet to pull the trigger... I know many have probably done the same... I keep telling myself that I can find more supplies, and they deserve to live. I tell myself that they would do the same for me. I even let them know I'm there sometimes, if they have alerted a horde, just to help them on their way at the expense of my own ammunition [which is scarce], and ultimately my own protection. This is true morality in my opinion. I cant count how many people I've run across in the last 2-3 days that I have tried to talk to (over mic), and then they just shot me and walked off like I was some NPC. Yeah, they didn't even bother to loot me. Just my opinion based on experience with this from the start, and also from various other mods that reached for the same ideals. [/align]

Some [if not all] servers are restarting right now. You just got caught on the ground instead of a bird that you may see flying around. Just log back on in an hour or so and they should be good to go for a bit.

If you are running off of Steam, just right click Operation Arrowhead and choose "Reinstall Battle-Eye Anti-cheat". Otherwise, I think you can download it here; http://www.battleye.com/ Uninstall is first, then install it again with the downloaded file. Hope that works for you.

I'll join next time I log on. It's always fun playing with new survivors.

Sounds like a good idea. Just keep friendly fire on, and limit the total size of the groups. In many pieces of zombie fiction, larger groups of 20+ people rarely work out due to power struggles and such. Also, we don't want people to be extradited because they are new to the game or whatever. Just throwing this out there.

Servers will start popping up when the mod gains more followers. It is still relatively new. Give it a few more weeks maybe? :)

The dead need to stay in the hands of AI. With people you would get too much sneaking around and collaboration of large groups of dead. The only way I see it working would be limiting the users actions. This might just end up being a lot of wasted programming, which could cause a significant hit to the servers (from experience). I'm sure they're will be variations of zombies coming in the future, so we will have more things to worry about lurking in the dark corners.

I can possibly confirm this. My friend said something about finding an empty J-can, and filling it up. He didn't know the exact location unfortunately.