Codeknight

Sorry if this has been asked before, I did some searches and only found 1 mention of changing your name not making a new character. So, is there any way to get a second character while having your first still alive? I'd like to continue playing my current character with my friend, but I would also like to be able to run around and do my own thing when he isn't online.

I like the idea of a ton of zombies. I just don't like the idea of starting out, at or after dusk, with nothing but a makarov, in even a small town where the zombies outnumber the buildings 10 to 1. My friend and I have been playing for about a week now and it's been a great nerve racking experience, but just before the patch we where killed by bandits and had to restart. And the only time we can play together is in the evening. We both HATED the new patch, with a f*cking passion. Until we finally found a server with reasonable ping that was still daytime when we where able to play. Once that one thing changed it started to be fun again. I get night time is supposed to be difficult and I agree it should be, but for us people who have to start over and are only able to play in the evenings it condemns them to a cycle of death with nothing we can do about it. Maybe the developers should consider reducing the number of items and zombies in the coastal towns (at least the small ones) that way new and respawning players can have a chance, especially at night. That's just one suggestion, if anyone has another I'd like to hear it.

what would be wrong with being able to have 2 persistent characters? If you have ever tried to align schedules with friends to find a good time to play a game together you know how difficult that could be. And if someone can't join at the time everyone else is with the current system they'ed have to trek alone to where the group logged off when they want to join the next time. Or, in my case, if I want to explore with my current character I wouldn't be able to go too far, otherwise when my friend is able to get on there's no telling how far apart we'll be, or even if I'll be alive.

Dang, already spent $20 pretty much exclusively to play this mod (got operation arrowhead as a gift), don't really want to spend another $40 to play alone. :\ An option to load one of two characters would be a very welcomed addition to this mod. Though with ~30k players now that might strain the servers more-so than they already are.