Tigger (DayZ)

Everyone whines about .50 cal sniper rifles. But having played the game for about two months, I haven't found a single .50 cal rifle on it's spawn point. What I have found though behind every second tree is a tent full of all useful military gear. I can spawn in and within 10 minutes I've got back the AS50/L85/NVG/GPS/RF/ghillie/coyote. The main attraction of the game is gathering equipment. It's some sort of weird human condition that we like doing it. Tents in the current form managed to collapse this part of the game, since you could either scrounge every barn and find a CZ550 in an hour, or run to the closest tent location you know and just get a AS50 like everyone else. Removing tents would fix this. Tents are a great idea in general, but in this broken state it's better not to have them than to have them. You solve a lot of problems the game has: 1) Sniping noobs will go back to it's legitimate risk/reward. You missed the guy with a hatchet that sneaked to you from behind? Have fun searching for heli crash sites to get your gear back. 2) Gathering equipment will be fun once again. Remember when you really wanted that rangefinder but couldn't find it? You really need to kit out to eat during the helicopter hunt/airfield raids. Can't just run to your camp by the black lake that always has everything you need. 3) The 50 guns in the game that aren't a L85 or a AS50 will get their value back. You'll pick up a AK74 and search for a AKM, then you'll find a M4CCO and be really happy about it, only to find a M14 later, what an upgrade!

Didn't see any suggestions to remove tents altogether, sorry.

While whining like a 12 year old girl. I have no opinion on the subject but I find it interesting how he considers opposing opinions to be whining, but he is presumably arguing like a man or something in his view.

As the guy two posts above you said, the record is at 2475m with a .338.

You shouldn't be able to hit a target at 800m with first shot while standing up or crouching with a 13kg rifle firing a .50bmg. On the other hand, long grass makes firing from prone position almost impossible. It would be wonderful if we had wind, weight-based fatique, etc. It would promote team play too.

So you found a group of neonazis playing a computer game. Nice. (Supposing the first comment is theirs. I would expect that can get their account banned easily if you have a proof.)

You don't get humanity for killing bandits.

The game just invented a new and hard goal for you. Shouldn't you be happy you have something to play for?

No, it's a server side setting that appears to be mostly on and not cared about.

Some time ago I was in an encounter where a guy was aiming a AS50 in the direction of my friend. I shot the guy enough to knock him unconscious, then bandaged him and gave him blood. Told him to drop his weapons which he did, then to run away and come back to get them once we are gone. Worked perfectly, nobody was harmed in the end.

I haven't seen a single server without this enabled so far, and I play on veteran and expert servers.

My experience is that even on vet servers, vehicles are red (even when unmanned), players are green and players with ghillie on don't have a blob. It's horrible, please get rid of it: https://dev-heaven.net/issues/40929

It's not on the dayzdb map, that might be why you are confused. You can find it on the in-game map north-east of Gvozdno if you follow the road.

Yes, that's how it will be in 1.7.3. You won't have to run to your tent that respawned your as50/nvg/rangefinder, you just wait on the beach until a dog brings them to you.

^^ This is how it works. You can kill anyone provided you hit him in your view. It doesn't matter if he is lagged out or where he is.

Which server was this on? I know of two bikes stuck in the ocean :D Also, if you are in wilderness, just respawn, you'll be on the coast.

It's the effect of skin change. Whenever you change skins in the game, it's as if a new character respawned. (That's why it kicks you to 1st person too). When you'll reload, you'll have your stats back.

The links themselves are abbreviated, can't see them. Can you please re-post?

The halos are stupid. I see them on veteran servers too. Sometimes zombies/animals are white, players are green and vehicles are red. WHY do we even have the option?! Horribly immersion-breaking.

I don't really think so. I have 4500 or so, I've only bandaged 1 player, gave 2 blood transfusions and shot 1 bandit... I think it slowly increases too.

Humanity persists over death I believe. Did you kill players before?

Btw, if you can't find the L85, you aren't looking well enough. Forests are full of tents with them in.

Persistent karma should fix almost everything. You get +100 points for killing a bandit, -100 points for killing a survivor. If you have less than 0, you are a bandit. That would 1) make the game more fun for bandits (higher stakes) 2) make the game more fun for survivors (more social interaction, less fear of the random stranger, more clear terms of engagement) What about camo and ghillie suits? I'm not sure. It sounds reasonable to treat anyone wearing them as a bandit, that would also be a reason to keep your civilian clothing on you and switch when entering a populated area.

I drove one into the sea by accident and then found another one on the sea bed like 500m away.

Just a heads up. Makarov is weaker than all other guns. I have no means of figuring out the damage exactly, but offline makarov takes 7 rounds to down a soldier, other 9mm weapons take 5.