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I agree with this, Im sure rocket has some tricks up his sleeve to keep people guessing though. sadly its not THAT hard, and never can be. barns etc will always have cz/winchester/xbows... that kinda stuff. whereas military bases will have the higher end gear. thats simply how it is. its not like he can randomize it so you find a military .50 call sniper rifle in a barn off the coast of cherno.. I do see your point though

Thanks for the input, I am aware of the sizing limitations, but there is a realism vs mechanics arguement, whilst a bolt might not be the most convinient, if you want to play the realism aspect you could stack around 50+ arrows in a fairly small pouch, whereas 50 shotgun shells? just not happening. Its more for gameplay purposes, Im not suggesting that a quiver is implemented, that is far too much work for one weapon, Im merely saying, make it so Steel bolt is Steel bolt x4. giving us more bolts per inventory space lost. also as the above poster said, this is a very good point, if your arrow is in the body, it goes through.. and you lose it. so the only way to ensure you get your bolt back is a pure headshot. which is hard to do at any range without even a reflex optic. in my dream world (not saying it would be balanced, its purely because I love it!) each bolt would represent 5 arrows. meaning 4 stacks = 20 shots. reload time would be tweaked down just a tad. I mean, if they can load a winchester/enfield with relative skill, how hard is it to nose down an Xbow, pull on the charging bars, and seat an arrow, I'd say knock maybe 20% off the current reload time (I believe this would still make it the slowest reload ingame?) - furthermore add a small scope, say 3x. with a simple dot sighting. this would allow it to be on par with other weapons of its tier, competitive in both arenas. keep it coming lads

ah, my apologies, It's early. please could a moderator move this if its applicable, its not really a suggestion. its more for feedback. so Rocket could get an idea of what people want, I wouldnt say I was qualified to comment on how he should develop it :p was just some idle talk. also, if all you did was post.. to tell me its in the wrong place.. dont bother please :) comment on the topic at hand, dont just +1 your postcount

It's interesting thats for sure Rocket, I personally try to survive, I have NEVER fired the first shot. NEVER. but I have killed multiple times, this has caused me issues with groups, at times, player A shoots at me, I kill him. I lose humanity.. now player A has been both survivor, and bandit. so, even though he was the aggressor. I lose humanity. there seems to be a fundamental flaw in that. as it made people wary of trusting me, due to bandit skin..

up nice and early to play some 1.5.8! HOW DARE ROCKET GET SLEEP?! :D

As a new player I resent that. Ive done nothing but kill bandits, except for my teammate once but he ran infront of me during a firefight. dont tar everyone with the same brush, or you might get tarred as a stuck up c**t.. If there is one thing I can't stand' date=' its people who make wild generalizations about "new people" or people who are different, maybe have a different culture and language, simply because they "don't like it". You say the previous community were "elitist, snobby assholes" but the new community are "exceptionally trollish assholes". Based on nothing but your own experiences, treating those experiences as an absolute fact of the whole. Given the accusations that you seem to smash out to nebulous groups of people, I'm not surprised you get a hostile response. I developed an instant dislike for you rather quickly. Please move along sir! [/quote'] Hear, Hear. The old crew were stuffy old elitists, if you didnt know every keybind you were out. the new are all gank on sight CoD trolls.. Just what does it take to make you happy? This is a game, where real people play a real part... morality.. and other such factors DO come into it. sadly in a situation like this.. I imagine that for the most part people would be out for themselves. If some nasty dude came across you with a lovely rifle, and tons of food/water, and he had nothing but a pistol? you really think he isnt waiting for you to turn your back? gimme a break, people suck irl. and ingame. its realisitic. thats all. that being said, the skillcap/difficulty in this game, means that the 'cod kiddies' you say, wont be around long. esp not after 1.5.8 when skilled players will just run circles around them without fear of zombie rape

awwh man... I have to deal with a geordie?! :< Just kidding! :D

I understand that, I work and support my family, but with the best will in the world, if you can run arma2/DayZ.. and yet 30 dollars (or 60 rather) would break the bank.. then you need to adjust something irl ;) I dont mean to be mean, but my point does remain. any purchases of CO due to DZ is great, but entirely irrelevant. the simple salient point which is 'good quality entertainment is worth paying for.' still stands strong.

To0t whilst i see what you mean when you say 'paid for this mod' I dont mean to be pedantic, but we didnt pay a penny for it. we paid for Arma2:co. and as such Rocket has/owes us nothing atall. even if this was considered nothing more then a test. a test to see if a game like this could float. he could shut down servers tomorrow, declare he was making it for ARMA3. and I absolutely guarantee you this game would NOT lose players on release based on 'I paid 20 bucks for arma2 and played a FREE mod in alpha.. no WAY am i paying now!' IF thats the attitude they have, then surely this kind of game is wrong for them?

to be fair, the scaremongering should stop. Whilst it may not be in the loot tables, he (assuming he is telling the truth of course.) said he found it on a guy he capped. assuming again the truth, its not his fault for picking it up and using it, what if he was a regular player without forum, or without access to loot tables.. he should be banned for it? hell no. Rocket HAS stated that they have methods and means in place for finding out who is doing it, and will ban for it, he has to my knowledge at NO point said he would ban somebody just for using one, but for spawning them and using. big difference, it would be a sad sad day when somebody gets banned because they scored a kill on the guy who IS spawning things! so please stop the scaremongering of the poor guy, he is fine.

