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Im sort of in the same boat. I play with a team, which keeps me active, but my character itself is now on day 25, I have an AS50, FN fal with night optics, silenced M9, and all the tools/tricks I need to survive... It does feel really... lacking. I realise its a sandbox, but I need more to build with my sand. bases with actual fortifications. lockable storage.. helos... give me more to doo!

most smart people have a few spots which are on no/few maps and those smart people keep them to themselves. I know of two which arent on the wiki or any current maps in circulation.

UK26, best server eu.

agree with above

hacked choppers. lame

as awesome as this is, I dont agree with the duping, but aside from that. until the issue that is server hopping is fixed, its all but futile, all it takes is one group of 4chan/reddit mongs to decide to ruin the fun.. and login right behind you (since the location is obvious!) in various tree lines with snipers etc... Id have no issue if people found/attacked it the legit way of course. but it wouldnt be done that way.

Hello! Firstly, to Rocket, This is in no way bashing on the current game design, It's just a discussion about possible improvements. so please dont be offended, I love this mod, and will put my money where my words are as soon as that option becomes available. so! The crossbow. easily my weapon of choice, it has many upsides and downsides. positives; near infinite ammo* silent looks badass found relatively easily compared to othe quiet weapons. negatives; slow reload time punishes heavily for missing, but is a core part of it ammo takes up 1 slot per bolt. 'near infinite ammo' isnt always the case. next to no sight picture. Ok, so just to discuss the above, When I say infinite ammo, it is to some degree true. however, a miss (so no idea where arrow went) or a situation where you CANT retrieve it, is a LARGE ammo loss. the entire 'point' of a crossbow is the silent aspect. but lets say you are sneaking through cherno. you need to cross a street, but the Z is a little close. so you drop him with the bow. great. but you cant risk breaking cover to go get it, lest the sniper in the tower pick you off. (this is just one of the many scenarios that leads to a lost bolt.) the obvious remedy for this, is to make each 'bolt' you pick up, be a handful, I'd say 3/4 bolts per 'bolt' would make it a worthy Z stopper. and wouldnt break immersion much, lets say you had 4 'bolts' thatd be 12-16 bolts, which is still less then most othe guns mags! so far from OP and that would STILL take up 4 slots, whereas one 15 round winchester slug mag is 1 slot. now, the silence is its selling point, and ease of access compared to other silent weapons makes it invaluable. this is obviously countered by its slow reload time. this brings me to my last point, and my only real gripe about crossbows (whilst I still think ammo needs a change, i can live with it.) the sights. are HORRIBLE. it is a compound crossbow. and just for a quick example: http://bit.ly/Kztawj there are SOME there without scopes, but even those have a fairly prominent rear sight picture and front point. I'm not saying stick a sniper scope on it, because thats not what its for, but the crossbow has alot of things working against it in the PVP enviroment, (whilst it excells in Zed slaying) could we PLEASE get a model update, which gives it a small scope? even a 1x reddot. just something to make it a little more functional. Overall, I love the weapon, but I think it needs work, Ive yet to meet a survivor who doesnt drop it for a winchester/enfield. if not for the sights, then for the ammo space. I hope this will be considered constructive crit and not whining, If it is taken the wrong way, feel free to delete it. please also share your ideas on how to improve the crossbow! P.S this is basically Ideal. note the arrow 'mini quiver' holding multiple bolts and a small 1-2x scope?

my clan placed a tent yesterday. and 10 spawned. right on that spot. so one turned into 10. we were able to pack up 9..

Hi there. Ive hunted but cant find any info, Ill be honest, I have very little interest in Arma 2 itself, it just doesnt interest me sadly, however, I love DayZ. I have seen screenshots of BAF and PMC, and the quality of the skins is far higher. Could anyone link me to a vid/pic comparing the two? I cant seem to find a great deal of info. I play DayZ enough to warrant buying the expacs just for the skins, I just want to see if its worth it :) thanks

That is the perfect gun for DayZ. Ammo is plentiful' date=' it's silenced so killing Zed's is easy, M203 for touchy situations when you don't want to go around a corner because you know someone is there - what's wrong with it? And I just referenced that weapon. If you go to that website, there are plenty of other great weapons of all types including many Russian weapons that I am surprised have not been implemented. [/quote'] And what are you going to do with that 203? Noob tube them when they come around? Yeah this is still ArmA, your rounds don't work that way. 203 is useless in Day Z. You wont say that when you are on a night op. and all of a sudden your 10 man patrol spots a flare in the distance, that almost as quick as you see it.. fades. and your 203 gunner loads in a flare and fires it. its ALOT different to the regular flares. never underestimate that!

