Ek Vitki

I often carry several bandages, I think if this became a solution to broken bones, players would carry more bandages with them from then on. Bandages would become much more valuable, and if the supply began to shorten? Well that's part survival. We can't have everything in abundance, can we?

I chose 2 players, because there is no way that spawning with 2 will unbalance the game. I would go 3 at the most, only because, if the groups get larger, they might pose a threat to players who do not spawn with a group, or who spawn with a smaller group. If you have a clan of pkers that spawn together, they'll potentially be able to acquire weapons faster and kill others who are also just starting out. Lone banditry might go out the window with this, or in the least be reduced, but group banditry might be promoted as a result of it.

This is a fairly straightforward idea, and I don't believe it'll unbalance the game or break the realism this game strives for: Spawning in pairs. I play with a friend of mine, but the majority of our time spent is put into finding one another and dying of thirst in the process, rather than actually going out and surviving. I think there should be a feature where, when you pick your gender when you spawn, you should be able to view the list of players, and make a request to another player that is also spawning to spawn together in the general area of one another. The other player can accept or deny this request, so that you don't have random strangers spawning with you, but for those who want to start together, it's an alternative to running across the shores for an hour. If one player is still alive, or is still loading the game, the request will force the asking player to wait to spawn until the other player has reached the gender select screen, or until the request is cancelled by the requester. This would be limited to pairs, no group larger than 2 players can spawn together in the same area. And in a disaster of any nature, survivors aren't always isolated, you often have groups of people, so spawning in pairs doesn't really conflict with the disaster survivor role you're put in when you play this game. Please post any thoughts and comments.