^ This.

I have a large 1mx1m map printed up on the wall beside me. 5 a4 pages x 5 a4 pages. in as good quality as possible. so i can read roads and see map countours!

This might be worth pasting into the other guides. I too like this fella, had ALOT of issues installing due to the absolute lack of support for non steam users! hopefully bitter's bits worked! thats what fixed it for me, took me hours of figuring it out!

I think that the donated project thing is a good idea, I cant recall the site name ah! kickstarter. Why not do a kickstarter for the game Rocket? I know youve thought about it from another thread, but, it cant hurt to set one up, and let people put their money behind their postings. it would also give you a good core group from whom you can listen to regarding feedback etc, since clearly.. they are invested in it being an awesome game. I think if you put this on kickstarter, you would be surprised at the support generated.

this quite simply, I was explaining, the attitude of 'if its too hard.. you are playing the wrong game' is fantastic. its not about being too hard, its about finding a way to overcome the challenge. i love it. keep it up.

I'm 26 and from the UK. I can play anytime from 19:00 -02:00 - my wife is a gamer so i get away with it!! interested in teamplay, but at the same time, I like to hunt bandits, very long time gamer, played almost every stealther/shooter around, including original ofp! so gives me lots of basis for badassitude. (its a word.) add me to steam/skype tommygunn69uk (@hotmail.com for steam)

is this an EU team? if so, count me in! :) add me on steam/skype - tommygunn69uk (@hotmail.com for skype)

I dunno about you, but this is the best game ive played in over 15 years. since i started. the immersion is fantastic (as a mostly solo player, I am personally a little turned off by the zed count. but ill deal.) and I would gladly pay full price for it as DLC or even a full game (with work of course) I dont understand the reluctance to pay for good quality nowadays. good things arent cheap. cheap things arent good.

Hiya lads, Firstly, LOVE the game, Ive become totally addicted as has my wife to watching me play, she has even gone as far as to let me rent a server for dayz next month!! I havent had a chance to play this new zombie ubermode yet, but im excited. loving the info gathering going on, just wanted to ask a few questions! 1, Im new to arma in itself, picked it up for 7 quid in a charity shop, never even installed it till I heard about DayZ, so, where is the best/cheapest place to rent a UK/EU server? 2, Tents? how do i use them? Ive found several open ones, and im unable to nab them, and if the case is I cant, any tips on where to find them? 3, how do they work mechanics wise? I understand they can be stolen from when offline, but wshat I mean is, is it this? You log onto server A, and put tent down. you log out. tent remains on server A, able to be stolen from, until you log onto server B at which point it spawns there? 4, Weapons, is the best place military bases? after seeing the 'how geared are you' thread im terrified. Im not a cod kiddie expecting some kind of night scope 50 cal'! but I would like to know what I should be setting my sights on (no pun intended!) 5, I found the link to the 'loot cheat sheet' and I have no intention of taking it like a bible or anything, but the link is dead, does anybody have an up to date link? -- as a new player, just some quick feedback for the guvnor, amazing game, keep working on it :) all i can keep thinking is, if this is alpha.. my god when beta comes.. and then release.. you have a very happy tester in me! :) Thanks for the responses!

I know there are several bags, I did search but couldnt find anything does anybody have the sizes of all bags ingame? from coyote pack upwards? I know ALICE is next?

Honestly not trying to brown nose, but Id go for anything. my thoughts on monthly are, the quality has to be very high for that. I advise you check out how APB reloaded works, free to play buy your shit, their business model is simple, you gain small advantages but nothin game breaking by buying things! as for the development, I personally say Community developed, purely because Ive seen some amazing franchises go down hill at the hands of greedy publishers/studios who water down content into DLC/expansions I reckon kickstarter is best idea, its a genuinely novel concept, and I'd happily pay for the game now with a firm belief that it will go far. Im also going to be renting a server next month if thats an ok thing to do? (not seen MANY private servers just multiplay things)

Thanks Tajin! :) and I know, I just, I looked online @ Arma and I like my realism, but arma itself felt very newbie unfriendly. like if you dont know protocol and screw up, youll get in trouble. so yeah, I just avoided it! (but thius is about dayz! :D) I think the shock was more about SD weapons, I dont know why I didnt think theyd be here but i just pictured silent kills as pure Crossbow you know? an SD pistol could make town clearing a doddle surely? any idea on the other questions? :)