I play on hardcore servers as my clan one is hc, as was our old home. I have no real preference, I tell you it certainly does get mesy when we are doing ops with like 10 people and going 'WHOS THAT IN THE X WITH THE Y' every 2 seconds. we have had many friendly fire incidents. but. the risk of that is often outweighed by the gameplay afforded by the other. 3rd person Is great. but often gives advantages to the target rather then the shooter. for eg. shooter fires.. hits but no kill. target darts behind a building. he can now use 3rd person to spot the shooter, whilst the shooter has no LOS on him, as he already had his shot placed (for the most part). as for nametags, I dont understand why a simple drop off point isnt in the game. nametags drop off after 50m. that would solve most peopls issues with them

Truth right there.

I thought it was 9k?

its a hoax. both people to post saying this have only one single post and both regged at the same times almost.. I also check these forums everyday (working hard hurr durr) and Ive never once seen a tiger mentioned. Im calling BS. that image looks good. but incredibly blurry. even if the accounts arent the same IP, its two people trying to get people to believe there is a tiger out there. calling it, fake.

not everybody has a gun.

you have; Flares. Chem Lights. Flashlights. Guns with flashlights. pick one. its that simple.

I'm Commenting on the latest change right now. Jackass. Its called feedback. It's not feedback when you simply slate everybody else. how exactly is Rocket meant to get feedback if not from the forum posters? this feels like more easymode qq. im sorry but the game was NOT challenging. Ive been running around now for DAYZ. (day 11) completely unchallenged or threatened by Zeds. we NEED zeds to be a threat. we need firing shots to have consequences. players like YOU who assume that everybody wants a game that isnt fun ARE the problem. there is a fine line between fun, and not fun with a game like this, and DayZ has to find the right balance, which is something that should happen in the dev stages.. such as Alpha.. oh wait. here we are. quit bitching, post your opinion like everybody else, you do not need to make a thread for your individual crying, you are not a unique snowflake.

aka... im butthurt I died. it sucks people do it. but whats worse is whining about it. deal with it

you do realise its a bug? that the zeds spawn this fast... so people are within their rights to complain

Hiya! so! This was PRE 1.7.1, so Ive no idea if its resolved now, heres hoping. we fixed up a couple of cars after a server restart for some reason it restarted on easymode with xhairs/names/3rd person etc. but no admin was around. so we cracked on, then when admin came, he restarted it, they were all saved etc, but when we rebooted on veteran, they vanished. rebooted it again to normal.. they are there. veteran.. vanished. is this intended or a bug? I know veteran is harder, but, we still had to scavenge around for all the parts etc irrespective of difficulty. if its intended thats fine, but I think it might be a bug? so if so, please move this to bug reports! :)

Again. The word alpha is being over-used. Plus' date=' I liked the update to remove makarovs and give limited respawn items. Making it hard. I enjoy hard games. But not games that're unplayable. That's what this patch did, make it worst. [/quote'] I think you might be the stupidest poster ive seen.. ever. Alpha is being overused? this is clearly the first alpha game you have EVER played. this game has so much polish for being an alpha. an alpha is nothing more then a testing stage. you are playing TO find these bugs. not for your own enjoyment, that comes when the game is fixed as a result of your constructive feedback. get a clue. you WILL lose weapons/spawn in water/lose tents/die for no reason/die to hacks/die to bugs/die to beanz. everything can and will kill you. if you arent having fun, then why the hell are you spending your freetime playing this?!

why wouldnt it?

I think its good, its brutal to die now. no start weapon... brilliant. and its sort of a trial by fire for new players, you will know very quickly whether you will like the game when being put through your paces this way :P it breaks ANY illusion of being a regular DM game. I hear they are still going through walls and spawning infinitely again which sucks. but im sure thatll be hotfixed out. im fortunate enough to have a silenced m4 so im alright for now!