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There should be a PvP/PvE switch/flag. If I want to go PvP I turn it on, if I don't I leave it off. People who have it off would have nametags when you hover your aim over them. PvP is a part of the game but sometimes you just don't feel like it so why not make it optional? If the person wants in then let them in, if they don't let them do their thing. Plus, after you turn your PvP flag on you have to wait like 15 minutes to start shooting and doing damage to someone. You can only turn it on/off every 6 hours meaning you have to deal with the consequences of having it on/off and so you can't plan ambushes by moving up to someone and then turning it on to kill them.

There is nothing cooler than being in a city at night and suddenly you hear that bell ring while you are crawling around in the most completely darkness in my opinion. So I thought, what if we had more eerie noises going on in the background? Like the church bell and the little rusty gate opening - this one almost gives me a heart attack every time I hear it - there could be other sounds. Some of my ideas of new sounds would be things like: - faint yell in the distance - whispers and footsteps - maybe running - in the woods - doors and windows banging open with the wind in town - tins and other objects falling to the ground too because of the wind - school bell going off in the distance - maybe ghost noises on abandoned buildings like typing noise inside office building from time to time and footsteps going up and downstairs in the firehouse/pub - nail scratching from zombies from inside buildings - suggested by Dj Mikey - zombies banging on walls and doors of buildings - Thanks Mikey for the idea I know, most of these have a let's say "supernatural" cause and some people might not want this since this game was never supposed to be about ghosts or anything like that but I truly think this could be cool and add a new level of horror to the game. Add this to a couple of shadows and rainstorms and staying alone anywhere would be terrifying.

It's like it's 2007 all over again.

Why are you even playing this game? You are hiding from everyone, where is the fun? You need to try to contact other people, that is half the fun in DayZ. Stop caring so much if you die. It's just some gear, who cares.

Said this already and will say again. Namalsk is the way DayZ should be played. Those soundfiles are delicious.

Now this is a good story.

Then you are pretty dumb. Having some buddies would give you a group thus making it easier to search for food, protect each other, care each other, give emotional relief, distribute chores, etc... Ever thought why humans grouped together in tribes in prehistory? Plus there is the fact you are killing another human being, I can't believe you are so void of emotions you can just straight kill someone just because. They have/had families, friends, works, worries, etc just like you.

Don't let them see you or shoot first. Or maybe use voice. Dunno.

Just leave your game open for some minutes/hours and you will die of hunger. And yeah, hackers are bad. :/ Don't give up bro!

Can I have your stuff?

This - along with furniture - would make the game so much more enjoyable. Imagine if we had some physics in the items even! Oh the joy!

Welcome, mate!

We know the mods and some of them are great. That is why we want them in the final product.

WAY less guns WAY less ammo More zombies No more super running zombies that zig zags, zombies should only walk and when aggroed they should "shamble" at a slight faster rate towards the player. Less KoS More emphasis on melee No more NVG's Military grade equipment being rare as hell almost un-existant and prone to break down since it's hard to maintain Some sort of skill system to be able to use/repair vehicles/shoot properly/skin animals Some sort of stronghold/house/fort we can build and customize, instance probably and only accessible to the player and people he lets. Better character customization Finding working vehicles instead of only broken ones Redone loot system where they don't hang around in piles on the floor No more "be hit twice by zombies enjoy your broken leg" Being able to actually go around town fighting your way in instead of having to go prone everywhere More interiors and zombies in them Easter eggs Spooky sound files that get played at random when you are in a town/farm etc. Like maybe a window smashing open, doors creaking, ghostly kids laughter and stuff like that Mud, clothes should get dirt someway. Seriously this would be awesome. I think mostly are these. Although I would pay for DayZ as it is right now as long as they gave me good servers, no hacking and a "one button only" Steam installation method.

Don't go to Green Mountain.

So that means you still have NVGs and snipers on that? :c

Do you guys have a Panthera island server?

Can't you guys start posting the hives names? I wanna find a private hive like that. I hate KoS. Hive name please?

Look out guys we have a hardcore bandit over here!

It will have a boom in the first weeks. That is expected. We will have rampant pvp and griefers everywhere. Then after some weeks, maybe some months even, it will slowly die down to a stable level with a nice decent community. Just look at what Warz did to the DayZ community. After Warz launched I haven't been killed a single time by a bandit and I can freely go up to people and be friendly now in DayZ. It's fantastic. It's like all the bad diehard hurrbandits 1337 snipers have gone to Warz. This is probably the same that will happen to the standalone.

Well you see, your idea is kinda interesting but let's think about it. I wanna play with some real life friends and make new friends while I play too. I completely understand your concern, in a real life situation pulling the trigger wouldn't be as easy as it is in a game because you have all the pressure of being alone in a huge world and wanting company like every human do. This is impossible to emulate in a game thus making the PvP aspect of this game exists. People kill each other for a reward, in the case of the games those are the guns, ammo, food, etc the victim is carrying. In a real life situation you could do the same and get the same result OR you could try becoming friends with that person. Doing so would lead to various advantages that can't be emulated by the game like having a company to talk to, having someone to care for you in case you got ill, have someone to keep a watch during the night and etc. So yeah, after all this is a game. A game in which we can't actually represent feelings of loneliness very well. TL ; DR: it sounds like a great idea at first but when you really think of it you are just trying to patch a "problem" inherent to gaming.

I really think Namalsk should be the official DayZ island. It looks really great and spooky.

Griff I think this is like common sense to think basic stuff like that is going to be into the standalone game. Even WoW have an animation for when you use the map. EDIT: I had wrote Gritt by mistake. My bad.

Not to mention shooting the damn thing.

God I love crossbows. I really hope there may be even 2 or 3 kinds of crossbow. Maybe a military grade one and a normal wooden one. Compound and normal variations would be awesome too.