thomas.bowyer@hotmail.co.uk

from the way you spoke genius, you implied real life experience, at the very least inferred. this isnt a forum for internet trolls.. also, bumping this as its worthy. and does need attention. it essentially opens up silence/stealth play to the 'lower tiered' players

This game is too hard for you. quit. please. can do with less crybabies. learn to adapt. learn to survive. YOU c hose the path of the bandit. nobody else. you pulled the trigger

Whilst I see your point, a few things spring to mind, one is, people need to stop talking about 'new players' as if any of us are old school.. its a new game. in alpha no less.. but yes, the 'new players' do lead to more pking. it will peter out as they get their come uppance! there IS a small temp reward for shooting on sight as you say.. possible gear/survival bits. the downside at the moment is, bandit skin. it lets everybody know.. that you are THAT guy. ( Im aware that thats not always the case, but hell, I drop bandits. nuff said) its a huge mark on your head for anybody silly enough to trust you. after 1.5.8.. I really dont know. I tend to live and let live, but If there is absolutely no repurcussion (well, visible) for shooting people, I might be far more inclined to kill other survivors.

A clan doesnt generate this much hatred by being nice/decent people, so turning around and saying everyone has no proof you are what people say is a little well, dumb. you simply do not garner such a piss poor rep if you are decent humans. on topic however, why not use the email they use to setup servers? matt@dayzmod or whatever it was.. he deals with alot of the server stuff does he not?

Assuming the people in this thread crying about falsebans are telling the truth (I doubt it.) I am sad to say but, If we have to lose a handful of legit players to stamp out the exploiters/cheaters early on.. then so be it. if it gives the game a rep for being a no bullshit mod. then i am happy to deal with that.

I know there is alot of people asking about compressed cycles and various other things, my question is simple. Is it possible to run a reversed cycle? I know alot hinges on synchronisation with the master server, but Is it possible to do this?because you must admit that having eu players logging to US realms just to get daylight is a flawed concept? this is one of the only things stopping me from applying to be a server host, I only play at nights.. but Id rather play in daylight ingame.

aha thanks alot for that clarification!! good to know, I suppose my next question is an open one to server hosts.. why are there none doing this? (that I know of) as it would absolutely increase your servers popularity with its intended userbase at peak times!

as far as I know this messes with the server does it not? Im sure I read somewhere about a server being closed temporarily for messing with their time settings?

The tent remains on the server* and you can use it, but others can too. so if you store things in there, others can steal from it, it persists after you die, and also when you are offline, but only on that server. *tents have a habit of bugging out and just vanishing WITH all the contents! 50/50 chance on a server restart

Will you be running a reverse cycle? (I heard that IS an option?) so that night = day etc? making it playable at night? at the moment most EU players flock to the US servers to get daytime at night.. and vice versa..

we use a certain face, and a certain pair of glasses to ID one another. we also have a movement combination to make sure we are all who we say we are. for example! crouch >stand > crouch > prone.

The "hardcore" community (as laughable as that sounds) is the one most flooded with sexism/rape jokes. Most kids think it's funny. Indeed' date=' its sad really, it shows their age when the post things like 'id take her to a barn and do those other things' its really tragic, and I dont think they realise it highlights how little female contact they really do have! The "hardcore" community (as laughable as that sounds) is the one most flooded with sexism/rape jokes. Most kids think it's funny. it seems to be the one with the most generalizations too.... Oh and it might help if you actually answer the damn question posted on the tread. Who is generalising? you saw a female in thread.. some guy made a douche comment about 'other things to do' (lol hurr durr sex) and then you said youd be doing those things..you literally fit the profile. forever alone eh buddy? in response to the actual question, I think using a girls name/avatar is always an advantage, as it will slow down the internet cool guys alot who think they are gonna somehow meet a girl.. romance her with their eskillz. and she will turn out to be a romanian supermodel dying for you to take her away from it all! seen it for years on wow and other such games. if there is a choice to be a female Id pick it. not just for the hesitation, but for the smaller profile it would give my character overall.

If it worked on Arma2 free, we would have an influx of hackers/dupers/4channer type players and it would be a ton of hassle imo so glad it doesnt! requires a purchase !

I think the major cities. Cherno, elektro, berezino, solnich, and perhaps the military bases? stary sobor, the airstrip etc? would help people going in blind vs dmr snipers

the aerial one of berezino, is actually incredibly helpful, from a scouting pov. can we get the others like that or?

its tricky indeed, I spend many many frustrating minutes trying to tell clanmates 'no, in MY bag.. take the ammo from my bag!' im the one with the winchester!' or other such things. but. I wouldnt change it. again, it adds a level of difficulty to the game. its not like its hard in normal servers, it shows you who they are. its only tricky on veteran/hardcore. and thats what it should be. thats WHY its veteran. use /salutes. use face skins. use aviator glasses.. use something to stand out. but no, no gameplates/..

Fine' date=' then at least give bandits some repercussions as it is too attractive to be one. Bandits don't play the coop zombie game, they just play to piss people off and to be an Ahole (generally speaking). [/quote'] once again.. no. there is reasons to be both. for a survivor, its knowing you can rely on your buddies, and you can have them work with you to deal with high Z count and raid towns etc. for a bandit, its the ability to kill indiscriminatly for profit. both are fine. stop being a carebear. if you dont like being killed. you have a few simple options 1, stop playing 2, stay hidden 3, shoot them first 4, stop playing pick any. but stop suggesting this game gets nerfed into a carebear BS game like every other title out there

got a hi res of berezino? :P

so should we be expecting this today? or?

is that the reason for the single bolts? because that would certainly explain it from a design perspective. thats all well and good, but in that case we return to the optics and bolt recovery. to be honest, I'd rather LOSE bolt recovery and have more per 'bolt' in the slots, but thats just me maybe? it seems like such a tricky thing to get right (esp with losing bolts in body shots)

bump, this deserves more attention.

no. death is permanent. get rid of carebear ideas like this FAST.

Well, Im no designer, but.. tier it. make it so its simply next to impossible to GET such gear. make it so its almost like tiered progression. you HAVE to hit outlying farms to get winchester etc in order to hit towns to get other bits, in order to hit military bases. make it so you cant just go from A > F you must progress from A>B>C>D>E>F through ramping difficulty, this can be achieved by adding new Zed types? maybe ones that require X more damage, or faster. or tankier, you get the idea. make it so you cannot just sneak in and get the phat loots.