Judemoukari

So I don't want to use crossbow againts players? I never really got chance to try it out, since I thought that any player with at least one full magazine in any firearm could kill me by the time I actually got to shoot second bolt. As stated already, there's also the problem with aiming, I really think that you can't hit anything with it that moves. Haven't tried but I already have problem even hitting those zombies that only walk. Also, I didn't even know that I can fetch any of the bolts I've already shot. But that's no surprise, if it only works sometimes.

I'm sorry if you find this offensive, this thread was not made to question any of Rocket's decisions in DayZ's development. It was made for people to talk about what they are hoping or waiting for DayZ to be. It's not about questioning Rocket's vision, it's for us, gamers/comsumers/or whatever, to share our thoughts about our expectations.

You'll have to remember that to a "normal" player Arma II's certain stiffness and bugs that this mods still has may be an obstacle that they can't get around that easily. I think we can all agree that DayZ is at the moment a bit rough around the edges. Some people can look past it, some can't. When DayZ grew in popularity and got more attention, people bought Arma II without knowing what was waiting for them. Many of my friends can't look past DayZ's faults and won't be even considering of trying it before standalone. When everyone praises something people can sometimes forget to find out what all the fuzz is about. Same thing that happened to Red Orchestra 2 is happening to DayZ MOD (I won't say anything about the coming standalone). People who can't find enough good in it will abandon it and people who like it will stay. I don't think that's a bad thing at all. I honestly think that shapes community to better direction.

Losing your gear is something that you'll have to get used to. I lost all my stuff today when I tried to take out sniper near Cherno, didn't have any good weapons but I had ghillie suit and all the medical supplies and food I could ever need. I tried to ambush him from behind but got killed when I made too much noise. I just laughed it off later, there's a great relief when you die and don't have to worry about losing stuff anymore.

I know that most of us, if not all, trust whatever direction Rocket is taking DayZ. But what I want to know is that should there be something like safe zones and stuff. What I've gathered, they are atleast few people who would like to see them in the standalone. Should it be more "hardcore" or "casual"? Or stay as it's now.

Okay, so now that standalone is getting closer, everyone is throwing ideas around and everyone seems to have different hopes and expectations how it will shape up and what it will be, I'd like to ask: do you trust that when it's finally ready, it will be like you want it to be, what are possible things that might let you down and what are you expecting it to offer? I've been thinking alot about this lately, since everyone seems to have different opinion of what the actual game must be like. You can't get everyones approval. So, what do you guys think?

Whow, cool. I've been trying to stay clear of everything containing info about standalone, I want it to surprise me like this mod did when I started but that sounds good. This crossbow fetish might also have something to do with The Walking Dead season 3 airing now in our country.

Yeah, you may be right about that, there's enough stuff to do other than quiver for crossbow bolts to even get the SA work properly. But it would be nice thing to add in any case, because I really liked that low-tech feel when I had that weapon in my hands. At the moment there's no real reason to pick crossbow over Enfield since you can have 30 rounds instead of three bolts. Oh, and sorry for confusing arrows and bolts, my native language isn't english as you probably noticed :D

I'm not saying that any weapon should be changed, I'm just thinking that it's a bit of a flaw in a game that tries to be as realistic as this type of game can be that your character can only carry few arrows, even though they weight next to nothing in real life. At the moment only reason for anyone to pick up crossbow is when there's no other weapons available.

Aiming with crossbow is also pretty tricky, since there's no clear iron sight to look at. Well, I actually meant something like quiver but didn't remember the word. My point is that since almost every firearm holds many bullets in one clip, it just seems "unfair" (I know, not a good word when used in discussion involving DayZ) that you can only have one bolt per inventory space. Put boldly, it doesn't seem realistic at all.

So, I used crossbow for the very first time today (I've had plenty of chances but I always preferred bullet shooting guns more) and I'm actually quite surprised how good it was. You can make quick stealth kills and reloading speed was quite high as well. My only problem is that steel bolt won't stack at all. It's kinda weird that every bolt takes one inventory space, so at best, if you also want to have some food and medical supplies with you, you can carry from 3 to 6 bolts, assuming that you only have patrol pack. Since every Enfield magazine contains ten bullets, and just like crossbow, it kills in one shot, it makes choosing which weapon to pick up pretty one sided. I know that if you could have like 10 bolts in one stack it would make crossbow too over-powered, but would it be too much if you could stack at least two or three bolts? Is there going to be any change what so ever or is it going to stay that way? I really fell in love with that weapon, but when you can't retrieve the bolts you have used, it just seems that you are running low on bolts all the time. Is anyone with me on this?

Same problem here, I took a break from the game, like five-six weeks, and when I come back there's almost no one playing. To my surprise I didn't encounter any hacking or deathmaching. Also the thrill was back, which was actually quite amazing. I'm not sure though, my session was only 2-3 hours long, can someone tell me are hacker/deathmatching problems gone or did I just have good luck?

Tried that but doesn't really work. Well, I can survive without hunting. Adds more thrilling moments when I have to go back to city eventhough I don't want to.

Well, technically I can, BUT after I have shot a cow (or any other animal) I can only gut it. After that, there's no "gear" option, only "hide body" and "study body". Is this bug?

You may be right, but since there are already 50,000 other posts, maybe just one more will not hurt anyone?